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 amount paid by the Department in respect of the Medical Appliance scheme in 2021 was €20.003m and to date in 2022 it is €4.88m.
Details of payments by county are detailed below:
|
Year
|
2021
|
|
2022 to date
|
|
|
County
|
Claims :
|
Expenditure:
|
Claims:
|
Expenditure:
|
Medical
|
Carlow
|
308
|
€282,106.00
|
73
|
€67,500.00
|
Appliance
|
Cavan
|
260
|
€229,130.00
|
73
|
€60,100.00
|
Benefit
|
Clare
|
372
|
€350,020.00
|
92
|
€85,690.00
|
Claims
|
Cork
|
2276
|
€2,087,737.50
|
633
|
€561,110.00
|
|
Donegal
|
497
|
€438,759.00
|
118
|
€99,500.00
|
|
Dublin
|
5567
|
€5,071,681.00
|
1281
|
€1,172,690.00
|
|
Galway
|
758
|
€696,818.50
|
202
|
€186,550.00
|
|
Kerry
|
632
|
€589,495.00
|
118
|
€112,800.00
|
|
Kildare
|
898
|
€827,097.50
|
218
|
€201,059.00
|
|
Kilkenny
|
443
|
€415,660.00
|
118
|
€106,700.00
|
|
Laois
|
277
|
€262,240.00
|
70
|
€63,643.00
|
|
Leitrim
|
92
|
€84,500.00
|
31
|
€28,300.00
|
|
Limerick
|
749
|
€711,084.00
|
201
|
€191,552.45
|
|
Longford
|
130
|
€122,940.00
|
30
|
€26,600.00
|
|
Louth
|
699
|
€628,444.23
|
162
|
€146,497.00
|
|
Mayo
|
590
|
€551,330.00
|
101
|
€91,895.00
|
|
Meath
|
726
|
€654,037.50
|
202
|
€189,710.00
|
|
Monaghan
|
243
|
€213,850.00
|
64
|
€50,200.00
|
|
Offaly
|
323
|
€292,106.00
|
96
|
€89,399.00
|
|
Outside RoI
|
2704
|
€2,485,371.68
|
650
|
€597,169.50
|
|
Roscommon
|
240
|
€223,800.00
|
64
|
€61,300.00
|
|
Sligo
|
240
|
€228,520.00
|
72
|
€66,400.00
|
|
Tipperary
|
623
|
€574,715.00
|
178
|
€168,240.00
|
|
Waterford
|
467
|
€422,388.00
|
110
|
€91,000.00
|
|
Westmeath
|
340
|
€305,997.50
|
91
|
€82,499.00
|
|
Wexford
|
674
|
€624,844.00
|
149
|
€135,700.00
|
|
Wicklow
|
687
|
€628,788.50
|
159
|
€148,600.00
|
|
Total
|
21815
|
€20,003,460.91
|
5356
|
€4,882,403.95
|
I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.