Marie Sherlock (Dublin Central, Labour)
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1397. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of abolishing all prescription charges under the general medical service scheme. [29493/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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The estimated full-year cost of abolishing all prescription charges is €69m. This costing does not take account of changes in demographics, in eligibility (e.g., changes in the number of medical card holders), or how the removal of prescription charges may impact claimant behaviour.