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Medical Card Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 September 2014

Wednesday, 17 September 2014

Ceisteanna (989)

Billy Kelleher

Ceist:

989. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 August 2014; the number of GP cards on the same date and the number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis on 1 August 2014. [33812/14]

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The medical card figures at 1 August 2014, as requested by the Deputy, are set out in the following table.

Card Type 

Number of cards

Medical cards

1,804,376

Of which granted on the basis of discretion

65,993

GP visit cards

142,668

Of which granted on the basis of discretion

28,423

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