Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 5 March 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children

Cost of Prescription Drugs: Discussion

9:30 am

Photo of Sandra McLellanSandra McLellan (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I apologise on behalf of my colleague, Deputy Ó Caoláin, who cannot be here. I will start with Healthwave and ask Mr . O'Sullivan a few questions. I found his presentation very interesting. Healthwave is a retail pharmacy business that caters for all State drugs schemes as well as for private patients who pay in full for their medication. It was launched in 2013 and it has 10,000 customers. Mr. O'Sullivan said that there is, on average, 50% savings on monthly prescriptions, free home delivery nationwide and free house calls from its mobile pharmacist team. Where is Healthwave based? Is it based in Dublin?