Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the way in which a couple with two children earning approximately €63,400 a year can as suggested in her statement of 26 June 2006 qualify for a general practitioner only medical card and in particular if she will give details of what are taken into consideration as typical outgoings for any such application. [27738/06]

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.

I attach a table for the Deputy's information which 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.