Written answers

Tuesday, 29 July 2025

  • Middle East
    2535. To ask the Minister for Health the details of any coordination with other states on evacuation flights from Gaza, similar to the coordination with the Slovakian Government in December 2024;...
  • Dental Services
    2536. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to reintroduce a vocational training programme for graduate dentists to support the transition into the workforce; and if she will make...
  • Homeless Persons Supports
    2537. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided in 2025 for the provision of an integrated homeless health hub in Cork city day centre (details supplied); and if she will make a...
  • Departmental Policies
    2538. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the application for the approval of palforzia as an oral immunotherapy treatment for peanut allergy; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Care Orders
    2540. To ask the Minister for Health if long-term care will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40725/25]
  • General Practitioner Services
    2541. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the GP training programme; the number on the programme in each of the years 2015 to 2024, inclusive; the destinations of those on the...
  • Parliamentary Questions
    2542. To ask the Minister for Health to address the significant delays in parliamentary question responses from the HSE (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40776/25]
  • Care Services
    2543. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the fair deal scheme, in the instance that the principal residence is sold after the three-year cap has passed, the way in which this impacts the...
  • Hospital Staff
    2544. To ask the Minister for Health if an anomaly can be addressed in respect of staff and workers at a hospital in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Services
    2545. To ask the Minister for Health if she will request a roadmap for the restoration of full maternity services at Portiuncula Hospital. [40801/25]
  • Assisted Human Reproduction
    2548. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider funding a second round of IVF for couples who have no children and were unsuccessful with round one of IVF; and if she will make a...
  • Departmental Data
    2549. To ask the Minister for Health his views on Ireland’s success in reaching a life expectancy of 83 years; what she expects to be the life expectancy for men and women in 2030, 2040...
  • Vaccination Programme
    2550. To ask the Minister for Health the primary reasons that approximately 10% of children at 24 months of age have not received the MMR vaccine; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Medicinal Products
    2551. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the assessment, funding and use, including early use through an early access scheme, of givinostat for muscular dystrophy patients; and if...
  • Departmental Equipment
    2552. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide information regarding the funding available for the purchase of a generator for a service in Mayo (details supplied). [40824/25]
  • Meals-on-Wheels Services
    2553. To ask the Minister for Health if all meals-on-wheels services across the State will be provided with a generator considering the impact of Storm Éowyn on electricity supplies,...
  • Public Sector Pay
    2554. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 828 of 25 February 2025, when and by whom the decision was taken to exclude medical scientists who retired before 1...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    2557. To ask the Minister for Health the total spend by her Department on external legal services in each of the past three years; the main areas of legal activity for which external advice was...
  • Health Services Staff
    2558. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychologists based at Clogherhead health centre in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [40844/25]
  • General Practitioner Services
    2559. To ask the Minister for Health the number of calls received at NorthEast Doctor on-call service based in Drogheda in 2024 and to date in 2025; of the calls received, the number that were...
  • Health Services Staff
    2560. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dental nurses who are currently on panels awaiting a job offer. [40846/25]
  • Medical Cards
    2561. To ask the Minister for Health if she will give due consideration to expanding Ireland’s medical card scheme to cover psychotherapy, both short-term and long-term, through a...
  • Health Services
    2562. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the correspondence to address concerns raised by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40861/25]
  • Departmental Legal Cases
    2563. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on legal fees associated with litigation, advice and settlements in each of the past three years by her Department and agencies under its...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    2564. To ask the Minister for Health if she will urgently intervene in the case of a child (details supplied) who has been refused access to incontinence products by the HSE on the basis of a...
  • Medical Cards
    2570. To ask the Minister for Health if she will remove child maintenance payments as income in the means test for medical cards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40896/25]
  • Addiction Treatment Services
    2571. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of all addiction step-down facilities currently operating in County Galway; who operates each facility; the public body or agency that holds...
  • Medicinal Products
    2573. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to correspondence (details supplied) regarding treatments for adults living with spinal muscular atrophy in Ireland; and if she will make a...
  • Suicide Incidence
    2574. To ask the Minister for Health the work being undertaken by her officials and-or the HSE to establish real-time suicide reporting in Ireland and associated infrastructure; if she will...
  • Medicinal Products
    2575. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the growing concern re the shortage of salbutamol. [40971/25]
  • Nursing Homes
    2576. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1763 of 19 March 2025, the detailed breakdown of what precisely the amount of €145.5 million is spent on, in...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    2577. To ask the Minister for Health the reason new payment arrangements have yet to be made to section 39 workers despite the fact that there is an agreement in place and approved by Government...
