Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 4 July 2013
271. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health to rank by price the amount the State spends, or subsidises by tax relief on prescribed medication and or prescription refunds, on the top ten prescribed drugs. [32796/13]
View answerThe following table shows the top ten drugs by total cost in the General Medical Services (GMS) Scheme, the Drug Payment Scheme (DPS) and the Long Term Illness (LTI) Scheme (these data are provisional for 2012).
Top Ten Drugs by Total Cost 2012
|
Scheme |
Order |
Name |
|
GMS |
1 |
Atorvastatin |
|
2 |
Clinical Nutritional Products |
|
|
3 |
Pregabalin |
|
|
4 |
Salmeterol and other drugs for obstructive airway diseases |
|
|
5 |
Esomeprazole |
|
|
6 |
Diagnostic Products |
|
|
7 |
Olanzapine |
|
|
8 |
Rosuvastatin |
|
|
9 |
Lansoprazole |
|
|
10 |
Acetylsalicylic Acid-Aspirin (Antithrombotic) |
|
|
DPS |
1 |
Atorvastatin |
|
2 |
Pregabalin |
|
|
3 |
Salmeterol and other drugs for obstructive airway diseases |
|
|
4 |
Esomeprazole |
|
|
5 |
Rosuvastatin |
|
|
6 |
Formoterol and other drugs for obstructive airway diseases |
|
|
7 |
Clinical Nutritional Products |
|
|
8 |
Ostomy Requisites |
|
|
9 |
Mesalazine |
|
|
10 |
Montelukast |
|
|
LTI |
1 |
Diagnostic Products |
|
2 |
Insulin Aspart, Fast Acting |
|
|
3 |
Needles/Syringes/Lancets |
|
|
4 |
Atorvastatin |
|
|
5 |
Clinical Nutritional Products |
|
|
6 |
Insulin Glargine, Long Acting |
|
|
7 |
Liragutide |
|
|
8 |
Insulin Detemir, Long Acting |
|
|
9 |
Lamotrigine |
|
|
10 |
Levetiracetam |
The issue of tax relief on prescribed medication and/or prescription refunds is a matter for my colleague, Mr Michael Noonan, T.D., Minister for Finance.
