Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 32606-26
Deputy O'Flynn asked if a national policy framework to define and classify elective procedures. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and Public Affairs
Published: May 2026
Updated: June 2026
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health whether she will establish a national policy framework to define and classify elective procedures based on clinical necessity, including low-value or non-essential interventions; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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