Written answers

Monday, 9 September 2024

  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1565.To ask the Minister for Health his views on the waiting times for postmortems in Westmeath (details supplied).[33783/24]
  • Hospital Facilities
    1566.To ask the Minister for Health to clarify several matters with respect to the National Children’s Hospital (details supplied).[33784/24]
  • Departmental Reports
    1568.To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the report entitled ‘NAS Organisational Redesign’ from December 2022.[33787/24]
  • Hospice Services
    1569.To ask the Minister for Health if the concerns of a group (details supplied) can be addressed with respect to the provision of palliative care in the midlands; and if he will make a...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    1570.To ask the Minister for Health if hearing aids will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[33791/24]
  • Departmental Data
    1571.To ask the Minister for Health the number of babies born addicted to drugs or alcohol in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form.[33811/24]
  • Addiction Treatment Services
    1572.To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who contacted the HSE’s drug and alcohol helpline in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form.[33812/24]
  • Health Services Waiting Lists
    1574.To ask the Minister for Health the number of children, per county, who are waiting on scoliosis treatment; and if he will provide a breakdown of the time spent on the waiting lists, per...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1575.To ask the Minister for Health when a person in County Kerry (details supplied) will receive a date for a cataract operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[33820/24]
  • Medicinal Products
    1576.To ask the Minister for Health the costs of wholesaler fees to the HSE for pharmaceutical medicine in 2022 and 2023; to provide an estimate of the portion of that spend that is related to...
  • Medical Cards
    1579.To ask the Minister for Health the changes that have taken place in medical card eligibility since 2021; the number of cards in operation in 2021, 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a...
  • Health Services
    1580.To ask the Minister for Health if there is a schedule for implementing the detailed implementation plan regarding the transfer of care for children aged eight+ years to local optometrists;...
  • Healthcare Policy
    1581.To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider keeping the reimbursement rates for cataracts under the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme at the higher amount of €1,912...
  • Hospital Services
    1582.To ask the Minister for Health the status of the business case with the hospital group/health region for 24/7 primary percutaneous coronary intervention at University Hospital Waterford; the...
  • Nursing Homes
    1583.To ask the Minister for Health if further financial assistance is available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[33840/24]
  • Public Procurement Contracts
    1584.To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to HSE procurement for taxi services in Cork city and county; if a contract(s) is currently in place; when the next procurement...
  • Health Service Executive
    1585.To ask the Minister for Health the body that owns or controls the disused church on the grounds of a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[33852/24]
  • Ambulance Service
    1586.To ask the Minister for Health if he will allocate sufficient capital funding to deliver a mid-level ambulance station for Tullamore, County Offaly as a matter of urgency; and if he will...
  • Medicinal Products
    1587.To ask the Minister for Health if a response will issue to concerns raised in respect of the use of ozempic by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Healthcare Policy
    1588.To ask the Minister for Health if a person in County Kerry (details supplied) will be reimbursed for their expenditure for the years 2013 to 2019; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1589.To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment be offered to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[33881/24]
  • Mental Health Services
    1591.To ask the Minister for Health if the south Kerry compensation scheme will be expanded to ensure that all children in Kerry, who receive apologies for deficits in care received, are entitled...
  • Medical Cards
    1592.To ask the Minister for Health if correspondence (details supplied) will be reviewed; if he plans to change the criteria for medical cards for those with incurable diseases; and if he will...
  • Public Sector Pensions
    1593.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 493 of 9 April 2024, if the processing of the T1 form submitted to the HSE will be expedited in order to facilitate...
  • Care Services
    1594.To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting a long time for their full care package; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[33897/24]
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    1596.To ask the Minister for Health when a chair will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[33905/24]
  • Medicinal Products
    1597.To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made by the HSE in assessing ravulizumab for treatment of paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria and atypical haemolytic uremic...
  • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
    1599.To ask the Minister for Health the proposed development timelines to the provision of a new surgical hub at University Hospital Waterford (details supplied); his Department’s target...
  • Hospital Staff
    1600.To ask the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of two consultant emergency positions recommended by the HIQA report of acute hospital activity at UHW in 2022; the reason for...
  • Hospital Services
    1601.To ask the Minister for Health if the Taoiseach has been in communication with him on an issue (details supplied); if he has conferred with the lead person in relation to same; if he is...
  • Hospital Staff
    1602.To ask the Minister for Health the total number of additional positions that University Hospital Waterford will be awarded authority to recruit or replace as part of the proposed service...
  • Medical Cards
    1603.To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card application by a person (details supplied).[33923/24]
  • Public Sector Pay
    1604.To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered extending the CNM2 salary scale by one further scale point and the introduction of a long-service increment; and if he will make a...
  • Nursing Homes
    1605.To ask the Minister for Health if a response will issue to concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[33928/24]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1606.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 620 of 23 January 2024, when a person (details supplied) will have a date for cataract surgery assigned.[33931/24]
  • Mental Health Services
    1607.To ask the Minister for Health the number of job vacancies present in CAMHS in November 2023, if all of these vacancies are to be filled; the CAMHS staffing levels of today versus November;...
  • Covid-19 Tests
    1610.To ask the Minister for Health if free Covid-19 rapid antigen tests will be made available to all HSE employees, particularly those who may be caring for elderly or high-risk family members...