  • Hospital Procedures
    2579. To ask the Minister for Health if a hip replacement surgery for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40976/25]
  • Nursing Homes
    2580. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a person whose family member resided in a private nursing home can access their records. [40981/25]
  • Dental Services
    2581. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists working in the public scheme in each CHO district from 2015 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Departmental Data
    2583. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospitalisations for children caused by tooth decay, broken down by hospital group, from 2014-2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
  • Medicinal Products
    2584. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 904 of 15 July 2025, if she will engage with a union (details supplied) to encourage the use of European-made...
  • Middle East
    2585. To ask the Minister for Health who is eligible for evacuation from Gaza to Ireland on medical grounds; and if people requiring medical attention in Gaza are eligible for evacuation if they...
  • Departmental Data
    2586. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 855 of 8 July 2025, the number of early abortions provided through fully remote consultations, in each of the years...
  • Departmental Schemes
    2588. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline of the full implementation of the statutory home support scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41025/25]
  • Departmental Data
    2593. To ask the Minister for Health the average hours of home support delivered to older people in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41030/25]
  • Dental Services
    2597. To ask the Minister for Health the number of practicing dentists registered in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41039/25]
  • Departmental Data
    2599. To ask the Minister for Health the overall number and percentage of health care assistants working in HSE long-term residential care facilities currently that have the recommended QQI/FETAC...
  • Grant Payments
    2600. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the total number of grant payments issued by the Department in each of the past five years, along with the total value of those grant payments for...
  • Departmental Policies
    2601. To ask the Minister for Health if she will introduce a financial support system for people, especially children, who suffer from auditory process disorder; to outline her policy on this...
  • Medicinal Products
    2602. To ask the Minister for Health if she has engaged with her counterpart in the North to explore the potential for maximising access to new medicines while ensuring value for money through...
  • Departmental Regulations
    2603. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of instances in which free nicotine pouches have been distributed by retailers and at music festivals throughout Dublin bay north and...
  • Departmental Data
    2605. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young people aged under 18 who have been referred to mental health services in each of the past five years where the primary or a contributing...
  • Dental Services
    2606. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dental positions in County Monaghan, including the number vacant, by quarter since 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41094/25]
  • Cancer Services
    2607. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting lists for cancer screening and cancer treatment at year end in each of the past ten years. [41095/25]
  • Departmental Data
    2610. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting for eye treatment in each count; and the average waiting length, per county. [41098/25]
  • Cancer Services
    2613. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cancer surgeries carried out in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025. [41101/25]
  • Health Services
    2614. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adverse incidents recorded in the health service 2018 to 2025; and the nature of adverse incidents. [41102/25]
  • Hospital Services
    2616. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adverse incidents recorded in each hospital group 2018 to 2025; and the nature of adverse incidents. [41104/25]
  • Mental Health Services
    2618. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adverse incidents that were recorded in each CAMHS region 2018 to 2025; and the nature of adverse incidents. [41106/25]
  • State Claims Agency
    2619. To ask the Minister for Health the number of health service-related claims that have been lodged with the States Claims Agency for each of the past five years. [41107/25]
  • Health Service Executive
    2620. To ask the Minister for Health the amount in compensation that has been paid out by the State as a result of claims lodged against the health service, in each of the past ten years and to...
  • Hospital Overcrowding
    2621. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently clinically discharged from hospital, but who remain in hospital; the number who have been in hospital despite being...
  • Emergency Departments
    2622. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time in each emergency department in the country. [41110/25]
  • Cancer Services
    2624. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases taken against the State regarding the alleged misreading of smear tests, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025. [41112/25]
  • Registration of Deaths
    2625. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons who died in the state in each of the past ten years. [41113/25]
  • Health Service Executive
    2626. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of the cyber-attack on the HSE and on her Department in recent years. [41114/25]
  • Health Services Staff
    2627. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of HSE staff currently absent from work. [41115/25]
  • Cancer Services
    2628. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has conducted any analysis to determine the number of cancer diagnosis delayed as a result of the Covid 19 pandemic; and if she will make a...
  • Hospital Services
    2629. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid by each hospital in the State to debt collectors over the past decade; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41117/25]
  • Health Service Executive
    2630. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cyber security staff recruited by the HSE, in each of the past ten years. [41118/25]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    2631. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital appointments cancelled by each hospital in the State, in each of the past ten years. [41119/25]
  • Cancer Services
    2633. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to fund and implement the hereditary cancer model of care in Ireland, with particular reference to improving genetic testing and...
