149. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health his views on whether it is fair for haemochromatosis patients in rural areas to be billed €80 per venesection or phlebotomy therapy in hospitals when patients in St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8, are not charged; the reason it is not a free treatment in all hospitals; if he will address the discrimination and make it a free service to all haemochromatosis patients who do not hold a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9199/18]

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149. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health his views on whether it is fair for haemochromatosis patients in rural areas to be billed €80 per venesection or phlebotomy therapy in hospitals when patients in St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8, are not charged; the reason it is not a free treatment in all hospitals; if he will address the discrimination and make it a free service to all haemochromatosis patients who do not hold a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9199/18]

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