David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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575. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a minor ailment scheme. [28667/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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A precise costing for the establishment of a Minor Ailment Scheme cannot be provided without the following information:

• What conditions or ‘minor ailments’ would be included in such a Scheme.
• What level of activity for each condition or minor ailment specified would be expected under the Scheme.
• Whether a consultation fee would be paid to pharmacists for the provision of the services under the scheme, and, if so, at what level.
• Whether the State would continue to provide payments to GPs for the services they currently provide to medical card holders for the treatment of the specified minor ailments.