Medical Card/GP Visit Card - Ready Reckoner

	Guidelines
Family Unit	Medical Card	GP Visit Card
Single Person Living Alone
Aged up to 65 years	184.00	230.50
Aged between 66-69 years	201.50	252.00
Single Person Living with Family
Aged up to 65 years	164.00	205.00
Aged between 66 - 69 years	173.50	217.00
Married Couple / Single Parent Families with Dependent Children
Aged up to 65 years	266.50	333.00
With 1 Child	304.50	380.50
With 2 Children	342.50	428.00
With 3 Children	383.50	479.00
With 4 Children	424.50	530.00
With 5 Children	465.50	581.00
Aged between 66 - 69 years	298.00	373.00
With 1 Child	336.00	420.50
With 2 Children	374.00	468.00
With 3 Children	415.00	519.00
With 4 Children	456.00	570.00
With 5 Children	497.00	621.00
Aged between 70 - 79 years (Footnote 1)	595.50	745.00
Aged 80 years and over (Footnote 2)	627.00	783.50
Additional Allowances for Dependent Children
For first 2 children under 16 years	38.00	47.50
For 3rd and subsequent children under 16 years	41.00	51.00
For first 2 children over 16 years	39.00	49.00
For 3rd and subsequent children over 16 years	42.50	53.50
For a dependant over 16 years who is in full time third level education and not grant aided	78.00	98.00
Other Additional Allowances
Reasonable Weekly Rent/Mortgage
Reasonable Weekly Child Card Costs
Weekly Travel Costs to Work (Actual cost of public transport of mileage @ €0.50 per mile)

Footnote 1: This is the weekly rate used to assess a couple where one person is aged 70 years or over and the other has not yet reached 70 years

Footnote 2: This is the weekly rate used to assess a couple where one person is aged 80 years or over and the other has not yet reached 70 years