  • Hospital Procedures
    2637. To ask the Minister for Health when a hospital procedure for a person (details supplied) is likely to be rescheduled following an already cancelled date; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Health Services
    2638. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify when a person can expect a decision on a recent discretionary hardship application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Procedures
    2639. To ask the Minister for Health if a scan will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41184/25]
  • Emergency Accommodation
    2640. To ask the Minister for Health if it will be ensured that every child in emergency accommodation has access to a child support worker; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41187/25]
  • Health Services
    2641. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) can be urgently addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41190/25]
  • Dental Services
    2642. To ask the Minister for Health for Health her plans to provide the necessary funding to expand capacity and train more dentists at Cork University Dental School and Hospital; and if she...
  • Budget 2026
    2643. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the support that meals on wheels services that are not funded by the HSE receives from her Department; if she has considered expanding the...
  • Hospital Procedures
    2644. To ask the Minister for Health if an impact assessment has been carried out in relation to the removal of emergency general surgery from the South West Acute Hospital which has a large...
  • Nursing Homes
    2645. To ask the Minister for Health the month in which the new Nenagh community nursing home will be fully open. [41226/25]
  • Hospital Facilities
    2646. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the new 96-bed block in University Hospital Limerick will open. [41227/25]
  • Health Service Executive
    2647. To ask the Minister for Health for a list of professional bodies the HSE gender programme has asked for representatives from, such as bodies for pharmacists, psychologists, and occupational...
  • Health Services
    2648. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the protests seeking improvements in trans healthcare on 12 July 2025; the actions she has taken to engage with trans...
  • Medicinal Products
    2649. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place for the assessment and potential inclusion of the psychiatric medication lumateperone for the treatment of bipolar disorder under the drug...
  • Care Services
    2650. To ask the Minister for Health if a post admission care package can be organised for a patient (details supplied), who was recently discharged from the National Rehabilitation Hospital; and...
  • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
    2651. To ask the Minister for Health when facilities will be provided at a health centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41244/25]
  • Nursing Homes
    2652. To ask the Minister for Health if a long-term nursing home bed will be expedited for a person (details supplied) given the urgency of the case; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Mental Health Services
    2654. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to provide extra psychiatric capacity at a facility (details supplied), given the fact that people are being sent home for the lack of...
  • Budget 2026
    2655. To ask the Minister for Health to strongly support the pre-Budget submission by a society (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41256/25]
  • Healthcare Policy
    2656. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE and an organisation (details supplied) have come to an agreement on the endometriosis framework; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
    2657. To ask the Minister for Health the capital projects which are at appraisal stage, by region and service division, in tabular form; the year in which each business case was submitted; and...
  • EU Directives
    2667. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the application submitted on behalf of a person (details supplied) for stem cell therapy was refused under the EU Cross-Border Healthcare Directive...
  • Medical Inquiries
    2668. To ask the Minister for Health if a speech and language appointment will be expedited (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41302/25]
  • Mental Health Services
    2669. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 479 of 1 October 2024, if she will clarify the contradiction between the reply with Parliamentary Question No. 1358 of 5...
  • Healthcare Policy
    2671. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the progress of each individual action outlined in the 2022 HSE position paper on the prevention of foetal alcohol spectrum...
  • Disability Diagnoses
    2672. To ask the Minister for Health the number of individuals diagnosed with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Disability Services
    2674. To ask the Minister for Health the aftercare supports that are available to an individual with a diagnosis of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Medical Research and Training
    2675. To ask the Minister for Health the mandatory required training that all HSE clinicians must undertake in order to support patients living with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder; and if she...
  • Disability Diagnoses
    2676. To ask the Minister for Health the number of babies who had facial dysmorphia associated with foetal alcohol syndrome recorded at birth in each of the past ten years, in tabular form...
  • Hospital Facilities
    2677. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the rehabilitation unit in Leopardstown Hospital, Dublin is closing; who has directed this closure; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Medicinal Products
    2678. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the growing use of HHC (hexahydrocannabinol) vapes, a synthetic cannabinoid product, among young people; if the new Public Health (Nicotine...
  • Disability Services
    2681. To ask the Minister for Health if they will ask the HSE and disability services to review the case of a disabled person (details supplied) who is not receiving the level of support and...
  • Healthcare Policy
    2682. To ask the Minister for Health if gynaecologists are now using excision to remove endometriosis; if so, the countries in which the specialist consultants are trained; if there are plans to...
  • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
    2683. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any supports for a group (details supplied) looking for a door-to-door transport service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41420/25]
  • Cancer Services
    2684. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for chemotherapy to commence from time of referral in each hospital group between 2015 and 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
  • Primary Care Services
    2685. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is currently on the primary care waiting list for ASD-related supports in County Longford; if so, the position on the list; and...
  • Victims Commission
    2686. To ask the Minister for Health the quantum amount contained in the indemnity fund set aside as a condition of the transfer of the ownership of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda from an...
  • General Practitioner Services
    2687. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs currently practicing in County Meath; the GP-to-population ratio for the county; how this compares with the national average and with...
  • Health Services Staff
    2688. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of both unfilled and filled adult multidisciplinary therapy posts in County Meath in 2024 and 2025, by CHO, and by occupation, in tabular...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    2689. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies within Our Lady's Hospital Navan, broken down by specific role and department, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Dental Services
    2690. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GMS patients in Cork; the number registered with a dentist; and if he will provide the same figures for 2019. [41467/25]
  • Ambulance Service
    2693. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to the St Mary's health campus ambulance base, the Kinsale road ambulance base and the Erinville bases in each of the years 2020 to...
  • Nursing Homes
    2696. To ask the Minister for Health if a place in a nursing home for a person will be provided (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41485/25]
  • Health Services
    2697. To ask the Minister for Health to review a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41486/25]
  • Departmental Legal Cases
    2698. To ask the Minister for Health if all external legal fees incurred by her Department, and by any bodies under its aegis, are charged at negotiated discounted rates; how fees are monitored...
  • Departmental Legal Services
    2699. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department conducts regular benchmarking, or market testing, to ensure that the rates paid for legal services, solicitors and barristers, represent...
  • Departmental Legal Cases
    2701. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has conducted any audits or reviews in the past five years on legal fee spend; if so, to publish the findings or summaries of those reviews;...
  • Departmental Legal Services
    2702. To ask the Minister for Health the internal oversight that exists within her Department to monitor the scope, duration, and cost escalation of legal services once engaged; and if she will...
  • Departmental Legal Cases
    2703. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department makes use of capped fee arrangements, fixed-fee briefs, success-based fee models or other such arrangements in its legal engagements; if...
  • Health Services Staff
    2705. To ask the Minister for Health the number of social workers currently employed in each of the six safeguarding and protection teams within the HSE; the number of vacant posts; the number of...
  • Health Service Executive
    2707. To ask the Minister for Health the role of the Chief Social Worker of the HSE; how this role interacts with both the National Safeguarding Office and the six regional safeguarding and...
  • Health Services
    2711. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that has been spent on interpretation services in all and any health settings over the past ten years, broken down by year and geographical area,...
  • Health Service Executive
    2712. To ask the Minister for Health the definitive timeline for disposal of the vacant HSE building in Derrygreenagh Park, Rochfortbridge, County Westmeath (details supplied). [41654/25]
  • Health Services Staff
    2713. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of all consultants commissioned as part of the north Kerry look-back review; the nature of the work they were commissioned for; and the...
  • Health Service Executive
    2714. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of all reports commissioned by consultants as part of the north Kerry look-back review; and the costs associated with same. [41659/25]
  • Dental Services
    2715. To ask the Minister for Health the measures she will take to ensure that a person (details supplied) can have the orthodontic treatment they need without further delay; and if she will make...
  • Legislative Measures
    2716. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 has been referenced as the legislative framework that will ban HHC, and the reason the Criminal Justice (Psychoactive...
  • Primary Care Centres
    2718. To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost of the leasing of each primary care centre delivered under an operational lease model in Cork in the past five years; and the length of the...
  • Hospital Procedures
    2719. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the urgent procedure necessary for a person (details supplied) in Cork University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Health Services Staff
    2720. To ask the Minister for Health if she will update circular 29/2019 regarding bereavement leave in the public health services, the staff of which are currently not entitled to leave that is...
  • Nursing Homes
    2722. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community nursing home beds specifically available to persons with Alzheimer's disease, per county, per year between the years 2020 to 2025, in...
  • Health Services Waiting Lists
    2724. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for dementia beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41705/25]
  • Medicinal Products
    2726. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the new mandibular device used to treat sleep apnoea is not approved under the drugs payment scheme (details supplied); and whether the new device...
  • Health Services Staff
    2727. To ask the Minister for Health the alternatives available for workers wishing to register with CORU but find that their employer refuses to complete the necessary forms; if she plans to...
