PRSI covering dentist cost?

Takeshi_Kovacs

Could someone please tell me if some of the cost of dentist work is taken up by providing your PRSI no.?
I need to go to dentist to get a few fillings done, and my boss told me that the PRSI would cover most of the cost. He said last time he went in for four fillings and he had only to pay ~30 Euro

cuckoo

http://www.oasis.gov.ie/health/health_related_benefits_and_entitlements/treatment_benefit_scheme.html

Details are there, it depends on how many weeks PRSI contributions you've made and what age bracket you're in.

Spicy123

I'm inquiring about what dental care I'm entitled to on my PRSI. As far as I know, I'm entitled to teeth cleaning and examining twice a year. Someone I work with told me she has to pay €65 for that but gets fillings for €12 through PRSI. And I had to pay €45 for a filling last night...didn't think I was entitled to a discount on PRSI.

Anyway, I'm very confused. Can anyone clarify this for me? I know there are websites but I just keep finding that they contradict themselves. I'm 24 and have been working full time since I was 18. I've never claimed anything before.

Plek Trum

Ring the dental treatment board in Letterkenny, have your PPS number to hand:
1890 400 400 ext.4480

They will tell you straight away if you qualify and / or if not, why not.

davo10

The prsi does cover the cost of some but not all treatment. It entitles you to prophy cleaning twice a year but a check up only once a year so you may have to pay a fee the second time you go. it covers part of the costs of fillings, extractions etc but the costs you pay depends on what the dentist charges for a private filling, ie private fee - prsi fee = price you pay. The costs depend on the type, size, time taken to do the filling, this is why it is difficult to put up a price list. A large white filling on a third molar which takes 45mins to do is not going to cost the same as a small silver filling which takes 10 mins. The only way to find out how much treatment is going to cost is to have a checkup/ cleaning done on prsi, get a treatment plan from dentist which includes costs and go from there. Hope this is helpful

patrickc

Ive had numerous fillings done over the last month and my dentist charges 35 per filling after prsi is taken into account. had a few problems and he's refilled them etc at no cost.

cast_iron

patrickc wrote: »

Ive had numerous fillings done over the last month and my dentist charges 35 per filling after prsi is taken into account. had a few problems and he's refilled them etc at no cost.

From that citizens information site:"(Routine treatments such as extractions, scaling and filling of teeth and provision and repairing of artificial teeth and dentures are excluded from tax relief)."

That appear to counter what people have been saying here, but that site is riddled with inaccuracies and out of date information, so I'm not sure who is right.

Mike07

The site is actually correct this time - relief is given on routine dental treatments: Fillings, cleaning extractions, etc through PRSI - if you are covered by social insurance the dentist deducts from your bill and claims the balance from the dept of social welfare.

Relief can be claimed on a lot of non routine dental treatments:root canal , crowns etc though tax relief . you submit a med 2 ad tax return and get a rebate from the dept of finance.

High&Low

cast_iron wrote: »

From that citizens information site:"(Routine treatments such as extractions, scaling and filling of teeth and provision and repairing of artificial teeth and dentures are excluded from tax relief)."

That appear to counter what people have been saying here, but that site is riddled with inaccuracies and out of date information, so I'm not sure who is right.

Tax relief has nothing to do with PRSI. All PRSI discounts are handled by your dentist.

Tax relief you have to claim yourself and you can do this via the Med 1 form.

Your PRSI covers a portion of the above but it doesn't cover any of the cost of crowns, root canals etc. You can claim back the cost of these on your Med 2 form which accompanies your Med 1 form.

sqlpod

As of Jan 01 2010, due to governmental cut backs, there will be NO prsi discount's on any dental treatment whatsoever. unless you started your current treatment prior to Jan 01 2010.
You now pay FULL charge for the privallage of supporting those whom you know sponge from the state...

Lollymcd

+1 I agree with above. My dentist was sending out text messages in December letting people know about the above and advising they call in to the practice before 01/01/10 to get their cleanings and check ups.

dolliemix

sqlpod wrote: »

As of Jan 01 2010, due to governmental cut backs, there will be NO prsi discount's on any dental treatment whatsoever. unless you started your current treatment prior to Jan 01 2010.
You now pay FULL charge for the privallage of supporting those whom you know sponge from the state...

It was probably the only thing where I felt I was getting some payback for paying 42% tax on my salary. It gave me a taste of what it must be like to be claiming left right and centre and not have to save, plan and take responsibility for whatever services I need in this country.

I'm sorry to see it go.

sqlpod

We Work to to reise the families and scroungers of this country, I would love to grass up the one they call bank of XXXXXXX as she claims for untold kids a boyfriend who lives with her and claims for his own house, she works 7 days a week in the local pub and lends cash to the local piss heads for a small interest , oh and by the way if you saw the new house she legally is not entitled to you would just give up .
Enjoy your raise in tax that is coming to prop up social welfare payments.!!!!!!!
Oh yeah i am soooooo pissed off with this country''s chicken political regimes, at least in the UK they are forcing the scroungers into a format where they must find work( well thats the idea lol)

SerialComplaint

sqlpod wrote: »

We Work to to reise the families and scroungers of this country, I would love to grass up the one they call bank of XXXXXXX as she claims for untold kids a boyfriend who lives with her and claims for his own house, she works 7 days a week in the local pub and lends cash to the local piss heads for a small interest , oh and by the way if you saw the new house she legally is not entitled to you would just give up .
Enjoy your raise in tax that is coming to prop up social welfare payments.!!!!!!!
Oh yeah i am soooooo pissed off with this country''s chicken political regimes, at least in the UK they are forcing the scroungers into a format where they must find work( well thats the idea lol)

Why haven't you already reported them?

Barname

sqlpod wrote: »

We Work to to reise the families and scroungers of this country, I would love to grass up the one they call bank of XXXXXXX as she claims for untold kids a boyfriend who lives with her and claims for his own house, she works 7 days a week in the local pub and lends cash to the local piss heads for a small interest , oh and by the way if you saw the new house she legally is not entitled to you would just give up .
Enjoy your raise in tax that is coming to prop up social welfare payments.!!!!!!!
Oh yeah i am soooooo pissed off with this country''s chicken political regimes, at least in the UK they are forcing the scroungers into a format where they must find work( well thats the idea lol)

People have been encouraged to make complaints by the anonymous report line operated by the department’s Carrick-on-Shannon-based Central Control Section.


A lot of people had not been aware that such reports could be made anonymously. They had believed that they had to give their name and addresses, they dont.

Reports are accepted by e-mail at

central.control@welfare.ie

by telephone to 01 7043000

by post to:
Central Control Division, Shannon Lodge, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim.

georgieporgy

Anonymous reporting of poor fellow citizens who had resorted to petty theft was encouraged in the good old days back in the USSR. It is still the upstanding thing to do in modern day China.

I don't like scroungers and cheats but I'd find it hard to be a snitch. The lazy folks looking for a handout are not to be blamed for our country's current predicament.