Barry Ward (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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1654. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 336 and 337 of 15 October 2025, the systems in place to facilitate the communication between healthcare providers and pharmacists that a prescription is eligible or ineligible for the free HRT scheme. [57926/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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Currently, prescriptions written by Irish registered prescribers practising in Ireland are valid if they’re presented in paper format or received through Healthmail.

Healthmail is a secure clinical email service that allows health care providers to send and receive clinical patient information in a secure manner. The service is provided by the Primary Care Directorate of the HSE and is managed by eHealth Ireland and supported by the Irish College of General Practitioners and the Irish Pharmacy Union.

As this is also a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.