1461. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health if he will direct the HSE to overrule the recent recommendation from the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics and make pluvicto available for reimbursement to eligible patients; if he acknowledges the urgent need for access to this treatment for cancer patients in the healthcare system; and if he will take into account that pluvicto has already been approved and…
Topics / Medicinal Products
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsMedicinal Products
1,233 questions from 132 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
1,233
questions
1,229 written, 4 oral
132
TDs have asked
11
parties and groups
Independents counted together
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departments asked
Questions per month
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| January 2025 | 17 |
| February 2025 | 66 |
| March 2025 | 28 |
| April 2025 | 35 |
| May 2025 | 43 |
| June 2025 | 58 |
| July 2025 | 56 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 36 |
| October 2025 | 38 |
| November 2025 | 58 |
| December 2025 | 27 |
| January 2026 | 18 |
| February 2026 | 70 |
| March 2026 | 142 |
| April 2026 | 87 |
| May 2026 | 156 |
| June 2026 | 127 |
| July 2026 | 82 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 62 |
| October 2026 | 27 |
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1535. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he can reinstate the position whereby gluten-free products are reimbursable items under the general medical services (scheme) as the additional cost of gluten-free products is placing a strain on many families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1283/25]
1537. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to covering medications like Ozempic under the drug payment scheme for polycystic ovary syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1306/25]
1587. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 564 of 15 November 2022, the way a person can be reimbursed for a therapy if no alternative product exists (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1625/25]
1620. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health to guarantee reimbursement of spinraza by the HSE for patients over 18 years of age with SMA Types I, II or III. [1802/25]
1628. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health his plans, if any, to make the medication lumateperone available via the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1872/25]
1630. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the current status of Palforzia; and the current availability of same and timeline for acceptance under the drugs repayment scheme. [1878/25]
1676. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the efforts being made to ensure Ozempic is available to all those with a prescription for it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1984/25]