• Disability Services
  1768. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for health the current number of vacancies in CDNT teams nationally, by CHO, and by occupation, in tabular...
• Departmental Reports
  1769. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she sought or received any reports or papers on the impacts that the accommodation recognition payment may...
• International Protection
  1770. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people that are resident in IPAS centres across the country, by year of arrival, centre location,...
• Childcare Services
  1778. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide clarity on the mechanism for the roll out of the 45million euro that has been ringfenced...
• Irish Sign Language
  1780. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 (ISL) within her Department and...
• International Protection
  1781. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if IPAS centres are permitted to take on private renters or offer accommodation to other non-IPAS residents....
• Childcare Services
  1782. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in the context of plans to lower the cost of childcare to €200 per month over the lifetime of the...
• Asylum Seekers
  1783. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of hotel rooms which are currently being occupied by asylum seekers and being paid for by the...
• Disability Services
  1784. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the status of Hillcrest Respite Centre, Glanmire, County Cork; the reasons...
• International Protection
  1791. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the existing occupancy of all IPAS accommodation for international protection applicants; the current capacity...
• Disability Services
  1792. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the case of a delayed assessment of need for a child (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will...
• Legislative Reviews
  1795. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the legislation to amend the Child Care Act 1991; if she will be bringing a...
• International Protection
  1796. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an IPAS centre will be opened at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
• Disability Services
  1797. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to immediately engage with all relevant Departments and Ministers and establish a super respite centre on the...
• Employment Support Services
  1798. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to introduce paid miscarriage leave as a standalone support, independent of sick leave entitlements;...
• Social Welfare Payments
  1799. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to ensure continuity of support following the expiry of the accommodation recognition payment scheme...
• Mother and Baby Homes
  1800. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason an institution (details supplied) is not included in the mother and baby institutions payment...
• Early Childhood Care and Education
  1801. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of the average rates of pay for each grade or role within the early childhood...
• Refugee Resettlement Programme
  1802. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Ukrainian refugees and international protection applicants housed respectively in each local...
• Disability Services
  1803. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of roles sanctioned and number filled, by discipline, in CDNTs in Cork, in tabular form. [18815/25]
• Emergency Accommodation
  1804. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of international protection applicants are currently reliant on emergency accommodation or are...
• Disability Diagnoses
  1805. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware that lipoedema (details supplied) is not recognised as a disability in Ireland even though it...
• United Nations
  1806. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on Ireland’s full implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of...
• Legislative Measures
  1807. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the legislative and regulatory provisions in place to protect neurodivergent adults in the workplace; and if...
• Disability Services
  1808. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide a progress report update in respect of each of the recommendations contained within the...
• School Facilities
  1809. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the shortage of pre-school places in Blackrock, County Dublin; the work her...
• Disability Services
  1811. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to ask the HSE for updates on objective 5 of the HSE Corporate Plan 2021-2025, namely work undertaken to date...
• Health Services
  1812. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 253, 254 and 255 of 2 April 2025, the cooperation that exists between...
• Disability Services
  1815. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for health the current number of vacancies in CDNT teams nationally, by CHO, and by occupation, in tabular...
• Youth Services
  1819. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when UBU projects announced in Budget 2025 will be allocated to counties; the way in which these projects are...
• Family Resource Centres
  1820. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the additional family resource centres announced in Budget 2025 will be allocated to counties; the way in...
• Emergency Accommodation
  1821. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports available to a Ukrainian family (details supplied) in desperate need of accommodation; and if she...
• Climate Change Policy
  1822. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support her...
• Care Services
  1823. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people waiting for carer funding and for a carer provision for HSE home support in each month of...
• International Protection
  1826. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail, on a monthly basis, the number of incidents that have been recorded at all IPAS centres in Ireland...
• Health Services
  1827. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding allocated to the Central Remedial Clinic (CRC); the services provided by the CRC which...
• Departmental Funding
  1828. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of all services, grants, loans and payments available to individuals or households funded by her...
• Disability Services
  1829. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding for disability capital projects drawn down in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a...
• International Protection
  1830. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to advise what will happen to residents (details supplied) once their time is up; and if she will make a...
• Disability Services
  1831. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware of a promise made by former Minister of State at a visit to a disability services provider...
• Disabilities Assessments
  1833. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the assessment of need for a person (details supplied). [19269/25]
• Disability Services
  1834. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department will lead on transposing the directive establishing the European disability card given that...
• Childcare Services
  1835. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount funding has been allocated for administration under core funding; the supports available to...
• Detention Centres
  1836. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans in place to reduce overcrowding in young offender detention facilities such as Oberstown; and if she...
• Childcare Services
  1837. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department will examine issues related to the lack of flexibility in the national childcare scheme,...
• Mother and Baby Homes
  1838. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reasoning behind the six-month threshold for individuals who spent time in mother and baby homes; and if...
• Departmental Contracts
  1839. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of contracts currently held by her Department with a company (details supplied); the details of...
• Childcare Services
  1840. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of naionraí outside the Gaeltacht areas. [19356/25]
• Gender Equality
  1841. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to eradicate the gender pay gap in pharmaceutical sector. [19361/25]
• School Facilities
  1842. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the €1 million fund announced in 2021 for the development of sensory gardens is still available; if...
• Youth Work Supports
  1843. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will give detailed consideration to the issues raised by a national organisation (details supplied); and...
• Irish Language
  1844. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department has commissioned any research on the efficacy of public assessments of need for children who...
• School Costs
  1845. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 265 of 2 April 2025, to provide specific clarification as to the reason...
• Pension Provisions
  1846. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will review the case of a retired person (details supplied) and give advice on this matter; and if she...
• Departmental Correspondence
  1847. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will review correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19480/25]
• International Protection
  1848. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if reports that a company that had applied for a contract to manage an IPAS facility at a site in Coolock...
• Childcare Services
  1849. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how often naíonraí are inspected by TUSLA and her Department. [19501/25]
• Health Service Executive
  1850. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to review correspondence regarding HSE changes that are causing concerns to parents (details supplied); and if...
• Disability Services
  1851. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to urgently engage with St. John of Gods in Kerry to progress the development of a super respite centre on the...
• Health Services Waiting Lists
  1852. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to a recent reply (details supplied) the length of waiting list; the number of people in Kerry...
• Disabilities Assessments
  1853. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children waiting for an assessment of needs more than 3,6,9,12,15,18,21 and 24 months, by county,...
• Legislative Reviews
  1854. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a timeline for when she expects the General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill...
• Disabilities Assessments
  1855. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when an assessment of need will be carried out for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
• Childcare Services
  1856. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown in quintiles of the percentage cost of wages for the following type of private early childhood...
• Disability Services
  1858. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current waiting period for children accessing speech and language therapy services; and if she will make a...
• Adoption Services
  1859. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown, by category of applicant in relation to requests made to TUSLA and the Adoption Authority for...
• Childcare Services
  1866. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is any other grant funding outside of Building Blocks provided via Pobal or any other agency for new...
• Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
  1867. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to provide funding for the development of a major trauma recovery centre in Cork (details...
• Youth Services
  1868. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to report on the collaborative work being undertaken by her Department and the Department of Housing, Local...
• International Protection
  1870. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to remarks made by An Taoiseach while in Washington DC regarding the Government's approach to IPAS...
• Child Protection
  1871. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the outcomes that Tusla is hoping to achieve from changes occurring regarding the Integrated Reform Programme;...
• Disability Services
  1872. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the new National Disability Strategy; a timeline on when it is expected to be finalised and...
• Departmental Data
  1875. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied); if she believes that the treatment of this person...
• Childcare Services
  1876. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will consider reviewing the national childcare scheme to allow for some flexibility in the operation of...
• Disability Services
  1877. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will make a commitment to providing multi-annual funding for residential placements for people with...
• Early Childhood Care and Education
  1878. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the investment by the Government into the early years sector in recent years; the plans for...
• Departmental Staff
  1879. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide a breakdown, by Department or office, of the percentage of employees who have disclosed a...