  • Misuse of Drugs
    2728. To ask the Minister for Health the expected timeline for the introduction of legislation to add hexahydrocannabinol to control measures under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 as a schedule 1...
  • Health Services Staff
    2729. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurse posts per CHO; and the number of posts filled and the number of vacancies, in tabular form. [41735/25]
  • Home Care Packages
    2731. To ask the Minister for Health the number of older persons on a waiting list for home care packages in the CHO 7 area; and the number of those who have been waiting more than six months....
  • Dental Services
    2732. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of dentists enrolled with the dental treatment service scheme, by county, in tabular form. [41738/25]
  • Health Services Waiting Lists
    2733. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people currently on the waiting list for the Centre for Obesity Management; and the average waiting time to access services once a referral has...
  • Health Services
    2734. To ask the Minister for Health the care pathway for a person who is diagnosed privately in the north of Ireland with endometriosis; the services available in this State; the next steps for...
  • Mental Health Services
    2735. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of fully staffing and resourcing all perinatal mental health teams across the six RHAs. [41755/25]
  • Health Services
    2738. To ask the Minister for Health the projected capital and staffing cost for the development of a dedicated mother and baby unit. [41758/25]
  • Mental Health Services
    2740. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline any costings conducted by her Department regarding the establishment of walk-in youth mental health hubs such as Jigsaw in each regional...
  • Health Services Staff
    2741. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of having a clinical psychologist in each primary care network or GP practice. [41772/25]
  • Health Service Executive
    2743. To ask the Minister for Health if, in light of the recent RTE Investigates programme on a nursing home, she is satisfied that HSE safeguarding and protection teams are adequately skilled...
  • Health Services
    2744. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the current levels of funding allocated to oral health promotion initiatives; if she will consider increasing support for organisations...
  • Dental Services
    2747. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that was spent through the dental treatment services scheme in each of the past four years, in tabular form. [41827/25]
  • Nursing Homes
    2748. To ask the Minister for Health if she plans to conduct a review into the care of people in residential care covered under the fair deal scheme to ensure that the residents are receiving the...
  • Healthcare Policy
    2749. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the practice known as gluten washing in the marketplace; if there are any proposed actions to address this practice and how it is impacting...
  • Health Services
    2750. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide for standardised breast density reporting for women who have mammograms in Ireland; her response to the campaign by an organisation...
  • Hospital Facilities
    2752. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 772 of 25 March 2025, if she will provide an update on proposals to deliver improved Wi-Fi and mobile phone coverage for...
  • Health Services Staff
    2758. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric in emergency medicine posts based at CHI Temple Street, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [41884/25]
  • Health Services
    2760. To ask the Minister for Health if she has visited Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown since her appointment; and if so, the purpose of the visit. [41886/25]
  • Health Services Staff
    2761. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses based at St Mary's Hospital, Phoenix Park, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [41887/25]
  • Hospital Facilities
    2762. To ask the Minister for Health the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at St Mary's Hospital, Phoenix Park, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [41888/25]
  • Hospital Services
    2763. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the imminent closure of the day centre at Cahersiveen Community Hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • General Practitioner Services
    2764. To ask the Minister for Health the current general practitioner to population in the Fingal area, particularly in Balbriggan, Skerries, Rush and Lusk; how this compares to the national...
  • Disability Services
    2768. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of day respite and night respite places available in the integrated health areas of Dublin north and Dublin north city and west, compared to...
  • Primary Care Centres
    2769. To ask the Minister for Health if information will be provided on the delivery of a primary care centre in an area (details supplied); the reason this project has been delayed; when it is...
  • Home Care Packages
    2770. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting homecare support in Wicklow; the total number of hours allocated in 2024 and 2025 to date in Wicklow; the average number of...
  • Disability Services
    2772. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications received in 2024 and 2025 to date for respite care; the number of people currently on the waiting list for respite care services,...
  • Dental Services
    2773. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults that are on the dental appointment waiting list in Wicklow; the average waiting times for appointments; and if she will make...
  • Health Services Waiting Lists
    2776. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the CAMHS waiting list in County Wicklow; the average waiting time, broken down by length of time, 3, 6, 12+ months, in tabular form;...
  • Health Services Staff
    2777. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adult physiotherapists in CHO6 and CHO7, County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41926/25]
  • Health Services Waiting Lists
    2780. To ask the Minister for Health the number currently on the waiting list for adult physiotherapy in CHO6 and CHO7, County Wicklow, by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
  • Nursing Homes
    2783. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications were received under the fair deal nursing home support scheme in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the average time for...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    2786. To ask the Minister for Health when the family of a child (details supplied), who apparently received operations at CHI for development dysplasia of the hip which were unnecessary, will...
  • Hospital Staff
    2788. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists working at a hospital (details supplied), by grade, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will...
  • Health Services
    2789. To ask the Minister for Health the services currently available to users in north Dublin who suffer with trichiasis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41979/25]
  • Medicinal Products
    2791. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider reviewing the current regulatory status of melatonin in Ireland, given that it is available over the counter in many EU countries. [41999/25]
  • Departmental Schemes
    2796. To ask the Minister for Health if the drugs scheme minimum payment be dropped from €80 to €40 for widowed partners (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Services
    2797. To ask the Minister for Health the further investments planned for maternity services in the west of Ireland, including Portiuncula University Hospital, PUH, and University Hospital Galway,...
  • Departmental Inquiries
    2798. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the stage the Covid inquiry is at; the timeline for when it will begin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42061/25]
  • Ministerial Communications
    2800. To ask the Minister for Health if she uses personal emails for her Government business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42110/25]
  • Health Services Staff
    2801. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide the number of WTE dentists and dental nurse posts by grade that are filled at Castlebar Primary Care Centre in each of the years 2023 to...
  • Hospital Staff
    2802. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide the number of WTE consultants in emergency medicine based at Mayo University Hospital in each of the years of 2023 to 2024 and to date in...
  • Health Services Staff
    2803. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide the number of WTE physiotherapist posts by grade that are filled at Claremorris Primary Care Centre in each of the years of 2023 to 2024...
  • Ministerial Communications
    2806. To ask the Minister for Health the messaging providers downloaded on her ministerial phone; the details of any provider downloaded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42137/25]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    2807. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [42144/25]
  • Addiction Treatment Services
    2808. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider an approach of multi-annual funding commitments for those working within addiction services to allow for more sustainable planning; and...
  • Healthcare Policy
    2810. To ask the Minister for Health the measures her Department is taking to address the use of Hexahydrocannabinol, HHC, by young people; if she will consider criminalising HHC; and if she will...
  • Misuse of Drugs
    2811. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to ensure fentanyl use does not become widespread in Ireland as it has become in other countries; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Addiction Treatment Services
    2813. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on waiting lists in Wicklow for residential addiction services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42195/25]
  • Primary Care Centres
    2815. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for when a project will be completed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42197/25]
  • Health Service Executive
    2816. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which contracts are awarded for taxi services within the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42199/25]
  • Health Services Staff
    2817. To ask the Minister for Health the status of vacancies in primary health centres in Wicklow (details supplied); the number of posts that remain vacant or unfilled; and if she will make a...
  • Health Services Waiting Lists
    2818. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists for scoliosis treatment in Wicklow; and the length of time they have been on waiting lists, in tabular form. [42213/25]
  • Nursing Homes
    2819. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the HSE has paid to private nursing homes in Wicklow between the years 2020 and 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Facilities
    2820. To ask the Minister for Health the number of resuscitation or resus bays and cubicles currently within the accident and emergency department of Kerry University Hospital; and if she will...
  • Dental Services
    2821. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists working in the school dental scheme in County Kerry in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will...
  • Health Services Staff
    2822. To ask the Minister for Health the number of wholetime equivalent, WTE, physiotherapists by grade based in each primary care centre within CHO4 in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in...
  • Health Services
    2824. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently intervene and ensure every effort is made to have the decision reversed to close the daycare centre at Cahersiveen Community Hospital, County...
  • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
    2826. To ask the Minister for Health the precise date building works are due to commence on the replacement facility for the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton, County Cork. [42238/25]
  • Health Services Staff
    2827. To ask the Minister for Health the number of trainee psychologists graduating from doctoral courses in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024; the number of graduates who took up posts in the HSE within...
  • Addiction Treatment Services
    2828. To ask the Minister for Health the details of funding allocated to Coolmine Southwest addiction services for the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025. [42242/25]
  • Eating Disorders
    2829. To ask the Minister for Health the locations of 20 new specialist eating disorder inpatient beds announced by the Government on 21 July 2025, and for details of staff recruitment, including...
  • Health Services Staff
    2830. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing provision by grade staff, senior or principal grade and contract type, fixed term or permanent, for child and adolescent primary care services in...
