In short: a grant of up to €100/year for glasses or contact lenses for children up to 16 with public healthcare coverage (includes children of Temporary Protection beneficiaries). Available until 31 December 2026.
The Spanish Government approved Royal Decree 902/2025, known as Plan VEO, establishing a direct grant of up to €100 per beneficiary per year toward the purchase of glasses, prescription lenses, or contact lenses for minors up to 16 years old (inclusive).
Covered items: basic frames with organic prescription lenses with antireflective coating; soft (hydrophilic) or rigid gas-permeable contact lenses; maintenance solution.
Eligibility: the child must have a diagnosed refractive condition and be entitled to publicly funded healthcare (SNS coverage).
Who runs it: funded by the Ministry of Health (Directorate-General for the Common Service Portfolio of the SNS and Pharmacy); the collaborating body that administers it is the General Council of Colleges of Opticians-Optometrists (CGCOO).
How to get it: no separate application. It is applied as an automatic discount of up to €100 at an opticians' shop that has joined the scheme (find one in the official CGCOO finder); you just fill in a form at the time of purchase. The optician is then reimbursed by the CGCOO. (This grant exists because visual-aid devices are not currently included in the SNS Common Service Portfolio.)
In force until: 31 December 2026. Total budget: €47,775,000.
Official source: BOE-A-2025-20076.
Informational only; check the official source and a professional (optician or gestor) for your specific case.