Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

With regard to the funding of the health service and the commitment on page 6 of the programme for Government to ensure significant cost control, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform has highlighted concerns about further overspending by the Department of Health. Will the Taoiseach clarify the position?

I refer to health priorities in the programme for Government. When will the national Alzheimer's disease and dementia strategy be introduced? Where is it now? Will the Taoiseach indicate progress on the extension of BreastCheck to 65 to 69 year old women? Where is the Government in regard to discussions with the Irish Thalidomide Association on further compensation for the victims of thalidomide? There is also a commitment in the programme for Government to legislate to clarify the law surrounding assisted human reproduction, including the law relating to parental relationships arising from assisted human reproduction. Where is that Bill? The programme for Government further states: "We will legislate to regulate stem cell research". Where is that Bill?

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