Written answers
Thursday, 16 October 2025
Department of Health
EU Funding
Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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396. To ask the Minister for Health the EU funding opportunities that will be open for application for schemes under her Department and at agencies under her aegis in the next six months and in the next 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56452/25]
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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EU Funding opportunities available to the Department of Health and its aegis Agencies from are available and can be searched from the EU Funding & Tender Portal: .
More details on EU funding opportunities are also available from the European Commission’s website at:
For example, EU funding opportunities are currently or will be available within the next 6 to 12 months, under the following programmes:
EU4Health
EU4Health is the EU’s largest health programme, with a budget of €4.4 billion. It aims to build stronger, more resilient health systems across Europe.
2025 Work Programme Highlights
- Total Budget (2025): €555 million
- Key Focus Areas:
- Crisis Preparedness (€381M): CBRN threats, diagnostics for vector-borne diseases
- Health Promotion & Disease Prevention (€70M): Cancer, cardiovascular diseases
- Digital Health & AI (€39M): European Health Data Space (EHDS)
- Healthcare Workforce & Systems (€71M)
- Medical Devices & Regulation Implementation (€18.7M)
- Deadlines:
- Member States’ nominations for Joint Actions: 16 October 2025
- Member States’ nominations for Direct Grants: 20 November 2025
- Open (competitive) Calls: 4 December 2025
- Upcoming (competitive) Calls: 6 January 2026
2026 Work Programme
The orientations and priorities for the 2026 Work Programme are currently under discussion between the Commission and the Member States within the configurations of the EU4Health Steering Group and Programme Committee.
Horizon Europe - Cluster 1: Health (part of Pillar II – Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness).
2025 Work Programme Highlights
- The Health Cluster budget: €480+ million in 2025.
- 2025 Strategic Themes
- Generative AI in clinical settings
- Smart medical technologies
- Mental health and ageing
- Climate-related health impacts
- Pandemic preparedness (HERA)
- Six Key Destinations
- Staying Healthy in a Rapidly Changing Society
- Living and Working in a Health-Promoting Environment
- Tackling Diseases and Reducing Disease Burden
- Ensuring Equal Access to High-Quality Healthcare
- Developing New Tools and Technologies
- Maintaining an Innovative Health Industry
The Open (competitive) call closed on 16 September 2025 and is currently undergoing evaluation. The list of the topics is available from .
2026 Work Programme
The orientations and priorities for the 2026 Work Programme are currently under discussion between the Commission and the Member States within the configurations of the Programme Committee.
Digital Europe Programme
The Digital Europe Programme supports EHDS and digital infrastructure for healthcare. On 09 October 2025, the European Commission published calls for projects to award EU funds worth a total of just over €204 million for projects boosting innovation in business digitalisation, digital skills, health, public and automotive sectors across Europe.
These calls include for example:
- Six Key Destinations
- a €22.5 million boost to support biomedical research and the roll out of personalised healthcare through the (), and
- €14.4 million for the deployment of AI-based solutions in medical imaging.
Other funds
Other funds available for the health sector include:
- European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) to support vulnerable groups in accessing healthcare ()
- European Regional and Development Fund to improve regional health infrastructure ()
- Union Civil Protection Mechanism/ to create stockpiles for emergency medical supplies ()
- Connecting Europe Facility for creating the digital infrastructure needed for digital health ()
- Recovery and Resilience Facility ()
- Emergency Support Instrument ().
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