Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Pádraig O’Sullivan - PQ 35183-26
Deputy O'Sullivan asked about the reimbursement of rexpiprazole and lurasidone. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: May 2026
Updated: June 2026
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Question from Deputy Pádraig O’Sullivan - PQ 35183-26
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline what steps her Department is taking to address the fact that brexpiprazole and lurasidone, two antipsychotic medicines now recommended as first-line treatment options for females with first-episode psychosis in the first international clinical guideline of its kind published in March 2026, are currently licensed in Ireland but not reimbursable under community drugs schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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