Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Ken O’Flynn - PQ 38767-26
Deputy O'Flynn asked if the HSE has a national medicines waste reduction strategy. 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 has a national medicines waste reduction strategy; and if not, whether one will be developed in light of recent research estimating annual medicines waste at over €37.5 million.
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