Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 30 April 2014
869. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a comprehensive list of medical conditions in respect of which prescription charges do not apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19347/14]
Amharc ar fhreagraMedical card holders are required to pay prescription charges for medicines and other prescription items supplied to them by community pharmacists. Prescription charges do not apply to children in the care of the HSE or to methadone supplied to patients participating in the Methadone Treatment Scheme. There is no provision, under the prescription charge legislation, to exempt individual medical conditions from the prescription charge.
Prescription charges are not payable in respect of items supplied under the Long Term Illness (LTI) Scheme. The conditions covered by the LTI Scheme are: Acute Leukaemia, Mental Handicap, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Illness (in a person under 16), Cystic Fibrosis, Multiple Sclerosis, Diabetes Insipidus, Diabetes Mellitus, Muscular Dystrophies, Parkinsonism, Epilepsy, Phenylketonuria, Haemophilia, Spina Bifida, Hydropcephalus and conditions arising from the use of Thalidomide.
