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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Procedures (26 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: I thank my colleague for tabling this question. We recently had CHI and the HSE in the committee on this issue. In the Gallery were representatives of the hip dysplasia advocacy group. Afterwards, I met one of those dads in the car park, a young dad and an awful nice guy. He was in a ball of tears. I do not know this man. I had never met him before and he had never met me. That is the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pharmacy Services (26 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: I cannot fail to take the opportunity to speak further on the issue I raised with the Minister at committee yesterday around the emergency supply scheme, where somebody from a virtual clinic, or leaving as a previous inpatient of a hospital, has 24 hours to get to their GP if they are a medical card holder and will receive only a seven-day supply of medication. There is a very real...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (25 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 243. To ask the Minister for Health the number of virtual medical related appointments in the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and the number of prescriptions provided at these virtual appointments. [34967/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (24 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to emails on 28 May and 12 June 2025, to provide an update on the urgently needed modular units for a school (details supplied). [33874/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Traveller Accommodation (24 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 508. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of traveller-specific accommodation funding returned to his Department, per county, in tabular form, for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024. [33872/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Housing Provision (24 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 509. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the proposed works at Blackberry Lanes, Athlone, County Westmeath. [33873/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (24 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 741. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider extending the current income support scheme for healthcare workers with long-Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33514/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (24 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 758. To ask the Minister for Health the specific measures being taken to improve access to trauma-informed mental health care for individuals who are experiencing homelessness, particularly outside of major cities such as Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33624/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (26 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 33. To ask the Minister for Health the measurable actions her Department is taking to ensure that elderly people have timely access to age-appropriate mental health supports, including integrated primary care pathways, nursing home liaison psychiatry, and community-based outreach; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33952/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (26 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 56. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the rollout of the specialist perinatal mental health service and the establishment of an inpatient mother and baby unit, including projected timelines and measures in place to ensure equitable access across all maternity hubs and spokes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33951/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Site Excavation (26 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 304. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will act to excavate the site at Sean Ross Abbey; and fully investigate the burial grounds. [35143/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Inquiries (26 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 305. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will visit Sean Ross Abbey as a matter of urgency; if she will provide an update on her engagements with survivors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35144/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Projects (26 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 337. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the implementation of electronic prescriptions; if she will outline the expected impact on patient care and pharmacy efficiency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35091/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (26 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 354. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the review of the mental health service for the deaf; when the review report is expected to be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35182/25]

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: I thank the Minister and Ministers of State for attending. They are very welcome. I am going to begin with mental health because I understand the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, is under some time pressure. Does any of the additional capital expenditure provided in the Estimates relate to eating disorder beds, separate spaces in our accident and emergency departments for those who are...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: I thank the Minister of State, but my question related to inpatient beds.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: With an eye on the clock, I also asked about separate spaces in accident and emergency departments for those who are presenting with acute mental health distress.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: It really is not suitable and we have seen that situation end in tragedy. The Minister of State earlier referenced sexual assault treatment units, SATUs. I want to go to a recent HSE report on our SATUs, which are wonderful places. They are sadly overused, but that is a different conversation. The unit with the third highest number of attendees outside Dublin and Cork is in Mullingar....

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: I appreciate that. I have one final issue to raise. I am not going down the rabbit hole of digitisation because we could be here until the end of the calendar year. I do, however, have a suggestion. We have seen an increase in virtual appointments and clinics. For some service users, they absolutely meet the need. However, when a prescription is prescribed through one of these virtual...