asked the Minister for Health if his Department have given any consideration to extending the list of long-term illnesses for which free drugs are available; and the total cost of the free drugs scheme for long-term illnesses in the last year for which figures are available.
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: Consideration has been given to the extension of the list of long-term illnesses but it is not intended, at present, to extend it further. The scheme will be reviewed again from time to time.
The total cost of the scheme in 1977 was £1.687 million.