Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan - PQ 40696-26
Deputy O'Sullivan asked about the process, timelines, and expectations for considering the EU’s Joint Clinical Assessment (JCA). Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: May 2026
Updated: July 2026
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health the guidance that has been issued to Irish marketing authorisation holders regarding the process, timelines, and expectations for considering the EU’s Joint Clinical Assessment (JCA) by the HSE and the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics (NCPE); the way JCA reports will be factored into the reimbursement recommendations for treatments; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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