Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 22 October 2015
Public Accounts Committee
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2014
2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39: Health Service Executive
Chapter 19: Compliance with Prompt Payment Legislation in the Health Sector
Chapter 20: Management of Private Patient Income in the Health Sector
Chapter 21: Control over the Supply of High-Tech Drugs and Medicines
10:00 am
Mr. John Hennessy:
The big reductions have been in the more commonly prescribed drugs and medicines for blood pressure and cholesterol such as statins, etc. Most people have seen their monthly prescription charges reduced to a quarter of what they were only two or three years ago. The Exchequer is getting the benefit under the GMS and drugs payment schemes. Moreover, patients outside of those schemes are getting the benefit in their pockets as well.
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