Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 October 2012

Public Accounts Committee

Vote Management and Budgetary Situation in 2012: Discussion with Department of Health and HSE

7:30 pm

Mr. Liam Woods:

The underlying factors concern the demographic around ageing. Medical card costs are much more significant in terms of people who are older, so ageing is a significant factor. This has the effect of growing the prescribing volume.