Written answers
Wednesday, 5 July 2006
Department of Health and Children
Medical Cards
12:00 pm
Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the new income threshold guidelines for availing of general practitioner visit cards as contained in the press release (details supplied) on her Department's website are correct; if so, if the details contained in the link which follows are incorrect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26778/06]
Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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In my Department's press release of 26 June 2006 I announced the increase in the basic income guidelines for the GP visit card to 50 per cent above the medical card income guidelines. The press release listed a range of examples based on persons with different earnings and expenses and in different family situations — this information is correct. The following table gives details of these and other sample cases outlining the weekly income and outgoings which would allow persons to be entitled to a GP visit card on foot of these recently increased income guidelines.
| Increases in GP Visit Card Guidelines — June 2006 | |||||||
| Sample Cases | |||||||
| Medical Card | GPV Card | Weekly Outgoings | Total Outgoings | Total Guidelines | |||
| Base guidelines | Mortgage/rent | Childcare | Travel to work | ||||
| Single Person Living Alone | |||||||
| Aged up to 65 years | 184.00 | 276.00 | 100 | 0 | 50 | 150 | 426.00 |
| Aged between 66-69 years | 201.50 | 303.00 | 100 | 0 | 50 | 150 | 453.00 |
| Single Person Living with Family | |||||||
| Aged up to 65 years | 164.00 | 246.00 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 50 | 296.00 |
| Aged between 66-69 years | 173.50 | 260.00 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 50 | 310.00 |
| Married Couple / Single Parent Families with Dependent Children | |||||||
| Aged up to 65 years | 266.50 | 400.00 | 200 | 0 | 100 | 300 | 700.00 |
| With 1 Child | 304.50 | 457.00 | 200 | 150 | 100 | 450 | 907.00 |
| With 2 Children | 342.50 | 514.00 | 200 | 300 | 100 | 600 | 1,114.00 |
| With 3 Children | 383.50 | 576.00 | 200 | 450 | 100 | 750 | 1,326.00 |
| With 4 Children | 424.50 | 637.00 | 200 | 600 | 100 | 900 | 1,537.00 |
| Aged up to 65 years | 266.50 | 400.00 | 250 | 0 | 100 | 350 | 750.00 |
| With 1 Child | 304.50 | 457.00 | 250 | 150 | 100 | 500 | 957.00 |
| With 2 Children | 342.50 | 514.00 | 250 | 300 | 100 | 650 | 1,164.00 |
| With 3 Children | 383.50 | 576.00 | 250 | 450 | 100 | 800 | 1,376.00 |
| With 4 Children | 424.50 | 637.00 | 250 | 600 | 100 | 950 | 1,587.00 |
| Aged up to 65 years | 266.50 | 400.00 | 300 | 0 | 100 | 400 | 800.00 |
| With 1 Child | 304.50 | 457.00 | 300 | 150 | 100 | 550 | 1,007.00 |
| With 2 Children | 342.50 | 514.00 | 300 | 300 | 100 | 700 | 1,214.00 |
| With 3 Children | 383.50 | 576.00 | 300 | 450 | 100 | 850 | 1,426.00 |
| With 4 Children | 424.50 | 637.00 | 300 | 600 | 100 | 1,000 | 1,637.00 |
| Aged up to 65 years | 266.50 | 400.00 | 350 | 0 | 100 | 450 | 850.00 |
| With 1 Child | 304.50 | 457.00 | 350 | 150 | 100 | 600 | 1,057.00 |
| With 2 Children | 342.50 | 514.00 | 350 | 300 | 100 | 750 | 1,264.00 |
| With 3 Children | 383.50 | 576.00 | 350 | 450 | 100 | 900 | 1,476.00 |
| With 4 Children | 424.50 | 637.00 | 350 | 600 | 100 | 1050 | 1,687.00† |
| †This is the amount of nett income a person can earn if they have the outgoings shown |
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