Medical Card/G.P. Visit Card National Assessment Guidelines

Example 5
Is a person working in Ireland who has been posted to this country by their employer in
France entitled to an EU Medical Card under EU legislation?
Answer: Yes – provided their earnings are subject to French social security
legislation.
Example 6
Is a person age 62 years who is in receipt of a social security pension from the U.K. and
has self employment income of €7,000 per annum in Ireland entitled to an EU Medical
Card under E.U. legislation?
Answer: No – this person will be means tested because their income of €7,000 p.a. is
subject to P.R.S.I.
Example 7
What is the eligibility of a couple resident in Ireland when one of the partner’s only
income is a social security pension from the U.K. and the other partner works for the
HSE?
Answer: The person with the pension will be entitled to an EU medical card under
EU legislation while the spouse/partner will be subject to a means test under
national legislation.
Example 8
Is a person with a social security pension from the U.K. and another social security
pension from France, and has no other income, entitled to an EU Medical Card under EU
legislation?
Answer: Yes, because they are subject to the social security legislation of either the
UK or France.
Example 9
Is a person age 66 who is in receipt of a social security pension of £6,000 from the UK,
and who is also in receipt of reduced state pension non contributory from the Department
of Social and Family Affairs entitled to Medical Card under EU regulations?
Answer: Yes, because their Irish pension is non contributory and is therefore not
subject to Irish social security legislation , the UK is their competent state.
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