Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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188. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of reducing the drugs payment scheme threshold to €100. [44035/19]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The estimated cost of reducing the Drugs Payment Scheme monthly threshold to €100 in 2019 is €25.2 million. 

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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189. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of reducing the drugs payment scheme threshold for single headed households to €72. [44036/19]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The estimated cost of reducing the Drugs Payment Scheme threshold for a single-headed household to €72 is €8.3 million, where a single headed household is defined as one eligible DPS patient on a family card in a claim month.