Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Paul Lawless - PQ 69792-25
Deputy Lawless asked why prescriptions from private doctors are excluded under the medical card scheme. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: December 2025
Updated: January 2026
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Question from Deputy Paul Lawless - PQ 69792-25
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health the reason prescriptions from private doctors are excluded under the medical card scheme; if she will consider extending coverage given the difficulty many face accessing their own GPs, leading them to seek private care; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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