  • Health Service Executive
    2831. To ask the Minister for Health the number of reported assaults on HSE staff during the course of their work duties for 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; and to provide any additional...
  • Health Services Staff
    2832. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all primary care posts, including discipline, grade basic, senior or principal grade and contract type, fixed term or permanent, in each health...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    2837. To ask the Minister for Health her views on a serious matter (details supplied) regarding Covid 19 vaccines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42251/25]
  • Health Services Staff
    2838. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in the Dublin southwest Integrated Health Area and the number of vacancies; and the details of recruitment to these roles...
  • Primary Medical Certificates
    2842. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the application for a primary medical certificate for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Disability Services
    2843. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of speech and language therapy services in the Headford area of county Galway, in view of reports that no cover has been...
  • Health Promotion
    2844. To ask the Minister for Health if she has engaged with public health experts on the health impact of the potential delay of the application of health warning labels on alcoholic beverages;...
  • Cancer Services
    2845. To ask the Minister for Health the reason individuals diagnosed with cancer in County Leitrim are now being referred to Galway instead of Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    2846. To ask the Minister for Health if she will expedite an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied). [42332/25]
  • Assisted Human Reproduction
    2847. To ask the Minister for Health for the timeline regarding when the Assisted Human Reproduction Regulatory Authority will be fully operational; the staff appointed to date in 2025; if a...
  • Mental Health Services
    2851. To ask the Minister for Health if frontline social workers in the public system have access to ongoing mental health supports; her plans to strengthen psychological support for staff...
  • Hospital Facilities
    2852. To ask the Minister for Health the number of wards or beds not currently in use in each of the Cork hospitals. [42391/25]
  • Health Services Waiting Lists
    2853. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting ophthalmology appointments for cataracts in each of the past five years in Cork, in tabular form. [42392/25]
  • Disability Services
    2854. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline the travel assistance schemes a person with a diagnosis of autism and Asperger's can qualify for. [42393/25]
  • Dental Services
    2855. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will examine the possibility of appointing an Orthodontist (details supplied) in Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42394/25]
  • Primary Care Centres
    2856. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding car parking facilities at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42405/25]
  • Health Services
    2858. To ask the Minister for Health the advances her Department has made in expanding the screening process for newborn babies with rare diseases; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Primary Care Centres
    2861. To ask the Minister for Health the primary care centres within CHO3 that are currently under construction; when each of those projects will be completed; the services that will be provided...
  • Health Services
    2862. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in respiratory medicine based at University Hospital Limerick in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [42427/25]
  • Cross-Border Co-operation
    2863. To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure on the Cross-Border Directive for each of the years 2023 to 2024, and to date in 2025; the number of patients treated under the...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    2864. To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure on contracting out radiotherapy treatment for public patients to private providers in CH04 for each of the years 2023 to 2024, and to...
  • General Practitioner Services
    2865. To ask the Minister for Health to consider the use of private out of hours services or private 24-hour access doctors to alleviate the long delays in medical card patients accessing...
  • Health Services Waiting Lists
    2866. To ask the Minister for Health the number of individuals currently wait listed for Cork University Maternity Hospital for a gynaecology appointment, by length of time waiting that is, up to...
  • Health Services
    2868. To ask the Minister for Health if a medication (details supplied) is prescribed by the complex menopause service at CUMH for women who are HRT contraindicated; the status on this medication...
  • Departmental Schemes
    2869. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale behind the exclusion of chronic kidney disease (CKD) from the long-term illness scheme, given that it is a life-altering and life-sustaining...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    2870. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by her Department and State bodies under its aegis on travel and subsistence in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form;...
  • Mental Health Commission
    2871. To ask the Minister for Health if she proposes to allow for an independent complaints process under the Decision Support Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42481/25]
  • Primary Care Centres
    2872. To ask the Minister for Health the status and projected timelines for the development of the four primary care centres in County Longford, specifically in Edgeworthstown, Granard,...
  • Home Help Service
    2873. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help agencies registered in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42498/25]
  • Special Educational Needs
    2874. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapy posts offered to graduates in each of the past five years; the percentage that were full-time 1.0 WTE and the...
  • Health Services
    2875. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to introduce type 1 diabetes screening to reduce the number of children diagnosed with diabetic ketoacidosis. [42523/25]
  • Assisted Human Reproduction
    2876. To ask the Minister for Health the work her Department is undertaking to tackle the declining fertility rate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42551/25]
  • Health Services
    2877. To ask the Minister for Health the number of newborn hearing screenings that have missed target screening dates under each of the hospitals in the Dublin region, in tabular form and by date...
