Deirdre Clune (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the categories of persons, medicines and illnesses excluded from the new prescription charge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37229/10]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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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.