Written answers
Tuesday, 5 December 2023
Department of Health
Addiction Treatment Services
Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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504. To ask the Minister for Health to outline full breakdown of how the €15.7 million was spent by the HSE on cessation services in 2022. [53227/23]
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The HSE provides stop smoking support services to people in Ireland. These services are evidence-based and provide behavioural support and stop smoking medications (nicotine replacement therapy) to clients.
The cost of providing stop smoking support by the HSE in 2022 is outlined below:
| ITEM | COST€ | NOTE |
|---|---|---|
| QUIT Mass Media Campaign including TV/VOD, Social Media Advertising | 2,153,992 | Cost is inclusive of media spend and the development of a new TV ad and campaign for 2023 |
| Stop Smoking Services (Staff and Associated Costs) | 3,179,160 | This cost pertains to HSE Stop Smoking Advisors and is an average cost (mid-point of scale) |
| National QUIT Line | 377,388 | Demand led service, costs for 2023 are to be circa €400,000 due to increased staffing and activity |
| Stop Smoking Medications to Medical Card Holders via Primary Care Reimbursement Scheme | 9,134,767 | The PCRS costs for stop smoking medication for medical card holders is a demand led service |
| Free Stop Smoking Medication (initial rollout to HSE staff and Sláintecare Healthy Communities Programme) | 276,681 | Cost for 2023 is projected to be circa €1,3000,000 due to the national expansion of the free medication programme |
| We Can Quit Programme Delivery | 599,604 | The We Can Quit Programme is a peer led, 7-12-week stop smoking group support programme for disadvantaged communities |
| QuitManager IT System (patient management system) | 33,629 | Annual license fee. Costs in 2023 will be greater due to ongoing development of the patient management system and integrations with other IT systems in the HSE to facilitate improved referrals |
| TOTAL | 15,755,221 | - |
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