Jerry Cowley (Mayo, Independent)
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Question 363: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when he plans to extend the allowance for opticians for sufferers of aniridia; when this situation will be reviewed and changed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4537/04]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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No allowances are payable to opticians under the optometric schemes operated by the health boards. Replacement lenses are routinely available every two years. However, where medical circumstances dictate, replacement lenses are available, as required.