Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

8. To ask the Minister for Health if he acknowledges the level of uncertainty and the lack of clarity pertaining to the practice of general practitioners charging medical card holders for blood tests; if he is aware that General Medical Service patients are being charged, despite the fact that under the Health Act 1970, it is stated a general practitioner may not charge the patient if the patient is eligible for free general medical services, including in the event that a patient needs bloods to be taken to either assist in the process of diagnosis or monitor a diagnosed condition; his plans to address the level of ambiguity and confusion among medical card holders and general practitioners alike; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42904/15]

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