Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 25 April 2013

Public Accounts Committee

2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011

12:10 pm

Mr. Tony O'Brien:

Roughly, yes. There is a way to go, but it is important to stress progress has been made. Also we are seeing changes, as I said, in prescriber behaviour, which will affect the overall number of prescriptions issued and the move towards always using the preferred drug, which will be the lowest priced clinically effective alternative.