Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 182: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way the treatment benefit scheme will operate in 2011. [47552/10]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The Treatment Benefit Scheme will continue to operate in 2011 as it did in 2010, whereby an annual dental examination and bi-annual optical examination are avail able free of charge to qualified customers.

The Medical Appliance scheme remains unchanged. The Department will pay up to half the cost of purchase or repair of a hearing aid on behalf of qualified customers, subject to a fixed maximum contribution of €760 for 1 aid or €1520 for 2 aids.