Written answers
Thursday, 21 March 2024
Department of Health
Prescriptions Charges
Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour)
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307. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of abolishing prescription charges for all medical card holders. [13436/24]
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Prescription charges were introduced in the Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2010. On 1 November 2020, prescription charges were reduced as follows:
- For those aged over 70, €1 per item with a maximum charge of €10 per month.
- For those aged under 70, €1.50 per item with a maximum charge of €15 per month.
This costing does not take account of changes in demographics or in eligibility numbers (i.e., changes in the number of medical card holders). It also does not take account of how the abolition of prescription charges may impact on claimant behaviour.
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