Questions

843. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health her plans to increase the weekly income threshold/means test for persons applying for a medical card aged over 70 years old, to keep in line with the rising cost of living; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51214/25]

865. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if she will consider raising the income threshold for medical card eligibility due to the increase in the cost of living; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51397/25]

908. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the income thresholds which now apply for the medical card and for the GP only card; the current level of population eligible for each scheme; and the way the level of take-up has changed over the past twelve months due to the relaxed eligibility conditions. [51916/25]

925. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that some GP surgeries are implementing charges on medical card holders for various tests such as essential blood tests; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51953/25]

950. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the current status of a person’s medical card appeal (details supplied); if consideration will be given to awarding the medical card appeal [52142/25]

354. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health to consider increasing the income threshold for the over 70s medical card in view of the cost of living/inflation increases which gave rise to small pension increases over the past few years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51073/25]

1195. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the urgent provision of a medical card will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied) to ensure continuous care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48036/25]

1231. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to removing the income threshold for over 70s medical card applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48305/25]

1278. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health if medical card holders can recoup the cost of private dental work (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48606/25]

2104. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health to insist that HSE staff are fully informed of the services that the HAA card provides to avoid ongoing issues of accessing help for affected people in receipt of a medical card as part of the mother and baby homes and county homes redress scheme when they ring the HSE highlighting difficulties accessing services. [44704/25]

2218. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health whether she intends to increase the weekly eligibility income threshold in respect of the medical card for persons over 70; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45162/25]

2274. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an application for an emergency medical card submitted by the medical team caring for a person (details supplied) will be reconsidered urgently; and if not, if a temporary card will be issued immediately while their family gathers the paperwork for a full application. [45436/25]

2429. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Health the options open to a person applying for a GP visit card (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46027/25]

2528. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health to revise upwards the qualifying income limits for the over 70’s medical card. [46570/25]

2561. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health if she will give due consideration to expanding Ireland’s medical card scheme to cover psychotherapy, both short-term and long-term, through a reimbursement model for accredited private therapists, as currently medical card holders can access up to eight free counselling sessions via the HSE’s Counselling in Primary Care programme, which does not address those w…

2570. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if she will remove child maintenance payments as income in the means test for medical cards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40896/25]

2999. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of end-of-life medical cards issued, by age group, in each of the years 2020 to and to date in 2024, 2025, in tabular form. [42786/25]

3163. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of medical card holders currently waiting for dental appointments in County Clare, broken down by age and waiting time, for end of June 2024 and end of June 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43601/25]

857. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health if a medical card will be renewed for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38706/25]

912. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health if she will review and increase the income thresholds for medical card eligibility to reflect rising living costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39012/25]

914. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to extend the medical card to persons with type 1 diabetes who are over the age of 16; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39035/25]

348. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the implications the new means rate for carer’s allowance will have on medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38458/25]

892. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people covered by medical cards in each year 2011 to 2025, in tabular form. [37931/25]

893. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people covered by GP visit cards in each year 2011 to 2025, in tabular form. [37932/25]

230. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to granting an automatic entitlement to a medical card to patients who are prescribed oxygen (details supplied). [36256/25]