2117. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department maintains a national strategy or policy framework for the prevention, monitoring, and management of shortages of essential medicines in the State; when such a strategy was last reviewed or updated; whether it includes defined governance arrangements between her Department, the Health Products Regulatory Authority, and the Health Service Executive; and whether the strategy identifies priority medicines where supply disruption may pose a patient safety risk. [20308/26]

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2117. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department maintains a national strategy or policy framework for the prevention, monitoring, and management of shortages of essential medicines in the State; when such a strategy was last reviewed or updated; whether it includes defined governance arrangements between her Department, the Health Products Regulatory Authority, and the Health Service Executive; and whether the strategy identifies priority medicines where supply disruption may pose a patient safety risk. [20308/26]

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