Written answers
Wednesday, 11 June 2025
- Carer's Leave
285. To ask the Minister for Health the first- and full-year cost of giving family carers the right to a minimum of 20 days paid respite. [31199/25] - Medical Cards
286. To ask the Minister for Health the first- and full-year cost of allowing recipients of disability allowance to retain their medical cards if they return to work. [31204/25] - Hospital Staff
287. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses based at Killarney Community Hospital; if this number will be further increased before the end of 2025; and if she will make a... - Hospital Equipment
288. To ask the Minister for Health if wheelchairs, rollators and other such mobility equipment supplied by the HSE are recycled; if so, the number of such units that are put back into use; and... - Hospital Staff
289. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant respiratory physicians based at Kerry University Hospital in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a... - Departmental Data
290. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of a 20% increase in clinical training places for medical interns, initial specialist training, higher specialist training and clinical psychology;... - Vaccination Programme
295. To ask the Minister for Health when the vaccine injury compensation scheme will be made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30761/25] - Departmental Reviews
296. To ask the Minister for Health if measures are being considered and taken to review the criteria that determine the access of adults with spinal muscular atrophy to approved treatment; and... - Departmental Data
297. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an updated list of all email and phone lines for use of Oireachtas Members within her Department, including all subsidiary bodies, in tabular form.... - Departmental Contracts
298. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide the list of capital projects for IT services, by her Department or bodies under its aegis, which had contracts valued in excess of... - Departmental Policies
300. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a type of medication (details supplied) is not currently available in Ireland; if consideration will be given to approving the medication urgently... - Departmental Data
303. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card patients seen through the MRI scanner in Our Lady’s Hospital Navan in the past two years. [30843/25] - Departmental Inquiries
304. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no pelvis MRI scanning done for medical card holders in Our Lady’s Hospital Navan. [30844/25] - Hospital Services
305. To ask the Minister for Health the MRI scans that are done in Navan for medical card holders. [30845/25] - Health Service Executive
306. To ask the Minister for Health if the adult ADHD HSE service in Cork is currently taking referrals; the current staffing levels for the service; the wait time to be offered an initial... - Departmental Programmes
307. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the progress made to date in delivering the national bioinformatics roadmap, including key milestones achieved; to provide details on the current... - Ambulance Service
311. To ask the Minister for Health if she will prioritise the provision of an ambulance base in Killorglin, County Kerry; if she will accept that Killorglin town and the mid-Kerry region is a... - Health Services Waiting Lists
312. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on CAMHS waiting lists in Kerry, by area, by length of time, in each of the years 2015 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will... - Health Service Executive
313. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a HSE directive to home carers prohibiting them from administering medicated cream (such as difene cream) to someone they... - Healthcare Policy
314. To ask the Minister for Health when there will be equal access for spinraza treatment for adults with spinal muscular atrophy treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30952/25] - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
317. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm the delivery of the Killarney primary care centre on the site of Áras Pádraig in Lewis Road; if she is satisfied that this is the best... - Community Care
318. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm that the delivery of the new Killarney community nursing unit will facilitate the provision of a local injuries unit (minor injuries) at the St.... - Hospital Facilities
319. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated delivery date for the 108-bed extension planned for University Hospital Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30970/25] - Hospital Services
320. To ask the Minister for Health if, given the planned upgrade of the oncology unit at University Hospital Kerry (UHK), increased radiotherapy and chemotherapy services will be available there... - Health Services Staff
321. To ask the Minister for Health if the recruitment embargo can be lifted from the health services, particularly additional staff reductions due to retirements, resignations, and so on; and if... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
322. To ask the Minister for Health if, when the new Killarney community nursing unit is complete, she will examine the possible use of St. Columbanus Home as a possible respite centre; and if... - Health Services Staff
323. To ask the Minister for Health the current resources and staff allocation to Cavan Monaghan palliative care, including the provision for home care palliative care and residential palliative... - Hospital Services
327. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the contingency plans in place at CHI hospitals in the event that a consultant is not in a position to provide on-call hours; and if she will make a... - Departmental Policies
329. To ask the Minister for Health the options she is considering regarding the future board and governance arrangements at CHI; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31005/25] - Departmental Funding
330. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the cost of providing locum cover at CHI hospitals in the event consultants cannot provide on-call hours since 2019, broken down by year and by... - Departmental Reports
332. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HR reports, investigations or reviews carried out at CHI hospitals into the use of NTPF-funded waiting list initiatives since 2019; to outline... - Departmental Data
333. To ask the Minister for Health the number of companies used by CHI to provide consultant weekend cover and-or waiting list initiatives since 2019; to list the names of the companies and the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
335. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be able to access a CAMHS assessment for which they have been waiting over 18 months; and if she will make a statement on... - Health Services
336. To ask the Minister for Health if women are offered information on alternatives as a matter of course, prior to their pregnancy termination; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Data
337. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants at CHI hospital that are on paid leave since 2020; the longest length of time a consultant has been on paid leave; and if she will... - Departmental Inquiries
338. To ask the Minister for Health if the children mentioned in an article (details supplied) as orphan patients at CHI are in fact children with scoliosis and spina bifida; and if she will make... - Hospital Waiting Lists
339. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on urology waiting lists at CHI since 2019; the length of time they are waiting in the following bands: 0-3 months, 3-6 months, 6-9... - Departmental Bodies
340. To ask the Minister for Health the governance and reporting arrangement regarding the NTPF; how it reports to the Minister; if the NTPF is accountable to the Oireachtas, including Oireachtas... - Departmental Investigations
344. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HR investigations carried out in relation to the work of consultants at CHI since 2019, broken down by year and by hospital; and if she will make... - Childcare Services
347. To ask the Minister for Health when the Board of CHI first became aware of issues in relation to the carrying out of osteotomies at CHI; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31033/25] - Departmental Data
348. To ask the Minister for Health if non-consultant doctors were seeing children with suspected hip dysplasia since 2019; the role such doctors had; if non-consultant doctors at any point... - Childcare Services
349. To ask the Minister for Health if four consultants at CHI raised concerns in 2020 in relation to the treatment of children with suspected hip dysplasia; if these concerns were raised with... - Health Services Staff
350. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels within the HSE school dental programme in CHO 9; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31039/25] - Dental Services
351. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 13 years old awaiting dental screenings in CHO 9, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31040/25] - Eating Disorders
353. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient beds for eating disorders in north Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31042/25] - Ambulance Service
354. To ask the Minister for Health the steps her Department is undertaking to allow qualified advanced paramedics who received their qualifications outside Ireland work for the National... - Health Services
356. To ask the Minister for Health the locations around the country where community health organisations are providing specific services for adults with an ADHD diagnosis; the staffing cohort at... - Legislative Process
358. To ask the Minister for Health when it is intended to fully implement the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31051/25] - Health Services
359. To ask the Minister for Health when it is proposed to increase capacity in the neurological rehabilitation facility in Tower, Blarney, Cork from 20 beds to 50 beds and recruit the necessary... - Hospital Complaints Procedures
361. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of presenting complaints or categories of presenting complaints, for patients attending emergency departments; if such data is retained and... - Health Service Executive
362. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 345 of 22 May 2025, and the reply provided from the HSE, if she will confirm when a tender will be issued to appoint an... - Departmental Policies
366. To ask the Minister for Health if she plans to recognise Crohn’s disease and colitis as long-term illnesses. [31097/25] - Health Services
367. To ask the Minister for Health the supports for parents who have to pay high medical costs for essential medicines for their children; if supports will be improved for parents who do not... - Hospital Investigations
368. To ask the Minister for Health if any risk assessment was carried out in the oncology general surgery service at CHI since 2020 to date, if a high red risk was identified in any assessment... - Pharmacy Services
374. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the percentage of pharmacies that have now opted in to providing free hormone replacement therapy to patients with a valid prescription; and... - Vaccination Programme
376. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration would be given to the phased introduction of the shingrix vaccine shingles vaccine to the National Immunisation Schedule; and if she will make... - Pharmacy Services
377. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the progress of the introduction of the common conditions services by community pharmacies; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Appointments Status
378. To ask the Minister for Health the current wait time to receive an appointment for an ultrasound at Midlands Hospital Tullamore; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31168/25] - Residential Institutions
379. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a suitable residential placement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31171/25] - Departmental Data
380. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved centres, the number of acute approved centres, the number of in-patient beds, and the number of children admitted to adult inpatient... - Nursing Homes
381. To ask the Minister for Health when safeguarding regulation for nursing homes will be put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31244/25] - Hospital Complaints Procedures
382. To ask the Minister for Health the reason HIQA do not have a direct complaints service line for families of older people in nursing homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Nursing Homes
383. To ask the Minister for Health how the situation arose where the nursing home in Portlaoise owned by a provider (details supplied) was in breach of a restriction on admissions imposed by... - Departmental Staff
385. To ask the Minister for Health the number of retired officials that were re-engaged by her Department on a consultancy basis in the past four years and to date in 2025; the reason for...
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