• Disability Services
  1880. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to review the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20211/25]
• Childcare Services
  1883. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way his Department plans to prevent service providers that have pulled out of the core funding scheme for...
• International Protection
  1884. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the weekly and monthly IPAS statistic reports include homeless international protection applicants; and if...
• Disability Services
  1888. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown of the staff numbers and grade in each of children's disability network teams in Limerick in 2024...
• Special Educational Needs
  1889. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of HSE-funded therapists who have been allocated to special schools in Limerick, in tabular form....
• Employment Support Services
  1890. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the work being undertaken in her Department to increase access to employment for disabled people;...
• Further and Higher Education
  1891. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the work being undertaken in her Department to increase access to third level education for disabled...
• Irish Language
  1892. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if all IT systems used by her Department can utilise the síneadh fada; where this is not the case, to...
• EU Directives
  1893. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in her Department; the date on which...
• Departmental Properties
  1894. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a list of all properties her Department have rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length...
• Departmental Contracts
  1895. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to her Department building; and if so,...
• Early Childhood Care and Education
  1897. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware that providers are having to withdraw from the core funding scheme for early learning and care...
• Departmental Data
  1898. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); to outline the manner in which such funding...
• Disability Services
  1901. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for the children's disability network team staffing levels, by discipline and by grade and per population size...
• Departmental Data
  1905. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the waiting-list numbers and exact wait-times in months and years per discipline for young people in each...
• Legislative Measures
  1915. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to introduce robust adult safeguarding legislation with mandatory reporting to ensure safeguarding...
• Child Protection
  1916. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to ensure allocated social workers or regulated placements to all children in care; and if she will...
• Childcare Services
  1917. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her Department’s plans to increase creche places in Fingal, specifically in Portmarnock, Donabate and...
• Legislative Measures
  1918. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in light of the Farrelly Report when the promised robust adult safeguarding legislation will be introduced to...
• Mother and Baby Homes
  1920. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to review the list of institutions covered by the payment scheme under the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment...
• Departmental Data
  1922. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question 674 of 1 April 2025, and with regards the 30.3% of AONs completed in 2024...
• Data Protection
  1924. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a data protection issue at an agency under her Departmental remit has been brought to her attention (details...
• Departmental Data
  1925. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth regarding media reports (details supplied), the safeguards in place to ensure that subject access requests...
• Departmental Correspondence
  1926. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to endorse and fully support the work of an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
• Departmental Data
  1927. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the practical application is envisioned by his Department for the recently adopted IHRA working definition of...
• Disability Services
  1929. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the motorised transport grant will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20583/25]
• Departmental Data
  1930. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what annual funding is being provided to an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
• Early Childhood Care and Education
  1932. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware of the growing frustration among a union (details supplied) and early years educators due to...
• Departmental Funding
  1933. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount in youth funding for County Kilkenny for the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make...
• Disabilities Assessments
  1935. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason an eight-year-old child (details supplied) is still facing an 18-month wait for an initial speech...
• Disability Services
  1936. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to consider reintroducing the mobility allowance grant which was closed in 2013; the efforts undertaken so far...
• International Protection
  1937. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will carry out an investigation into the procurement process involved within his Departments decision to...
• Disability Services
  1939. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she plans to create an adult disability service in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a...
• Departmental Websites
  1940. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how her Department is working to improve the accessibility of the online power of attorney system (details...
• Ombudsman for Children
  1941. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to report on the work of officials within her Department to support the work of the Ombudsman for Children....
• Childcare Services
  1942. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a list of childcare providers currently operating in Dublin Rathdown, along with the number of such...
• Health Services Staff
  1944. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Tusla carries out international recruitment campaigns to attract qualified social workers to work for them;...
• Departmental Schemes
  1946. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the allocations for the building blocks extension grant scheme; and if she...
• Departmental Correspondence
  1947. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will review correspondence (details supplied) and documentation; and if she will make a statement on the...
• International Protection
  1948. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the specific measures now being implemented to improve community consultation, communication and integration of...
• Youth Services
  1949. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a youth Senator position will be established; if all committees of the 34th Dáil will be required to...
• Disability Services
  1950. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions that will be taken to address the lack of access to a community neurorehabilitation team for people...
• Health Services Staff
  1951. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the vacancy rate for physiotherapists for each children's disability network team in CHO4, in tabular form....
• Departmental Data
  1952. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of high-support disability residential placements available in County Cork in 2023, 2024 and to date...
• Childcare Services
  1953. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on Programme for Government commitments since taking office to review and increase core funding...
• International Protection
  1954. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on proposed plans for an International Protection Accommodation Service Centre in a location...
• Disabilities Assessments
  1955. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason no payments have been made from the scheme announced to support children with disabilities, despite...
• Mental Health Services
  1956. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her views on the Government's approach to creating a more inclusive society for the autistic community in light...
• Home Care Packages
  1957. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a home care package will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
• Child Detention Centres
  1958. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average daily cost per individual detained in Oberstown Detention Centre; the annual State funding given to...
• International Protection
  1960. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if buildings being used for IPAS have to meet up-to-date fire and building regulations before they are...
• Ukraine War
  1961. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons admitted to Ireland from Ukraine as beneficiaries of temporary protection in direct...
• Mother and Baby Homes
  1964. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a home (details supplied) is not included in the redress scheme; and if she will make a statement on...
• Early Childhood Care and Education
  1965. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a timeline for the Programme for Government commitment to review and increase core funding, ensuring...
• Disabilities Assessments
  1968. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on efforts to tackle waiting lists for assessment of needs. [21198/25]
• Child and Family Agency
  1969. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update of the Programme for Government commitment to support Tusla and ensure their structures are...
• Early Childhood Care and Education
  1970. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware of a recent media report (details supplied) suggesting that negotiations for an employment...
• Disability Services
  1972. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update of the establishment of a community neurorehabilitation team for Cork and Kerry, funding for...
• Pension Provisions
  1974. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with a person (details supplied) in relation to an interpretation of this person's income for pension purposes; and if she will make a...
• Hospital Staff
  1975. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to increase the number of radiation practice tutors at University College Cork; if they will be made available for the coming academic year;...
• Health Services
  1976. To ask the Minister for Health when a report in relation to a person (details supplied) will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18501/25]
• Health Services Staff
  1979. To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors who successfully completed specialist training for general practitioners in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she...
• Dental Services
  1981. To ask the Minister for Health when the list of dentists for County Mayo will be updated in respect of medical card holders; if she is aware of the issue for medical card holders in...
• Hospital Staff
  1985. To ask the Minister for Health when it is expected that a dedicated consultant neurologist will be appointed at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  1986. To ask the Minister for Health how many cataract surgeries have taken place in Cork county in the years 2022, 2023, 2024, and the target number for 2025; the current waiting list for such...
• Health Services Staff
  1987. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of advanced paramedics serving County Roscommon, including any recent reductions in staffing levels; and what measures are being taken to...
• Cancer Services
  1990. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of patients in each regional health area who received their first cycle of chemotherapy in the day ward setting, during the reporting month,...
• Dental Services
  1991. To ask the Minister for Health the actions taken regarding the school dental programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18585/25]
• Medical Aids and Appliances
  1992. To ask the Minister for Health when the new sensor (details supplied) will be authorised for use with an insulin pump which is being requested by those struggling with T1 diabetes; and if...
• Health Services
  1993. To ask the Minister for Health the supports that are in place for those with vasculitis; and if she or her Department will consider additional funding for research. [18600/25]
• Cancer Services
  1994. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm that those who have undergone breast surgery and require breast prothesis and supports, that they can access these products in any facility in the...
• Health Strategies
  1995. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the review of the impacts of the minimum unit pricing policy as outlined in the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; if her Department...
• Hospital Appointments Status
  1996. To ask the Minister for Health the status of and timeline for an appointment for a person (details supplied). [18623/25]
• Men's Sheds
  1998. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding that has been provided to an organisation (details supplied) by her Department for each of the years 2016 to 2025, in tabular form....
