Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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740. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to alter the medical card eligibility for persons (details supplied) due to the large increase in those taking part; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45783/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Under the Medical Card assessment process apprenticeships are not among the schemes where persons may retain their eligibility for a medical card while participating on certain Government employment or education schemes. There are no plans at present to change this position.

All persons on apprenticeships schemes are, however, encouraged to apply to the HSE for a Medical Card Assessment in their own right to determine if their weekly assessed earnings are less than the Medical Card threshold for a single person living with a family.