Pádraig Rice (Cork South-Central, Social Democrats)
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440. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 610 of 23 September 2025, the conditions included in the free hormone replacement therapy scheme under ‘medically induced menopause’; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52750/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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Menopause is the permanent cessation of menstruation. Menopause occurs with the final menstrual period and thus is known with certainty only in retrospect, one year after the event.

Menopause can be natural or induced – induced menopause may be due to surgical removal of the ovaries, or may be due to medication, chemotherapy or radiotherapy.