Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 13788-26
Deputy O'Flynn asked about the cost-effectiveness of population-level disease prevention. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: February 2026
Updated: March 2026
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Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 13788-26
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department has assessed the extent to which population-level disease prevention benefits are reflected in cost-effectiveness evaluations carried out by or on behalf of the Health Service Executive; and whether she intends to issue policy guidance clarifying how such prevention benefits are to be weighted in future reimbursement decisions.
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