• Health Services
  1999. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a child (details supplied) in relation to a financial rebate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18672/25]
• Primary Care Centres
  2000. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in relation to plans to provide a primary care centre in Cahersiveen, County Kerry for the Iveragh and south Kerry community;...
• Mental Health Services
  2001. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) has been refused three referrals to CAMHS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18686/25]
• Departmental Reviews
  2002. To ask the Minister for Health when she and her Department received the completed national review of cardiac services; the reason the review has still not been published; and if she will...
• Medical Cards
  2003. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to ensure access to care for medical card holders who have an entitlement to dental treatment as provided for under the dental treatment services...
• Assisted Human Reproduction
  2004. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the sections of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024, which provide for retrospective declaration of parentage through a parental...
• Medicinal Products
  2005. To ask the Minister for Health if she accepts that the delay in delivering free HRT to women is unacceptable; the steps she has taken to deliver on commitments given; if she further accepts...
• Tobacco Control Measures
  2006. To ask the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to prevent smoking within the grounds of all public health facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
• Health Services Staff
  2007. To ask the Minister for Health the cumulative number of newly employed nurses employed by the HSE in 2024. [18703/25]
• Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
  2008. To ask the Minister for Health the number of fitness to practice inquiries conducted by An Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann Under the Nurses and Midwives Act 2011 on...
• Health Services
  2009. To ask the Minister for Health if developmental checks are being offered to newborns for the appropriate month milestones by public health nurses from the Boot Road primary care centre; the...
• Medical Aids and Appliances
  2010. To ask the Minister for Health if the free style libre will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18718/25]
• Health Service Executive
  2011. To ask the Minister for Health the plans her Department has for the currently vacant HSE owned building at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
• Alcohol Pricing
  2012. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to concerns related to the enforcement of section 23 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 in relation to promotional...
• Hospital Appointments Status
  2013. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the case of a person (details supplied) that, having been referred in early 2024 to University Hospital Limerick for a hip operation, has yet to...
• Childcare Services
  2014. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.781 of 1 April 2025, the reason a child (details supplied) was not eligible for any support through the community...
• Health Strategies
  2015. To ask the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to make PrEP available through public services nationwide, these are now at capacity and new recipients either have to go...
• Health Services Waiting Lists
  2016. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on a person awaiting a speech and language therapy in-person appointment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
• Emergency Departments
  2017. To ask the Minister for Health the number of UK residents that attended emergency departments in Ireland in 2024 for free healthcare under the NHS/HSE reciprocal agreement. [18783/25]
• Health Services
  2018. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the addition of pulmonary fibrosis to the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18790/25]
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  2019. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to deal with bariatric surgery waiting lists for people suffering with chronic conditions; and if she will make a statement on the...
• Health Services Waiting Lists
  2020. To ask the Minister for Health if she will expedite an appointment in respect of a patient (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18802/25]
• Dental Services
  2021. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the dental treatment services scheme; the current number of dentists registered in the scheme and the number of dentists...
• Cancer Services
  2022. To ask the Minister for Health if she plans to reduce the age eligibility for the BreastCheck screening programme from 50 to 40 years-of-age, given that earlier screening could lead to...
• Hospital Services
  2023. To ask the Minister for Health the number of bodies that have been unclaimed in mortuaries nationwide since 1 January 2023; and the length of time each body has been left unclaimed for....
• Primary Care Services
  2024. To ask the Minister for Health the number of roles sanctioned and number filled, by discipline, in primary care in Cork, in tabular form. [18814/25]
• Regulatory Bodies
  2025. To ask the Minister for Health if CORU, Ireland's multi-profession health regulator has changed its position on allowing peace commissioners to sign and witness documents within its own...
• Hospital Investigations
  2026. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the extent to which parents who declined surgery were included in the CHI audit on hip dysplasia; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
• Hospital Staff
  2027. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant neurologists with a special interest in neurocognitive disorder at Beaumont Hospital in each of the years 2023, 2024 and to date...
• Health Services Staff
  2028. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE medical social workers in older persons services within CHO8 in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [18836/25]
• Hospital Procedures
  2029. To ask the Minister for Health the types of vascular surgeries procedures that were carried out at the Mater Hospital in 2024 and to date in 2025. [18837/25]
• Hospital Staff
  2030. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons and orthopaedic registrars based at Mullingar Regional Hospital in each of the years 2023, 2024 and to date...
• Dental Services
  2032. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive special needs paediatric dental care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18849/25]
• Healthcare Policy
  2033. To ask the Minister for Health whether arthritis, over-active thyroid and fatty liver are conditions covered on the long-term illness scheme. [18858/25]
• Health Services
  2034. To ask the Minister for Health if medical care can be provided to a person (details supplied). [18861/25]
• Health Services Staff
  2035. To ask the Minister for Health when the long promised psychiatric consultant to CAMHS patients in County Kerry will take up this position; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
• Mental Health Services
  2036. To ask the Minister for Health when she will address the unacceptable situation whereby CAMHS patients in County Kerry have to do online consultations with a consultant based abroad; and if...
• Vaccination Programme
  2037. To ask the Minister for Health if pharmacies or GPs can receive smaller batches of vaccines (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18868/25]
• Home Care Packages
  2038. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of ongoing issues with the delivery of home support services in the Cavan/Monaghan area (details supplied); if she will review the current...
• Health Services
  2039. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people triaged as urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic; and the proportion who were offered an appointment in...
• Dental Services
  2041. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide details of every dental service available to holders of medical cards through the dental services treatment scheme; the list of dentists...
• Legislative Reviews
  2042. To ask the Minister for Health when the review of minimum unit pricing, as required under the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018, will be conducted; if the Department has a proposed timeline...
• Healthcare Policy
  2044. To ask the Minister for Health if, given the current economic situation, consideration could be given to postponing the May 2026 implementation date for mandatory health labelling of...
• Health Services
  2046. To ask the Minister for Health to outline what services are currently in place for adults over the age of 18 years living with complex, lifelong or rare medical conditions, particularly in...
• Healthcare Policy
  2047. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to improve equitable access to emergency healthcare in circumstances where treatment for a condition is only available in a specific hospital, and...
• Departmental Correspondence
  2048. To ask the Minister for Health when a response will issue to an urgent email sent to her (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18929/25]
• Commissions of Inquiry
  2049. To ask the Minister for Health if she will bring forward a proposal to establish a commission of investigation into the actions of relevant State bodies in response to historical complaints...
• Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
  2050. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the expansion of the publicly-funded IVF programme announced in Budget 2025, particularly in relation to eligibility for couples who already...
• Medicinal Products
  2051. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that the prescribed medication solpadeine is covered on the medical card but dissolvable solpadeine is not and dissolvable solpadeine is the...
• Hepatitis C Incidence
  2052. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the hepatitis C home testing kits; the number of kits that have been dispatched; and if the scheme is proving successful....
• Hospital Staff
  2053. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant otolaryngologists based at St. James's Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [18974/25]
• National Treatment Purchase Fund
  2054. To ask the Minister for Health if orthodontic work is covered under the NTPF (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18999/25]
• Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
  2055. To ask the Minister for Health her plans for an HSE property (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19000/25]
• Laboratory Facilities
  2056. To ask the Minister for Health if any reviews or audits of the expenditure on laboratory genetic testing services, both in Ireland and abroad, have been undertaken to ensure value for money...
• Nursing Homes
  2059. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19038/25]
• Eating Disorders
  2060. To ask the Minister for Health for a comprehensive and detailed update in addressing the lack of anorexia beds for the mid-west only; the timeline for when an eating disorder team will be...
• Legislative Process
  2061. To ask the Minister for Health when she will commence the human tissue Act 2024 in full; the status of each section; if it has been commenced; if regulations have been prepared, as...
• Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
  2062. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant HSE-owned buildings in County Kildare from 2020 to 1 April 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19054/25]
• Medical Cards
  2063. To ask the Minister for Health the reason medical cards have been revoked for persons (details supplied). [19060/25]
• Addiction Treatment Services
  2064. To ask the Minister for Health if she will give consideration to providing residential rehab centres, which will allow an addict to stay for treatment for a period of three to six months at...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  2065. To ask the Minister for Health if she will intervene in the case of a baby (details supplied) with Hirschsprung's disease who is in urgent need of an operation in Crumlin Hospital that...
• Vaccination Programme
  2066. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 326 of 3 April 2025, if HIQA will assess the impact of providing shingles vaccination for adults aged 65 years and...
• Climate Action Plan
  2067. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support her Department’s plans to meet Ireland’s climate...
• Hospital Staff
  2068. To ask the Minister for Health if she is concerned that Ireland may have the lowest number per capita of consultant cardiologists in Europe; if her Department or the HSE has a strategy to...
• Healthcare Policy
  2069. To ask the Minister for Health if she is concerned that within the overall medical system, insufficient priority is given to cardiovascular disease among women; if her Department or the HSE...
• Vaccination Programme
  2070. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider rolling out the shingles vaccine through the national immunisation programme, as is commonplace in other countries; and if she will make...
• Medicinal Products
  2071. To ask the Minister for Health if she will approve of and provide funding for the combination treatment of ibrutinib and venetoclax for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; and...
• Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
  2072. To ask the Minister for Health the status of each project for Cork included in the HSE Capital Plan 2025; whether the funding allocation has been spent; and when the project will be...
• Disabilities Assessments
  2073. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adult ADHD assessments conducted by west Cork mental health; and the body to which an assessment is outsourced where applicable, per month, from...
• Nursing Homes
  2076. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing home beds in County Cork from 2019 to date, by LHO; whether her attention has been drawn to the disproportionate impact such a decline...
• Health Services
  2077. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date under the National Islands Policy 2023-2033 to improve access to health services on the offshore islands of Ireland such as Cape...
• Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
  2078. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to provide additional rehabilitation beds and services for stroke patients from County Kerry and throughout the country; her views on whether there...
• Healthcare Policy
  2079. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical condition (details supplied) will be considered by her Department or the HSE for inclusion under the long-term illness scheme; and if she will...
• Disability Services
  2080. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that the sensory room in a healthcare facility (details supplied) is reserved for the sole use of the primary care centre and cannot be used...
• Care of the Elderly
  2081. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently provide a bed for a patient in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19149/25]
• Vaccination Programme
  2082. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to continue and extend the Laura Brennan HPV vaccine catch-up programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19164/25]
• Health Services
  2083. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all services, grants, loans and payments available to individuals or households funded by her Department and agencies under her remit; the...
• State Claims Agency
  2084. To ask the Minister for Health the total legal costs to the State arising from cases related to side-effects of the Pandemrix vaccine; the number of cases defended by the State in the...
• Health Services
  2085. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide details of services and supports offered to people impacted by side-effects of the Pandemrix vaccine; and, in particular, the duration of...
• Medical Records
  2086. To ask the Minister for Health if she will implement a modern, high-quality IT system that can transfer patient charts and information between hospitals, including community hospitals; if...
• Medical Register
  2087. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure the extension of the national orthopaedic joint register to paediatric patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19203/25]
• Healthcare Policy
  2088. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure the extension of the national monitoring system for post-surgical infections to paediatric patients; and if she will make a statement on...
• State Claims Agency
  2090. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid out in compensation to patients and patient families in UHL between 2015 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19222/25]
• Healthcare Policy
  2091. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a protocol in place in model 2 hospitals for the administration of epinephrine to patients who present at injury units with anaphylaxis; and if...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  2092. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting an appointment at the breast clinic at Letterkenny University Hospital, broken down by the time they have been waiting, in...
• Hospital Appointments Status
  2093. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Children’s Health Ireland appointments or surgeries cancelled in each of the past five years respectively for children with an address in...
• Hospital Procedures
  2095. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a child (details supplied) will be examined; if she was aware of this issue; and if there is a scheme this family can access to help get...
• Medicinal Products
  2096. To ask the Minister for Health when medication known as givinostat will be made available in the State, given the role it can play in treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy in young boys....
• Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
  2097. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the establishment of the first inpatient mother and baby mental health unit, as included in the programme for Government.. [19254/25]
• Prescriptions Charges
  2098. To ask the Minister for Health her views on whether a review of the pricing and reimbursement system by an organisation (details supplied) adequately considers the recommendations set out...
• Primary Care Centres
  2103. To ask the Minister for Health when the Adamstown primary care centre is scheduled to open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19260/25]
• Medical Aids and Appliances
  2104. To ask the Minister for Health if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied). [19268/25]
• Medicinal Products
  2105. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider introducing legislation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19274/25]
• Health Services Staff
  2106. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure full pay parity for section 39 workers with their HSE counterparts, given the persistent disparities in pay and conditions,...
• Healthcare Policy
  2107. To ask the Minister for Health if she will explore a cross-Border paediatric pathology service, given that a service exists in Dundalk but those in the North need to utilise a service in...
• Health Services Staff
  2108. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been any positive movement in finding a resolution on the psychiatric nurses' strike, either in terms of discussions held or facilitating a...
• Hospital Appointments Status
  2110. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19323/25]
• Health Service Executive
  2112. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year budget for all hospitals in receipt of HSE funding in the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, by site, in tabular form. [19335/25]
• Departmental Contracts
  2113. To ask the Minister for Health the number of contracts currently held by her Department with a company (details supplied); the details of contracts currently held by the Department with the...
• Healthcare Policy
  2114. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on implementation of the 16 recommendations in the National Radiation Therapist Review Report; if she will commit to implementing all 16...
• Hospital Staff
  2116. To ask the Minister for Health the status of three additional practice tutors posts for clinical radiation therapy placements (details supplied); if the funding has been provided; and if...
• Health Services Staff
  2117. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the six advanced practice posts for radiation therapy which were previously committed to; if the funding has been provided; and if she will make...
• Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
  2118. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the projected costs relating to the construction of a proposed 50 bed residential mental health service on the grounds of St. Stephen's...
• Health Services
  2119. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 498 of 20 March 2025, if her Department will provide additional resources and equipment for the neurology assessment and...
• Hospital Facilities
  2121. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed allocation of funding for stages 2 and 3 in respect of a hospital project (details supplied); and if she will make a...
• Health Services
  2122. To ask the Minister for Health if an investigation can be conducted into the practice by the EHIC office of giving a letter to persons when the physical EHIC card will not be received on...
• Departmental Investigations
  2123. To ask the Minister for Health to publish as a matter of extreme urgency the findings of the draft lookback review into North Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service that was...
• Mental Health Services
  2124. To ask the Minister for Health to issue a public apology at the earliest possible date, on behalf of the State, to all individuals and their families who suffered at the hands of CAMHS in...
• Health Services Staff
  2125. To ask the Minister for Health when a member of staff (details supplied) will receive clarity from the Health Service Executive regarding their employment status; and if she will make a...
• Industrial Relations
  2126. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has attended the Labour Court, or if a date has been set for a meeting, regarding the extension of the long-Covid sick pay; and if she will make a...
• Health Services Staff
  2127. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a retired person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19464/25]
• Health Services
  2128. To ask the Minister for Health to review a matter in relation to a very important service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19466/25]
• Ambulance Service
  2129. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances rostered on the last Friday in each of the past six months by night and day shift respectively, in Cork city, in tabular form. [19468/25]
• Health Services
  2134. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown, by year of the total number of people who have accessed the services of the National Counselling Services from 2020 to date, in tabular form....
• Dental Services
  2135. To ask the Minister for Health which dentists are approved for services under the DTSS in County Laois; and to provide the list of applicants that do so. [19475/25]
• Cancer Services
  2138. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people currently waiting to attend cancer genetics services by waiting time period (0-6 months, 6-12 months, 12-18 months, 18+ months), by end...
• Healthcare Policy
  2142. To ask the Minister for Health her Department's approach ahead of the end of the current National Cancer Strategy in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19489/25]
• Vaccination Programme
  2143. To ask the Minister for Health what financial supports are available to those who are immuno-compromised to get the shingles vaccine, as advised by their medical team; and if she will make...
• Tobacco Control Measures
  2144. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a plan to develop a new tobacco-free Ireland programme implementation plan given that the current one is due to expire in 2025; if a working group...
• Addiction Treatment Services
  2147. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of WTE's in Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim employed within HSE addiction services, including those within mental health services; the estimated pay...
• Health Services Staff
  2148. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of staff directly employed by, and or funded by, north-west regional drug and alcohol task force; the estimated of pay costs per annum; and if...
• Health Services
  2149. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19531/25]
• Hospital Appointments Status
  2150. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently expedite appointment for (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19533/25]
• Health Services Waiting Lists
  2152. To ask the Minister for Health the number of students were on waiting lists for mental health services in the years 2020-2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
• Dental Services
  2154. To ask the Minister for Health when dental treatment will be offered to a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in offering said treatment despite the fact that the person in...
• Ambulance Service
  2155. To ask the Minister for Health the response time for ambulances in Laois, from time of call to arrival at patient in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19548/25]
• Health Service Executive
  2159. To ask the Minister for Health if a series of matters (details supplied) in relation to e-rostering project will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19553/25]
• Health Strategies
  2160. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 322 of 2 April 2025, the number of cancer patients approved under the treatment abroad scheme between the years 2020 to...
• Departmental Schemes
  2161. To ask the Minister for Health the financial supports available for patients approved under the treatment abroad scheme for travel expenses where their air or sea travel fares are not...
• Substance Misuse
  2162. To ask the Minister for Health the Government funding for community prison links workers for each year since its inception; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19565/25]
• Health Services Staff
  2163. To ask the Minister for Health if she plans to lift the recruitment embargo on physician associates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19566/25]
• Ambulance Service
  2166. To ask the Minister for Health if she will engage with the HSE and the National Ambulance Service on the withdrawal of ambulance vehicles from advance paramedics–educational officers...
• Hospital Staff
  2167. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts currently advertised in West Kerry Community Hospital; the positions that have been advertised; how long these posts are advertised; and...
• Health Services Staff
  2174. To ask the Minister for Health to take into consideration that it is becoming increasingly difficult to attract healthcare staff to County Kerry (details supplied); if she will consider...
• Ambulance Service
  2175. To ask the Minister for Health to prioritise the provision of an ambulance base in Killorglin, County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19595/25]
• Hospital Facilities
  2176. To ask the Minister for Health if she will open the new laboratory at University Hospital Kerry and meet with the UHK senior management team; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
• Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
  2181. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite the opening of Killarney Community Hospital, County Kerry; the number additional beds that will be provided and how soon these additional beds...
• Medicinal Products
  2182. To ask the Minister for Health if she will examine the cost of the anti-sickness medication cariban for pregnant women (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
• Primary Care Centres
  2183. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm the delivery of a six storey Killarney primary care centre on the site of Áras Padraig, Lewis Road, Killarney, County Kerry; when this...
• Hospital Services
  2184. To ask the Minister for Health if the delivery of the new Killarney community nursing unit will facilitate the provision of a minor injuries unit at the St. Columbanus Hospital location in...
• Hospital Facilities
  2185. To ask the Minister for Health when the 108 bed extension planned for University Hospital Kerry will open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19611/25]
• Hospital Services
  2186. To ask the Minister for Health if increased radiotherapy and chemotherapy services will be available at University Hospital Kerry, with the planned upgrade of the oncology unit (details...
• Health Services Staff
  2187. To ask the Minister for Health if the recruitment embargo will be lifted from the health services, particularly attritional staff reductions due to retirements, resignations, and so on; and...
• Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
  2189. To ask the Minister for Health the projects in County Meath included in the HSE Capital Plan 2025; the funding allocated to each in this plan; the timeline for progress of each; and if she...
• Health Services
  2190. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the case of a child (details supplied); to expedite a care assessment, pain treatment and management plan as a matter of urgency; and if she will...
• Alcohol Advertising
  2191. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an up to date response to a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19634/25]
• Health Services
  2192. To ask the Minister for Health if she will urgently review and improve the care plan in respect of a patient in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
• Nursing Homes
  2193. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a dementia bed in St. Columbanus Home, Killarney, County Kerry for a Kerry patient (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  2194. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of current waiting lists for public PrEP services at (details supplied); the average waiting time for new patients; and if she will make a...
• Patient Transport
  2195. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider allocating funding for a transport service to a day care centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19677/25]
• Health Services Waiting Lists
  2196. To ask the Minister for Health the current average and maximum waiting times for access to mental health services under the HSE, including CAMHS and adult community mental health teams,...
• Mental Health Services
  2197. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a list of all HSE-funded mental health services and facilities operating in Dublin Bay north, including staffing levels and the range of...
• Health Strategies
  2198. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will commit to creating a social support group (details supplied) that will help deal with the serious issue of isolation particularly in...
• Medicinal Products
  2199. To ask the Minister for Health if she intends on introducing the shingles vaccine for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia patients under the medical card or drug payment scheme; and if she will...
• School Meals Programme
  2200. To ask the Minister for Health if she has any concerns regarding the quality consistency of the school meals programme with regard to the Healthy Ireland framework, the principles of...
• Dental Services
  2201. To ask the Minister for Health to address as a matter of urgency the long waiting times, and in some cases the lack of availability, of the school dental programme for children in east...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  2202. To ask the Minister for Health the current average wait time for scoliosis-related orthopaedic appointments at Cork University Hospital; if the hospital is following its own published...
• Health Services Waiting Lists
  2203. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for carer funding and for a carer provision for HSE home support in each month of 2025 in Meath, in tabular form; and if she will...
• Medical Inquiries
  2209. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the following matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19721/25]
• Hospital Facilities
  2210. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the infectious diseases clinic in Our Ladies of Lourdes Drogheda, County Louth. [19737/25]
• Primary Care Services
  2211. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres where intravitreal injections for age-related macular degeneration currently take place; the timeline associated with...
• Mental Health Policy
  2212. To ask the Minister for Health if Sharing the Vision: A Mental Health Policy for Everyone' Implementation Plan 2025 – 2027, can be amended to ensure patients reporting suicidal...
• Dental Services
  2213. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE senior dental surgeons with a special interest in special needs within CHO9 in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [19745/25]
• Hospital Staff
  2214. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant dermatologists based at Beaumont Hospital in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [19746/25]
• Pharmacy Services
  2215. To ask the Minister for Health , the number of WTE pharmacists that work in CAMHS in CHO9 area; if this number will be further increased; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
• Hospital Services
  2216. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that presented to the accident and emergency department of CHI Temple Street on 24 and 25 December 2024. [19748/25]
• Hospital Appointments Status
  2219. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for surgery will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [19782/25]
• Health Services
  2220. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the rollout of National Perinatal Genomics Service; the new public services that will be introduced and made available; and if she will make...
• Mental Health Services
  2223. To ask the Minister for Health the reason cognitive behavioural therapy in primary care psychology is no longer available under adult mental health services in Roscommon; and if she will...
• Health Services Waiting Lists
  2224. To ask the Minister for Health to advise how many people were on the waiting list referred to the primary care psychology in Roscommon who will now not be able to access the service. [19799/25]
• Health Services
  2226. To ask the Minister for Health how many people referred for cognitive behavioural therapy in primary care psychology in Roscommon received a letter from Adult Mental Health Services,...
• Care of the Elderly
  2228. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure that the HSE provides a significant increase in annual funding, at a minimum to 2007 levels, to a centre (details supplied) for senior...
• Medical Aids and Appliances
  2229. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the recommendations of the CMO’s report, Use of Uro-Gynaecological Mesh in Surgical Procedures, and of the report...
• Nursing Homes
  2230. To ask the Minister for Health if a brother-in-law of a person receiving long-term care in a nursing home can be named as a family successor (details supplied); and if she will make a...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  2231. To ask the Minister for Health if she will expedite an appointment in respect of a Kerry patient (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19819/25]
• Care Services
  2232. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of care hours that were cancelled in 2023 and 2024 and the associated saving to the HSE, per integrated healthcare area, in tabular form; and...
• Mental Health Services
  2234. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm if Midleton, County Cork, is in the catchment area for early intervention psychosis service; if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement...
• Cancer Services
  2235. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of BowelScreen invitations issued, by county, in 2024; the corresponding number of people, per county, who returned a completed faecal...
• Health Promotion
  2236. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the proposal to postpone the labelling of alcohol products with health warnings, which is due to come into effect in May 2026; if she will commit...
• Irish Blood Transfusion Service
  2237. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for the permanent ban on donating blood for persons who previously contracted gonorrhoea and subsequently recovered following treatment; if she...
• Hospital Services
  2239. To ask the Minister for Health if she will intervene to provide the necessary staff, open the essential additional beds in West Kerry Community Hospital and bring the hospital’s...
• Medicinal Products
  2240. To ask the Minister for Health how individuals over the age of 60 who are at a high risk from diabetes, and thus not suitable for the Pfizer vaccination, can access Novavax. [19839/25]
• Health Services Waiting Lists
  2241. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on the waiting list in each county for occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and psychology, in tabular form; and...
• Dental Services
  2247. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline the capacity of public orthodontic care in County Clare at this time; to confirm if there have been any recent retirements of...
• Mental Health Services
  2248. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the case for additional mental health services in Clontarf (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19881/25]
• Hospital Equipment
  2249. To ask the Minister for Health the status on the MRI scanner in Cavan hospital; if it has been out of service or seen reduced capacity; the number of scans carried out since January 2024,...
• General Practitioner Services
  2251. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to address the lack of general practitioners across Dublin north city and county, in particular given the rapidly growing population;...
• Health Services
  2252. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be provided for a community neurorehabilitation team for central and north Dublin, as promised in 2019, and in line with the Programme for...
• Ambulance Service
  2253. To ask the Minister for Health the average ambulance response times to purple echo and red delta calls nationally by the National Ambulance Service; and if she will make a statement on the...
• Healthcare Policy
  2254. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider recognition of ulcerative colitis as a long-term chronic condition and include it under the long-term illness scheme; and if she will...
• Ambulance Service
  2255. To ask the Minister for Health the number of "Purple" (Echo) and "Red" (Delta) calls for addresses in County Clare that had response times by the National Ambulance Service exceeding 38...
• Hospital Services
  2256. To ask the Minister for Health it she will instruct Waterford University Hospital to release the records requested by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
• Health Services
  2257. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently allow for a transitional payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19924/25]
• Hospital Staff
  2259. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant consultant posts at the Mater Hospital, by speciality; the length of time each vacancy; and the estimated timeframe in which each...
• Health Services Staff
  2261. To ask the Minister for Health if a full remuneration review can be undertaken to ensure all frontline staff in the health service are being paid sufficiently, in order that it is not an...
• Data Protection
  2262. To ask the Minister for Health the number of data breaches across each of the level 2, 3 and 4 hospitals that were reported to the Data Protection Commissioner for each of the years 2019 to...
• Dental Services
  2265. To ask the Minister for Health the number of independent dental practices who are currently signed up to the dental treatment services scheme in Wicklow and to provide a list of dental...
• Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
  2266. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the primary healthcare centre in Dundalk at a location (details supplied); and the expected commencement date for construction. [20006/25]
• Home Help Service
  2267. To ask the Minister for Health if it is the policy of her Department and the HSE that home care workers directly employed by the HSE must retire on reaching 70 years of age; and if she will...
• Health Service Executive
  2268. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place for a HSE-owned facility (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20027/25]
• Health Services Staff
  2270. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will determine the professional pathways for an occupation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20033/25]
• Health Promotion
  2272. To ask the Minister for Health when she intends the requirement for health warning labels on alcoholic drinks to come into effect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20036/25]
• Health Services Staff
  2273. To ask the Minister for Health if she will publish the audits of service users carried out by the National Gender Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20037/25]
• Health Services
  2274. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure access to free PrEP in the Dublin area by expanding the capacity at clinics administering the medicine, given existing clinics are not...
• Departmental Properties
  2276. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a map, broken into lots, of a site (details supplied), clearly identifying lands to be sold and lands to be retained; and if she will make a...
• Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
  2277. To ask the Minister for Health to advise if the HSE is willing to provide a site for a service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20045/25]
• Health Services
  2278. To ask the Minister for Health the number of national independent review panel reports underway currently, by CHO area, and by the type of service under review; and if she will make a...
• Health Services Staff
  2280. To ask the Minister for Health if it is her intention to deliver pay equality for workers in Section 39 organisations to bring their remuneration in line with their counterparts working in...
• Hospital Services
  2282. To ask the Minister for Health when additional resources will be provided to improve health services in Cavan General Hospital, to reduce delays in patients accessing cardiology services;...
• Health Services Staff
  2285. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 5 March 2025, if the information on staffing shortfalls at the HSE Galway community audiology service can now be...
• Health Services Waiting Lists
  2286. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for audiology services by community health organisation, local health office and length of time waiting, in tabular...
• Health Services Staff
  2287. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing shortfalls in audiology services by community health organisation and local health office, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
• Hospital Appointments Status
  2288. To ask the Minister for Health when an elderly person who lives alone (details supplied) will receive an appointment given their referral has been marked as urgent by their doctor; and if...
• General Practitioner Services
  2291. To ask the Minister for Health if, given the escalating crisis in GP access in the Raheny area of Dublin Bay north where countless persons are unable to register with a GP or secure timely...
• Mother and Baby Homes
  2294. To ask the Minister for Health the outcome of the Health Service Executive review of demand and capacity for the national counselling service referred to at Action 19.6 of the Action Plan...
• Pharmacy Services
  2298. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm whether prescriptions can be issued for a six-month period, or longer, under current legislation (details supplied). [20139/25]
• Hospital Staff
  2300. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant neuroradiologists based at Beaumont Hospital in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [20143/25]
• Healthcare Policy
  2301. To ask the Minister for Health how the additional €2 million will be spent in 2025 on the implementation of National Oral Health Policy. [20144/25]
• Cross-Border Co-operation
  2302. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cataract procedures carried out at Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [20145/25]
• Health Services
  2303. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided for stroke services in 2023, 2024 and 2025 as part of the National Stroke Strategy 2022-2027. [20146/25]
• Hospital Staff
  2304. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE emergency medicine registrars based at Mullingar Regional Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [20147/25]
• Hospital Appointments Status
  2305. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and an appointment expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20156/25]
• Dental Services
  2307. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied) who is awaiting dental surgery on broken crowns, is nonverbal, is in pain and has been...
• Hospital Facilities
  2309. To ask the Minister for Health the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at University Hospital Waterford in 2024 and to date in 2025; and the nature of future refurbishment...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  2310. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for paediatric ophthalmology services nationwide. [20194/25]
• Dental Services
  2311. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthodontists and specialist orthodontists working within HSE dental services in Waterford for children from 2022 to date in...
• Health Service Executive
  2312. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE-funded hydrotherapy pools available for public use; and the locations of these pools, in tabular form. [20196/25]
• Assisted Human Reproduction
  2313. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that have used each of the HSE fertility hubs in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [20197/25]
• Health Services
  2314. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing funding to the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetic and Genomic Medicine Ireland by 50%. [20198/25]
• Departmental Staff
  2316. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a breakdown, by Department or office, of the percentage of employees who have disclosed a disability for the past ten years, in tabular...
• Vaccination Programme
  2317. To ask the Minister for Health in light of National Cancer Registry Ireland reports of increased age-adjusted incidence of HPV-related cancers in Ireland (details supplied); the reason the...
