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Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 2721. To ask the Minister for Health if a person can receive funding from the HSE for fertility treatment for a second child utilising the frozen embryos from the initial round of HSE-funded fertility treatment for their first child, rather than undergoing a new round of IVF, given that utilising the frozen embryos would be more cost effective (details supplied); and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 2576. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1763 of 19 March 2025, the detailed breakdown of what precisely the amount of €145.5 million is spent on, in particular the costs related to fixed unit costs and other costs incurred as per the HSE Annual Report and Financial Statements 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40972/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 2744. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the current levels of funding allocated to oral health promotion initiatives; if she will consider increasing support for organisations (details supplied) in recognition of their vital role in delivering preventive oral health programmes nationwide, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41811/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 2745. To ask the Minister for Health the evaluation that has been undertaken regarding the impact of existing oral health promotion programmes and the potential to enhance oral health in communities delivered by community-based organisations (details supplied); if these findings will inform future funding decisions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41812/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 2746. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider ringfencing additional funding in budget 2026 to support community-based oral health promotion programmes that target at-risk and underserved populations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41813/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: The Department provides in the region of €28m in funding to community drug and alcohol projects under the ambit of drug and alcohol task forces on a recurring basis.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: In 2022 and 2023 the Department of Health provided €1.35m in recurring funding for a HSE-led initiative to reduce the health-related harms associated with the use of cocaine and ‘crack’ cocaine. The funding supported models of best practice in cocaine treatment, including the development of training programmes for addiction service staff nationally. It also established...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 3234. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to increase the number of dentists who treat medical card patients, given that only 833 dentists are operating under the dental treatment services scheme, down from 1,425 over a period of 12 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44015/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 3209. To ask the Minister for Health the action that is being taken to fill the 12 vacant posts for radiation therapists which currently exist in Cork University Hospital; if the matter can be given priority in view of the fact that treatment is being delayed or, in some cases, cancelled due to the shortage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43923/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 3210. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department, together with the HSE, has carried out a review of all cancer treatment facilities to identify what vacant posts need to be filled in order to ensure that all patients have care in a timely manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43924/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 3235. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has liaised with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science with a view to increasing the number of dentistry places for Ireland/EU students in University College Cork and Trinity College Dublin, in view of the fact that there has been no such increase over the past 20 years; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 3236. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to reform the current Register for Dentists to include information such as location, services provided, and hours worked, in order to provide a reliable overview of the current number of dentists practising in the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44020/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Work Permits (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 3237. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to work with the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to reform work permit regulations concerning the visa process for non-EEA dental nurses to practise in the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44021/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 3258. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to putting in place a three year programme for shingles vaccination to be made available to people over 65 and/or immunocompromised people, given that the shingles vaccine is currently not available on a national immunisation programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44144/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 3259. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration would be given to the putting in place of a shingles vaccination programme to be made available to people over 65 and/or immunocompromised people, in view that shingles vaccination is recommended by NIAC those over 65 and/or the immunocompromised between 18-49; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44145/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 3260. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration would be given to the putting in place of a targeted shingles vaccination programme to be made available to people over 65 and/or immunocompromised people, in view that 13 countries in Europe have funded shingles vaccination programmes and Ireland is currently an outlier in Europe; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44146/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 3261. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration would be given to the putting in place of a shingles vaccination programme to be made available to people over 65 and/or immunocompromised people, in view that there is an inequity issue in Ireland between those who can afford to buy vaccine for shingles privately and those who cannot; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44147/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 3262. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration would be given to the putting in place of a targeted shingles vaccination programme to be made available to people over 65 and/or immunocompromised people, in order to reduce the instances of those who contract shingles being hospitalised, thus reducing the number of hospital/accident and emergency admissions; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 3263. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date in respect of the implementation of the current National Immunisation Advisory Committee recommendations for older adult vaccination against influenza, pneumococcal disease, shingles, and respiratory syncytial virus, in view that a 2024 report commissioned by GSK Ireland, from the Office of Health Economics,...