Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Barry Heneghan - PQ 66434-25
Deputy Heneghan asked about the decision to remove melatonin from the long-term illness scheme. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: November 2025
Updated: December 2025
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Question from Deputy Barry Heneghan - PQ 66434-25
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the recent decision to remove melatonin from the long-term illness scheme; if he will consider reinstating coverage for melatonin for patients with epilepsy and other neurological conditions where it is clinically prescribed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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