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        <docTitle>PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES</docTitle>
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        <docDate date="2025-11-04">Dé Máirt, 04 Samhain 2025</docDate>
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        <docDate date="2025-11-04">Tuesday, 04 November 2025</docDate>
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          <heading>Health Strategies<recordedTime time="2025-11-04T01:33:00+00:00"/></heading>
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            <p eId="para_18422">1663. <b>Deputy Sorca Clarke</b> asked the <b>Minister for Health</b> when the first meeting of the newly established endometriosis advisory group is scheduled to take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57981/25]</p>
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            <from>Minister for Health<recordedTime time="2025-11-04T01:33:00+00:00"/></from>
            <p eId="para_18423">An Endometriosis Priority Actions Advisory Group, under the umbrella of the Women’s Health Taskforce, has now been established. It consists of members of the Taskforce, clinicians and patient advocates for women affected by endometriosis.</p>
            <p eId="para_18424"> It is envisaged that the group will provide expert advice, oversight, and guidance in relation to agreed priority actions and to drive progress for improved outcomes and experiences for girls and women affected by endometriosis.</p>
            <p eId="para_18425"> The first meeting of the group is scheduled for 30 October. </p>
            <p eId="para_18426"> I am committed to working together to improve, in a dedicated and sustained way, how we support and treat women affected by endometriosis.</p>
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