Medicinal Products Availability

Tuesday, 29 January 2019

Questions (415)

Louise O'Reilly

Question:

415. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of patients whose general practitioners have prescribed lidocaine from 2017 and requested that the treatment be made available under the community drugs scheme in tabular form. [4272/19]

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Written answers

Minister for Health

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 to the Deputy.