Written answers
Thursday, 6 March 2025
- General Practitioner Services
383. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the existence and tax treatment of medical charities operating GP practices is currently not under consideration as part of the primary care review... - Dental Services
384. To ask the Minister for Health the current procedure for emergency dental treatment for children under the age of 16 years when dental clinics are closed; and there plans to improve... - Health Services
385. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on implementation of the final recommendations of the National Taskforce on the Non-Consultant Hospital Doctor Workforce; if the medical... - Mental Health Services
386. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide the waiting list times for occupational therapy appointments, and CAMHS wait times, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on... - National Children's Hospital
387. To ask the Minister for Health the current estimate on the final cost of the new National Children’s Hospital, Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5045/25] - Health Services
388. To ask the Minister for Health for an update regarding the implementation of the maternity model of care for women with epilepsy; when the appointment of clinical posts at each of the... - Medical Register
389. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the epilepsy pregnancy register; the resources which have been allocated to this register; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Services
390. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 313 of 17 October 2024, if he will provide an update on the replacement of an ophthalmologist and the current status of... - Hospital Facilities
391. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on ongoing projects at Beaumont Hospital, extension to radiation oncology, the 100-bed ward block, the 64-bed ICU block and the new emergency... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
392. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the elective hospital in Cork. [10198/25] - Mental Health Services
393. To ask the Minister for Health for clarification regarding the recent cancellation of CAMHS services in Team 1 for under 18s in Leitrim/East Sligo/West Cavan; the refusal of new referrals... - Departmental Inquiries
394. To ask the Minister for Health when a person [details supplied] will receive an appointment in the Urology Department of University Hospital Galway for a TURP procedure; and if she will make... - Mental Health Services
395. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to address the lack of psychiatry supports in a service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10277/25] - Hospital Equipment
397. To ask the Minister for Health the number of x-ray, CT and MRI scanners in situ at University Hospital Limerick; the number of scanners not currently in working order, in tabular form; and... - Ambulance Service
398. To ask the Minister for Health for an employment report, to include the following categories: medical and dental, nursing and midwifery, health and social care professionals, management and... - Hospital Services
400. To ask the Minister for Health the number of surgeries cancelled at Ennis Hospital during each month of 2024 and to date in January 2025; and if she will provide a breakdown of the surgical... - General Practitioner Services
401. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs per thousand of population, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10295/25] - Medical Cards
402. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be approved immediately for a person (details supplied). [10306/25] - Hospital Waiting Lists
403. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for surgery. [10317/25] - Departmental Meetings
404. To ask the Minister for Health to outline and list all the agencies and organisations she met in her first thirty days in office, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the... - Hospital Services
405. To ask the Minister for Health to list the total number of elective procedures cancelled and or deferred in the UL Hospital Group, by hospital, in tabular form; and if she will make a... - Hospital Staff
406. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE nursing staff working in the UHL accident and emergency department Dooradoyle; the number of vacant nursing posts; when these posts will be... - Statutory Instruments
407. To ask the Minister for Health the Statutory Instruments she envisages being brought forward and signed by her Department during the first six months of 2025; to highlight in particular... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
408. To ask the Minister for Health if she will support funding for a self-powered wheelchair for a person (details supplied) with significant mobility issues and who is financially unable to... - Health Services
409. To ask the Minister for Health when the community neurorehabilitation team for CHO6, based in Bray, will start offering services to the public; and if she will make a statement on the... - Gender Recognition
410. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the exact number of children on hormone blockers in Ireland currently. [10349/25] - Dental Services
417. To ask the Minister for Health if the patients of a dentist (details supplied) who is no longer practising will receive compensation; if the Government will step in to provide compensation;... - Primary Care Services
418. To ask the Minister for Health the updated timelines on primary care psychology waiting list for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10374/25] - Hospital Waiting Lists
419. To ask the Minister for Health the updated timelines on the autism diagnostic assessment waiting list for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10375/25] - Health Services
420. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to expanding the free contraceptive scheme to include long-term, hormone-free contraceptives for women such as the mini-TT 380... - Emergency Departments
421. To ask the Minister for Health the reason children over the age of 16 years are required to use adult accident and emergency services rather than the children’s hospital; and if she... - Health Service Executive
422. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on each of the following HSE campaigns (details supplied) in 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [10384/25] - Health Services Staff
424. To ask the Minister for Health the number of non-consultant hospital doctors, by hospital, in each of the years since 2019, in tabular form. [10391/25] - Health Services
431. To ask the Minister for Health her views on physician associates within the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10434/25] - State Claims Agency
432. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a detailed report regarding the number of claims against each maternity hospital, including University Hospital Kerry, in 2021; the amount... - Hospital Facilities
442. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to install a dedicated maternity theatre at University Hospital Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10450/25] - Emergency Departments
443. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the additional financial burden placed on individuals who present at accident-and-emergency departments after a road-traffic accident (details... - Hospital Waiting Lists
444. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on University Hospital Galway’s waiting list for the pain clinic; the length of time they have been waiting; and if she will make... - Disability Diagnoses
445. To ask the Minister for Health if she will issue a primary disability certificate in respect of a patient (details supplied) in County Kerry who is disabled most of their life and is in very... - Mental Health Services
446. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychotherapists employed in Galway mental health services in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [10470/25] - Ambulance Service
447. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of incidents responded by the National Ambulance Service, by clinical status and sub status for January in each of the years 2022 and... - Hospital Staff
448. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in obstetrics and gynaecology based at the maternity department of Galway University Hospital in the years of 2023, 2024 and to... - Disability Services
449. To ask the Minister for Health the reason appellants involved in the primary disability medical certificate appeals process have to wait up to 12 months to receive an appointment for an... - Hospital Facilities
452. To ask the Minister for Health when a proposed new health care facility (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage; the level of accommodation and range of services to be provided;... - Health Services
453. To ask the Minister for Health the measures she will introduce to ensure quicker access to new medicines and treatments for all patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Civil Registration Service
454. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that the Civil Registration Service online appointment booking system requests that interpreters be present for any language other than... - Hospital Equipment
456. To ask the Minister for Health if she will intervene to resolve ongoing problems with the delivery of radiation therapy at University Hospital Limerick, which is caused by hardware issues... - Home Care Packages
457. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 273 of 12 February 2025, the reason the HSE has not yet written to this Deputy on the matter; and the date upon which an... - Ambulance Service
458. To ask the Minister for Health if the amount of the €16 million Budget 2025 allocation for the National Ambulance Service that was to be used to train advanced paramedics; and the...
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