Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Ken O’Flynn - PQ 38770-26
Deputy O'Flynn asked whether the HSE reimburses medicines which are dispensed but never collected by patients. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: May 2026
Updated: July 2026
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Question from Deputy Ken O’Flynn - PQ 38770-26
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE reimburses medicines which are dispensed but never collected by patients; what safeguards exist to prevent unnecessary reimbursement; and whether data on uncollected medicines is centrally collected.
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