James Geoghegan (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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708. To ask the Minister for Health the actions to be undertaken regarding the Programme for Government commitment to “work towards a more coordinated approach at European level, akin to the Benelux agreement, to leverage benefits similar to those achieved during the Covid-19 vaccination programme”; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9517/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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Ireland is committed to working in a co-ordinated way with other Member States in the EU to provide sustainable access to, and appropriate use of, medicines. Ireland joined the BeNeLuxA Initiative in June 2018. The Initiative is a collaborative step towards sustainable access to, and appropriate use of, medicines in the participating countries – Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Ireland.

BeNeLuxA Member States cooperate in the fields of horizon scanning, information sharing and policy exchange, joint Health Technology Assessments.

In 2025 Ireland as chair of the BeNeLuxA initiative will lead and strive to strengthen and underpin the fundamentals of the BeNeLuxA initiative with a view to improving access to new and innovative treatments for Ireland in collaboration with our BeNeLuxA partners.