Commitment
Abolish prescription charges
What this means
- Fine Gael promised in its 2024 general election manifesto to abolish prescription charges for patients in Ireland.[source]
- The commitment is aimed at making necessary medicines more affordable for people who rely on regular prescriptions.[source]
- Alongside scrapping prescription charges, Fine Gael also committed to launching a National Patient App as part of its health plans.[source]
- This promise was first stated on 17 November 2024 and remains at the status of promised, with no confirmed delivery date set.[source]
- Voters and watchdogs can use this commitment to hold Fine Gael to account if the party enters government after the 2024 election.[source]
Direct impact (1)
- owned by partyFine GaelParty
Indirect impact (10)
Two-hop relationships traced through the entity above. Useful for spotting downstream knock-on effects.
- owned by party → party member2-hop via fine-gaelAlan DillonOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via fine-gaelBarry WardOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via fine-gaelBrian BrennanOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via fine-gaelCatherine CallaghanOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via fine-gaelColm BrophyOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via fine-gaelColm BurkeOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via fine-gaelDavid MaxwellOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via fine-gaelEdward TimminsOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via fine-gaelEmer CurrieOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via fine-gaelEmer HigginsOfficeholder
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One-hop relationships derived from the entity records. Click any node to follow the link.
Status
Promised
Fine Gael committed to abolishing prescription charges, making necessary medicines more affordable, alongside launching a National Patient App.
Attribution & links
- Origin
- Manifesto
- Policy area
- Health
- Owning party
- Fine Gael
- Responsible body
- —
- Responsible officeholder
- —
- Linked mandate
- —
- First stated
- 2024-11-17
- Last reviewed
- 2026-05-21
Evidence & sources
Every status claim above is backed by a primary source — follow a link to the source-of-truth document.
Evidence
- Fine Gael General Election 2024 Manifesto - Securing Your FutureFine Gael·Retrieved 2026-05-21high
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