306. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason his Department has not recommended a suspension of the use of transvaginal mesh in hospitals pending the completion of the Chief Medical Officer's report on the matter in view of the fact that evidence of the long-term efficacy of these devices is inadequate in quality and quantity and the available alternative therapies for pelvic organ prolapse repair are equally effective but have fewer and less severe side effects. [6212/18]

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306. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason his Department has not recommended a suspension of the use of transvaginal mesh in hospitals pending the completion of the Chief Medical Officer's report on the matter in view of the fact that evidence of the long-term efficacy of these devices is inadequate in quality and quantity and the available alternative therapies for pelvic organ prolapse repair are equally effective but have fewer and less severe side effects. [6212/18]

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1. 6 February 2018

   Medicinal Products

   306. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason his Department has not recommended a suspension of the use of transvaginal mesh in hospitals pending the completion of the Chief Medical Officer's report on the matter in view of the fact that evidence of the long-term efficacy of these devices is inadequate in quality and quantity and the available alternative therapies for pelvic organ prolapse repair are equally effective but have fewer and less severe side effects. [6212/18]

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