Alex White (Dublin South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

As soon as the legislation is enacted and commenced, the Irish Medicines Board will decide on the medicines for inclusion in interchangeable groups on the list of interchangeable medicines. Market authorisation holders, MAHs, will be consulted on the proposed groups of interchangeable medicines and will then have 28 days in which to comment to the Irish Medicines Board. We anticipate that the first list of interchangeable medicines will be published within two to three months of the commencement of the legislation.