Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 301: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the anomaly (details supplied) which now exists following the introduction of a 50 cent prescription charge per item for medical card holders and if she has any plans to exempt these groups from this charge [36258/10]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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Prescription charges do not apply to items supplied to patients under the Long Term Illness Scheme. Medical card holders are required to pay a 50c charge for medicines and other prescription items supplied to them by community pharmacists, subject to a cap of €10 per month for each person or family. Prescription charges do not apply to children in the care of the HSE or to methadone supplied to patients participating in the Methadone Treatment Scheme. There are no plans to exempt any other products or categories of patients from the charge. End of Take