• Health Services Staff
  2318. To ask the Minister for Health the number of current vacancies and the number of assigned posts for public health nurse positions for CHO7; and the number of public health nurses required...
• Primary Care Services
  2319. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for psychology, speech and language therapy and occupational therapy in primary care, in CHO7; the corresponding waiting time...
• Nursing Homes
  2320. To ask the Minister for Health to approve the transfer of a patient in County Kerry (details supplied) as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20225/25]
• Health Services Staff
  2321. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department or the HSE have any plan to make resources available to the South Doc services Blackpool, Cork city to have an out of hours doctor available...
• Hospital Staff
  2322. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to the correspondence (details supplied) regarding a consultant neurologist for the midlands regional hospital Portlaoise; and if she will make a...
• Emergency Departments
  2323. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 791 of 1 April 2025, to provide the following data for the Model 4 hospitals (The Mater University Hospital, Tallaght...
• Medical Cards
  2324. To ask the Minister for Health if melatonin will be made available under the medical card scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20242/25]
• Primary Care Services
  2325. To ask the Minister for Health the policy changes her Department plans to implement to increase the number of GP services available in Dublin 3,5, 9, 13, and 17. [20244/25]
• Hospital Staff
  2326. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant vascular surgeons based at University Hospital Limerick in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [20245/25]
• Departmental Schemes
  2327. To ask the Minister for Health the number of optometrists registered with the community optometry scheme in each of the past three years ,in tabular form. [20246/25]
• Home Help Service
  2328. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of home helps employed, the nuance of vacancies, if there are plans to hire additional numbers, her views on the optimal number to be...
• Hospital Staff
  2331. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in emergency medicine based at Tullamore Regional Hospital in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [20262/25]
• Dental Services
  2332. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the number of dentists working in the school dental scheme in County Roscommon in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in...
• Emergency Departments
  2333. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that presented to the emergency department of Sligo University Hospital in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025 in tabular form. [20264/25]
• Hospital Staff
  2334. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE ear, nose and throat registrars at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [20265/25]
• Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
  2335. To ask the Minister for Health If she will outline the recent capital investment made in Roscommon University Hospital; the planned investment in the next two years, covering both buildings...
• Emergency Departments
  2336. To ask the Minister for Health the number of resuscitation bays in the emergency department of Tallaght University Hospital. [20267/25]
• Home Care Packages
  2339. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was granted home care support but supports are not always put into place; the reason she is not being notified when...
• International Bodies
  2340. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on her meeting with the head of the World Health Organization during her St Patrick’s Day visit to New York; and if she will make a...
• International Relations
  2342. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on her meeting with a women’s delegation from Afghanistan during her St Patrick’s Day visit to New York; and if she will...
• Primary Care Centres
  2343. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the site for Mountrath primary care centre in County Laois; what funding has been provided; the progress that has been made; and if she will...
• Information and Communications Technology
  2344. To ask the Minister for Health if all IT systems used by her Department can utilise the síneadh fada; where this is not the case, to provide the list of systems which do not accept or...
• Medicinal Products
  2345. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug Duvyzat for the treatment of muscular dystrophy (givinostat) is available for reimbursement; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
• Primary Care Centres
  2346. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date situation in relation to a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20313/25]
• Community Care
  2349. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to provide the parents who have no public health nurses available to provide developmental checks with information of potential issues to look out...
• EU Directives
  2350. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in her Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any...
• Departmental Properties
  2351. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of all properties her Department has rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length of tenancy; and the amount spent on rent on each...
• Departmental Contracts
  2352. To ask the Minister for Health whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to her Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the...
• Nursing Homes
  2355. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently intervene and allow for the transfer of a patient in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20422/25]
• Mental Health Services
  2358. To ask the Minister for Health the number of third level students that were on waiting lists for mental health services in the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
• Hospital Appointments Status
  2360. To ask the Minister for Health if she will assist in the case of a person (details supplied) that was referred to the dermatology department at University of Limerick for treatment of a...
• Medicinal Products
  2361. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug entresto is included on the drugs payment scheme; the consultation given to eligible patients eligible for this scheme when a new prescription is...
• Mental Health Services
  2362. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a child (details supplied) who having been referred 24 months ago to CAMHS, Limerick following autism and intellectual disability...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  2363. To ask the Minister for Health what is being done to address the length of time it is taking to get a GP referral blood test appointment in Saint James’s Hospital, given that in some...
• Disability Services
  2364. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the waiting lists for children in each Dublin postal code, 1 to 24, waiting for an appointment for an occupational therapist, speech and...
• Dental Services
  2365. To ask the Minister for Health to review the case of a person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20492/25]
• Mental Health Services
  2366. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that there is no psychologist on staff in the Longford Westmeath CAMHS service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20496/25]
• Healthcare Policy
  2367. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the diagnosis and treatment pathway for patients suffering with Lyme disease; if there are plans to introduce extended antibiotic therapy as a...
• Hospital Appointments Status
  2368. To ask the Minister for Health when a person in Donegal (details supplied) will receive an appointment in Galway University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20501/25]
• Hospital Services
  2370. To ask the Minister for Health the steps her Department has taken to resolve the reported postponement of child surgeries by CHI (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
• Ambulance Service
  2371. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the National Ambulance Service Strategic Plan; if a copy of this can be made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20519/25]
• Medicinal Products
  2375. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to correspondence (details supplied) regarding the drug Palforzia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20524/25]
• Healthcare Policy
  2376. To ask the Minister for Health to publish a national policy on adult safeguarding for the health and social care sector. [20531/25]
• Dental Services
  2377. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to extend temporary registration licenses to stamp 4 non-EU dentists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20540/25]
• Primary Care Services
  2380. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting for speech and language therapy, psychology, and occupational therapy in primary care services in CHO9; the...
• Dental Services
  2382. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of speech and language therapists currently employed within the HSE orthodontic services in CHO9; and if she will make a statement on the...
• Health Services Staff
  2383. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of vacant speech and language therapist posts currently within CHO9; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20548/25]
• Mental Health Services
  2384. To ask the Minister for Health if she intends to implement the recommendations of the Mental Health Commission’s report into the level of mental health services provided in hospital...
• Ambulance Service
  2385. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of clinical status 1 calls (Echo and Delta) per the advanced medical priority dispatch system (AS1s) requiring an advanced paramedic (AP)...
• Departmental Data
  2386. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients identified with severe pain and the number of patients with a reduction in pain score of at least three points for each of the 12...
• Medicinal Products
  2387. To ask the Minister for Health the steps her Department took to arrive at the conclusion that reimbursement was not possible in respect of HRT purchased before 1 June 2025; and if she will...
• Health Services
  2391. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any schemes that individuals can avail of to recoup money when they have been forced to go through private healthcare providers for their medical...
• Mental Health Services
  2392. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the incident that occurred in St. Joesph’s adolescent psychiatric unit; the number of children who were left without placement; the...
• Health Services Staff
  2393. To ask the Minister for Health if she believes that it would be important to routinely collect data on the job vacancies within CAMHS to ensure the effective delivery of services; and if...
• Mental Health Services
  2394. To ask the Minister for Health what immediate actions are being taken to address the significant disparities in mental health emergency care across hospitals, as highlighted by the Mental...
• Hospital Facilities
  2396. To ask the Minister for Health why the bungalows in the hospital in Athy are not registered with the Residential Tenancies Board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20645/25]
• Cancer Services
  2397. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer in the last five years. [20653/25]
• Mental Health Services
  2398. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not yet been seen by CAMHS or a psychiatrist, despite her critical condition; and when she will receive an...
• Health Services
  2400. To ask the Minister for Health if she will confirm that funding will be provided in 2025 for the provision of an integrated homeless health hub in Cork city (day centre), in view of the...
• Medical Cards
  2401. To ask the Minister for Health if she will examine a difference of opinions in regard to the validity of a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make...
