604. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether there is a formal departmental policy providing for automatic reimbursement of clinically equivalent substitute medicines once the Health Products Regulatory Authority has listed a reimbursable product as being in shortage; if not, whether she will outline the policy rationale for the absence of such an automatic trigger mechanism; and whether consideration is being given to introducing same. [13653/26]

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604. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether there is a formal departmental policy providing for automatic reimbursement of clinically equivalent substitute medicines once the Health Products Regulatory Authority has listed a reimbursable product as being in shortage; if not, whether she will outline the policy rationale for the absence of such an automatic trigger mechanism; and whether consideration is being given to introducing same. [13653/26]

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