Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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801. To ask the Minister for Health if an information programme has been undertaken by the Health Service Executive to update health providers such as general practitioners, consultants, pharmacies and so on regarding the changes for clients on the LTI card who are now on the GMS system but who are exempt from prescription charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33094/14]

Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the Health Service Executive (HSE) has statutory responsibility for the administration of the primary care schemes, including the Long Term Illness Scheme, therefore the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.