Written answers

Thursday, 31 January 2013

Photo of Clare DalyClare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)
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To ask the Minister for Health the reason a pensioner on eight different types of medication was paying €3 per month before Budget 2013 and is now paying €12 per month for the same medication; and his views on same [4971/13]

Photo of Alex WhiteAlex White (Dublin South, Labour)
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Medical card holders are required to pay a €1.50 charge (per item) for medicines and other prescription items supplied to them by community pharmacists, subject to a cap of €19.50 per month for each person or family. Prior to 1 January 2013, the prescription charge was €0.50 per item. Charges are not payable in respect of items supplied under the Long Term Illness Scheme. 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.

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