Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the cost of medication (details supplied). [30631/11]

Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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The Government has recently given approval to the drafting of the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medicines) Bill to provide for the designation and substitution of interchangeable medicines and the pricing and reimbursement of prescribed items supplied under the GMS and community drugs schemes. This will give effect to a commitment in the Programme for Government to introduce reference pricing and greater use of generics to reduce prices for both the State and patients.