Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy David Cullinane - PQ 47074-26
Deputy Cullinane asked about the share of medicines spending which is spent on generic substitute medicines. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and Public Affairs
Published: June 2026
Updated: July 2026
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health the share of medicines spending which is spent on generic substitute medicines; and the share of generic medicines in the volume of medications funded or dispensed by the HSE in each year 2024, 2025, and to date in 2026, in tabular form.
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