187 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the basis on which psychiatric outpatients who are also medical card holders are being required to pay for their medication, in view of the ongoing difficulty in ensuring that such patients actually take their medication and the likely danger to patients in such circumstances whose families may have other financial pressure; if he will review this position; if this decision was made by the Health Service Executive of its own volition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28120/11]

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187 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the basis on which psychiatric outpatients who are also medical card holders are being required to pay for their medication, in view of the ongoing difficulty in ensuring that such patients actually take their medication and the likely danger to patients in such circumstances whose families may have other financial pressure; if he will review this position; if this decision was made by the Health Service Executive of its own volition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28120/11]

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