Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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244. To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost of the drug payment scheme; the annual number of beneficiaries of the scheme; the number of individual monthly claims, in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17795/16]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the 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 you.

If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days, please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.