Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 94: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the situation whereby a 15 year old girl on a Youthreach course who has a valid medical card must pay her general practitioner a fee of €20 to obtain a letter for her course tutor to show that she is ill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43348/08]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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Under the General Medical Services (GMS) Scheme, section 11 of the 1989 Capitation Contract states:

"The Medical practitioner shall:

furnish to a person whom he has examined and for whom he is obliged to provide services (or, in the case of a child, to his parent) a certificate in relation, to any illness noticed during the examination which is reasonably required by him or by the parent as the case may be".

Accordingly, a medical card holder is not liable for a charge for this certificate.