  • Eating Disorders
    1611.To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment of new adult eating disorders team in CHO7 for adults that was funded in May 2024 from €10 million additional investment...
  • Health Services
    1612.To ask the Minister for Health the number of optometrists contracted to provide services under the community optometry scheme each year for the past ten years; the waiting list for this...
  • Health Services Waiting Lists
    1615.To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting outpatient eye care appointments at present; the steps being taken to reduce this waiting list; and if he will make a statement...
  • Medical Cards
    1616.To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address medical card renewals and medical card assessments for those with lifelong permanent mental disabilities, unable to...
  • Healthcare Policy
    1617.To ask the Minister for Health the Department’s policy on cocaine abuse in Ireland.[33968/24]
  • Hospital Facilities
    1618.To ask the Minister for Health if the new 96-bed block in University Hospital Limerick will open in June 2024, as already advised by the HSE.[33970/24]
  • Nursing Homes
    1619.To ask the Minister for Health in what year the new Nenagh community nursing home will open.[33973/24]
  • Departmental Correspondence
    1621.To ask the Minister for Health if the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be reviewed and addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[33981/24]
  • Departmental Funding
    1623.To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an overview of funding, initiatives and capital works that have been approved and delivered in County Cork since the current Government took...
  • Primary Medical Certificates
    1624.To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect a decision on their primary medical certificate application; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Programme for Government
    1625.To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the implementation of the programme for Government commitments under the remit of his Department.[34011/24]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1626.To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a child (details supplied); if the appointment will be expedited given the circumstances; and if he will make a statement on...
  • National Development Plan
    1628.To ask the Minister for Health if he has raised concerns over the proposal to apply the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform Circular 24/2022...
  • Hospital Facilities
    1629.To ask the Minister for Health if there is a specialist intestinal failure centre; if not, the reason; his views on whether there is a need for such a centre; the number of hospitals which...
  • Departmental Meetings
    1630.To ask the Minister for Health the dates, times and attendees of any meetings he and or his officials and or his advisers have had in relation to UHL in 2023 and to date in 2024.[34029/24]
  • Mental Health Services
    1631.To ask the Minister for Health the plans to give access to CPD training (details supplied) for allied health care professional social workers in the HSE adult mental health services...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1633.To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a child (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34046/24]
  • Cross-Border Co-operation
    1636.To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the special EU programmes body application from the Co-operation and Working Together Partnership for the Cross-Border Community...
  • Nursing Homes
    1637.To ask the Minister for Health if regulations can be introduced to ensure that relatives of deceased nursing home residents have access to the care and medical records of their loved...
  • Departmental Reviews
    1639.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 157 of 12 July 2022, to clarify whether the stated target of four authorised officers per 10,000 is per 10,000 of the...
  • Departmental Schemes
    1640.To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34067/24]
  • Hospital Procedures
    1641.To ask the Minister for Health if urgent eye surgery required for a person (details supplied) will be arranged immediately at Waterford University Hospital as the surgery was to be carried...
  • Vaccination Programme
    1642.To ask the Minister for Health if he will look at expanding the HPV Catch up Vaccination Programme for children who did not receive it; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34072/24]
  • Legislative Measures
    1643.To ask the Minister for Health if Section 26C of the Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Bill 2023 addresses the policy concerns regarding prospective non-clinical conception; if...
  • Healthcare Policy
    1644.To ask the Minister for Health the reason sick people are being asked to travel long distances to meet community intervention teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34075/24]
  • Departmental Schemes
    1645.To ask the Minister for Health to consider adding early onset Alzheimer's to the list of medical conditions covered by the long-term illness scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Healthcare Policy
    1646.To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make HRT medication free to all women; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34087/24]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1648.To ask the Minister for Health if an eye appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34094/24]
  • Hospital Services
    1649.To ask the Minister for Health to provide the average emergency department waiting times for Mayo University Hospital compared to Saolta and national averages; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Facilities
    1651.To ask the Minister for Health when the new 50-bed ward block will be open at Portiuncula Hospital Ballinasloe; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34114/24]
  • Mental Health Services
    1652.To ask the Minister for Health to urgently intervene and provide clarity on the unacceptable situation outlined in correspondence (details supplied) that the additional €1.5bn...
  • Medicinal Products
    1653.To ask the Minister for Health if a request for a safety sleeper for a child (details supplied) will be granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34119/24]
  • Health Services Staff
    1654.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question 608 of 5 December 2023, to urgently review the excessive number of vacant posts within Our Lady of Lourdes hospital Drogheda...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1655.To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34126/24]
  • Health Services Staff
    1656.To ask the Minister for Health further to the lifting of the recruitment embargo, if improvements will be made in respect of the number of occupational therapists currently working within...
  • Health Services Waiting Lists
    1657.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2277 of 23 July 2024, the number of ophthalmology appointments offered in 2023; if inquiries have been made of the WTE...
  • Health Service Executive
    1658.To ask the Minister for Health the number of children qualified for free orthodontics under the HSE scheme over the past ten years, in tabular from; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Equipment
    1659.To ask the Minister for Health the estimated date for the opening of the MRI unit in Mullingar hospital; the reason for its delay; and the steps he is taking to ensure it does not get...
