Written answers
Thursday, 3 April 2025
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Emergency Accommodation
275. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of beneficiaries of temporary protection currently residing in the State; of that number, how many... - After-School Support Services
276. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are any financial supports available for establishing an after-school service (details supplied); and... - Mental Health Services
277. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to immediately engage with all relevant Departments and Ministers and establish an adult day service and a super... - Emergency Accommodation
278. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update in relation to the ARP scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Mental Health Services
279. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide a full and proper respite service at a location (details supplied) and provide adequate... - Disabilities Assessments
280. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a speech and language assessment will be provided for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Departmental Data
281. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the status of an appeal on behalf of a person (details supplied); and if she... - Disabilities Assessments
284. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in Laois who have not received an assessment of need within the statutory timeframe since... - Disability Services
285. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children seen by Barrow children's disability network team in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular... - Health Services Staff
288. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide specific examples of where the HSE has been supported by external providers in accessing... - Health Services
291. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on what is being done to ensure that current patients at HSE Louth Community Care, Dundalk, County Louth continue to receive treatment in the... - Health Services Staff
293. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff vacancies in mental health services, by CHO area, at the end of 2024, and the number of vacant posts in mental health services at present,... - Health Services
296. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people seen by the Psychology in Primary Care children's service in 2024 and to date in 2025, respectively; and if she will make a statement on... - Health Services Waiting Lists
297. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time and length of the waiting list for children to access insulin pumps for the management of diabetes; and if she will make a statement... - Health Services
298. To ask the Minister for Health how the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics is funded; its annual expenditure; if it is funded per application; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Service Executive
299. To ask the Minister for Health if she will publish the terms of reference of the HSE Drugs Group and the HSE products committee for medicines; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services
300. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline and publish the terms of the service level agreement between the HSE and the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics; and if she will make a... - Programme for Government
302. To ask the Minister for Health how she intends to implement the Programme for Government commitments regarding exploring early access schemes for medicines. [16353/25] - Medicinal Products
303. To ask the Minister for Health the level of spending on pharmaceutical treatments in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16354/25] - Health Services Staff
305. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 5 March 2025, if the reply will now be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16363/25] - Health Services Waiting Lists
306. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for audiology appointments and treatment in CHO Areas 6, 7 and 9, broken down by children and adults, in tabular form; the length... - Nursing Homes
307. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a determination on their fair deal application. [16382/25] - Health Services
309. To ask the Minister for Health if a request can be expedited (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16385/25] - Departmental Expenditure
310. To ask the Minister for Health the total monies paid out or committed by her Department to each local authority in respect of building social houses and apartments; and home purchase for... - Home Care Packages
311. To ask the Minister for Health if adequate home care will be expedited for a family in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16415/25] - Hospital Waiting Lists
312. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person in County Kerry (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16416/25] - Primary Care Centres
313. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update regarding the location of a primary care centre (details Supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16427/25] - Medical Cards
314. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on a medical card application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16433/25] - Departmental Communications
315. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1579 of 22 January 2025, if the reply might now be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16442/25] - Health Services
316. To ask the Minister for Health if she will support the establishment of a centre of excellence for the treatment of amyloidosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16451/25] - Health Services Staff
318. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time agency posts converted to HSE posts in 2024 and to date in 2025, by staff category, in tabular form. [16454/25] - Health Services
319. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to ensure timely access to diagnostics and treatment for rare diseases such as transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM); and if she will make a... - Pharmacy Services
320. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure the fees paid to pharmacists are increased (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16460/25] - Medicinal Products
321. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address the medicine shortages that are forcing pharmacists to source expensive unlicensed medicines for patients with medical cards (details... - Pharmacy Services
322. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department and or the HSE will take to ensure wastage is reduced in pharmacies with regard to the dispensation of drugs, particularly expensive... - Medicinal Products
324. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug mounjaro will be considered for reimbursement as a treatment for obesity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16464/25] - Health Service Executive
325. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will engage with a local volunteer health group (details supplied) and consider providing it with an office space in the Nenagh primary care centre,... - Health Services
326. To ask the Minister for Health whether in light of HIQA’s determination that the shingles vaccine is not cost-effective for those over the age of 50, she will consider instead... - Health Services Staff
327. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing budget allocation to CHI Temple Street and CHI Crumlin in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and the amount of that budget allocation that was... - Health Services
328. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a list of dual diagnosis services in CHO9. [16489/25] - Hospital Services
329. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have attended the eye emergency department at the Mater Hospital in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if there are plans to restore this... - Dental Services
330. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a list of dentists within CHO7 that are currently accepting new medical card holders, also to include the addresses of same, in tabular... - Parking Provision
331. To ask the Minister for Health whether she supports free car parking for patients attending hospital; whether the Government could provide the income that would be lost if this measure was...
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