David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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646. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the drug payment scheme threshold in increments of €5 to €0, in tabular form. [28743/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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The below table shows the additional annual cost associated with reducing the Drugs Payment Scheme (DPS) Threshold in increments of €5 from €80 to €0 per month:

These costings do not take account of changes in demographics, in eligibility (e.g., changes in the number of medical card holders), or in claimant behaviour arising from a reduction in the DPS threshold.