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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (23 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 2025.To ask the Minister for Health his views on the reinstatement of HSE PCR testing (details supplied); if his Department will ensure that persons receive access to free and accurate PCR testing, with a result within 24-48, hours given the current Covid surge and the fact that it is not possible for citizens to access PCR testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31089/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (23 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 2031.To ask the Minister for Health if he will continue to align the salaries of clinical nurse-midwife specialists and clinical nurse managers 2; if he will urgently ensure the addition of one further scale point and the introduction of a long-service increment for clinical nurse-midwife specialists, as per the publication of the Expert Review Body on Nursing and Midwifery about the clinical...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 2032.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 263 of 23 May 2024, if the National Gender Service is aware that the mentioned systematic review's methodology has been found to have serious flaws (details supplied) and if they still consider it a reliable source of information. [31128/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 2033.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 820 of 11 June 2024, the length of time the transgender clinic in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda keeps patients on GnRHa; and what parts of the guidelines underlie this (details supplied). [31130/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 2034.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 822 of 11 June 2024, the oestradiol and testosterone target serum concentrations that are used for trans men and women by the transgender clinic in University Hospital Galway (details supplied). [31131/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 2035.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 822 of 11 June 2024 (details supplied), if the transgender clinic in a hospital (details supplied) requires fertility preservation prior to starting hormone therapy. [31136/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (23 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 2036.To ask the Minister for Health when the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Act 2023 will commence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31137/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Safety (23 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 2151.To ask the Minister for Health the actions the Food Safety Authority of Ireland has taken over the past two years in relation to operations at a company (details supplied) in light of the revelations on RTé programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31757/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (23 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 2222.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 350 of 18 June 2024, if the National Gender Service can clarify at exactly what stage the business case has progressed to, and in particular, whether funding has been approved. [31974/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (23 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 2223.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 417 of 2 July 2024, if the National Gender Service is aware of a recently published randomised controlled trial showing a reduction in poor health outcomes, including suicidality, for those receiving trans healthcare (details supplied). [31975/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (23 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 2224.To ask the Minister for Health to provide the research underlying the National Gender Service’s statement that social contagion is causing huge numbers of children to incorrectly think they are transgender, as reported in an article (details supplied). [31976/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (23 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 2225.To ask the Minister for Health for details of all the attacks being made on the National Gender Service, as reported in an article (details supplied). [31977/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (23 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 2226.To ask the Minister for Health if the National Gender Service is in the business of saying if people have gender dysphoria, given apparently conflicting public statements (details supplied). [31978/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (23 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 2227.To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of patients of the National Gender Service to which they ‘often say not right now’, as mentioned in a radio interview (details supplied). [31979/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (23 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 2228.To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who have been told by the National Gender Service following assessment that they will not be seen for five years, as mentioned in a radio interview (details supplied). [31980/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (23 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 2229.To ask the Minister for Health the reason, given that the National Gender Service indicated in a radio interview that it ‘just doesn’t know’ if its assessment model can identify risks, it recommends against other models (details supplied). [31981/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (23 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 2230.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 420 of 2 July 2024, if the program will consider the possibility that the mentioned report may have been produced in bad faith, given the reported involvement of multiple members of a hate group, in addition to serious issues found by international experts (details supplied). [31982/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (23 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 2233.To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure significant investment into local public health nurses (details supplied); if he is aware of the negative impacts that staffing issues have on patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31998/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (23 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 2247.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 820 of 11 June 2024, the oestradiol and testosterone serum concentrations that are targeted for trans men and women by the transgender clinic in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda (details supplied). [32129/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (23 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 2321.To ask the Minister for Health if it is standard practice for a chiropodist to charge a fee for appointments for medical card holders; if so, if he will consider requesting that the fee be removed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32517/24]