Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Independent)
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679. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the anomalous situation which results in medical card holders on mixed dosage medication being charged for each mililitre size as an individual item (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9317/14]

Alex White (Dublin South, Labour)
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Medical card holders are required to pay a €2.50 charge per item for medicines and other prescription items supplied to them by community pharmacists, subject to a cap of €25 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.

Where a drug or medicine is required to be dispensed in different strengths and different containers, a prescription charge applies to each claimed strength of the product.