Nora Owen
Ceist:106 Mrs. Owen asked the Minister for Health and Children when the procedures relating to the over 70's medical card scheme introduced on 1 July 2001, will be fully completed; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that no payments have been made to doctors with this category of patient and nor can persons over 70 years who are attending a doctor not on the GMS scheme seek a refund from their doctor for payments made since 1 July 2001 in view of the fact that those doctors have not been paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31228/01]