60 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the decision of the Irish Pharamaceutical Union to recommend rejection of the proposed new drugs refund scheme; the steps he intends to take to ensure the scheme goes ahead should the members of the Irish Pharamaceutical Union vote to reject it; if his attention has been drawn to the severe difficulties caused to non-medical card holders with large drug bills, due to the failure to introduce the new scheme; if, pending the introduction of a new scheme he will make arrangements to supply drugs free to asthmatics and other similar categories on the same basis as they are supplied free to medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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60 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the decision of the Irish Pharamaceutical Union to recommend rejection of the proposed new drugs refund scheme; the steps he intends to take to ensure the scheme goes ahead should the members of the Irish Pharamaceutical Union vote to reject it; if his attention has been drawn to the severe difficulties caused to non-medical card holders with large drug bills, due to the failure to introduce the new scheme; if, pending the introduction of a new scheme he will make arrangements to supply drugs free to asthmatics and other similar categories on the same basis as they are supplied free to medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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