Written answers

Tuesday, 16 January 2018

Department of Health

Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility

Photo of Tony McLoughlinTony McLoughlin (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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893. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether parents of children with ADHD who need medication should be legally entitled to retrospective repayment from the HSE for the costs of treatment for ADHD from the time that the Ombudsman decided that it should be included in the long-term illness scheme in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55177/17]

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon 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 community drug schemes; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

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