John Dennehy
Ceist:444 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for Health and Children the cost of the drug refund subsidisation scheme on an annual basis; his views on whether a flat fee basis for re-imbursement of drug costs by the general medical scheme to pharmacists will be a more cost effective and equitable alternative to the current system of a small dispensing fee supplemented by a mark up on the ingredient cost of the products dispensed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18830/03]