Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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419. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who received a grant to purchase a hearing aid under her Department’s medical appliances scheme in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [59075/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Medical Appliance benefit can be paid to those PRSI contributors and their dependent spouses with the required number of recorded contributions. The scheme provides for a grant towards the provision of hearing aids and contact lenses required for medical reasons.

The number of persons who received a grant to purchase a hearing aid under the Department’s medical appliance scheme in 2021 and to date in 2022 is as follows:

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.