Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Ken O’Flynn - PQ 38764-26
Deputy O'Flynn asked if the HSE records the quantity and estimated value of unused or expired medicines returned to community pharmacies. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: May 2026
Updated: July 2026
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE records the quantity and estimated value of unused or expired medicines returned to community pharmacies under State-funded medicine schemes; and if not, whether he intends to establish such a reporting mechanism.
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