Written answers
Thursday, 29 May 2025
- Home Care Packages
527. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of 1 million addition home care hours. [28729/25] - Social Welfare Benefits
529. To ask the Minister for Health to advise on a matter raised in correspondence in relation to a grant allowance (details supplied). [28749/25] - Health Services Staff
530. To ask the Minister for Health if qualified and experienced Irish nurses are currently being recruited by the HSE; if graduates are being given priority for positions; and if she will make a... - Assisted Human Reproduction
533. To ask the Minister for Health if preimplantation genetic testing for monogenic disorders (PGT-M), including for serious hereditary conditions such as Huntington’s disease, is being... - Dental Services
534. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify during which class school children in Laois are getting their first dental examination appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Appointments Status
537. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) for open heart surgery can be accelerated. [28466/25] - Health Services
538. To ask the Minister for Health whether any changes are planned for the long-term illness scheme; if consideration has been given to extending the list of conditions, given the extremely... - Medical Cards
541. To ask the Minister for Health if she is considering any increase in the medical card basic income rates for those over 70; any measures being taken by her Department to aid those over the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
542. To ask the Minister for Health when a person in Donegal (details supplied) will receive an appointment in Children’s Hospital Ireland, Crumlin; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Services Staff
543. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing 200 additional nursing places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28505/25] - Medicinal Products
545. To ask the Minister for Health to outline if VYLOY (zolbetuximab-clzb) is currently being reviewed for inclusion in the HSE reimbursement scheme; the status of such a review; and if she will... - Health Service Executive
546. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of properties owned by the HSE that are currently vacant, by county; the number of months they have been vacant for; the square foot of... - Health Services Staff
547. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of vacant properties owned by the HSE; the number of months they have been vacant for; the number that have identified new... - Departmental Properties
548. To ask the Minister for Health the plans being made for the buildings that will be vacant when the new children’s hospital opens; to provide a breakdown of the number of buildings... - Health Services
550. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider establishing an integrated care model for children with palliative care needs that would consolidate appointments and reduce the... - Medical Cards
553. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) with a number of serious medical issues has been refused a medical card. [28581/25] - Health Promotion
554. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to increase awareness about the dangers of ticks which can lead to Lyme disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28582/25] - Health Services
555. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to improve diagnostic pathways and treatment for those suffering with Lyme disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Mental Health Services
558. To ask the Minister for Health her views on comments made by an individual of note (details supplied) on using smaller hospitals to provide urgent mental health services; and if she will... - Health Services
559. To ask the Minister for Health if a contingent liability is in place for potential compensation claims related to an audit (details supplied); if so, the amount set aside; and if she will... - Health Services Staff
562. To ask the Minister for Health the all-in cost of 100 WTE counsellors with the national counselling service; the number of other grade posts required to support this expansion on a pro rata... - Health Services
564. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to increase recovery education funding by 10%. [28656/25] - Health Services Staff
567. To ask the Minister for Health the additional cost of fully staffing all existing CAMHS teams; and the breakdown by staff grade and WTE. [28659/25] - Health Services
575. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a minor ailment scheme. [28667/25] - Health Services Staff
576. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to increase provision of adult safeguarding teams by 10%; and the number of WTE positions this would create. [28668/25] - Hospital Equipment
577. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost, capital and current, of implementing the acute bed capacity plan; the amount by year; the number of beds currently funded in existing NDP... - Health Strategies
578. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost, capital and current, of implementing the digital health framework; the amount by year; the amount currently funded in existing NDP... - Health Services Staff
579. To ask the Minister for Health the all-in cost of one additional WTE senior staff nurse, per local and regional DATF. [28671/25] - Health Services
580. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing funding for patient advocacy by 10%. [28672/25] - Health Strategies
581. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of fully implementing the cancer strategy; and the amount allocated to the strategy to date. [28674/25] - Health Services
584. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing funding for dementia specific day care by 10%. [28677/25] - Health Services Staff
589. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of an additional community development worker in each DATF area. [28682/25] - Health Services
591. To ask the Minister for Health the net additional cost to fully implement the safe staffing framework. [28684/25] - Mental Health Services
592. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing clinical, counselling, and educational psychologist training posts by 10% and the number of posts this would create; and the cost of... - Health Services
593. To ask the Minister for Health the net cost of a 1% shift in favour of advanced nurse practitioners within the nursing workforce; the training cost; and the number of nurses this would... - Hospital Charges
622. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of 1,000 scans (MRI, CT, Ultrasound, PET, and any other), by scan type. [28716/25] - Health Services
623. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of delivering universal counselling in primary care; and the number of WTE counsellors required. [28717/25] - Health Services Staff
624. To ask the Minister for Health the all-in cost of community practicing therapists, by profession, for each grade and speciality. [28718/25] - General Practitioner Services
628. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing GP trainee places by 10%; and the number of places this would create. [28722/25] - Hospital Staff
629. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing hospital intern, basic specialist, and higher specialist training places by 10%; and the number of places this would create, in tabular... - General Practitioner Services
630. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing additional funding to rural GPs by 10%. [28724/25] - Health Services Staff
632. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of ending pay disparities between section 39 organisations and the HSE. [28726/25] - Pharmacy Services
633. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing pharmacy fees by 10%; and the cost of reversing all FEMPI cuts to pharmacy fees. [28727/25] - Healthcare Policy
634. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of removing all private healthcare from public hospitals and substituting this income for hospitals with public money for public healthcare. [28728/25] - Health Services
635. To ask the Minister for Health the all-in revenue and capital cost of each type of care bed, including, but not limited to, short-stay community beds, long-stay residential care beds, acute... - Hospital Services
636. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of 100 virtual ward beds. [28733/25] - Health Promotion
637. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing funding for Healthy Ireland by 10%. [28734/25] - Healthcare Policy
638. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing funding for healthy-age-friendly homes by 10%. [28735/25] - General Practitioner Services
639. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a whole-time equivalent GP. [28736/25] - Health Services Staff
640. To ask the Minister for Health the all-in cost of a community-practicing nurse, for each grade and speciality. [28737/25] - Medical Cards
641. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of equalising medical card thresholds with GP card thresholds, in tabular form; and the number of people this would relate to in each... - Health Services
645. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing injury unit charges to €50. [28742/25] - Medicinal Products
646. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the drug payment scheme threshold in increments of €5 to €0, in tabular form. [28743/25] - Prescriptions Charges
647. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing prescription charges in increments of €0.50 to €0 for each cohort, in tabular form. [28744/25] - Hospital Charges
648. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of removing hospital car parking charges; the revenue raised by each HSE and section 38 hospital, for each hospital, to be requested from... - Departmental Schemes
649. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding the free contraception scheme to cover all women. [28746/25] - Hospital Services
652. To ask the Minister for Health the number of employees at University Hospital Waterford who are trained to conduct sign language; if hospitals are required to have this service; if this... - Health Services Staff
653. To ask the Minister for Health if a care home (details supplied) is covered under the terms of the latest pay agreement for section 39 workers. [28754/25] - Medical Inquiries
654. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an inquiry into sodium valproate. [28755/25] - Health Services
655. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available to patients who, due to Crohn's disease, had dental implants in Türkiye that, due to the passage of time, now require removal and... - Mental Health Services
656. To ask the Minister for Health to publish the findings of the Draft Lookback Review into the North Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service that was originally due to be published in... - General Practitioner Services
657. To ask the Minister for Health if the difficulties people have of registering with GPs particularly those with medical and GP cards (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make... - Health Service Executive
658. To ask the Minister for Health the investigations she has initiated into alleged breached by businesses with HSE contracts of employment permit conditions in paying workers less than the... - Mental Health Services
659. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of children and adolescents on the primary care psychology waiting-lists in each regional health area; the breakdown of the total number of... - Health Services
661. To ask the Minister for Health if she will assist in the medical and therapeutic treatment of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28786/25] - Dental Services
662. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) who was urgently referred to St. Finbarr's Dental Hospital, Cork a number of years ago will receive an appointment for... - Health Services Staff
663. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the disparity that exists between the pay of diagnostic radiography tutors, when compared to colleagues in other allied... - Mental Health Services
664. To ask the Minister for Health if she is considering the opening of mental health emergency departments across this State, staffed by specialist doctors and nurses, similar to the network... - Medical Inquiries
666. To ask the Minister for Health if Children’s Health Ireland made her aware of a 2021 internal investigation (details supplied); if she has been provided with a copy of the report and... - Appointments to State Boards
668. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline she is working towards in appointing two members of the HSE Board to the Board of Children’s Health Ireland; the steps being taken to... - Mental Health Services
669. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the progress of the two new early intervention in psychosis teams promised for Limerick and Dublin, a timeframe for when the teams will be... - State Properties
671. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a pronouncement by a local authority; if she has been made aware of the ongoing costs of maintaining the facility (details... - Hospital Waiting Lists
672. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients and length of time they have been waiting for a first and follow up appointment with a specialist neurologist in Cork University... - Disabilities Assessments
673. To ask the Minister for Health the average length of time spent per assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005, where a finding of no disability or additional need was recorded; and if... - Medicinal Products
674. To ask the Minister for Health if weight-loss drugs such as ozempic and mounjaro will be made available to medical card patients; her views on whether they should; and if she will make a... - Hospital Staff
675. To ask the Minister for Health when senior management at Ennis Hospital were notified that the finance department within the hospital would cease to exist; and if she will make a statement... - Departmental Schemes
676. To ask the Minister for Health to examine a fair deal scheme appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28881/25] - Care of the Elderly
677. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions No. 610 of 29 November 2022 and No. 683 of 23 April 2024, to provide an update regarding the boarding out scheme; and if her... - Health Services Staff
678. To ask the Minister for Health if sanction has been given to cover a post at a health facility in County Kildare (details supplied); the timeframe for such a sanction; and if she will make a... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
679. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position with the provision of a health care facility in County Kildare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Medicinal Products
680. To ask the Minister for Health if she will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied). [29078/25]
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