Shay Brennan (Dublin Rathdown, Fianna Fail)
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335. To ask the Minister for Health when the procedure mid-urethral mesh sling will be available in Ireland for patients who currently have to travel abroad for the procedure. [64071/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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Officials in my Department are currently liaising with the Health Service Executive (HSE) and other stakeholders as part of an evidence-based process to determine whether it is appropriate to re-introduce the use of uro-gynaecological (transvaginal) mesh.

I acknowledge the impact the pause on the use of uro-gynaecological mesh can have women who wish to avail of this surgery. This is an extremely complex and sensitive issue which requires a safety-first approach, therefore it is not possible to give a timeline for decision at present.