Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is any assistance available for a person on invalidity pension with an eye test and subsequent treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43845/12]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Eligibility for optical benefit is based on a customer’s PRSI record. To check the eligibility of an individual will require the person’s PPS number, a person already in receipt of invalidity pension is likely to qualify for optical benefit as the qualifying conditions are similar.

Optical benefit covers a free yearly optical examination, no additional treatments are currently available under the scheme.