Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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165. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost in 2020 of the increase in general practitioner card coverage thresholds announced in budget 2019. [43805/19]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Budget 2019 provided for a 10% increase across all GP Visit Card weekly income thresholds which came into effect from April 1st, 2019. The full year cost of this measure in 2020 will be dependent on a number of factors, including the number of additional applications made to the HSE, the timescale within which these are made and the number of applicants who are found to qualify for this benefit.