Results 681-700 of 1,561 for speaker:Ken O'Flynn

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1226. To ask the Minister for Health if she is confident in the quality and safety of the services provided to the general public at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48276/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1227. To ask the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that all doctors currently employed at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, are fully registered, up-to-date with their professional requirements, and compliant with standards set by the Irish Medical Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48277/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1228. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has received complaints concerning the professional conduct or service delivery at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, in the past five years; and if so, the number of complaints, their nature, and the status of ongoing reviews or investigations. [48278/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1237. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the most recent estimates, of the prevalence of undiagnosed hypertension and high cholesterol among adults over 65, by age cohort; if she accepts the findings of the report (details supplied) which indicates rates of 36% and 45% respectively; and the measures being taken to address this “critical unmet need.” [48352/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1238. To ask the Minister for Health if she has considered establishing a national cardiovascular and metabolic screening programme for older adults, with particular emphasis on hypertension, diabetes, and cholesterol, in light of evidence of widespread undiagnosed illness. [48353/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1244. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has conducted cost-benefit analyses of proactive screening and early intervention in older adults, compared to the cost burden of late-stage illness such as stroke, cancer, and heart disease, resulting from untreated hypertension and high cholesterol. [48359/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1239. To ask the Minister for Health the current ratio of consultant geriatricians to population over 70; how this compares to international best practice; and what expansion of geriatric medicine is planned in view of the doubling of Ireland’s older population over the next 25 years. [48354/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1240. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which her Department has considered a formal role for community pharmacists in screening, monitoring, and referral of older adults with chronic conditions, as recommended by a report (details supplied); and if any pilot schemes have been evaluated. [48355/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1241. To ask the Minister for Health the number of older adults hospitalised due to falls and fractures in each of the past five years; the percentage of these patients receiving structured falls-prevention or rehabilitation programmes; and whether her Department accepts the reported rise in fall-related hospitalisations from 24% to 31% as identified in recent research. [48356/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1242. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of older adults reporting chronic pain who currently receive pain management treatment under the public health system; the specialised pain services that exist at HSE level; and whether gaps identified by a report (details supplied) will be addressed in the upcoming service plan. [48357/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1243. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of older adults who present with clinically significant depressive symptoms; the share of those who receive timely access to mental health supports; and whether her Department has set specific targets for improving access to geriatric psychiatry and psychological services. [48358/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1245. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking to combat social isolation and loneliness among older adults, in view of recent research highlighting both the health risks and the preventability of loneliness. [48360/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1246. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has assessed the adequacy of existing community support schemes such as the senior alert scheme, meals on wheels and befriending services in view of evidence from a report (details supplied) that social interaction plays a decisive role in maintaining health and independence. [48361/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1247. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which her Department is supporting the expansion of community-based hubs for older people combining social interaction, meals, advice services, and outreach, as a preventive measure against ill-health and loneliness. [48365/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1317. To ask the Minister for Health if she will introduce a national policy to ensure that all hospitals, both those directly managed by the Health Service Executive and those receiving public funding, provide free parking to holders of a disabled person’s parking permit (blue badge); the current arrangements across the hospital network regarding parking charges for such permit...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1318. To ask the Minister for Health if she has considered measures to compensate hospitals for any revenue loss arising from the introduction of free parking for holders of a disabled person’s parking permit (blue badge); if her Department has conducted an assessment of the fiscal impact of such a measure across the health service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48844/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Safety (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1319. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of Food Safety Authority of Ireland audits or inspections in recent years concerning Halal certification, including how many were conducted, their findings on traceability and labelling and any actions taken by the authority to bolster transparency in meat labelling. [48855/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Labelling (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1320. To ask the Minister for Health whether there are specific legal provisions governing the importation, certification or labelling of Halal meat products; which regulatory authorities oversee enforcement; and whether further legal clarity or updates are being considered to align consumer expectations with regulatory standards. [48857/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1373. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the number of cases which occurred in which a baby was born alive following a termination of pregnancy by gestational age, cause of termination, place of termination, and outcome, in each of the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49168/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1374. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the medical and legal definition of born alive as applied in termination of pregnancy cases; to confirm the point at which a baby is regarded as a living human being entitled to care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49169/25]