Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 130: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the proposed scheme to provide financial assistance for IVF treatments referred to by her in an article of 3 November 2008 (details supplied) will go ahead; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41681/08]

Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the proposed scheme to provide financial assistance for IVF treatments referred to by her in an article of 3 November 2008 (details supplied) will cover treatments such as intrauterine insemination and the NAPRO method; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41682/08]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 130 and 131 together.

As I indicated in response to a Question on 29 October last, I am conscious of the financial burden that IVF treatment can place on the couples concerned and have asked my Department to consider policy in this regard as part of the process of developing an appropriate regulatory framework for this area. Any proposals that might emerge from that process will have to be considered in the context of the difficult economic situation that now prevails and other competing funding demands across the full range of health issues.