241 Deputy Jan O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason general practitioners have to carry out the administrative function of rewriting prescriptions issued to both medical card patients on their discharge from hospital and holders of the long-term illness card who have received a prescription from their hospital consultant; if she will take steps to eliminate such unnecessary visits to GPs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18929/09]

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241 Deputy Jan O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason general practitioners have to carry out the administrative function of rewriting prescriptions issued to both medical card patients on their discharge from hospital and holders of the long-term illness card who have received a prescription from their hospital consultant; if she will take steps to eliminate such unnecessary visits to GPs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18929/09]

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