PQ 1044
1044. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if she will add inflammatory bowel disease to the list of conditions for inclusion in the long-term illness scheme; if she will describe the criteria deployed under the terms of the Health Act 1970 to include a condition within the ambit of the scheme; if she will agree that the typical experience of patients with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis allows for these conditions to meet the criteria of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4327/26]
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1044. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if she will add inflammatory bowel disease to the list of conditions for inclusion in the long-term illness scheme; if she will describe the criteria deployed under the terms of the Health Act 1970 to include a condition within the ambit of the scheme; if she will agree that the typical experience of patients with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis allows for these conditions to meet the criteria of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4327/26]
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- Official source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2026-01-20/1044/
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