Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 15811-26
Deputy O'Flynn asked about the use of tirzepatide for type 2 diabetes mellitus and weight management. 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 15811-26
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio, cost per QALY gained, time horizon applied, and discount rate used in the full health technology assessments conducted by the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics in respect of tirzepatide for type 2 diabetes mellitus and weight management; and whether lifetime modelling assumptions were applied in either assessment.
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