Medical Card Eligibility

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 May 2014

Tuesday, 27 May 2014

Ceisteanna (708)

Terence Flanagan

Ceist:

708. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to fix the medical card limits in the finance Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22582/14]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister of State at the Department of Health

I take it the Deputy is referring to the income limits for an over 70s medical card. In Budget 2014, it was announced that limits were to be at €500 per week for a single person and at €900 per week for a couple. The new income limits were effective from 1st January 2014 under the Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility ) (No.2 ) Act, 2013. The Finance Bill gives effects to taxation measures announced, in the main, in Budget 2014.