PQ 480
480. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the regulations for doctors and pharmacists in circumstances where the doctor prescribes medication for a patient on a medical card and that medication is also available without prescription over-the-counter; if it is within the pharmacist's discretion not to allow this medication to be covered by the medical card and to require the patient to incur the full cost of the over-the-counter medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43041/15]
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1 December 2015
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1 December 2015 · Pharmacy Services
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Gerry Adams
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1 December 2015
Summary
480. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the regulations for doctors and pharmacists in circumstances where the doctor prescribes medication for a patient on a medical card and that medication is also available without prescription over-the-counter; if it is within the pharmacist's discretion not to allow this medication to be covered by the medical card and to require the patient to incur the full cost of the over-the-counter medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43041/15]
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1 December 2015
Pharmacy Services
480. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the regulations for doctors and pharmacists in circumstances where the doctor prescribes medication for a patient on a medical card and that medication is also available without prescription over-the-counter; if it is within the pharmacist's discretion not to allow this medication to be covered by the medical card and to require the patient to incur the full cost of the over-the-counter medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43041/15]
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- Official source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2015-12-01/480/
- Open data entity: https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/question/2015-12-01/pq_480
- ireland · q-2015-12-01-pq_480 · source updated 1 December 2015