This summer, Health Minister Stephen Donnelly will expand the free contraception scheme to all women aged 35.
The scheme was originally introduced in September 2022 for women between the ages of 17 and 25, and then in September 2023, it was expanded to include 26–30-year-olds.
It covers the cost of family planning, student health, primary care facilities, general practitioner consultations, and prescriptions for various forms of contraception.Stephen Donnelly intends to allow more women to participate in the free contraceptive scheme and pick up the pill in pharmacies without a GP prescription.
In 2022, Mr Donnelly launched the Women’s Health Action Plan 2022 – 2023, this Plan focused on improving health outcomes for women in Ireland and included the opening of six specialist menopause clinics, two specialist endometriosis centres and same-day see-and-treat gynaecology clinics and six fertility hubs.
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