Thomas Pringle (Donegal South West, Independent)
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Question 349: To ask the Minister for Health the amount of drugs in the past year that have been removed off the medical card payment scheme and the drugs payment scheme; if he will provide a list of the drugs and the manufacturers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40643/11]

Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Products were removed from the list of reimbursable items over the past year for the following reasons:

product discontinuations by suppliers

products for which marketing authorisations are no longer in place

products which are supplied through hospitals and not supplied in the community

Over the past year 251 drug items were removed from the list and 521 drug items were added to the list. All additions and deletions to the list are published on the website of the HSE's Primary Care Reimbursement Service (www.pcrs.ie). The list is updated on a monthly basis.