Written answers
Tuesday, 24 June 2025
- Departmental Schemes
741. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider extending the current income support scheme for healthcare workers with long-Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33514/25] - Departmental Budgets
743. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost to fully staff two additional ADHD teams. [33523/25] - Departmental Data
744. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in emergency medicine that were on duty within the accident and emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick for each... - Dental Services
745. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged under 13 awaiting dental screening in CHO3, in tabular form. [33525/25] - Health Services Staff
746. To ask the Minister for Health the current resources and staff allocation to Limerick Palliative Care, including the provision for home care palliative care and residential palliative care;... - Departmental Properties
747. To ask the Minister for Health the number of temporary locations used for the Covid vaccine rollout that are still being rented in each county; the cost per county for rent since all Covid... - Hospital Waiting Lists
748. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the long wait times for urgent appointments in the BreastCheck at the Mater Hospital, including the case of a person (details supplied); and... - Cancer Services
749. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the options available to women who have cancer and require breast surgery as regards their access to support services including breast protheses,... - Departmental Schemes
750. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration would be given to reimburse cost or part cost of private medical procedures incurred by people before the cross-Border Directive scheme and... - Obesity Levels
751. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the development of the new Obesity Policy and Action Plan, due to be published in early 2026; whether a public consultation on the new... - Cancer Services
752. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the details of funding being allocated to each cancer support service (as announced by her predecessor in October 2024), by county, in 2025; to... - Departmental Reports
753. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the report recommendations from an organisation (details supplied); the actions she will take to action these... - Departmental Data
754. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding frontline workers who are suffering from long Covid; if she proposes to extend the current deadline of 30 June 2025 for support payments... - Departmental Projects
755. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a number of projects submitted by a service (details supplied) for the HSE national lottery grant scheme were unsuccessful; whether this decision... - Insurance Coverage
756. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department or the HSE have considered implementing a standard procedure where GP practices and medical centres are in direct contact with health... - Departmental Schemes
757. To ask the Minister for Health if she will extend the long-Covid scheme for healthcare workers who are unable to return to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33604/25] - Mental Health Services
758. To ask the Minister for Health the specific measures being taken to improve access to trauma-informed mental health care for individuals who are experiencing homelessness, particularly... - Public Procurement Contracts
759. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has a designated head of procurement; if each agency or public body under her Department’s remit also has a designated head of... - Departmental Schemes
762. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider extending reimbursement access to baricitinib under the drugs payment scheme for individuals diagnosed with severe alopecia areata, in... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
763. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been brought to a media report regarding further alleged abuses of the National Treatment Purchase Fund (details supplied); the steps she... - Nursing Homes
764. To ask the Minister for Health if the national treatment purchase fund engaged individually or collectively with nursing homes (details supplied) during 2024; the basis on which they... - Health Service Executive
768. To ask the Minister for Health if the common assessment approach to the needs of older people known as InterRAI is fully operational across all six HSE health regions; and if the electronic... - Legislative Process
769. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the opt out register is not live in advance of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Act 2024... - Health Services Waiting Lists
770. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive their much-needed hip operation. [33741/25] - Legislative Measures
771. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display Act (2024), to outline the guarantees in place that participants will... - Community Welfare Services
772. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been denied support from community occupational therapy services in Crumlin, on the grounds that such assessments... - Departmental Projects
774. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on a building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33771/25] - Departmental Strategies
777. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on her plans to promote uptake of the HPV vaccine, specifically amongst young men and boys; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33780/25] - Departmental Programmes
778. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on her plans to extend BowelScreen and BreastCheck screening; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33781/25] - Legislative Reviews
779. To ask the Minister for Health the plans to address the legal entitlement of both parents to be on the birth certificate of a child born via surrogacy; and if she will make a statement on... - Hospital Facilities
781. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the new emergency department in Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33789/25] - Departmental Communications
782. To ask the Minister for Health to give a detailed response to a serious matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33794/25] - Departmental Reports
