370. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of community pharmacies participating in the common conditions service; the findings to date of the data collection exercise involving the 150 data champion pharmacies which commenced in July 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53755/26]
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372. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of community pharmacy contractors that have provided notice of participation in Phase 1 of the BowelScreen community pharmacy intervention; the projected cost of the per patient service fee under Phase 2; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53757/26]
373. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of community pharmacy contractors in receipt of the emergency medicine administration preparedness allowance introduced under the Community Pharmacy Agreement 2025; the number of recorded administrations of naloxone in community settings in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53758/26]
1326. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures in place to ensure that pharmacy graduates from newly established programmes, including that at South East Technological University, can access sufficient supervised practice placements in hospital and community pharmacy settings across the south and south-east of Ireland; if his Departme…
1327. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide details on the number of pharmacy students currently enrolled across all Higher Education Institutions offering accredited pharmacy programmes in Ireland, broken down by institution; the projected number of pharmacy graduates expected to enter the workforce annually over the next fi…
1208. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a breakdown by county of the number of pharmacies currently participating in the Common Conditions Service; if she will specifically outline the uptake rate in County Cork; the steps that are being taken to maximise participation among pharmacies that have not yet joined the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3517…
1209. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if her Department has reviewed the findings of previous annual medicine shortages surveys conducted by the Irish Pharmacy Union in collaboration with University College Cork; the specific measures have been taken to address medicine shortages that have been identified as placing additional workload on community pharmacists; if she will outline whether a na…
1210. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the timeline for the introduction of legislation to enable pharmacists to prescribe contraception under the free contraception scheme, given that the Heads of this Bill were approved in March 2026 and identified as priority legislation in the Government Summer 2026 Legislative Programme; what consultations have taken place …
1211. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if she will outline the projected number of pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine administrations expected to be delivered through community pharmacy in 2026 under the new publicly funded service introduced under the Community Pharmacy Agreement 2025; the monitoring arrangements that are in place to evaluate uptake among eligible GMS cardholders over 65 year…
1212. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health in light of the recent HIQA recommendation to extend BowelScreen eligibility to those aged 50 to 54, the specific role community pharmacists are envisaged to play in supporting awareness, registration, and patient navigation within the expanded programme; the timeline for formalising this pharmacy involvement as committed to under the Community Pharmacy Ag…
1213. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the timeline for pharmacy software vendors to implement the system changes required before community pharmacies can avail of the new electronic record keeping provisions signed into law by her Department in April 2026, effective from 30 June 2026; whether her Department is actively engaging with vendors to prevent a gap bet…
1214. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the total funding claimed through the new Pharmacy Training Grant portal since it went live in March 2026; the number of pharmacy contractors who have submitted claims to date; whether her Department has assessed if the current grant levels are sufficient to meet the professional development needs of pharmacists, particularly in rural communities across Co…
1195. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of community pharmacies in County Cork participating in the Common Conditions Service as of the most recent date available; the number of consultations delivered through the service in Cork to date; the number of pharmacies in Cork selected as Data Champions for the evaluation of the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3313…
1196. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health given that the Common Conditions Service consultation fee is currently borne by the patient, whether she will consider removing or subsidising this fee for medical card holders, particularly in areas of higher socio-economic disadvantage including parts of County Cork, to ensure equitable access; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33131/26]
2811. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the implementation of the revised pharmaceutical framework agreements; the way in which the HSE intends to operate the clock-stop procedures; whether all dates relevant to clock stops will be published via a reimbursement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24359/26]
2812. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the changes to the reimbursement system forthcoming on foot of the new pharmaceutical framework agreements; the assurances that can be given to patients that decisions on medicines will be made faster; and if the governance of the reimbursement system will ensure this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24360/26]
1055. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if her Department carried out an assessment of the financial or clinical impact of introducing a blister pack charge, particularly for older people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72225/25]
990. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking, as per the Programme for Government commitments, to undertake a review of the drug reimbursement process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17359/25]
991. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the situations where private health insurers are in some cases covering access to drugs and orphan drugs for their clients and the very same drugs are not available to public patients; if he is aware of this two tier approach; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17360/25]
992. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if the full budget for new medicines was drawn down by the HSE in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17361/25]
993. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of new medicines approved per annum in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17362/25]
994. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the overall extent of pharmaceutical expenditure per annum in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17363/25]
995. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the protocols and processes available or used by pharmacists to return unused medicines or to redistribute any paid for, yet unused medicines in the wider pharmacy sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17364/25]
996. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the value of drugs, particularly orphan drugs, that go unused for one reason or another per annum; the way her Department is attempting to limit the wastage and number of medicines that expired unused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17365/25]
322. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the steps his Department and or the HSE will take to ensure wastage is reduced in pharmacies with regard to the dispensation of drugs, particularly expensive drugs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16462/25]