Written answers
Wednesday, 21 May 2025
- Health Services Staff
131. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a speech and language therapist in post at the National Gender Service; and if so, the years in which the National Gender Service had a speech and... - Primary Care Services
132. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for primary school students to avail of speech and language therapy in County Longford through primary care services. [26283/25] - Hospital Appointments Status
135. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hysterectomy operation after cancellation for the fourth time; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services Staff
136. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an embargo on hiring radiotherapists with working experience for the HSE; the reasoning for such an embargo; and if she will make a statement on... - Care Services
139. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the number of patients currently in the dementia specific unit in Sarsfield Court; and the future plans for the unit. [26081/25] - Hospital Waiting Lists
140. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on waiting lists for a gynaecologist appointment, per hospital, from each quarter in 2024 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [26085/25] - Care Services
141. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE no longer provides funding for a centre (details supplied) to open five days a week for people with Alzheimer's disease; the estimated... - Nursing Homes
142. To ask the Minister for Health if she will detail, on a LHO area basis, the HIQA-accredited private nursing homes for older people, in tabular form. [26087/25] - Health Services Staff
143. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurse's per community health network, and per 10,000 of population, across each community health network from 2018 to 2020, in... - General Practitioner Services
144. To ask the Minister for Health her Department's forecast of the number of GMS retirements over the next two years, five years and ten years. [26090/25] - Medical Cards
145. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of those currently in receipt of GP only card; and the estimated numbers of the population entitled to the card. [26091/25] - General Practitioner Services
147. To ask the Minister for Health her Department's assessment of the number of GP's with a GMS contract who work part-time hours. [26093/25] - Hospital Appointments Status
148. To ask the Minister for Health to fast track the essential orthopaedic appointment for Cork University Hospital for person (details supplied), as it is a very serious concern. [26094/25] - Care of the Elderly
149. To ask the Minister for Health if housing provision for older people falls under her remit within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26095/25] - General Practitioner Services
150. To ask the Minister for Health whether she is satisfied that, by reference to the ratio between GPs operating the GMS scheme and eligible persons, the general practitioner medical service is... - Alcohol Sales
151. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the status of the regulations regarding alcohol labelling, which were signed into law by the previous Minister in May 2023, following an extensive... - Hospital Equipment
152. To ask the Minister for Health the number of PET machines and PET/CT machines at University Hospital Waterford; the number of operational machines; and the throughput of each machine from... - Medical Register
156. To ask the Minister for Health the status of regulation of psychologists and the protection of the title psychologist; and the timeframe for registration. [26122/25] - Medical Qualifications
159. To ask the Minister for Health the quality controls which are in place for the acceptance of assessments conducted by private psychologists for use in access to public services; and the... - Hospital Staff
161. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE radiation therapists employed in Galway University Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [26138/25] - Health Services Staff
162. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE community orthoptist posts in CHO2 area in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [26139/25] - Disease Management
163. To ask the Minister for Health if she will improve access to accurate testing and adequate treatment for Lyme disease and coinfections to prevent long-term chronic illness in patients; and... - Health Services
164. To ask the Minister for Health to examine and intervene in the case of a Kerry constituent (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26158/25] - Departmental Budgets
165. To ask the Minister for Health the level of overall funding provided by her Department to the HSE South, Cork and Kerry, for distribution to Section 39 agencies from 2020 to 2023; and if she... - Hospital Facilities
166. To ask the Minister for Health to arrange for a meeting room to be made available in a facility (details supplied), for use by local organised groups whose members are recovering from major... - Medicinal Products
167. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address the ongoing shortage of estradot (estradiol transdermal) patches in Ireland; if she is aware that women are frequently having to change... - Health Service Executive
168. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of transfer of lands from the HSE to the Department of Education for a school (details supplied); if further efforts will be made to proceed... - Health Services
169. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people under the age of 18 years that have accessed the National Gender Service; and the criteria under which the service accepts referrals from... - Health Services Waiting Lists
170. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for adults to be seen within the National Gender Service. [26205/25] - Medical Cards
171. To ask the Minister for Health the number of individuals who currently hold a medical card; the number who currently hold a discretionary medical card; and these figures for May, 2019, 2020,... - Health Services Staff
172. To ask the Minister for Health when the commitment in the Programme for Government to provide a progressive career pathway for healthcare assistants will be implemented; the plan for... - Medical Register
175. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that a company (details supplied) is claiming that they are CORU compliant; and whether such compliance exists. [26247/25] - Medical Cards
176. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite the medical card renewal application of a person (details attached); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26259/25] - Mental Health Policy
177. To ask the Minister for Health for the projected costs of implementing the Mental Health Bill, including the cost of staffing that will be needed to expand the remit of the Mental Health... - Cancer Services
178. To ask the Minister for Health if allogenic transplants for paediatric cancer patients will be restored in hospitals as part of the National Children’s Cancer Service; and if she will... - Disease Management
179. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the publication of the National Framework for Endometriosis, given previous commitments that it was in the final stages of development; the... - Health and Safety
180. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inspections and enforcement actions undertaken under the annual sunbed inspection programme in each of the past five years; how the effectiveness... - Hospital Staff
181. To ask the Minister for Health the optimum staffing allocation per clinical post in the neurosurgery department at Beaumont Hospital; the current status of these posts; and how staffing... - Mental Health Services
182. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrists based at CAMHS in Dublin 3, in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form [26309/25] - Primary Care Centres
183. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychologists based in Tonlegee Road primary care centre in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form [26310/25] - Medicinal Products
184. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the review of atropine 0.01%; if consideration has been given to making it available for myopia control; and if she will make a statement on... - Disease Management
186. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline the supports available for people who suffer from rare diseases in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26354/25] - Hospital Procedures
187. To ask the Minister for Health the number of complaints or queries related to unnecessary hip surgeries or advised hip surgeries on children to Children’s Health Ireland since 2015... - Disease Management
188. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to introduce genetic testing to help diagnose rare diseases in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26371/25] - Medicinal Products
189. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any proposals to include Venlafaxine in the free HRT scheme, given this is commonly prescribed for women who cannot take HRT due to previous...
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