Could I ask if a medication (Fluticasone nasal spray 50mcg) which is available over the counter but prescribed by a doctor on a prescription, incurs dispensing charge from the pharmacy?
I think the only way to get a definitive answer to your question is to take your prescription to a few local pharmacies and ask them how much is this item on prescription and how much is it over the counter.
My experience with chemists is they differ in pricing structures, some charge a prescription fee, others don’t but have a higher base price, discount chemists like Pure etc are way cheaper on common repeat meds like statins, blood pressure etc but might not be much cheaper on less common or non repeat drugs.
All chemists though can charge whatever they want to paying customers whether on prescription or not. All chemists appear to have a very high margin on many items if you don’t have a medical card or you have not hit the €80 threshold on the drug payment scheme.
An example I came across is Nizoral shampoo, it can be prescribed or bought over the counter, Google says standard chemists charge €18, discount chemists €13 but if either chemist dispenses Nizoral (Drug code 76333) to a medical card holder or someone who has hit their €80 threshold on the DPS scheme they are only paid €4.28 for that same shampoo.
Atorvastatin 20 mg (Drug code 24707) a common statin is around €8 in the standard chemist, less than €5 in the discount chemist, but if dispensed to a medical card holder or on the DPS scheme the chemist gets paid €3.
You can put your drug name or code in here to see what the HSE pays chemists for drugs dispensed to medical card holders or under the DPS scheme. It is interesting to compare what yo pay the chemist compared to what the HSE pays the chemist for the exact same drug;
https://www.sspcrs.ie/druglist/pub