Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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205. To ask the Minister for Health if a report on the new drugs budget for the HSE 2019 will be provided; the amount that has been spent; the items on which the money has been spent; the amount remaining in view of a media report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11153/19]

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 pricing and reimbursement of medicines; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.