Written answers
Tuesday, 28 July 2020
Department of Health
Prescriptions Charges
Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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913. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of extending free prescription medicines to the entire population and of abolishing prescription charges. [18088/20]
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The annual estimated cost of abolishing prescription charges for all medical card holders is €82m.
In relation to the Deputy's question regarding the extension of free prescription medicines to the entire population, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly.
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