Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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347. To ask the Minister for Health the number of drugs where, following the NCPE, National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, assessment of the manufacturer's economic dossier on the cost effectiveness of a drug (details supplied), the NCPE found a drug not to be cost effective; if this information will be provided for each of the past five years with a breakdown of whether additional price reductions were successfully negotiated and agreed upon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38604/16]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for the administration of the community drug schemes; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply.