Written answers

Thursday, 21 October 2021

Department of Health

Departmental Expenditure

Photo of Jennifer Carroll MacNeillJennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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346. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the disbursement of the €31 million women’s health package in Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51905/21]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Budget 2022 allocated €30.8m in additional funding to specific women's health initiatives for 2022. This funding comprises: €9m for the rollout of free contraception for women aged 17-25; €8.7m for the continued implementation of the National Maternity Strategy; €5.3m for the provision of gynaecology services; €1.3m for perinatal genetics; €0.7m for the Period Poverty Implementation Group; €0.5m for the establishment of an Obstetric Event Support Team; €0.3m for sexual assault treatment units; and €5m for the Women's Health Fund for the implementation of the Women’s Health Action Plan and other priorities recommended by the Women’s Health Taskforce.

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