469. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the decision to remove cover for liraglutide, marketed as Victoza, under the drugs payment scheme which came into effect on 1 December 2019 will be reversed until the proposed alternative, marketed as Saxwenda, is fully covered, thereby eliminating the financial penalty on persons who require the medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4032/20]

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469. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the decision to remove cover for liraglutide, marketed as Victoza, under the drugs payment scheme which came into effect on 1 December 2019 will be reversed until the proposed alternative, marketed as Saxwenda, is fully covered, thereby eliminating the financial penalty on persons who require the medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4032/20]

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