Written answers
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
- Home Help Service
226. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the number of home help agencies that are registered in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39928/25] - Dental Services
227. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE dental nurses based in each health centre and primary care centre within CHO2 in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [39755/25] - Ambulance Service
228. To ask the Minister for Health the number of critical care ambulances and rapid response vehicles based in Galway in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025 in tabular form; if each of these... - Emergency Departments
229. To ask the Minister for Health the number of minor and major treatment bays within the accident and emergency department of Galway University Hospital. [39757/25] - Care Services
230. To ask the Minister for Health the locations within CHO2 where HSE Adult Safeguarding Teams are based; and the WTE staff by job title required to fully staff one of those teams in tabular... - Hospital Staff
231. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant ophthalmologists based at Galway University Hospital in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 in tabular form. [39759/25] - Medicinal Products
233. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the drug duvyzat-givinostat in Ireland; when a decision could be made to make it available to those with Duchenne muscular dystrophy; and... - Hospital Procedures
234. To ask the Minister for Health the number of autopsies carried out in Mullingar, Tullamore and Portlaoise in 2024 and to date 2025; the number of histologies carried out and the number of... - Covid-19 Pandemic
235. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider extending the long-Covid payment for frontline HSE staff; if this payment will be continued for a person (details supplied). [39805/25] - Health Services
236. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has considered the model whereby funding follows the patient (MFTP) for vasectomy services, as with termination of pregnancy services; and if... - Health Strategies
238. To ask the Minister for Health if she will carry out a full assessment of the financial impact of heart failure on patients with recommendations on appropriate actions; and if she will make... - Health Services
242. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a detailed update on the status of verification testing for spinal muscular atrophy and severe combined immunodeficiency within the... - Mental Health Services
243. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place for the roll out of a service (details supplied) in County Cavan; the discussions had in relation to this; the agreements that have been... - General Practitioner Services
244. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operating GP surgeries per town in Cork south west, by town or by townland, in tabular form. [39841/25] - Gender Recognition
245. To ask the Minister for Health if reimbursement for any form of hormone treatment for transgender teenagers is possible under the Cross Border Directive, given that a referral has been... - Ambulance Service
246. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a new service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39874/25] - Mental Health Services
247. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a new building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39875/25] - Ambulance Service
248. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on re-establishing 24/7 advanced paramedic cover in Roscommon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39876/25] - Cancer Services
249. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she will take to create an overarching framework for cross-Border cancer care that would ensure that citizens on both side of the Border can get... - Hospital Services
250. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of services for endometriosis assessment and treatment at Mullingar Regional Hospital; if a specialised multidisciplinary team is in place;... - Mental Health Services
254. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have presented to Crosslanes Drogheda psychiatric unit each month for the past 12 months from Navan Hospital or accident and... - Departmental Reports
258. To ask the Minister for Health the details and dates of correspondence received from the HSE or Children’s Health Ireland regarding a report (details supplied). [39965/25] - Emergency Departments
261. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times for accident and emergency departments, broken down by hospital. [39968/25] - Nursing Homes
262. To ask the Minister for Health the number of closure notices issued by the Health Information and Quality Authority relating to nursing homes, for each nursing home, for each of the years... - Mental Health Services
263. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on CAMHS waiting lists in Kerry, by area and by length of time, in each of the years 2015 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she... - Social Welfare Benefits
271. To ask the Minister for Health if she is considering abolishing means testing for the carer’s allowance (details supplied); and if the case of a person will be examined. [39991/25] - Ambulance Service
272. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the number of WTEs in the National Ambulance Service (NAS), per grade codes, by HSE region, from 2020 to 2025; and to provide the level of... - Healthcare Policy
273. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the unit within her Department that is responsible for alcohol policy outside of the enforcement of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; and if she... - Medicinal Products
277. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the proposal that high protein oral nutritional supplements are administered under a managed access programme, the effect... - Hospital Facilities
278. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40015/25] - Healthcare Policy
280. To ask the Minister for Health if she has issued health advisory guidelines to schools related to nicotine pouches in response to calls from an organisation (details supplied); if not,... - Medical Aids and Appliances
281. To ask the Minister for Health when it is envisaged that tubeless diabetic pumps will be made available to children to assist in managing type 1 diabetes, who are currently required to use... - Alcohol Sales
282. To ask the Minister for Health in view of recent statements from the Tánaiste on pausing the implementation of alcohol labelling, when alcohol labelling will be introduced; and if she... - Health Services Waiting Lists
283. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people with diabetes on a waiting list in Kerry in each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of those waiting less than six... - Hospital Procedures
286. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to reports that CHI orthopaedic surgeons performed hip surgeries at University Hospital Kerry in recent years, who approved sending CHI orthopaedic... - Disabilities Assessments
287. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list, and within that, the numbers waiting less than four months; the number waiting... - Mental Health Services
289. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on the waiting list for Jigsaw in Kerry as off 1 July 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40052/25] - Health Services
290. To ask the Minister for Health the number of companies used by Children’s Health Ireland to provide consultant weekend cover and/or waiting list initiatives in Kerry since 2019; to... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
291. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money paid to private hospitals via the national treatment purchase fund from the outsourcing of waiting list elective in-patient and day-case... - Departmental Correspondence
292. To ask the Minister for Health if she will give detailed consideration to a document produced by a national organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Disease Management
293. To ask the Minister for Health for an update regarding Lyme disease in providing accurate testing and adequate treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40061/25] - Cancer Services
294. To ask the Minister for Health to give detailed consideration to the issues raised in a document produced by a national organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Mental Health Services
295. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for CAMHS by community health organisation, age category, and time waiting, in tabular form; and if she will make a... - Eating Disorders
296. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for treatment of an eating disorder by community health organisation, age category, and time waiting, in tabular form;... - Dental Services
297. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for adults special care needs GA waiting list for routine dental care in each hospital, in tabular form. [40089/25] - Health Services Waiting Lists
298. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 402 of 8 May 2025 the proportion of this funding that was spent to address waiting lists in Kerry; and if she will make a... - Medical Aids and Appliances
299. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people using omnipod 5 insulin pumps in each county from 2020-2025 inclusive; the status of the roll-out of these products; and if she will... - Social Welfare Benefits
300. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of ongoing delays in processing blind welfare allowance applications throughout the Midlands and Western regions; if she will review this... - Disability Services
301. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40121/25] - Cancer Services
302. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure that at least €20 million in new recurrent development funding is provided in 2026 and in each subsequent year for the National... - Hospital Staff
304. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the senior radiographer post at Carndonagh Community Hospital, County Donegal has been delayed by two years; when this post will be filled; and if... - Medicinal Products
305. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect a decision on a recent discretionary hardship application for the purposes of ozempic injections; and if she will... - Healthcare Policy
307. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the findings from the May 2025 ESPAD report which show that 10 percent of 15- and 16-year-olds in Ireland have used moist snuff and 7.6%... - General Practitioner Services
309. To ask the Minister for Health the length of the waiting list for GP services in each county in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [40248/25]
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