The packs separate daily tablet doses into individual pockets, allowing patients take the right tablets at the right time.
A Laois Senator and former pharmacy technician says she's baffled by the government's decision to suspend funding for medical blister packs.
The move has been delayed until a later date in the first quarter of the year following a severe political backlash in recent weeks.
Sinn Fein's Maria McCormack used to work as a pharmacy techincian, and has a daughter who requires blister packs for her medication.
She says there will be mass-confusion if this funding is taken away:
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