136 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 94 of 20 January 2011 if the prescription charge should be applied twice to the same medication (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4601/11]

Medical card holders are required to pay a 50c charge per item for medicines and other prescription items supplied to them by community pharmacists. As the dosage prescribed requires two separate pack sizes it is classed as two individual items and as such incurs a 50c charge per item.