Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party)
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1670.To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to make the drug NP thyroid, which is used to treat thyroid conditions and autoimmune diseases, available under the drug payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34213/24]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Natural Desiccated Thyroid (NDT) tablets are not on the formal GMS Reimbursement List and are an Exempt Medicinal Product not licensed with the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA). They have never been on the formal GMS Reimbursement List. However, the product is available on an exceptional basis under Discretionary Hardship Arrangements and the Drugs Payment Scheme (DPS).