783. To ask the Minister for Health for a full list of all documents, reports, strategies, and resources that have been “unpublished” by her Department over the past ten years... - Departmental Appointments
784. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an occupational therapy appointment as early diagnosis and therapy is essential to his quality of life; and if... - Mental Health Services
786. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to increase the availability of mental health services in Ballyfermot, particularly for elderly people. [33826/25] - Medicinal Products
787. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to change the timely access to the drug givinostat required to help treatment for persons with Duchenne muscular dystrophy; and if she will... - Legislative Programme
788. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 539 of 12 June 2025, the reason her Department continues to deflect responsibility for bilingual food and drink labelling... - Departmental Reviews
789. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the case to review the working relationship with an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33833/25] - Healthcare Policy
790. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the impact of antimicrobial resistance on the health service in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33834/25] - Alcohol Pricing
791. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the health impacts of the introduction of a minimum unit price on alcohol since it came into force; if a review by the Health Research... - Hospital Staff
793. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent radiographers, by grade, based at Roscommon University Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [33847/25] - Departmental Data
796. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs reimbursed (PCRS), per month, for first and second consultations for terminations of pregnancy, from January to date in 2025, in tabular... - Departmental Correspondence
797. To ask the Minister for Health if she will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied). [33900/25] - Health Services
798. To ask the Minister for Health the services available to the family of a person (details supplied) in the absence of GP support. [33903/25] - Medicinal Products
799. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to introduce skyclarys (omaveloxolone) into the Irish market for the treatment of Friedreich's ataxia in adults and adolescents; which is... - Departmental Data
800. To ask the Minister for Health the monies that have been allocated to the Southern Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Force for the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a... - Nursing Homes
802. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing home beds the HSE held in private nursing homes in Cork, in each of the past five years, including 2025. [33929/25] - Health Service Executive
804. To ask the Minister for Health the number of publicly funded respite beds the HSE had in private nursing homes in Cork, in each of the past five years, including 2025. [33931/25] - Departmental Reviews
805. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the case of a person (details supplied) requiring an expedited OT assessment and funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33932/25] - Departmental Appointments
806. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can progress with cataract treatment; when an urgent appointment will be made available to them; and if she will make a... - Health Services Staff
807. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychologists, by grade, based at Grove Court primary care centre in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [33970/25] - Hospital Staff
808. To ask the Minister for Health the number of permanent full-time job offers that Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown made to new graduate nursing posts in 2024 to work in this hospital; and of... - Health Service Executive
809. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for electric-powered wheelchairs from the HSE within CHO9; and the average waiting time for same. [33972/25] - Hospital Staff
810. To ask the Minister for Health the number of permanent full-time job offers that CHI Temple Street made to new graduate nursing posts in 2024 to work in this hospital; and of the jobs... - Departmental Data
811. To ask the Minister for Health the number of pulmonary function laboratories nationwide; and the number of laboratories with vacancies for respiratory physiologists, per laboratory, in... - Departmental Schemes
812. To ask the Minister for Health to examine a fair deal case in respect of a family in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33998/25] - Departmental Reports
813. To ask the Minister for Health the number and details of reports, by report type, procured by Children’s Health Ireland from a company (details supplied) in the period 2020 to 2025,... - Childcare Services
814. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) was refused by CAMHS for an ADHD assessment; if there is an appropriate service to provide the support required; and if... - Health Service Executive
815. To ask the Minister for Health to carry out a full review of HSE recruitment policies, pay grades and working conditions for our frontline medical workers; to ensure all beds are available... - Medical Qualifications
818. To ask the Minister for Health the average length of time CORU takes to recognise professional qualifications for each of the professions it regulates where those qualifications are from... - Departmental Correspondence
819. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the application for CORU recognition of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34048/25] - Health Service Executive
820. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the total number of individuals, by grade and/or profession, employed by the HSE for each of the years 2015 to 2024, in tabular form. [34049/25] - Clinical Trials
821. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in increasing the number of clinical trials across the health sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34050/25] - Health Service Executive
822. To ask the Minister for Health the financial cost to date of the May 2021 cyberattack on the HSE; the measures now in place to address the exposed vulnerabilities; and if she will make a... - Departmental Meetings
823. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which she will meet with a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34064/25] - Departmental Projects
824. To ask the Minister for Health the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by her Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently... - Legislative Programme
825. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department considered ethical objections, including those grounded in secular or non-religious bioethics, to the presumption of consent for organ... - Departmental Data
831. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people availing of ozempic under long term illness payments, by county, in tabular form; the cost, per county, for 2023, 2024 and to date in... - Health Services
835. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be provided with HSE nappy provision given the fact he has extremely complex needs; and if she will make a statement on... - Nicotine Products
837. To ask the Minister for Health if she has had regard to the matter of banning of single-use lithium battery-based nicotine delivery products; if she is aware of the fire risk, as well as... - Departmental Data
838. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on the services currently provided for adult patients with epilepsy at Cork University Hospital; the number and grade of staff that are... - Data Usage
840. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on how often KPI data from the National Cancer Control Programme online portal is updated; its intended use; who the KPI data is shared... - Health Services Staff
841. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychologists, by grade, based at Carrick-On-Suir primary care centre in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [34194/25] - Departmental Data
846. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the services currently provided for paediatric patients with epilepsy at a hospital (details supplied); the number and grade of staff... - Patient Transfers
847. To ask the Minister for Health whether it is normal procedure to transfer a public patient in a public hospital to a private hospital for care (details supplied). [34220/25] - Departmental Communications
849. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 297 of 11 June 2025, to provide the requested email and phone lines available for Oireachtas members to raise queries in... - Departmental Data
850. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public defibrillators in each county; and the percentage increase or decrease of defibrillators in each county since June 2024. [34232/25] - Health Services Staff
851. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on progress to designate ‘counsellor’ as a protected title; and when work will be completed by CORU to ensure regulation of rogue... - Departmental Reviews
854. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 687 of 27 May 2025, if she can provide a copy of the Memorandum on the Independent Review of Gender Identity Services for... - Health Services Staff
856. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 690 of 27 May 2025, for each of the unfilled staff positions of the Gender Healthcare Programme, the number of applicants... - Departmental Schemes
858. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the situation regarding the fair deal scheme where the HSE will not accept a registry of deeds as opposed to a land registry title; if this can be... - Departmental Data
859. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in emergency medicine and emergency medicine registrars based at St. James's Hospital in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in... - Departmental Budgets
861. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year capital and current funding required for an additional national dual diagnosis rehabilitation centre. [34255/25] - Health Services Staff
862. To ask the Minister for Health the WTE staff, by job title, currently working at the supra-regional endometriosis centre at Tallaght University Hospital; the WTE vacancies, by job title,... - Departmental Data
863. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on the services currently provided for adult patients with epilepsy at Saint James’ Hospital; the number and grade of staff that are... - Departmental Recruitment
865. To ask the Minister for Health the selection criteria applied to choose the team tasked with the systemic review (details supplied); if there was an open call or advertisement for the review... - Hormone Replacement Therapy
866. To ask the Minister for Health if she has been appraised of plans by the National Gender Service to ensure access to HRT for students (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - National Gender Service
867. To ask the Minister for Health the current structure, staffing, and clinical leadership of the National Gender Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34274/25] - Health Service Executive
868. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation to date of Report of the Review of the Governance Arrangements and the Resources currently in place to support the HSE... - Programme for Government
869. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on planned initiatives to deliver on the Programme of Government commitment on "to ensuring that patients have access to new innovative new... - Departmental Inquiries
870. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation to date of ‘Digital for Care: A Digital Health Framework for Ireland 2024-2030’; to outline the current and... - Health Services
871. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE mental health facility at Perrot House, Coolnagarrane, Skibbereen is closing (details supplied). [34295/25] - Departmental Data
872. To ask the Minister for Health the number of urology day cases including ambulatory urology that were performed at Letterkenny University Hospital in 2022, 2023, and 2024, in tabular form.... - Departmental Budgets
874. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of building a surgical hub under the National Elective Ambulatory Strategy. [34304/25] - Hospital Services
875. To ask the Minister for Health whether there are any plans to locate a minor injuries unit at Letterkenny University that is separate to the emergency department. [34306/25] - Hospital Appointments Status
876. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an orthopaedic appointment at Letterkenny University Hospital; the current waiting times for... - Health Services
