Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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835. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost to reduce prescription charges by €0.50 [25506/20]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The estimated full year cost to reduce prescription charges by €0.50 is €25m.

The charge would be reduced by €0.50c to €1 per item for the over 70s and by €0.50c to €1.50 for persons under 70. The maximum monthly charge would also be reduced to €10 and €15 respectively.