Budget 2025 is allocating funding to expanding access to the government’s free IVF scheme [1], 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.