Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 218: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is entitled to medical appliance benefit in their own right or that of their spouse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46942/10]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The medical appliance benefit scheme is a scheme under which qualified customers may reclaim part of the cost of the purchase or repair of a hearing aid. Eligibility is based on PRSI contributions.

Only PRSI classes A, E, H, and P are reckonable for eligibility for this benefit. Neither the person concerned nor her spouse have sufficient qualifying PRSI contributions paid. They have most recently paid Class S (self-employed) contributions, which do not count towards qualifying for this benefit. Therefore neither person is qualified.