The Government is likely to support plans to introduce free Hormone Replacement Therapy for women going through the menopause.
Prescriptions can cost anywhere between €30 and €70 per month and in recent years, many women haveGreen Party Senator Pauline O’Reilly is tabling a motion in the Seanad calling on the Government to support women going through menopause – and provide HRT free of charge to anyone who needs it.this morning, Senator O’Reilly said her motion has wide support.“Part of our job, I suppose, as politicians is to point this out so that people can get behind it.
“I know, having spoken to other women in the Shannon, they absolutely agree and we do have a lot of women senators so let's hope that this can be a continuation of a journey towards free HRT for every woman.”She said organisations like Irish Menopause have warned that cost is a factor that is putting women off accessing HRT.
“We know that the cost-of-living challenge and crisis does impact women much more than it does men because of the cost of things like for instance, contraception, period products and all of these things.
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