Health Services

1475. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health to list in full the range of HRT products proposed to be made available free of charge; if this has changed from the range originally announced in October 2024; whether there is scope to increase the range of products in amending legislation given that this has not yet been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1…

1476. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when free hormone replacement therapy as announced in Budget 2025 will become available; if women who had to pay for products in January 2025 will be reimbursed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1047/25]

1477. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the date that HRT will become available free of charge, as proposed in Budget 2025; if this has now been delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1048/25]

1480. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Health the status of the promised provision of free HRT in January 2025; the reason for the delay; when free HRT will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1055/25]

1482. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of the free HRT scheme; the reasons for the delay in its rollout; if he will consider reimbursing women for HRT costs incurred since the start of January 2025 due to the delay in commencement of the scheme. [1060/25]

1483. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in commencing the free HRT scheme; when the scheme will commence for qualifying patients; if he will arrange for women who should have benefited from the scheme since 1 January 2025 to be reimbursed any expenses accrued up to the formal commencement of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1064/25]

1486. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the provision of free hormone replacement therapy for women, which was due to be implemented on 1 January 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1084/25]

1492. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health if he plans to change the criteria for the long-term illness scheme to include over-16s with a mental illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1100/25]

1493. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the rollout of the proposed free HRT scheme as outlined in Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1114/25]

1503. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the expected rollout of the free HRT scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1156/25]

1510. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the reason that the publicly funded HRT scheme will be delayed; the new projected date for the rollout of the scheme; if persons will be reimbursed for HRT paid for between January 2025 and the implementation date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1176/25]

1511. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he will advise when HRT medication will be available without charge, as per Government commitments and announcements; if this will be backdated for medication dispensed and paid for in 2025; how a retrospective claim for recoupment of this expense will be done; if there will be an advertisement campaign advising of this; and if he will …

1516. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health for an update on the discussions his Department is undertaking with the HSE and a union (details supplied) in order to implement the Health Insurance (Amendment) and Health (Provision of Menopause Products) Bill 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1209/25]

1526. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the current weight management services in operation across the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1252/25]

1547. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1399/25]

1552. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health to give a clear outline of when the free HRT scheme will be implemented, as promised in Budget 2025; to commit to reimbursing patients who have had to purchase the medication after 1 January 2025 when the scheme was supposed to be introduced; to ensure that any GP fees incurred during the prescribing process are waived to ensure ‘free…

1568. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when the free HRT scheme that was to be in place at the beginning of 2025 will be in place. [1518/25]

1576. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the number of international protection applicants who were offered a public health screening in 2022-2024; the number who were not offered a public health screening within that timeframe; the number who attended a public health screening within that timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1550/25]

1579. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health to confirm the care policy (details supplied); the reason for any difference in policy by CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1572/25]

1580. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE provides for different requirements of care in different CHOs; at what level of management and who is entitled to approve differentials in care between CHOs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1573/25]

1588. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health when hormone replacement therapy will become free, given that this was supposed to commence in January, having been provided for in Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1626/25]

1591. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health to outline the engagement he has undertaken with pharmacists and the HSE regarding the commitment to provide from HRT to women from January 2025; when this scheme will become operational; whether women will receive retrospective payment for HRT purchased from 1 January 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1631/25]

1601. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health when HRT products will be available for free, as committed to in Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1700/25]

1688. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health if he will extend the long-term illness scheme from age 16 to age 18 for mental-illness treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2112/25]