Pharmaceutical Sector

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 November 2020

Tuesday, 3 November 2020

Ceisteanna (1327, 1328)

Brian Stanley

Ceist:

1327. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the amount his Department or the HSE has received from pharmaceutical companies in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020. [33163/20]

Brian Stanley

Ceist:

1328. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the purpose for which the HSE and public hospitals are receiving money from pharmaceutical companies. [33164/20]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Health

I propose to take Questions Nos. 1327 and 1328 together.

The Department of Health and the HSE do not accept money from pharmaceutical companies.

According to the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association (IPHA), since July 2016, details of companies’ engagements with, and support of, Health Care Professionals through direct or indirect financial support or ‘Transfers of Value’ have been publicly disclosed in accordance with their Code of Practice for the Pharmaceutical Industry. (https://www.transferofvalue.ie/).

I, as Minister for Health, and my Department, have no function in this area.