Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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334. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 412 of 27 January 2015 and 12 of 2 October 2015, the status of the response by the Health Service Executive to this issue; if he will expedite the response; and if he will clarify his response. [4126/16]

Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, 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.

Where a prescribed drug or medicine is required to be dispensed in different strengths and different containers, and therefore claimed as more than one item, a prescription charge applies to each claimed strength of the product.

The HSE is aware that this is an issue for medical card holders, and intends to address this issue as part of its ongoing Pharmacy Interface Project.