December 2024;
— cost barriers associated with healthcare being reduced through the abolition of inpatient charges, the introduction of the free contraception scheme, and the expansion of access to free general practitioner care to over 670,000 people, making healthcare more affordable for individuals and families;
— Ireland performing well … hospital extensions, new primary care centres and community nursing units across the country; the abolition of inpatient charges, the introduction of the free contraception scheme and the expansion of access to free GP care to more than 670,000 people; significant upgrades to Ireland’s national road network
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think needs review as well, supplemented by removing the public inpatient charges for children and adults, and supplemented by our extension of contraception. We are trying to reach different groups in the broadest possible way and reduce the cost of medicine and access to medicine. In addition
girls in County Louth being the beneficiaries of the broader supports in relation to HRT yet to come and the cost of contraception supports
outside the paid workplace. There has also been significant progress in the area of women's health, including the introduction of the free contraception scheme, the opening of specialist menopause clinics and fertility hubs. Ireland also submitted its response to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination
In parliamentary questions
Paul Murphy
Written
Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to expanding the free contraceptive scheme to include long-term, hormone-free contraceptives for women such as the mini-TT 380 copper coil; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10382/25
David Cullinane
Written
Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she will deliver a genuinely free hormone replacement therapy scheme similar to the universal contraception scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10082/25
Barry Ward
Written
Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the extension of access to free contraception as committed to under the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8997/25
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