Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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325. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time pharmacists and senior pharmacists working in the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics in each of the years of 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased. [62934/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The number of staff at the NCPE has remained constant at 20.5 whole-time equivalents (WTEs) since 2020. The breakdown of this is as follows:

Following an independent review of the NCPE's work in 2017, I allocated an additional €750,000 in 2018 to support the working of the NCPE, increasing its staffing from 10.5 to 20.5 WTEs.