Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2023-07-13
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Emer Higgins (FG), Dublin Mid-West

Right now across Ireland, there are 307 medicines in short supply, including tablets people rely on for their blood pressure, cholesterol or mental health and medicines people require to regulate their hormones, their breathing or their insulin. People with medical conditions are facing a record shortage of drugs. That is causing huge anxiety for them, their families and their pharmacists. About 60% of the population will be impacted in some way. This matter has been raised with me by people having trouble accessing medicine, people who are concerned they will not be able to fill prescriptions for their children and by my own local pharmacist. What is the Government doing to bring medicine back into good supply?

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Sitting date: 2023-07-13