Fiscal claim
Abolish prescription charges
Headline figure
Per-year impact
€90m
Revenue cut (tax / charge reduction)
Total over horizon
€90m
2025 onwards
Confidence
Stated in source
Current prescription charge yields ~€90m/yr.
Attribution & links
- Origin
- Manifesto
- Owner
- Fine Gael
- Policy area
- Health
- Underwrites commitment
- Abolish prescription charges
- First stated
- 2024-11-17
- Last reviewed
- 2026-05-23
Verification
Cross-checked against the source document. Quote captured verbatim where the figure is directly stated; gaps and mismatches are noted honestly.
Verified against Fine Gael GE2024 Manifesto, p.83: "abolish prescription charges, making necessary medicines free."
Evidence & sources
Every euro figure above ultimately traces back to the source document below.
Source
- Fine Gael GE2024 ManifestoFine Gael·Retrieved 2026-05-23high
- Fine Gael GE2024 Manifesto, p.83 - verbatim figureFine Gael·Retrieved 2026-05-23high
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