Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way the proposed charge on medical card prescriptions will be administered; the stage at which the case will be taken; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5949/10]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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As announced in the Budget last December, in order to address rising costs in both the GMS and Long Term Illness schemes, and to influence to some degree demand and prescribing patterns, a 50 cent charge per prescription item is to be introduced, subject to a monthly ceiling of €10 per family. The full details of the prescription charges are being worked out and will be set out in new legislation which is required to give effect to their introduction.