  • General Practitioner Services
    1661.To ask the Minister for Health the steps taken to increase the number of practicing GPs in an area (details supplied); if he acknowledge the concern of the residents of this area that there...
  • Hospital Staff
    1662.To ask the Minister for Health the number of Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar employees currently out sick from work, on full pay, and the length of each absence, in tabular form.[34164/24]
  • Patient Transport
    1663.To ask the Minister for Health to review case of a person (details supplied); the financial supports available in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34183/24]
  • Medical Cards
    1664.To ask the Minister for Health his views on increasing the income limits on medical card applications by the same amount as the increase given in State pensions through the budget each...
  • Hospital Services
    1665.To ask the Minister for Health the services provided at the dermatology units in Monaghan and Cavan hospitals, respectively; whether there have been any changes in these respective services...
  • Health Service Executive
    1666.To ask the Minister for Health when invoices will be paid for contracts though the HSE (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34198/24]
  • Hospital Services
    1667.To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of neurology services in Bantry General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34202/24]
  • Vaccination Programme
    1668.To ask the Minister for Health if the vaccination for shingles could be included in the medical card scheme; if this matter has already been considered by his Department in light of the high...
  • Hospital Complaints Procedures
    1669.To ask the Minister for Health if a stage 3 review under section 49(1)(b) of Part 9 of the Health Act 2004 should be carried out by the same officer that carried out the initial...
  • Medicinal Products
    1670.To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to make the drug NP thyroid, which is used to treat thyroid conditions and autoimmune diseases, available under the drug payment scheme; and if he...
  • Healthcare Policy
    1671.To ask the Minister for Health if he will seek delivery of permanent funding costs of €8 million to enable the full roll-out of the specialist lymphoedema clinic model of care to all...
  • Mental Health Services
    1672.To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be allocated for delivery of an adult ADHD service in Dublin north city and county; if his attention has been drawn to the fact Community...
  • General Practitioner Services
    1674.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 134 of 8 November 2023, if progress has been made regarding the payments made to District Medical Officers, as this reply...
  • Data Protection
    1675.To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a request by a person (details supplied) to have mental health and musculoskeletal injuries related parts of...
  • Cancer Services
    1676.To ask the Minister for Health the reason an essential cancer treatment (details supplied) is not available in County Roscommon; if he will ensure this treatment is made available in the...
  • Mental Health Services
    1678.To ask the Minister for Health for an update on plans to relocate a community mental health facility (details supplied) in Cork; when this relocation is expected to occur; if the relocation...
  • Health Services
    1679.To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34255/24]
  • Health Services Staff
    1680.To ask the Minister for Health to outline, in relation to the news that the embargo was lifted on recruitment and that if anyone leaves a post in the future their post is not guaranteed to...
  • Cancer Services
    1685.To ask the Minister for Health when he intends to make payment of the funding secured in 2024 for the community cancer support centres (details supplied); if this funding will be made...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1686.To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34284/24]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1687.To ask the Minister for Health the current number of people awaiting an appointment at the severe asthma clinic in Merlin Hospital Galway; the length of time those referred have been...
  • Health Services
    1688.To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34287/24]
  • Hospital Staff
    1690.To ask the Minister for Health when a pay issue will be resolved (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34306/24]
  • Healthcare Policy
    1691.To ask the Minister for Health his views on the exclusion by the HSE of health and social care professionals, HSCPs, from representation on the senior management team in the new HSE health...
  • Primary Care Services
    1692.To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for primary care services in Carlow; the number of staff available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34331/24]
  • Departmental Funding
    1693.To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the proposals made by an organisation (details supplied).[34334/24]
  • Medical Cards
    1694.To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card appeal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34336/24]
  • Departmental Data
    1695.To ask the Minister for Health the total number of applicants for roles (details supplied); the number of successful applicants; the total amount of funding provided in the academic years...
  • Middle East
    1696.To ask the Minister for Health what support his Department has provided to medical organisations, including financial support or equipment, operating in Gaza; and if he will make a statement...
  • Health Services
    1697.To ask the Minister for Health the reasons the HSE is no longer funding the provision of Dexcom sensors for use by diabetics on insulin injections; if there are plans to reverse this...
  • Mental Health Services
    1699.To ask the Minister for Health the stage reached in developing ADHD services for CH0 7t; if these services are now operational given it was stated that they would be by quarter 3 of 2023;...
  • Dental Services
    1700.To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the shortage of dentists in County Wicklow who accept medical cardholders; the actions he will take to address this issue;...
  • Departmental Funding
    1701.To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by an organisation (details supplied) for section 39 funding from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34361/24]
  • Health Services Staff
    1702.To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the recruitment policy operated by the HSE; if he is aware that all posts vacant at the end of 2023 are now non-existent, that unfunded posts...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1704.To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34383/24]
  • National Maternity Hospital
    1706.To ask the Minister for Health for an update in respect of the development of a new national maternity hospital; the amount expended on the project to date; if he has engaged consultancy...
  • Health Services
    1707.To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive hearing aids; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34401/24]
  • Departmental Data
    1708.To ask the Minister for Health for a list of all unfulfilled and frozen roles within hospitals, community health services, mental health services, children's mental health services and...
  • General Practitioner Services
    1709.To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card applicants awaiting a GP assignment in County Louth and east Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34403/24]
  • Departmental Data
    1710.To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the numbers and current waiting times to access each specialist pain clinic; the numbers who accessed each clinic for each of the...
