A Gort Pharmacist is backing calls for vulnerable people to be exempt from the a levy on prescriptions.
At the moment, even if you have a medical card you must pay 2 euro and 50 cent, per prescription item, per month.
It's one of a number of issues being discussed at the Irish Pharmacy Union annual conference in Dublin today.
Brendan Quinn, a former president of the IPU has been telling me the charge also puts unfair responsibility on pharmacists
