The HSE’s Primary Care Reimbursement Service (PCRS) supports the delivery of a wide range of primary care services to the general public, through over 7,000 primary care contractors across a range of community health schemes. These schemes form the infrastructure through which the Irish Health System delivers a significant proportion of Primary Care to the public.

During 2014, HSE Primary Care Reimbursement Service reimbursed claims and made payments to General Practitioners (GPs), Community Pharmacists, Dentists and Optometrists/Ophthalmologists totalling €2,455m, in respect of medical card and national primary care schemes. See also, Table 44 (p.90): GMS: The top 100 most commonly prescribed products in the order of their prescribing frequency.