Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent)
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584. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on prescriptions of specific serotonin re-uptake inhibitors, SSRI, and serotonin-noradrenaline re-uptake inhibitors, SNRIs, and the number of persons who are prescribed SSRIs and SNRIs, according to the latest data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6183/16]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the Health Service Executive (HSE) has statutory responsibility for the administration of the primary care schemes; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days, he should contact my Private Office and it will follow up the matter with them.