Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan - PQ 51877-26
Deputy O'Sullivan asked for the number of rare diseases for which a licensed treatment or medicine is available. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and Public Affairs
Published: July 2026
Updated: September 2026
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health the number of rare disease conditions affecting patients in Ireland for which a licensed treatment or medicine is available; the number for which no treatment exists, as recorded by her Department, the Health Service Executive or the National Rare Diseases Office; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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