Budget 2025 is allocating funding to expanding access to the government’s free IVF scheme, Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe has announced. There is increasing use of IVF as so many couples delay trying to start a family until they are well into their thirties.
The criteria for accessing the free IVF scheme will be broadened to allow access to couples who already have a child.
There are also plans to further expand the scheme next year to include couples requiring third party eggs or sperm.
The scheme’s initial rollout launched only last year.