  • Health Services
    1711.To ask the Minister for Health the tests available for Lyme disease and further available treatment within the public health service following a diagnosis either in Ireland or abroad; the...
  • Departmental Properties
    1712.To ask the Minister for Health if the 20% of HSE-owned properties (or 400 vacant properties enlisted to the State), which, according to a person (details supplied), are lying idle during...
  • General Practitioner Services
    1713.To ask the Minister for Health if it is standard practice for GP out-of-hours services to refuse to engage with patients who are not registered with a GP located within a geographical area;...
  • Health Services
    1714.To ask the Minister for Health if services can be provided for patients using a health centre at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34412/24]
  • Pension Provisions
    1715.To ask the Minister for Health to address a pensions matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34413/24]
  • Hospital Services
    1716.To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of blood tests for Letterkenny University Hospital (LUH) that are outsourced; the date blood tests have been outsourced from; the cost of...
  • Medical Cards
    1717.To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no provision with the medical card administrative scheme for oral hearings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34420/24]
  • Mental Health Policy
    1718.To ask the Minister for Health if he will include borderline personality disorder as a recognised diagnosis in the Mental Health Act 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34429/24]
  • Health Services
    1719.To ask the Minister for Health the reason for cancellations of child health and developmental checks carried out by public health nurse services in community healthcare west; given the...
  • Healthcare Policy
    1721.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 207 of 20 June 2024, if a patient with complex needs (details supplied) meets the criteria for reimbursement; and if he...
  • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
    1722.To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34442/24]
  • Health Services Staff
    1723.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 269 of 16 May 2024, when the vacancy for a community nursing position for psychiatry of later life, based at a facility...
  • Healthcare Policy
    1724.To ask the Minister for Health the recommended safe doctor to patient ratio and the average doctor to patient ratio across the State.[34446/24]
  • Health Services Staff
    1726.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 211 of 3 July 2024, the number of ambulance staff employed at each of the hospitals contained within the reply.[34456/24]
  • Grant Payments
    1727.To ask the Minister for Health if the case of an unpaid respite grant (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34457/24]
  • Health Services Staff
    1728.To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider a review of the pay scale for Section 39 workers in the mental health sector, with a view to aligning their compensation more closely with...
  • Departmental Data
    1729.To ask the Minister for Health the number of pharmacy needle exchange facilities in CHO7, in tabular form.[34484/24]
  • Health Services Staff
    1731.To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric orthopaedic surgeons at CHI Temple Street in the years of 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form.[34486/24]
  • Hospital Services
    1732.To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct Waterford University hospital to release the records requested by a person (details supplied).[34494/24]
  • Health Services Staff
    1733.To ask the Minister for Health if there will be adequate and sustained funding to restore hospital-based cardiac rehab staffing to at least a minimal level, to include the multidisciplinary...
  • Hospital Services
    1735.To ask the Minister for Health the new or expanded services being provided in County Tipperary within the healthcare system in hospitals in 2023 and to date in 2024.[34505/24]
  • Ambulance Service
    1736.To ask the Minister for Health to provide the ambulance response times for urgent calls made in County Roscommon in 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Services
    1737.To ask the Minister for Health the provisions he foresees being taken to address the backlog in care at University Hospital Limerick, Ennis, Nenagh, St. John's and Croom Orthopaedic Hospital...
  • Departmental Correspondence
    1739.To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will review correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34528/24]
  • Dental Services
    1741.To ask the Minister for Health the progress his Department has made on updating the Dental Act 1985 in light of the abrupt closure of an orthodontic practice in Galway in August 2022...
  • Budget 2025
    1742.To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine a budget 2025 submission by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34552/24]
  • Health Services
    1743.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 449 of 28 May 2024, the timeframe within which this service will be delivered; and the location in which it will be...
  • Departmental Data
    1744.To ask the Minister for Health the amount accrued by the HSE in paying interest on late payments of invoices, in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
  • Dental Services
    1746.To ask the Minister for Health to outline the restrictions that can prevent graduates of dentistry at Queen’s University Belfast from working in Ireland; the measures that are being...
  • Health Services
    1747.To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received a service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34602/24]
  • Healthcare Policy
    1749.To ask the Minister for Health to outline the policy of the HSE in relation to an employee who has been potentially exposed to measles; if they are required to take time off; and if that...
  • Departmental Correspondence
    1750.To ask the Minister for Health to respond to concerns raised (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34703/24]
  • Health Services
    1751.To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34704/24]
  • Healthcare Policy
    1752.To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on recommendation 45 of the expert review body on nursing and midwifery (details supplied).[34708/24]
  • Health Services
    1753.To ask the Minister for Health if an assessment for a mobility scooter will be arranged immediately for a person (details supplied); and if he will expedite the matter.[34713/24]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1754.To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the case of a person (details supplied) who, having been referred four years ago to the neurosurgery unit at Cork University Hospital, has yet...
  • Health Services
    1755.To ask the Minister for Health if, in relation to islander healthcare in Bere Island and Cape Clear Island, and the need for 24-hour nursing cover, any progress has been made on sourcing...
