David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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647. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing prescription charges in increments of €0.50 to €0 for each cohort, in tabular form. [28744/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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The below table sets out the estimated cost of reducing prescription charges in increments of €0.50 to €0.00 for each cohort:

These costings do not take account of changes in demographics, eligibility (e.g., changes in the number of medical card holders), or how a reduction in prescription charges may impact claimant behaviour.