DRUGS PAYMENT SCHEME (DPS)

The Drugs Payment Scheme covers families and individuals for the cost of their prescribed medication. Under DPS, no family or individual will have to pay more than a €100* per month for all approved prescribed drugs, medicines and applications.

If you have any questions, come in to any one of our Pharmacies and ......... Just Ask. 
We would be delighted to help.
*Subject to change by Dept of Health

MEDICAL CARD HOLDER
If you have a medical card, you & your dependants will be covered for all approved prescribed drugs, medicines and applications.
If you have any concerns come into any one of our Pharmacies and ......... Just Ask.

LONG TERM ILLNESS ASSISTANCE
Did you know that if you suffer from Long Term Illness you are entitled to all the necessary medicines and other treatments irrespective of your income?
Conditions included in this scheme include:

• Acute Leukaemia
• Cerebral Palsy
• Cystic Fibrosis
• Diabetes Insipidus
• Diabetes Mellitus
• Epilepsy
• Haemophilia
• Hydrocephalus
• Mental Disability
• Mental Illness (up to age 16 only)
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Muscular Dystrophy
• Parkinsonism
• Phenylketonuria
• Spina Bifida

If you are suffering from a Long Term Illness come into any one of our Pharmacies and ......... Just Ask.


MED 1 FORMS AND TAX REFUNDS
Did you know that you are able to get tax refunds on certain expenditure on medicines & medical equipment?
Feel free to call into any of our pharmacies at the end of the tax year. We will provide you with a MED 1 form which is a print out of all the medines dispensed to you and your family in that year. To avail of tax refunds simply submit this form with your other tax returns.