Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

756. To ask the Minister for Health when he will commence negotiations with a union (details supplied) as part of the review of pharmacy dispensing fees under section 42 (14) of the Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26157/23]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

The regulations governing the pharmacy fee structure are set out in the Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017 (No. 34 of 2017) and in S.I. No. 639 of 2019, the Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017 (Payments to Community Pharmacy Contractors) Regulations 2019, which put the current fee structure in place, with effect from 1 January 2020.

Under Section 42(14) of the 2017 Act the pharmacy fee structure must be reviewed every 3 years after 2020. The Department is currently carrying out a review and Department officials will communicate with the Irish Pharmacy Union (IPU) in that regard in the near future.