• Departmental Correspondence
  2403. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a detailed response to several points raised (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20698/25]
• Emergency Departments
  2404. To ask the Minister for Health if referrals to hospital emergency departments from out-of-hours services like NEDOC are not liable for a charge at accident and emergency; and if so, if she...
• Departmental Data
  2405. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of all vacant healthcare posts unable to be filled in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20727/25]
• Cancer Services
  2408. To ask the Minister for Health if the BreastCheck and BowelScreen programmes will be extended to the over-70s; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20732/25]
• Home Help Service
  2409. To ask the Minister for Health the number nationwide on the waiting list for home help; the amount her Department is spending on private agencies to provide cover; and if she will make a...
• Mental Health Services
  2410. To ask the Minister for Health if she will examine alternative options for people suffering from a mental health crisis in order that they do not need to go through the standard accident...
• Health Services
  2412. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to develop a clear clinical pathway and specialist multidisciplinary functional neurological disorder service, including measures to ensure timely...
• Health Service Executive
  2413. To ask the Minister for Health the number of national independent review panel reports underway currently, by CHO area and, by the type of service under review; and if she will make a...
• Medicinal Products
  2416. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the current HSE funding criteria for access to the weight management medication saxenda, in cases where it has been prescribed for...
• Social Welfare Schemes
  2417. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider individuals with a permanent stoma for the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20759/25]
• Hospital Appointments Status
  2418. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and an appointment expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20765/25]
• Disability Services
  2419. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a plan for the expansion of the Framework for Safe Staffing and Skill Mix to service providers involved in the care for adults and children with...
• Health Services
  2420. To ask the Minister for Health if she will examine the top-class home care palliative care package provided in the UK and strive to bring it up to the same standards in Ireland (details...
• Cancer Services
  2424. To ask the Minister for Health the number waiting for a BreastCheck through the HSE’s national screening service for each CHO; the average wait time for BreastCheck for each CHO; and...
• Nursing Homes
  2425. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure essential medication is supplied to a nursing home patient (details supplied) through either the enhanced medical card or the long-term...
• Health Services Staff
  2426. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 934 of 25 February 2025, the status of filling the post for an ophthalmologist in Clonmel, the absence of which is...
• Health Services
  2432. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not yet received the results from an MRI scan in Cavan General Hospital they had in February 2025; and if she will...
• Health Services Staff
  2433. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons the position of psychologist at the Athenry primary care centre, County Galway, has not yet been filled; if this position remains open; if it is...
• Health Services
  2434. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the current capacity of the complex menopause clinic at University Hospital Galway, which is currently operating for only one half-day per...
• Hospital Facilities
  2436. To ask the Minister for Health the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form....
• Health Services
  2437. To ask the Minister for Health the type of cardiothoracic surgeries that were carried out at the Mater Hospital in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [20909/25]
• Hospital Equipment
  2438. To ask the Minister for Health to list all the hospitals that currently use the Da Vinci surgical system, in tabular form. [20910/25]
• Health Services Staff
  2439. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff grade podiatrist and senior grade podiatrist aligned to the chronic disease management team within CHO9 in the years of 2023, 2024 and...
• Nursing Homes
  2441. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on an application (details supplied) for the fair deal scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21013/25]
• Departmental Data
  2442. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults and children that have accessed primary care psychology services in County Louth in each of the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form....
• Hospital Investigations
  2444. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) who had hip surgeries in 2021 and 2024 in both Cappagh and Temple Street, will be notified if their care is one of the cases...
• Health Services
  2445. To ask the Minister for Health the locations within County Cork where attention deficit hyperactivity teams are based. [21027/25]
• Mental Health Services
  2446. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE child and adolescent psychiatrists employed by CAMHS mental health intellectual disability services within CHO1 in 2024 and to date in 2025,...
• Cancer Services
  2447. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to install a breast screening unit in Dundalk, County Louth. [21035/25]
• Departmental Correspondence
  2448. To ask the Minister for Health to review correspondence (details supplied) regarding the case of a child; if she will acknowledge that the orthodontist in the North will not deal with the...
• Disability Diagnoses
  2449. To ask the Minister for Health if she will recognise fibromyalgia as a long-term disability for the purposes of healthcare, in line with a recent decision taken on this matter in Northern...
• Medical Cards
  2450. To ask the Minister for Health if she will explore incorporating disability-related expenses into the medical card means test, particularly for individuals with ongoing high...
• Hospital Appointments Status
  2451. To ask the Minister for Health if she will expedite a hospital appointment for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21043/25]
• Health Services
  2453. To ask the Minister for Health the regions in which new neurology hubs have been established in which to assist patients to have access to integrated services without requiring hospital...
• Medicinal Products
  2455. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the shortages of several HRT products for women (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21118/25]
• Social Welfare Schemes
  2457. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to add Addison’s disease to the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21120/25]
• Ambulance Service
  2458. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE National Ambulance Service will provide an ambulance service on Inis Meáin, Aran Islands; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
• Health Services
  2459. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding any plans to provide on-site health care in IPAS facilities; the actions she is taking to ensure that adequate GP facilities are...
• Medicinal Products
  2460. To ask the Minister for Health if the drugs payment scheme can be extended to allow for the availability of the medication Ozempic for conditions other than approved indication of diabetes;...
• Cancer Services
  2461. To ask the Minister for Health if she has engaged with an organisation (details supplied), a service for individuals and families affected by cancer, concerning funding and supporting their...
• Health Services Staff
  2462. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in each local health centre and primary care centre in the CHO7 area with a month-by-month breakdown of the total from 1...
• Medical Cards
  2464. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will revise the current means testing system for medical cards to formally include the "cost of disability" as an allowable expense category...
• Dental Services
  2465. To ask the Minister for Health the actions she is taking to ensure that adequate dental facilities are available for IPAS residents while not removing existing services from any community;...
• Addiction Treatment Services
  2466. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to routinely collect data on addiction service waiting lists, ensuring that services are adequately resourced to meet demand. [21169/25]
• Health Services Staff
  2467. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a full report on the current status of podiatry services in Cork city and North Cork; the number of staff currently working in podiatry...
• Disability Diagnoses
  2468. To ask the Minister for Health if provision can be made for people living with lifelong disabilities, including polio survivors, who face unavoidable costs that are not currently recognised...
• Patient Transport
  2469. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide transport for vulnerable patients who lack personal support networks when travelling to Northern Ireland for medical treatment...
• Hospital Appointments Status
  2470. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will review the case of a person (details supplied) and expedite this appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21191/25]
• Medical Cards
  2471. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review and revise the medical card means-testing system to assess income after deduction of essential disability-related expenses, in order to...
• Departmental Funding
  2473. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a former piggery site in Grenagh, County Cork that was demolished before the discovery of asbestos (details supplied); if...
• General Practitioner Services
  2474. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the issues surrounding the lack of GP services in Enfield, County Meath; the steps her Department is taking to resolve these issues; and if...
• Medical Cards
  2475. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to introduce an automatic annual adjustment of medical card income thresholds in line with changes to core social welfare...
• Hospital Staff
  2476. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE radiographers, by grade, working in a hospital (details supplied) in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; if this...
• Hospice Services
  2477. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of capital funding allocated by the HSE to a hospice (details supplied) in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she...
• Mental Health Services
  2478. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychiatry of later life teams within CHO9 in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
• Health Services Staff
  2479. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE secretaries working with each consultant neurosurgeon at Beaumont Hospital in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will...
• Cancer Services
  2480. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to expand community lymphoedema and lipoedema services at Beaumont Hospital Cancer Centre of Excellence; and if she will make a statement...
• Hospital Facilities
  2481. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has an estimated timeline for the completion of the new accident-and-emergency department and critical care unit for Beaumont Hospital,...
• Medical Cards
  2482. To ask the Minister for Health the number of individuals granted a medical card or GP visit card in each of the years 2023 and 2024 who had to be assigned a GP by the HSE, by county; and if...
• Hospital Facilities
  2483. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she will take to address the shortfall of 175 regional inpatient neurorehabilitation beds across the country, highlighted in the Inpatient...

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