Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

As regards Financial Resolution No. 1, I ask the Minister for Health to consider the excessive cost of nicotine replacement therapies, including chewing gums and lozenges. There are many people who are not on the medical card scheme and wish to give up smoking through the use of alternative sources of nicotine as they wean themselves off the product. However, the cost of these products is excessive. I ask the Minister to consider reviewing the cost of those products for which pharmaceutical companies are charging an arm and a leg.

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