To ask the Minister of Health what assurances he can give that the capital and revenue investment required to deliver and underpin the ePharmacy programme are, and will be, included in the annual Department of Health and Department of Finance budgetary provisions.

The Department is fully committed to the work of the ePharmacy programme which aims to support the management of electronic prescribing and reduce the administrative burden on key stakeholders.

I am unable to give any assurances regarding the capital and revenue investments that may be required to deliver and underpin the ePharmacy programme at this time. However, I will consider any future investment proposals as and when they are received, and balance all departmental priorities when determining final allocations of capital and revenue investment funding.