Pádraig Rice (Cork South-Central, Social Democrats)
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197. To ask the Minister for Health if she has received a business case from a group (details supplied); the status of her Department’s consideration of same; if she has engaged with the group concerned since receiving its business case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52393/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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I am fully committed to ensuring and supporting patients' central role in working with the public health service to develop health policy and in designing and reforming health services. Patient representatives participate in a number of committees and working groups across the Department of Health, the HSE and health agencies and make a significant contribution to the strategic decision-making work of those committees and groups.

Additional Grant Funding was provided to the 221+ Cervical Check Patient Support Group for a period of eighteen months (to June 2026). This funding is to support the Group's work in assisting patients and next of kin of those directly affected by the CervicalCheck issues through the provision of information, advice, and support.

My Department is currently engaging with 221+ Cervical Check Patient Support Group around funding arrangements for next year. As the Deputy would be aware, decisions on funding are taken as part of the Budget/Estimates process, and any relevant funding requests will be considered as part of that process.