Written answers
Wednesday, 18 January 2023
Department of Health
Departmental Inquiries
Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)
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1176. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update regarding the establishment of the promised inquiry on the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate; when he expects that the inquiry will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63262/22]
Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance)
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1186. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of the promised inquiry on the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate; when he expects the inquiry to be established given that families are anxiously waiting for the announcement of the sodium valproate inquiry by the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63311/22]
Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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1213. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update regarding the establishment of an inquiry into the licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63429/22]
Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)
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1241. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department have provided him with the details of the proposed inquiry into the historical licensing and use of Sodium Valproate; and if so, when he intends to bring a Memo for Government on this issue. [63529/22]
Mairéad Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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1359. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the inquiry for the drug sodium valproate; when he intends it to be established; the terms of reference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63928/22]
Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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1364. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update regarding the establishment of the promised inquiry on the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate; when he expects the inquiry will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63946/22]
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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1533. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of the promised inquiry on the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate; when the inquiry will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1643/23]
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1176, 1186, 1213, 1241, 1359, 1364 and 1533 together.
The details of the proposed inquiry into the historical licensing and use of Sodium Valproate in Ireland are currently being completed by officials within the Department of Health. A Memo for Government will be brought as soon as this work is completed.
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