Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, Independent)
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456. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of dental work now covered by PRSI for a person (details supplied). [47651/17]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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Qualification for Dental Benefit is based on satisfying certain PRSI conditions, which vary with age. For a person over 25 years, they must have paid 260 PRSI contributions at either Class A, E, H, P or S since first starting work, and also have 39 contributions paid or credited in the tax year on which the claim is based, the governing contribution year (GCY). For someone aged 66 or over, the GCY can be either two or three years before the person turned 66 years. These are the general qualifying conditions, without the details of the person concerned it is not possible to be more specific.

The dental benefit scheme now provides for a contribution towards the cost of a scale and polish or protracted periodontal treatment from 28 October, in addition to the free annual examination.

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.