Mark Ward
Question:505. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health when the reduction in the threshold for the drug payment scheme will come into effect. [55542/21]
View answerTuesday, 16 November 2021
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The Drugs Payment Scheme (DPS) provides for the refund of the amount by which expenditure on approved prescribed drugs, medicines, and medical/surgical appliances exceeds a named threshold in any calendar month. All persons ordinarily resident in Ireland can apply for eligibility regardless of their means.
The DPS threshold is currently set at €114 per month.
As announced in Budget 2022, the DPS threshold will be reduced to €100 per month. It is anticipated that, upon enactment of secondary legislation to give effect to this change, the new threshold will come into effect on 1 January 2022.