Grace Boland (Dublin Fingal West, Fine Gael)
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3233. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the Women’s Health Action Plan 2024-2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44013/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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Significant progress and investment have been made in Women’s Health in recent years. Underscoring our government’s commitment to women’s health has been an investment of over €180 million of dedicated additional funding for targeted women’s health initiatives since 2020. €38 million was allocated in Budget 2025.

This significant investment in recent years is aligned to our Government’s continued strong commitment in the Programme for Government to “further developing the transformation in women’s healthcare”.

Following on from the first Women’s Health Action Plan 2022-23, my Department published the second Women’s Health Action Plan 2024-2025 Phase 2: An Evolution in Women’s Health in April 2024. This successor plan continues to embed the initiatives of the first plan, while also introducing new areas of focus.

The attached document shows the current status of all actions committed to in the Women’s Health Action Plan 2024-2025.

In addition to the actions contained within the Action Plan, on 1 June 2025, I launched the new Free HRT arrangement which is the next step in supporting women experiencing menopause. Initially announced as part of Budget 2025, the cost of HRT products in treating menopause symptoms, and the associated professional pharmacy fees, are now paid for by the State.