Denise Mitchell (Dublin Bay North, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

35. To ask the Minister for Health the action that will be taken by the HSE to address a now common practice whereby general practitioners are charging GMS patients for diagnostic and routine blood tests; the recourse, other than making a complaint, available to patients that have been charged by their general practitioner for blood tests when they are needed; the way a refund can be sought; the action he will take with general practitioners to overcome this issue and barriers to care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4560/17]

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