Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Cormac Devlin - PQ 61321-25
Deputy Devlin asked about the introduction of a once-in-a-lifetime lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] testing for the general population. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: November 2025
Updated: December 2025
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Question from Deputy Cormac Devlin - PQ 61321-25
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health if her Department or the HSE has undertaken any clinical or economic evaluation of the potential benefits and costs of introducing once-in-a-lifetime lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] testing for the general population; the details of any such analysis; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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