Ireland: Hey…glasses are free in Ireland!!! (Get Your FREE Glasses in Ireland/Free Optical Benefit/Free Hearing Aid Grant). The Free Optical Benefit/Free Hearing Aid Grant may help you meet the cost of:
The Treatment Benefit Scheme may help you meet the cost of:
- dental care
- optical care
- hearing aids and repairs
- hair replacement products (non-surgical scalp products for those who have suffered hair loss due to cancer or certain types of alopecia)
Insured workers, the self-employed and retired workers who have the necessary PRSI contributions can qualify for this benefit. A dependant spouse, civil partner or cohabitant of qualified person may also be entitled to Treatment Benefit.
How to qualify
To qualify, you must have paid class A, E, P, H or S social insurance (PRSI) contributions. The amount of social insurance contributions you need depends on your age. There are four age ranges listed below.
Under 21 years
- If you are under 21, you may qualify if you have paid at least 39 contributions at any time.
Aged 21-28
- Between these ages you may qualify if you have paid at least 39 contributions and have:
- at least 39 paid or credited contributions in the governing contribution year (Example: 2020 is the governing contribution year for claims made in 2022)
OR
- 26 paid contributions in each of the second and third last contribution years (Example: For claims made in 2022, the second last contribution year is 2020 and the third last contribution year is 2019)
Aged 29-65
- From the age of 29 onwards you must have at least 260 paid contributions
AND
- at least 39 paid or credited contributions in the governing contribution year (2020 is the governing contribution year for claims made in 2022)
OR
- 26 paid contributions in each of the second and third last contribution years (for claims made in 2022, the second last contribution year is 2020 and the third last contribution year is 2019.)
- If you qualify for benefit at age 60–65, you keep that entitlement for life.
Aged 66 and over
- People aged 66 and over must have:
- 260 social insurance (PRSI) contributions paid at any time and 39 paid or credited contributions in the relevant tax year or the year immediately before it.
- (Note: The relevant tax year is the second last completed tax year before reaching 66 years of age. Example: If you were 66 in 2010, the relevant tax year is 2008. If you were 66 in 2012, the relevant tax year is 2010)
- OR
- 260 social insurance (PRSI) contributions paid at any time and 26 paid contributions in both the relevant tax year and the year immediately before it. (The relevant tax year is the second last completed tax year before reaching 66 years of age)
- If you satisfy either of these conditions when you reach pension age, you will remain qualified for life.
*Governing Contribution Year (GCY) is the second last complete tax year, for example, for a claim in 2021 the second last complete tax year in 2019. have paid 52 PRSI self-employment contributions at Class S in the governing contribution year
*The relevant tax year is the second-last complete tax year before the year in which your claim is made. So, for claims made in 2022, the relevant tax year is 2020.
Treatment Benefit Scheme
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- www.specsavers.ie (Free eye test and glasses with PRSI or Medical Card €69 glasses and eye test cost you nothing with your contributions)
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