Written answers
Wednesday, 7 May 2025
- Departmental Funding
407. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide €1.5 million increased funding to services (details supplied) in the next budget. [22567/25] - Nursing Homes
408. To ask the Minister for Health if any review has been carried out on the fair deal scheme, its effectiveness in providing care to the elderly and infirm, the assessed value for money of the... - Health Services
409. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department has investigated the costs associated with providing the student population with free HIV rapid testing and PrEP on-campus; if she... - Mental Health Services
411. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will assist in ensuring that a person (details supplied) who is due to age out of CAMHS in July, receives a clear transition plan as a matter... - Primary Care Centres
412. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a primary care centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22026/25] - Health Services
413. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans for €1.4 million in additional annual funding on a rolling basis for St. Lukes Home, Cork CLG; and if she will make a statement on... - Medicinal Products
414. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to carry out an inquiry into the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate; if so when this inquiry will be carried out; and... - Home Care Packages
415. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to home care assistants providing home support services, the official policy of the HSE in relation to home care assistants providing assistance... - Death Certificates
416. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a case in which a death certificate has not been issued to the family of the deceased over a year after their passing... - Departmental Schemes
417. To ask the Minister for Health if it has been brought to her attention that the dispensing fee for HRT is less than that allocated to the contraception scheme (details supplied); to consider... - Gender Recognition
418. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 19 February 2025, if the Gender Healthcare Programme considers that there may be a conflict of interest given... - Departmental Inquiries
420. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 806 of 1 April 2025, given that hormone levels can guide dosage increase treatment decisions, would advising GPs to not... - Departmental Programmes
421. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 858 of 1 April 2025, the reason the Gender Healthcare programme chose the consult model for engagement, rather than... - Health Services
423. To ask the Minister for Health for the current status and timeline of the National Gender Service moving to a new location. [22075/25] - Medical Aids and Appliances
424. To ask the Minister for Health if she will examine an application by a person (details supplied) for a ACC device; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22076/25] - Home Help Service
425. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently approve home help hours in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22096/25] - Health Services Staff
426. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to fund a paediatric rheumatologist for CHO4; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22099/25] - Health Services
427. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of complaints made against a service (details supplied) over the past five years, by year and unit, in tabular form; and if she will make a... - Hospital Investigations
428. To ask the Minister for Health for details of the 286 letters mislaid by a hospital administration in early 2021, including if any of those were referrals; if this affected the National... - Health Services
429. To ask the Minister for Health if allocation space for the National Gender Service in the Vista Building has been approved by HSE Estates; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Medical Cards
430. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding any research carried out by her Department into the cost of further expanding the medical card to all people over the age of 70; her... - Health Service Executive
431. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for a call out by the pest control service, run by the HSE for Dublin, following a sighting being logged. [22115/25] - Ministerial Responsibilities
435. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm that all Ministers of State within her Department have had their ministerial powers delegated to them; and if she will make a statement on the... - Hospital Staff
436. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time occupational therapists, physiotherapists and speech and language therapists in the National Rehabilitation Hospital; the way in which... - Health Services Staff
437. To ask the Minister for Health the number of orthodontist working within the HSE in County Meath; and the number of positions that are currently unfilled. [22144/25] - Health Services Waiting Lists
438. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the waiting lists of the number of children awaiting their initial CAMHS in CHO9, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Services
439. To ask the Minister for Health the plans her Department and the HSE have with regard to the future delivery of day care services from Regina House in Kilrush; and if she will make a... - Primary Care Centres
440. To ask the Minister for Health the status of progress of the primary care centre in Sixmilebridge; if tenders for construction have been published; if those tenders have been assessed and a... - Nursing Homes
441. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of nursing home beds in county Clare in 2022, 2023, 2024; broken down by HSE provided, HSE funded under sections 38 and 39 of the Health Act... - Health Strategies
442. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that has been allocated to the national stroke strategy in order that its recommendations are implemented in full; and if she will make a statement... - Health Services
444. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated costs of ensuring adequate national capacity to deliver cardiac rehabilitation to all patients for whom it is recommended, ensuring that staffing... - Health Strategies
448. To ask the Minister for Health when the implementation group to progress the recommendations from the radiation therapy review will be initiated; and if she will make a statement on the... - Departmental Funding
449. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that has been allocated to the model of care for psycho-oncology services for patients aged 0-24 years and their families to date; and if she will... - Hospital Services
451. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons attending chemotherapy within the recommended timeframe in each of the relevant hospitals managed by the Ireland East Hospital Group, by... - Health Service Executive
458. To ask the Minister for Health the names of the hospitals that have written to the chairperson of the board of the HSE in 2024 to raise concerns about their funding allocation for each of... - Health Services
459. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the case of a person (details supplied) with a long-term illness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22219/25] - Alcohol Advertising
460. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the implementation of the alcohol labelling measures, as provided for under the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; the reason for any delay in... - Health Strategies
461. To ask the Minister for Health for an update in liaising with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the roll out of the free HRT programme; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Service Executive
462. To ask the Minister for Health if there are development plans for the HSE building in Ashbourne, County Meath (details supplied) which has been unoccupied for the past number of years. [22240/25] - Health Strategies
463. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to ensure the continued supply of evorel HRT patches (details supplied); if the 25mcg evorel or other patch will be added to the list... - Medical Cards
464. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to raise the threshold limits for medical cards, as the present limits have been in existence for many years; and if she will make a... - Departmental Funding
465. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 793 of 1 April 2025, if in line with recommendation five of the named report the Gender Healthcare Programme will be... - Departmental Data
469. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated total number of staff hours used for initial assessments in the National Gender Service in 2024, including clinical appointments, all staff... - Mental Health Services
470. To ask the Minister for Health the reason no mental health rehabilitation service is in place for the service users of south Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Care of the Elderly
472. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no availability for the provision of respite care for elderly patients in Offaly; the reason elderly persons in need of such care continue... - Medical Cards
473. To ask the Minister for Health if ozempic will be covered on the medical card scheme for those who have been prescribed by the GP but are not diabetic. [22279/25] - Health Services
474. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure that the previously planned specialised multi-professional team for auditory processing disorder is delivered in CHO9; if there are plans to... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
475. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the lack of public long-term residential care facilities in the Tallaght area; if a census of the area has been recently taken to confirm... - Departmental Data
476. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE operates a national reporting system in relation to adverse outcomes specific to medication used in the provision of termination of pregnancy... - Cycling Facilities
477. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cycle to work scheme applications processed by her Department and each agency, affiliated agency or subordinate agency under her remit, including... - Healthcare Policy
478. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of numerous cases of trans people being denied gender affirming care, with care being withdrawn with no reasoning being given (details... - General Practitioner Services
479. To ask the Minister for Health to reply to correspondence (details supplied) regarding GP access; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22335/25] - Hospital Staff
480. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE stroke clinical nurse specialists based at Tallaght University Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will... - Health Services Staff
481. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in each public PrEP service in 2024 and to-date in 2025; the number of vacancies in each of those PrEP services, in tabular form; and if... - Departmental Data
482. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant general surgeons with a special interest in colorectal surgery based at Tallaght University Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to-date in... - Ambulance Service
483. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing breakdown of each ambulance station across County Wicklow, by the number of EMTS, the number of paramedics, and the number of advanced paramedics... - Hospital Appointments Status
485. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) can be examined, who, having been referred over three months ago by their GP for a biopsy relating to suspect... - Health Services
486. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of multidisciplinary auditory processing disorder services within the CHO 9 Health Service Region in north Dublin; how these... - Dental Services
488. To ask the Minister for Health if any financial assistance is available for the cost of orthodontic treatment for children where the child is a private patient, with no medical card; and if... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
489. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the fact that planning permission for phase three of Naas Hospital for a two story over-basement extension for endoscopy,... - Hospital Facilities
490. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the 'family rooms' on each of the three main wards in Naas Hospital have been repurposed as ward extensions; if there are plans to reintroduce... - Health Services Staff
491. To ask the Minister for Health when a person on a panel (details supplied) will be offered a position; the status of the panel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22364/25] - Healthcare Policy
492. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2089 of 29 April 2025, if she will provide the parameters and a timeline for the review to be completed; and if she will... - Departmental Inquiries
493. To ask the Minister for Health for updates on the sodium valproate inquiry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22376/25] - Hospital Overcrowding
494. To ask the Minister for Health the plans she has to increase bed capacity and resourcing to address overcrowding and pressure on the accident and emergency department at Tallaght University... - Health Services Staff
495. To ask the Minister for Health when a position (details supplied) will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22383/25] - Mental Health Services
497. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of funding allocated to each CAMHS team across the country, including eating disorder teams. [22385/25] - Departmental Data
501. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and young adults, who were not eligible and therefore their referral was not accepted in 2024 and 2025 to date. [22389/25] - Health Services
502. To ask the Minister for Health the pathway for a person who presents with a dual diagnosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22390/25] - Health Services Staff
505. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide the contact details for the office of the chief nursing officer for official purposes, as they do not seem to be readily available. [22433/25] - Hospital Appointments Status
506. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22452/25] - Departmental Programmes
508. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline she is working towards in publishing a new implementation plan for Sláintecare; the period this plan will cover; if it will contain detailed... - Mental Health Services
509. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to improve access to mental health services for people affected by rare diseases given the particular physical and psychosocial demands of living... - Tobacco Control Measures
510. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the proposal to prohibit the sale or purchase of flavoured vapes; if she is aware of industry concerns that such a ban may contribute to... - Primary Medical Certificates
511. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the application process for primary medical certificates;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22494/25] - Departmental Data
512. To ask the Minister for Health the number people with Type 1 diabetes admitted for hospital in-patient treatment in 2023 and 2024, by hospital, in tabular form; the number of these using... - Healthcare Policy
516. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm the HSE clinical definition of Type 1 diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22523/25] - Health Services Staff
517. To ask the Minister for Health the healthcare professional that is ultimately responsible for making the clinical decision on whether a patient has Type 1 diabetes or not; and if she will... - Dental Services
519. To ask the Minister for Health the steps taken by her since Budget 2025 to improve the oral hygiene & dental care for GMS and PRSI patients; and if she will make a statement on the... - Primary Care Centres
520. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a capital project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22521/25] - Vaccination Programme
521. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the herpes zoster vaccine (shingles vaccine) is not available to those individuals with a medical card or old age pensioners; if she has any plans... - Hospital Appointments Status
522. To ask the Minister for Health if she will expedite an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied). [22528/25] - Hospital Procedures
523. To ask the Minister for Health when orthognathic surgery will be available in the midland region; whether people in the midland region can have access to this service were provided outside... - Mental Health Services
524. To ask the Minister for Health for the number of children on CAMHS waiting lists in Donegal, in tabular form, and broken down by area and by length of time; and if she will make a statement... - Home Help Service
525. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting a home help package in Donegal, in tabular form, broken by area and by length of time; and if she will make a statement on the... - Disability Services
526. To ask the Minister for Health for the number of people on occupational therapy waiting lists in county Donegal, broken down by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will... - Health Services Waiting Lists
527. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on physiotherapy waiting lists in county Donegal, broken down by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a... - Dental Services
528. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting dental appointments in county Donegal, broken down by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a... - Hospital Procedures
529. To ask the Minister for Health the number of deep brain stimulation surgeries that take place each year through the HSE. [22539/25] - Hospital Staff
531. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies within Letterkenny University Hospital, broken down by occupation, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Investigations
