In Budget 2020 it was announced that from July 2020, the prescription charges in Ireland would be changing.This change was delayed for some reason – but was finally implemented on November 1st 2020. There is a 50 cent reduction in prescription charges for all medical cardholders, which will benefit over 1.58 million people with medical […]
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Welfare and Pension Increases in Budget 2019 (October 2018) For information about the October 2019 Budget see Budget 2020 Details Social Welfare Benefits : All weekly rates of working age benefits are also due to increase by €5 a week in the week beginning 25th March 2019 . Jobseekeers Allowance was increased on 20th March […]
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Changes to prescription charges announced in Budget 2017 came into effect this month. From 1 March 2017, the prescription charge for medical card holders over the age of 70 has been reduced from €2.50 to €2 per item and the monthly maximum charge has been reduced to €20. For all other medical card holders the […]
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Prescription charges for medical card holders were increased in Budget 2014 from €1.50 per item to €2.50 per item – that is an increase of 70%. The monthly cap on prescription charges for a family was also increased from €19.50 to €25 (with medical card) The increases came into effect from December 1st 2013 These […]
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Medical Card holders in Ireland have to pay €1.50 per item on a prescription from Jan 2013 . (This is capped at €19.50 per month per family). People without Medical cards pay the retail price of all prescription items. There is a Drugs Payment Scheme in place which caps the maximum spend on prescriptions by […]
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