Our veterinary care is available to pets whose owners are in receipt of certain mean-tested benefits and who live within a defined catchment area of our small animal clinic in Inchicore.  If you meet these criteria, you may register as a client of The Irish Blue Cross.  Veterinary care is not free but we do charge more affordable fees which cover the basic cost of treatment.

Are you receiving any of the following?

• Job Seeker’s Allowance or Benefit
• Supplementary Welfare Allowance
• Disability Allowance
• Blind Pension
• Deserted Wife’s Allowance
• One-Parent Family Allowance
• Farm Assistance
• Guardian’s Payment (Non-Contributory)
• Qualified Adult Allowance
• Pre-Retirement Allowance
• Non-Contributory State Pension
• Widow’s, Widower’s or Surviving Civil Partner’s (Non-Contributory) Pension
• Carer’s Allowance
• Medical Card

You will be required to show proof of one of the above means-tested Government benefits to avail of our charitable veterinary services.  You may bring your medical card or a receipt from the Post Office with the name of your payment on it.  Alternatively, you will be asked to provide a letter from the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection stating the name of the benefit you are receiving.

This must be dated within the last 3 months.

A social services card will not suffice as proof unless the benefit you are receiving is named on the card.

Proof of dog ownership (dog licence or microchipping certificate) will also be required to avail of our services.