532. To ask the Minister for Health if she or any of her Department officials are aware of letters sent to parents in response to an audit into osteotomies or procedures carried out on children... - Addiction Treatment Services
533. To ask the Minister for Health the reason gambling is not covered as a primary addiction under the tier 4 national beds scheme; and if she will consider doing so. [22568/25] - Care Services
535. To ask the Minister for Health the support from the HSE for services in Laois for people who care for persons with Alzheimer's on a 24/7 basis; and if she will make a statement on the... - Hospital Appointments Status
536. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for surgery will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22585/25] - Health Services
537. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify if there are any plans to expand chiropody treatment eligibility through the HSE to cover more conditions, or to make the scheme available to all... - Health Services Staff
538. To ask the Minister for Health the number of employees that have not been released from their contracts within the time limit set out for post-recruitment release arrangements under the HSE... - Cancer Services
539. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will require GPs to include PSA tests for prostate cancer as a mandatory component of blood testing for male patients, in order to reduce late-stage... - Departmental Bodies
540. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department aggregates or compiles quarterly prompt payment reporting data submitted by public bodies and agencies under its remit, in accordance with... - Health Service Executive
541. To ask the Minister for Health to provide links to all HSE prompt payment reports submitted under the Government's 15-Day Prompt Payment Commitment since 2017, noting that these reports do... - Vaccination Programme
543. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Laura Brennan HPV vaccine catch-up programme for students who missed out on the school vaccination programme. [22639/25] - Healthcare Policy
544. To ask the Minister for Health the status of health labelling regulations for alcohol products in Ireland. [22640/25] - Dental Services
545. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an orthodontic appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22641/25] - Health Services
546. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to a family to secure treatment for their child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22645/25] - School Meals Programme
555. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the review being conducted into the nutritional value of hot school meals; if the outcome of the review will be implemented in time for... - Medical Cards
556. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will take steps to ensure medical card eligibility thresholds are reviewed and adjusted regularly in response to rising social protection... - Health Services
557. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a timeline for delivering the 3.5 WTE radiation therapy practice tutor posts for which funding has been approved by her Department; if these posts... - Health Promotion
558. To ask the Minister for Health when she plans to propose industry guidelines in relation to the labelling of alcohol under the Public Health (Alcohol) Regulations 2023; and if she will make... - Primary Care Centres
559. To ask the Minister for Health for update on the status and projected timelines for the development of the four primary care centres in County Longford, specifically in Edgeworthstown,... - Health Services
560. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the current status of a residential care placement application for a person (details supplied), who was placed on a waiting list in April... - Cancer Services
562. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a report for Dáil Éireann on international and Irish standards of care for women with advanced ovarian cancer; and if she will... - Health Services Waiting Lists
564. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to the average wait time for dermatology patients as part of the Waiting List Action Plan 2024; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Services Staff
565. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to increase the number of consultant neurologists; when they will be recruited; where they will be based; and if she will make a statement on the... - Clinical Trials
567. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the work of the National Clinical Trials Oversight Group; when her department will publish the planned interim report on challenges of... - Health Services
568. To ask the Minister for Health whether younger-onset dementia is recognised within care standards as distinct to dementia in people over the age of 65; whether there is funding allocated... - Medical Cards
572. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has investigated the costs associated with extending medical cards to third level students; if she intends to provide these to students and... - Dental Services
573. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has explored the costs associated with providing free dental check-ups for third-level students; if she intends providing this to students... - Health Services
574. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the need for a generator on Clare Island; if HSE Estates are working to provide one; if there is a timeframe for the provision of the... - Health Services Waiting Lists
576. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be made for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22847/25] - General Practitioner Services
578. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being implemented to extend free GP services to children up to at least 12 years of age, as outlined in the Programme for Government; and the... - Health Services Waiting Lists
579. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1039 of 8 April 2025, if she will note that nothing has moved in relation to this case and follow up on this matter...
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