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:
I do. This is an expanding area. The reference price drugs, the more commonly prescribed drugs which I have referred to, are being revisited on an annual basis to bring down the price even further. The objective is to bring Ireland into line with the lowest-cost countries throughout the European Union. That process is continuing.
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