Written answers
Wednesday, 5 March 2025
- Health Services
156. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person can be reviewed and assistance provided (details supplied). [9865/25] - Dental Services
157. To ask the Minister for Health if the lack of dental services for autistic children in the south east can be urgently addressed; the number of children with autism waiting on dental services... - Mental Health Services
158. To ask the Minister for Health about the case of a person (details supplied) who, having been referred in March 2024 to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Limerick, has yet... - Hospital Appointments Status
159. To ask the Minister for Health to review the case of a person awaiting a procedure (details supplied); and if an appointment can be expedited. [9841/25] - Hospital Services
161. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1732 of 9 September 2024, if she has been made aware of the case in question; if not, will she examine it; and if she... - Medicinal Products
162. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the funded HRT scheme announced in Budget 2025; what discussions her officials have had with the Irish Pharmacy Union in relation to... - Health Services
166. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider extending the BreastCheck service to women from 40 years-of-age and over 69 years-of-age; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services Staff
168. To ask the Minister for Health what measures are being introduced to recruit and retain more health care support assistants in the HSE in view of delays in certain areas (details supplied);... - Mental Health Services
169. To ask the Minister for Health her plans on the future of CAMHS from a funding and activity perspective. [9880/25] - Health Services
170. To ask the Minister for Health to explain the benefits of a multi-annual funding approach for the health service and how this will be linked to better outcomes for patients. [9881/25] - National Children's Hospital
171. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a progress report on the delivery of the National Children’s Hospital. [9882/25] - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
172. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the reconfiguration and refurbishment of a facility (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9890/25] - Medical Cards
173. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the medical card scheme beyond its current remit to provide an automatic entitlement for cancer patients; and if she will make a statement... - Health Services Staff
174. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no community social worker for south Tipperary; if she will fund this role; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9893/25] - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
175. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the timelines for the construction of the new community hospital at Lifford, County Donegal. [9895/25] - Emergency Departments
176. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE have plans to close or reduce services in any way in Navan accident and emergency in the next 12 months; and if so, if he will detail the plans and... - Home Care Packages
177. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a percentage split of home care service provision in each of the years 2019 to 2024 by provider type (details supplied), in tabular form. [9917/25] - Hospital Appointments Status
179. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who had been waiting for an ultrasound for six months only to find out that she had... - Cancer Services
180. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she will take to recruit and fund the appropriate number of professionals to meet the number of cancer patients and survivors, including dietitians,... - Hospital Services
181. To ask the Minister for Health if she will give due consideration to funding the lymphoedema and lipoedema model of care considering that international studies show that the cost to treat... - Hospital Facilities
182. To ask the Minister for Health to consider providing additional specific funding to hospitals to allow for the abolition of parking charges for cancer patients; and if she will make a... - Cancer Services
184. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she will take to ensure that Irish cancer patients are not waiting longer than the EU average to access new medicines; and if she will make a... - Medicinal Products
185. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider reducing the threshold of the drugs payment scheme to €72 per month, as per the 2017 Sláintecare report; and if she will make... - Health Services
186. To ask the Minister for Health the number of notifications issued for BreastCheck appointments for each CHO area; the number of notifications on foot of such letter for the years 2019 to... - Health Services Staff
187. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing shortfall at the HSE’s Galway community audiology service (details supplied); when these posts will be filled; and if she will make... - Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís
188. To ask the Minister for Health cad é líon foirne a Roinne agus cé mhéad díobh sin atá inniúlach sa Ghaeilge; agus cad iad na bearta atá á... - Mental Health Services
189. To ask the Minister for Health if she or her Department are aware that the CAMHS clinical lead post for CHO1 covering Leitrim, west Cavan and east Sligo is vacant; the reason this post is... - Ambulance Service
190. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the current understaffing in the National Ambulance Service; how she intends to solve this issue; and if she will make a statement on the... - General Practitioner Services
191. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs in Longford and Westmeath that are trained in opioid substitution treatment. [9999/25] - Home Care Packages
192. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if a homecare package will be expedited or additional convalescent care provided for the person;... - Mental Health Services
193. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide appropriate funding to a charity (details supplied), which provides essential mental health services in communities and requires funds to... - Health Services Staff
195. To ask the Minister for Health when the holders of degrees in athletic therapy from Dublin City University will be automatically accepted, as is the case under the Health and Care... - Hospital Appointments Status
196. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long on an operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10033/25] - Ambulance Service
197. To ask the Minister for Health the number of disciplinary procedures taken against staff of National Ambulance Service for contacting managers out-of-hours and the policy as it relates to... - Mental Health Services
199. To ask the Minister for Health to clearly outline the governance structure for mental health under the new HSE structure; the senior accountable officer in the HSE responsible for mental... - Addiction Treatment Services
200. To ask the Minister for Health the amount by which her Department will be increasing funding for drug addiction services including local drug and alcohol taskforces to improve their... - Health Services
201. To ask the Minister for Health the measures in place to ensure that patients with endometriosis symptoms are being offered choices in their medical care (details supplied); when the national... - Hospital Services
203. To ask the Minister for Health if the use of a company (details supplied) for processing Navan Hospital bloods tests is a temporary contract; and if so, the length of the contract. [10091/25] - Hospital Facilities
204. To ask the Minister for Health if the blood testing laboratory in Navan Hospital is going to resume all screening services it has done previously; and if she will make a statement on the... - Hospital Appointments Status
205. To ask the Minister for Health if she will expedite an appointment for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10097/25] - Medical Cards
206. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider increasing the income limit for those over 70 years applying for a medical card given the income threshold has not been increased in a... - Disabilities Assessments
207. To ask the Minister for Health if it can be ensured that a person (details supplied) is granted an appointment for an autism assessment. [10133/25] - Assisted Human Reproduction
208. To ask the Minister for Health if she intends to increase the number of rounds of IVF for couples without children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10136/25] - Mental Health Services
209. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals made to HSE ADHD services in HSE Dublin north city and west, and HSE Dublin north county, in 2023 and 2024, separated by adults and... - Hospital Services
214. To ask the Minister for Health the action taken to address, and the planned actions, to deal with the current crisis with Neurology Services at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if she... - Hospital Transfers
215. To ask the Minister for Health when a transfer will be facilitated for a person (details supplied) to CIRRUS Rehabilitation Unit, Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan; and if she will make a...
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