Question from Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - PQ 22497-26

To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the cohort of women who are unable to take HRT due to a history of breast cancer, but for whom the drug veoza provides essential relief from vasomotor symptoms associated with menopause; if she will consider the inclusion of veoza in the drug payment scheme (DPS) as some women are being forced to abandon its usage given the prohibitive cost on top of the DPS payments they incur monthly; and if she will make a statement on the matter.