Written answers
Thursday, 7 October 2010
Department of Health and Children
General Medical Services Scheme
5:00 pm
Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the provision of a drug (details supplied) is covered on the medical card scheme. [35587/10]
Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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I can confirm that methadone prescribed for pain relief is available under the General Medical Services scheme. End of Take
Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [35596/10]
Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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The contract between the Health Service Executive (HSE) and general practitioners (GPs) under the General Medical Services (GMS) Scheme stipulates that fees are not paid to GPs by the HSE in respect of certain medical certificates which may be required, for example, "under the Social Welfare Acts or for the purposes of insurance or assurance policies or for the issue of driving licences".
Consultation fees charged by general practitioners to private patients and to GMS patients outside the terms of the GMS contract are a matter of private contract between the clinicians and the patients. While I have no role in relation to such fees, I would expect clinicians to have regard to the overall economic situation in setting their fees.
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