Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 12 June 2014

Public Accounts Committee

2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 38 - Health
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 21 - Budget Management in Health Service Executive
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards

11:20 am

Mr. John Hennessy:

The annual expenditure is between €1.3 and €1.5 billion. The second significant measure was the legislation which provided for reference pricing. That has been happening in parallel with the IPHA agreement to reduce further the cost to the consumer and the Exchequer. The savings target for this year under reference pricing will amount to a further €50 million.

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