Anthony Lawlor (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Health if proposals are in place to extend the drugs payment scheme to include medications that are currently not covered by the scheme; if the nebusal 7 daily nebulizer could be included under the drugs payment scheme;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55324/12]

Alex White (Dublin South, Labour)
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NEBUSAL® 7% Nebuliser Solution (sodium chloride 7%) does not meet the criteria for inclusion on the list of items reimbursable under the Drug Payment Scheme. These critieria include the following:

- the product must be a medicinal product authorised by the Irish Medicines Board or the European Commission;

- the product must be such that it is ordinarily supplied to the public only on foot of a medical prescription; and

- the product should not be advertised or promoted to the public.

There are no proposals in place to extend the coverage of the Drug Payment Scheme to include medications that are not currently within the Scheme’s ambit.