Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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624. To ask the Minister for Health when the new protocol for the distribution and prescribing of Ajovy, fremanezumab, will be in place; the reason patients who are already registered on hospital medical databases are required to complete a manual re-registration process; the reason they the being denied the opportunity to privately avail of the drug as a direct result of actions by the HSE. [60463/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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625. To ask the Minister for Health the reason doctors have been prohibited from prescribing Ajovy, fremanezumab, (details supplied) now that the HSE has taken over the control and distribution of the drug. [60464/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.