The Free Contraception Scheme has been expanded to cover women aged between 32 and 35.
The service covers the cost of consultations with GPs, family planning, student health and primary care centres and prescriptions for the wide range of contraceptive options available on the Health Service Executive Re-Imbursement List.
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said that almost 2,400 GPs and 2,050 pharmacies are now offering services under the scheme, with more than 189,000 women accessing the services last year.
He said that from today the scheme is being expanded to cover women aged 32 to 35.
The free contraception scheme is available to women, girls and people identifying as transgender or non-binary, who are ordinarily resident in Ireland and for whom prescription contraception is deemed suitable by their doctors.
