470. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the weekly medical card threshold for people aged over 70 by €100; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46499/26]
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847. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the work underway to further increase medical card income limits as committed in the Programme for Government, given that income thresholds for people under 70 years have not been increased in over 20 years despite significant inflation and social welfare payment increases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31960/26]
848. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the weekly medical card thresholds for people in their 60s by €100.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31961/26]
849. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the basic weekly medical card threshold by €100.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31962/26]
1092. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the work done to date to progress the 2025 Programme for Government commitment to increase medical card income limits; the timelines on such; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15093/26]
215. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of ophthalmologists, optometrists and dispensing opticians providing services to medical card patients under the community ophthalmic services scheme in each of the years since 2019, by county and town/region, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6836/26]
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]
2475. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to introduce an automatic annual adjustment of medical card income thresholds in line with changes to core social welfare payment rates and or inflation. [21246/25]
383. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she intends to revise the fee paid to optometrists under the medical card scheme; if so, the status of these plans; the timeline for its implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18169/25]
384. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she intends to increase the scope of practice for optometrists (details supplied); the work being undertaken in her Department with respect to this proposal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18170/25]