Jim O'Callaghan
Ceist:1037. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the drugs payment scheme threshold between 2011 and 2024 inclusive, in tabular form. [44046/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 5 November 2024
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The Drugs Payment Scheme (DPS) provides for the refund of the amount by which expenditure on approved prescribed medicines or medical and surgical appliances exceeds a named threshold in any calendar month.
The DPS is not means tested and is available to anyone ordinarily resident in Ireland. The DPS threshold level has been varied as follows:
|
Time period |
Threshold level |
|
1 January 2010 to 31 December 2011 |
€120 |
|
1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012 |
€132 |
|
1 January 2013 to 31 December 2017 |
€144 |
|
1 January 2018 to 31 March 2019 |
€134 |
|
1 April 2019 to 31 October 2020 |
€124 |
|
1 November 2020 to 31 December 2021 |
€114 |
|
1 January 2022 to 28 February 2022 |
€100 |
|
1 March 2022 to present |
€80 |
Therefore, currently, under the DPS, no individual or family pays more than €80 a month towards the cost of approved prescribed medicines or medical and surgical appliances. The DPS significantly reduces the cost burden for people with ongoing expenditure on medicines.