Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 16039-26
Deputy O'Flynn asked about medical card refusal rates. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: February 2026
Updated: March 2026
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Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 16039-26
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department or the Health Service Executive maintains data on medical card refusal rates disaggregated by age cohort; if so, whether she will provide the refusal rate for applicants aged 70 years and over in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and if not, the reason such data is not maintained.
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