Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Ken O’Flynn - PQ 6501-26
Deputy O'Flynn asked about contingency arrangements in place to reimburse clinically equivalent substitute medicines when the reimbursed item is unavailable.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: January 2026
Updated: February 2026
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Question from Deputy Ken O’Flynn - PQ 6501-26
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE and Primary Care Reimbursement Service have contingency arrangements in place to automatically reimburse clinically equivalent substitute medicines where supply chain disruption affects a reimbursable product; and if not, whether she will introduce such arrangements as a matter of urgency.
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