Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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378. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to have nicotine replacement therapy available on the drugs payment scheme (details supplied) [5434/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is available to medical card holders, on prescription, on the General Medical Services (GMS) Scheme. NRT products are also available as over the counter items, without the need for a prescription.

NRT is not reimbursable under the Drugs Payment Scheme. There are no plans to change this arrangement. However, two non-nicotine prescription medicines are authorised in Ireland to assist in smoking cessation, and these are available on both the GMS and the Drugs Payment Schemes.