  • Departmental Properties
    1756.To ask the Minister for Health for a status update on the future use of the Dublin 12 Davitt Road HSE site; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34718/24]
  • Health Services
    1758.To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the efforts his Department is making with the HSE to ensure that developmental checks by the public health nurse resume in Old County Road;...
  • Healthcare Policy
    1760.To ask the Minister for Health if the Government is working to ensure that TRIPS waivers are utilised in the context of future public health emergencies and are provided for in the WHO...
  • Health Services
    1761.To ask the Minister for Health to expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34732/24]
  • Official Travel
    1762.To ask the Minister for Health the number of flights he has taken to or from Shannon Airport, Cork Airport and Knock Airport since assuming office.[34759/24]
  • Departmental Expenditure
    1763.To ask the Minister for Health if, in light of the increasing annual renumeration thresholds for health care assistants, he will ensure that there is a commensurate increase in the funding...
  • Health Services
    1765.To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans for improvements to, or increased services in, Ballymun Primary Care Centre.[34771/24]
  • Departmental Data
    1767.To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the number of home care packages allocated in CHO9 since 2020, in tabular form.[34773/24]
  • Healthcare Policy
    1768.To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that those who are certified by a consultant as having a medical condition as a result of long Covid are granted full medical card...
  • Health Services Staff
    1769.To ask the Minister for Health to review the sick leave entitlements for front line health service workers who contracted Covid as a result of their work.[34805/24]
  • Cancer Services
    1771.To ask the Minister for Health for an update on construction of a respite and therapeutic centre for children diagnosed with cancer from across the island; to provide the total allocation;...
  • Abuse in Hospitals
    1772.To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with a group (details supplied) regarding the 2009 TC Smyth Review; if he will make arrangements to publish the review; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1773.To ask the Minister for Health if an urgent appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34848/24]
  • Health Service Executive
    1774.To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE provides a grant for car safety harnesses for children with disabilities, such as autism; if so is the Minister aware of any discrepancies in this...
  • Dental Services
    1775.To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot access the HSE dental services even though their present issue was not initially treated correctly; and if he...
  • Departmental Staff
    1776.To ask the Minister for Health the number of political staff employed in his Department, including parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants, special advisers, drivers and other...
  • Ministerial Staff
    1777.To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of the names of each special adviser employed by his Department since 2020; the Minister and Minister of State whom each adviser is...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1779.To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be offered to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34963/24]
  • Medicinal Products
    1780.To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the shortage of a medication (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34965/24]
  • Nursing Homes
    1781.To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a long-stay bed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34975/24]
  • Home Care Packages
    1782.To ask the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34982/24]
  • Departmental Funding
    1783.To ask the Minister for Health if he has sought an increase in funding for an organisation (details supplied) in Budget 2025; if he accepts that an allocation for 2025 of €5.5 million...
  • Hospital Facilities
    1784.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2510 of 23 July 2024, to provide an update on the subject access request/public-benefit corporation by the project team...
  • Organ Donation
    1788.To ask the Minister for Health the status of the opt-out register introduced as part of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Act 2024;...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    1789.To ask the Minister for Health for clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35033/24]
  • Health Services
    1790.To ask the Minister for Health if an organisation (details supplied) has requested further funding to cover the shortfall of the voluntary settlement with revenue, if he has approved the...
  • Hospital Staff
    1791.To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for commencement of HSE recruitment for non-medical staff in the new national children’s hospital in Dublin 8.[35053/24]
  • Medicinal Products
    1792.To ask the Minister for Health if there is a shortage, or potential shortage, of the chemicals or medication necessary for chemotherapy treatments in any Irish hospitals; the remedial...
  • Hospital Services
    1793.To ask the Minister for Health the current visiting hours for in-patients operating within each public hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35062/24]
  • Health Services Staff
    1795.To ask the Minister for Health for details of the process of creating a job description for the post of director of psychology in the South West Regional Health Area in the months leading up...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1799.To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1800.To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for treatment for Osteoporosis in CHO5 and periods spent on waiting list, in tabular form.[35085/24]
  • Disease Management
    1802.To ask the Minister for Health the total funding allocated to diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form.[35087/24]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1803.To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35091/24]
  • Health Services Staff
    1805.To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify when non-medical job opportunities at the new Children’s Hospital will be advertised so that local people can apply; will there be a...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1806.To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35108/24]
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    1807.To ask the Minister for Health his views on an issue with the drugs repayment scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35115/24]
  • Medical Cards
    1808.To ask the Minister for Health the procedure for renewal of a medical card and a family GP visit cards in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Departmental Reports
    1811.To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to receive the report on the Strategic Review of General Practice, and when he envisions implementing recommendations from the report; and if...
  • Mental Health Policy
    1812.To ask the Minister for Health in light of a proposed reform of the mental health legislation, if he will pay particular attention to proposals to restrict the options available when dealing...
  • Health Services
    1813.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 291 of 21 March 2024, if a review has been carried out into the impact of the cessation of child developmental checks...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1815.To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who, having been referred to University Hospital Limerick for an urgent operation, has yet to receive an...
  • Health Services Staff
    1816.To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthodontists and specialist orthodontists working within HSE dental services in County Kildare for both adults and children, by...