878. To ask the Minister for Health if and when additional home support or day service hours will be granted to a child (details supplied) as part of the HSE summer programme, and thereafter on... - Departmental Inquiries
879. To ask the Minister for Health to address the patient-on-trolley figures in Naas Hospital in May 2025 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34312/25] - Health Services
880. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who has 24-7 pain and discomfort in his neck and arm region down to his hand and fingers will receive the much-needed pain... - Departmental Data
881. To ask the Minister for Health the spend by each public hospital, including Section 38 organisations where it must be requested, on private ambulances in each of the years 2015 to 2024 and... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
882. To ask the Minister for Health if CHI have used National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) money to pay orthopaedic consultants at rates above the standard approved fees or during their... - Organ Donation
887. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the address is needed for the opt out register of the organ donation scheme (details supplied). [34339/25] - Dental Services
889. To ask the Minister for Health the average age of children and their school class in the State when they have their first dental examination and screening under the school dental scheme; and... - Departmental Investigations
890. To ask the Minister for Health if she has commissioned an investigation into the response of CHI management and board to internal warnings that arose in 2022 that the allocation of... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
891. To ask the Minister for Health in response to reports that CHI orthopaedic surgeons performed hip surgeries at University Hospital Galway and Cork in recent years, who approved sending CHI... - Departmental Data
892. To ask the Minister for Health the number of surgeries outsourced by CHI to private providers in each year since 2020, in tabular form; the total amount paid to each private provider in each... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
893. To ask the Minister for Health whether any CHI-affiliated surgeons were involved in treating CHI patients at any private providers under NTPF contracts at any stage since 2020; to provide... - Departmental Investigations
894. To ask the Minister for Health whether CHI commissioned any internal investigation since 2020 into orthopaedic waiting-list practices; the details of any such investigations; whether the... - Departmental Meetings
895. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 554 of 7 May 2025, for a list of all patient representative and civil society groups that the gender healthcare programme... - National Gender Service
896. To ask the Minister for Health if the clinical lead of the gender healthcare programme is engaged in clinical work at the National Gender Service; and if she will make a statement on the... - Departmental Data
897. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners who retired in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34365/25] - Health Services
898. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on the services currently provided for adult patients with epilepsy at a hospital Cork University Hospital; the number and grade of staff... - Departmental Budgets
899. To ask the Minister for Health the total budget for the treatment benefit (PRSI used dental) scheme in 2024 and, separately, for 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34375/25] - Departmental Reviews
902. To ask the Minister for Health when she expects to receive and to publish the review of urgent and emergency care in the midwest; the resources and WTE staff committed to the review; and if... - Departmental Inquiries
910. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1161, the reason her Department has yet to correct the inaccurate précis of statute provided by her... - Hospital Appointments Status
911. To ask the Minister for Health if she will intervene to assist a child (details supplied) in accessing an expedited appointment for a vital and time-sensitive health service. [34482/25] - Departmental Budgets
913. To ask the Minister for Health the annual costs associated with the implementation of the chronic disease management programme in each of the last four years, and to date in 2025; and if she... - Departmental Data
914. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on the services currently provided for adult patients with epilepsy at Mater University Hospital; the number and grade of staff that are... - Vape Control Measures
915. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has fully examined the Regulatory Impact Assessment of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2024, which warns of... - Addiction Treatment Services
917. To ask the Minister for Health the addiction services are available in Wicklow for young people and children under the age of 18; the number of patients served; the current waiting lists for... - Hospital Appointments Status
918. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if the case will be re-examined and expedited. [34512/25] - Health Services
919. To ask the Minister for Health the measures she is taking to uphold the commitment as outlined in the Programme for Government to ensure patients have timely access to new and innovative... - Nursing Homes
920. To ask the Minister for Health to ensure statutory staff patient ratios are put in place and enforced at private nursing homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34529/25] - Health Services Waiting Lists
921. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care as of 1 June 2025, or the latest date available; the number waiting 0... - Mental Health Services
928. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to adult mental health units to date in 2022. [34551/25] - Departmental Data
929. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours currently being provided in each LHO area as of 1 June 2025, or the latest date available; the way that compares to target in... - Hospital Services
934. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on the services currently provided for paediatric patients with epilepsy at Cork University Hospital; the number and grade of staff that are...
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