3632. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason public hospital day-wards and haematology departments refuse GP referrals for intravenous iron infusions for patients suffering from severe IDWA based solely on normal haemoglobin thresholds; her views on whether these policies disproportionately leave menstruating and perimenopausal women suffering (details supplied); to direct the HSE to update national screening and infusion protocols to treat severe tissue iron depletion as an independent clinical indicator for rapid-acting treatment under the Women's Health Action Plan framework; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62010/26]

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3632. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason public hospital day-wards and haematology departments refuse GP referrals for intravenous iron infusions for patients suffering from severe IDWA based solely on normal haemoglobin thresholds; her views on whether these policies disproportionately leave menstruating and perimenopausal women suffering (details supplied); to direct the HSE to update national screening and infusion protocols to treat severe tissue iron depletion as an independent clinical indicator for rapid-acting treatment under the Women's Health Action Plan framework; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62010/26]

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