  • Hospital Facilities
    1817.To ask the Minister for Health the number of resuscitation bays in the accident and emergency department in the Mater Hospital.[35169/24]
  • Health Services
    1818.To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of menopause services; the number of clinics available throughout the public health service; the contact details for each...
  • Health Services Staff
    1819.To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric urologist and paediatric urologist registrars based at CHI Temple Street in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular...
  • Hospital Facilities
    1820.To ask the Minister for Health the number of resuscitation bays in the accident and emergency department in St. James's Hospital.[35172/24]
  • Health Services Staff
    1821.To ask the Minister for Health the total complement of orthodontic dentists in the public system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35190/24]
  • Health Services Waiting Lists
    1827.To ask the Minister for Health the number of juvenile patients on the orthodontic dental waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35208/24]
  • Health Service Executive
    1828.To ask the Minister for Health the status of a primary medical certificate application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35210/24]
  • Healthcare Policy
    1829.To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE will recognise myalgic encephalomyelitis under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35216/24]
  • Nursing Homes
    1830.To ask the Minister for Health if an explanation will be provided for a scheme (details supplied); the way a person who is already in fair deal can avail of this scheme; when it was first...
  • Cancer Services
    1831.To ask the Minister for Health to address the concerns raised (details supplied) in respect of reports on the lack of vital chemotherapy drugs and cancelled treatments; and if he will make a...
  • Health Services Staff
    1832.To ask the Minister for Health if pre-registration contracts and post-registration contracts based on interviews conducted in the May/June timeframe will be offered to mental health nursing...
  • Hospital Services
    1833.To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to offer ophthalmic appointments at Roscommon University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35266/24]
  • General Practitioner Services
    1834.To ask the Minister for Health if the locum doctor who is taking over from a doctor (details supplied) will provide services for the same hours as were previously provided by the previous...
  • Abortion Services
    1835.To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of payments made to all providers of termination of pregnancy services for completed abortion procedures from 1 January 2024 to date; and if he...
  • Health Strategies
    1837.To ask the Minister for Health the number of conflict-of-interest declarations that were made relevant to the development of the National Clinical Guideline programme of work agreed between...
  • Youth Services
    1838.To ask the Minister for Health for an update in relation to the work of the HSE Foróige youth health initiative in Balbriggan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35298/24]
  • Assisted Human Reproduction
    1839.To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the waiting list for the HSE IVF scheme in the Rotunda Hospital; and if any consideration was given to ensuring that if persons opted for...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    1840.To ask the Minister for Health when delivery of a communications device previously sanctioned will be secured for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Abortion Services
    1841.To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that approximately forty thousand terminations of pregnancy have been notified to his Department since 2019; if he will accept that this...
  • Health Services
    1842.To ask the Minister for Health the number of hydrotherapy pools available to the public that operate in each county, and the cost to the HSE if they were to support construction of...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1843.To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35368/24]
  • Health Services
    1844.To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the shortage of named medicine (details supplied); the measures in place to source this medication; if he will confirm the efforts being made...
  • Hospital Transfers
    1847.To ask the Minister for Health the number of inter-hospital ambulatory transfers that have taken place between Mallow General Hospital and Cork University Hospital, for the years 2023 and to...
  • Health Strategies
    1852.To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a comprehensive newborn screening programme that ensures babies born in Ireland are screened for the European average of a minimum of...
  • Health Services Staff
    1853.To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the lack of dentists available for medical card patients in Sligo and Leitrim to access treatment under the dental treatment services...
  • Medical Cards
    1854.To ask the Minister for Health the considerations that his Department is giving to the inclusion of a drug (details supplied), which is now recognised as valuable medication in the treatment...
  • Workplace Relations Commission
    1855.To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that Section 39 workers who are funded by his Department were excluded from the pay restoration agreement between the Workplace Relations...
  • Healthcare Policy
    1856.To ask the Minister for Health the process for a child (details supplied) to access the school dental system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35411/24]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1857.To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35415/24]
  • Hospital Staff
    1859.To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that despite the recruitment embargo being lifted, the oncology ward of University Hospital Limerick has lost over a dozen nurses with no new...
  • Health Services Staff
    1860.To ask the Minister for Health when the pay scale of clinical placement coordinators will be aligned to the clinical nurse manager 2 pay scale; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1861.To ask the Minister for Health when a paediatric appointment in Letterkenny University Hospital will be given for a child (details supplied) in County Donegal; if the referral was routine or...
  • Health Promotion
    1862.To ask the Minister for Health the details of funding provided to the Sláintecare healthy communities programme in CHO 9 since 2019, in tabular form.[35445/24]
  • Departmental Funding
    1863.To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the current funding provided by his Department funding for dual diagnosis supports in CHO9; and if he plans to develop a national centre for...
  • Health Promotion
    1864.To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of funding provided by his Department for sepsis awareness campaigns in each of the years 2019 to 2024, in tabular form.[35447/24]
  • General Practitioner Services
    1865.To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in CHO9 currently availing of free GP care.[35448/24]
  • Hospital Services
    1866.To ask the Minister for Health for update on breast cancer services in Beaumont Hospital since 2020.[35449/24]
  • Mental Health Services
    1867.To ask the Minister for Health for update on funding to mental health services in CHO9; and if there have been any improvements to services since 2020.[35450/24]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1868.To ask the Minister for Health for an update on improvements to service delivery in Cappagh Hospital and any waiting list reductions.[35451/24]
  • Addiction Treatment Services
    1869.To ask the Minister for Health if he will support an application for capital funding for an organisation in Cork providing essential addiction services (details supplied), which would enable...
