Written answers
Wednesday, 26 March 2025
- Health Service Executive
222. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that will be taken in regard to the recent downgrade in the quality and size of pull-ups provided by the HSE for children with toileting needs... - General Practitioner Services
224. To ask the Minister for Health the process by which a GP can apply to establish a new private practice in a town or community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14240/25] - Healthcare Policy
225. To ask the Minister for Health if there is support available to those who face significant travel expenses in order to attend hospital appointments in another county (details supplied); and... - Nursing Homes
226. To ask the Minister for Health if the new 50-bed community nursing home in Nenagh will open fully this October; and if not, when. [14242/25] - Mental Health Services
227. To ask the Minister for Health to consider implementing a system whereby patients who present with emergency mental health crisis do not have to go through the regular A&E; and if... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
228. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the new emergency department and reconfiguration of existing emergency department for Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on... - General Practitioner Services
235. To ask the Minister for Health the evaluation being undertaken to establish the numbers of private patients who cannot register with a GP practice in their community; and if she will make a... - Home Care Packages
236. To ask the Minister for Health if targeted funding can be introduced for rural home care delivery for and area of Cork and Kerry, CHO 4, given that this region has the highest number of... - Mental Health Services
237. To ask the Minister for Health if a consultant will be put in place in CHO1, more specifically CAMHS Sligo, to prescribe medication for those children and adolescents that need it, and more... - Disability Services
239. To ask the Minister for Health to provide insight into why recruitment has been halted for the speech and language therapy department in Sligo; if she is aware that there are currently... - Departmental Strategies
240. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 657 of 4 March 2025, if she will provide further details regarding the actions which have not yet been fully implemented... - General Practitioner Services
241. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be accepted on to the CAMHS waiting list for an urgent assessment following his GP referral for suspected ADHD; and when... - Medical Cards
242. To ask the Minister for Health whether income limits for medical card applications for over 70s are assessed based on gross or net income; if other age cohorts are assessed based on their... - Abortion Services
243. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of sex selective abortion occurring in Ireland (details supplied); and the steps being taken to prevent this happening. [14334/25] - Disease Management
244. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE clinical definition of type 1 diabetes; and the healthcare professional that is ultimately responsible for making the clinical decision on whether a... - Assisted Human Reproduction
245. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to a couple (details supplied) seeking an IVF treatment that is not available in Ireland, and if there is any scheme that would assist... - Ambulance Service
246. To ask the Minister for Health whether ambulances are now required to commence shift at the Kinsale road, as there is no ambulance located at the Saint Mary’s site in Cork city. [14360/25] - Departmental Contracts
247. To ask the Minister for Health the date a contract was signed with a company (details supplied) in Cork University Hospital; the amount spent on this contract to date; and the purpose of... - Health Service Executive
248. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people working in HR roles in the south and south west hospital region. [14362/25] - Hospital Appointments Status
249. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is continuing to wait on a triple by-pass in the Mater Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14375/25] - General Practitioner Services
250. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures required to facilitate doctors from abroad, particularly Ukraine, to practice as GPs in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Data Protection
251. To ask the Minister for Health when her Department officials last met with the Data Protection Commissioner to ensure the highest standards are being met by the Department, and all agencies... - Abortion Services
252. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if not, the reason the law has not been upheld. [14453/25] - Health Services Staff
253. To ask the Minister for Health the short-term and medium-term plans to improve the provision of public health nursing services in Dublin mid-west. [14467/25] - Health Strategies
254. To ask the Minister for Health the considerations her Department has given to the inclusion of fibromyalgia as a recognised illness on the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a... - Hospital Appointments Status
255. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for an initial appointment at the paediatric rheumatology services at Children's Health Ireland; and if she will make a... - General Practitioner Services
256. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs in Longford and Westmeath that take medical cards. [14500/25] - Industrial Disputes
257. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the planned industrial action as a result of the HSE pay and numbers strategy (details supplied); the steps she is taking to avert this action;... - Medical Aids and Appliances
258. To ask the Minister for Health the healthcare professionals making the final decision on who will be provided with a continuous glucose monitor; and if she will make a statement on the... - Disability Services
260. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on recruitment in healthcare facilities and services in Laois; the timing of the last recruitment campaign for speech and... - Health Services Staff
262. To ask the Minister for Health the number of health and social care positions lost in County Laois during the recruitment freeze. [14554/25] - Vaccination Programme
264. To ask the Minister for Health the position in respect of the supply and delivery of enhanced inactivated influenza vaccines for older people for the winter season 2025-2026 as the HSE have... - Weather Events
265. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding is being provided to her Department this year due to additional expenditure arising following storm Éowyn; if additional funding is... - Care of the Elderly
266. To ask the Minister for Health the number of reports to the HSE of elder abuse, by category of abuse, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of cases investigated and resolved over...
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