Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 13629-26

To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims submitted under the General Medical Services Scheme, Drugs Payment Scheme and Long-Term Illness Scheme for salbutamol nebules or equivalent short-acting bronchodilator nebule products in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025; the number and value of such claims paid; the number and value rejected or unpaid; and whether he will provide the corresponding figures for claims processed under Discretionary Hardship Arrangements during registered shortage periods.