  • Vaccination Programme
    1870.To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider extending the programme for the rollout of the respiratory syncytial virus vaccine to include all babies (details supplied); and if he will...
  • Health Services
    1871.To ask the Minister for Health if a long-stay bed will be offered to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35476/24]
  • Medicinal Products
    1872.To ask the Minister for Health to review the phased dispensing of prescription medication in blister packs for elderly patients living in rural areas (details supplied); and if he will make...
  • Hospital Staff
    1873.To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE occupational therapists and speech and language therapists, by grade, working in Mullingar Regional Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in...
  • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
    1875.To ask the Minister for Health when a health centre in Donegal (details supplied) will be refurbished in order that a full service can resume in the centre which is essential to the local...
  • Medical Cards
    1876.To ask the Minister for Health the number of over 70s medical cards currently being provided in each local health office area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1877.To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied).[35568/24]
  • Health Services Staff
    1879.To ask the Minister for Health when a community intellectual disability nurse will be allocated to Waterford, the last county in CHO5 without such; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Health Services
    1880.To ask the Minister for Health his plans to fund and appoint a community neurorehabilitation team for HSE community health organisation area 5, now one of only two CHOs without said service;...
  • Health Services Staff
    1881.To ask the Minister for Health when a suicide crisis assessment nurse will be appointed to Waterford to fill the vacancy created by recent retirements; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Medical Cards
    1883.To ask the Minister for Health to provide the latest annual (or quarterly) estimate for the reduction in the number of people in receipt of full medical cards and the increase in the number...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1885.To ask the Minister for Health the number of DNAs (did not attend) outpatient hospital appointments at each public hospital; the number of additional measures he is taking to reduce DNAs to...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1886.To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who were removed from public healthcare waiting lists as a result of having passed away, and the numbers who had removed themselves from...
  • Medicinal Products
    1887.To ask the Minister for Health if he can advise on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35594/24]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1888.To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who urgently needs surgery for a severe coronary issue will receive same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35610/24]
  • Health Services Staff
    1889.To ask the Minister for Health the status of pay and remuneration for section 39 workers; whether payments to agencies will be backdated to when the announcement was made; whether backdating...
  • Health Services
    1890.To ask the Minister for Health if urgent transport assistance can be given to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35642/24]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1892.To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if an earlier appointment date will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Health Services Staff
    1893.To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff, by job title, working in the pharmacy department of Cavan General Hospital in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1894.To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults waiting for vascular surgery nationwide.[35668/24]
  • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
    1895.To ask the Minister for Health the number of funded and staffed high-dependency unit beds in each hospital part of RCSI hospital group in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1896.To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for paediatric neurosurgery nationwide.[35670/24]
  • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
    1897.To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish a specialist menopause clinic to be based in Cavan.[35671/24]
  • Hospital Staff
    1898.To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE clinical specialist physiotherapists in paediatric neurosciences at CHI Temple Street in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular...
  • Health Services
    1899.To ask the Minister for Health to ensure adequate funding to respond to the changing needs of people supported by an organisation (details supplied); whether he will take this matter into...
  • Hospital Staff
    1900.To ask the Minister for Health the number of new recruits in St. Michael’s Hospital, Dún Laoghaire, St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Elm Park and St. Columcille’s...
  • Health Strategies
    1901.To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ban vapes being marketed to adults and children (details supplied).[35709/24]
  • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
    1902.To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the HSE South/South West review of 2018-2019, relating to the location of a post-acute specialist regional rehabilitation unit for the...
  • Health Services Staff
    1903.To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff hired across all therapies, in each CHO and LHO, in tabular form.[35722/24]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1904.To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in relation to an urgent ENT appointment for a child (details supplied).[35754/24]
  • Health Service Executive
    1905.To ask the Minister for Health if he can intervene in the HSE decision to exclude health and social care professionals from the senior management team in the new HSE health regions; and if...
  • Departmental Appointments
    1906.To ask the Minister for Health when a chief pharmacist will be appointed in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35774/24]
  • Medical Cards
    1907.To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to change means testing for pensioners over the age of 70 years when it comes to applying for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Healthcare Policy
    1908.To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider expanding the long-term illness scheme to more conditions such as early onset Alzheimer’s; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Charges
    1909.To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to accident and emergency charges of over €100 for parents of children with specialist care needs; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Facilities
    1910.To ask the Minister for Health the safeguarding policy in place for vulnerable patients (details supplied) once admitted to the emergency department in University Hospital Limerick; and if...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1911.To ask the Minister for Health the reason a patient (details supplied) has been waiting six months for an appointment, after two GP letters regarding the suspected recurrence of skin cancer,...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1912.To ask the Minister for Health the reason for delays in tonsillectomy for a child (details supplied) whose health is severely compromised due to the wait for this routine procedure; and if...
  • Health Services
    1913.To ask the Minister for Health the progress in extending the LIU hours in each CHO, in particular CHO3, as they are the most pressured CHO in the country; and if he will make a statement on...
  • General Practitioner Services
    1914.To ask the Minister for Health the means by which a pregnant person (details supplied) is supposed to avail of sufficient maternity care if no local GPs are willing to take her on as a...
  • Medical Cards
    1915.To ask the Minister for Health the income thresholds which now apply for the medical card and for the GP-only card; the current level of population eligible for each scheme; and the way the...
  • General Practitioner Services
    1916.To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to extend the age range of children eligible for free GP services; if so, when the next age tranche might become eligible; and if he will make...
  • National Treatment Purchase Fund
    1917.To ask the Minister for Health the categories of procedure for which the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) have intervened to deal with those waiting an excessively long time; the...
  • Hospital Procedures
    1918.To ask the Minister for Health how the level of reimbursement is set for persons who are referred by medical practitioners for care outside Ireland for different procedures; and whether a...
  • Hospital Charges
    1919.To ask the Minister for Health the charges that remain in place for public patients attending public hospitals; and the situations in which an exemption for such charges is permitted.[35847/24]
  • Home Care Packages
    1920.To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons reached and care hours provided per person by the pilot home care support scheme, in tabular form; whether he has estimated the likely...
  • Hospital Staff
    1921.To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the lack of a dedicated/funded physiotherapy or occupational therapy post to acute stroke in University Hospital Waterford (UHW) (details...
  • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
    1922.To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the new women’s health building in front of Austin Stack Park, Tralee; if it is correct that further works need to be carried out to ensure...
  • Health Services
    1923.To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in providing the agreed funding to an organisation (detail supplied); the rationale for waiting until services had to be suspended...
  • Health Service Executive
    1925.To ask the Minister for Health how the director of psychology role fits into the overall governance structure of the regional health areas; to outline how the development of the post was...
  • Health Services
    1930.To ask the Minister for Health if he will accept the recommendations of the National Radiation Therapist Review Report; and if he will commit to full implementation of said...
  • National Children's Hospital
    1931.To ask the Minister for Health the reason a department (details supplied) in Crumlin Hospital is not being transferred to the new National Children's Hospital; the plans for the department...
  • Health Services Staff
    1932.To ask the Minister for Health if he will include clinical placement coordinators in the revised PHN/CNM2/CNS salary scale pay agreement; the reason this linked grade has been excluded; and...
  • Hospital Services
    1934.To ask the Minister for Health the reason a maternity hospital is still operating pandemic-related visitor restrictions (details supplied); if there are plans to end this policy; and if he...
  • Nursing Homes
    1935.To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans for a 60-bed community nursing unit in Cashel, County Tipperary; if a new site has been identified (details supplied); the timeline he is...
  • Hospital Services
    1936.To ask the Minister for Health the days and hours of operation of the Cath Lab at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; if the hours of operation have been adjusted recently; and if he...
  • Health Services
    1940.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 627 of 27 February 2024, the current status of the HSE survey to measure the prevalence of long-Covid in the community;...
  • Medical Cards
    1941.To ask the Minister for Health for the continuation of entitlement to a medical card to automatically be available to children who turn 16 years old and domiciliary care allowance...
  • Medicinal Products
    1942.To ask the Minister for Health when investigations will complete on providing approval for a medication (details supplied) on the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Health Services
    1943.To ask the Minister for Health for expansion of women’s health services to include free hormone replacement therapy services/products; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Health Service Executive
    1944.To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to the director of psychology post in the South West Regional Health Area; the date this was approved; if this allocation impacted...
  • Healthcare Policy
    1945.To ask the Minister for Health how the decision to pursue the appointment of a director of psychology post in the South West Regional Health Area is in line with the recruitment cap imposed...
  • Hospital Staff
    1946.To ask the Minister for Health when the two advanced nurse practitioner posts for adult type 1 diabetes care at Letterkenny University Hospital that have been applied for will be agreed to...
  • Mental Health Services
    1947.To ask the Minister for Health to provide an outline of the current structure and referral pathways of a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35942/24]
  • Health Services Staff
    1948.To ask the Minister for Health if a physiotherapy appointment in the Midlands Regional Hospital Mullingar for a person (details supplied) will be expedited.[35945/24]
  • Home Help Service
    1949.To ask the Minister for Health if the provision of home help hours for a person (details supplied) will be expedited.[35947/24]
  • Hospital Services
    1950.To ask the Minister for Health if there is currently restricted access to the additional MRI scanner at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar; and if this scanner is available for both...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1951.To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment can be expedited for a person (details supplied).[35954/24]
  • Ambulance Service
    1952.To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the permanent ambulance base in a state-of-the-art facility in Carlow town (details supplied); the response rate in Carlow town and county for...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1953.To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) will be called for surgery at the first available date.[35959/24]
  • Health Services
    1954.To ask the Minister for Health the plans he is putting in place to get Ireland ready for the EU Health Data Space Regulation; and if he is confident Ireland can move its health records...
  • Nursing Homes
    1955.To ask the Minister for Health if he will give further consideration to the need to provide additional support for nursing home care; particularly for smaller-scale nursing home providers,...
  • Budget 2025
    1956.To ask the Minister for Health if further consideration will be given to the pre-budget 2025 submission of a national organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Facilities
    1957.To ask the Minister for Health when additional and modern facilities will be provided at a hospital (details supplied) to enable increased capacity and eliminate delays in provision of...

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