  • Vaccination Programme
    2880. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who have participated in the Laura Brennan HPV catch-up vaccination programme to date; the targets set for the programme; and to provide...
  • Primary Care Centres
    2881. To ask the Minister for Health the number of planned primary care centre projects that the HSE intends to lease which are currently stalled, suspended or otherwise in abeyance due to the...
  • Medicinal Products
    2882. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been brought to the exclusion of transgender women from the free HRT scheme (details supplied); if she will re-examine the guidance...
  • Legislative Measures
    2883. To ask the Minister for Health if health warning labels on alcoholic drinks will be introduced as planned in May 2026; her views on proposals to delay this public health measure; and if she...
  • National Development Plan
    2884. To ask the Minister for Health the projects she intends to spend the €9.25 billion available to her Department under the revised national development plan; to outline the allocations...
  • Dental Services
    2885. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of dentists contracted to the dental treatment services scheme. [42569/25]
  • Health Services
    2890. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the integrated financial management and procurement system for the entire health services; the timeline she is working towards in rolling this...
  • Hospital Services
    2891. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who have had to travel abroad for allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplants since the specialist bone marrow unit in Crumlin...
  • Health Services
    2893. To ask the Minister for Health if she has reviewed a proposal sent to her in relation to endometriosis care in Ireland; if she will meet with the author of this proposal; and if she will...
  • Health Strategies
    2894. To ask the Minister for Health if work has begun on a new national maternity strategy; the timeline she is working towards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42578/25]
  • Healthcare Policy
    2895. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the programme for Government commitment to examine the introduction of free pelvic floor physical therapy sessions for women after childbirth;...
  • Health Services Staff
    2896. To ask the Minister for Health if she is considering regulating the profession of healthcare assistants; if so, the work undertaken by her Department in respect of this; and if she will...
  • Healthcare Policy
    2897. To ask the Minister for Health if she has any plans to expand the number of midwife-led maternity units in the State; if she is aware of the World Health Organization’s guidance from...
  • Health Strategies
    2898. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure that alcohol is prioritised in the new national drugs strategy; if she will commit to conducting meaningful consultation with groups...
  • Healthcare Policy
    2901. To ask the Minister for Health the work being carried out in her Department to prepare for Ireland assuming the Presidency of the Council of the European Union; the areas of health policy...
  • Health Strategies
    2902. To ask the Minister for Health if she will conduct a full assessment of the financial impact of heart failure on patients, including recommendations on appropriate actions (details...
  • Health Services Waiting Lists
    2903. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to reduce cardiac rehabilitation programme waiting lists, which can reduce death from heart disease by at least 20%; and if she will...
  • Departmental Reviews
    2904. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on implementation of the National Review of Specialist Cardiac Services; if she will commit to implementing all recommendations; and if...
  • Health Services
    2905. To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost to the health service of treating urinary tract infections in women, including GP visits, emergency presentations, hospital admissions and...
  • Health Service Executive
    2913. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the HSE of emergency department attendances for urinary tract infections in women over the past five years; if any analysis has been...
  • Health Services
    2914. To ask the Minister for Health if mortality data linked to urosepsis and late stage urinary tract infections in women is being analysed to inform clinical protocols and improve early...
  • Health Service Executive
    2915. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who have registered for the new HSE app in Dublin Rathdown. [42610/25]
  • Health Services
    2916. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the reintroduction of vaginal mesh surgeries; the timeline for same; the consultation that has been carried out with campaign groups (details...
  • Health Services Staff
    2921. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1284 of 10 June 2025, if work being carried out by the HSE to establish the current census for clinical directors has...
  • Health Services Waiting Lists
    2923. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for referrals for speech and language therapy services, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42621/25]
  • Home Care Packages
    2925. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for home care packages by health region and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42627/25]
  • Departmental Data
    2927. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges by category and hospital, in tabular form. [42629/25]
  • Health Services Waiting Lists
    2928. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for physiotherapy by health region and integrated healthcare area; age category; and time waiting, in tabular form....
  • Nursing Homes
    2938. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the legal minimum level of qualification, if any, required for health care assistants to work in a nursing home. [42649/25]
  • Health Services Staff
    2946. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE have requested that the Irish Institute of Clinical Measurement Physiology (IICMP) get the two year...
  • Abortion Services
    2947. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the gestation for all neonatal deaths in 2022 through termination of pregnancy under the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act...
  • Health Services Staff
    2948. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole time equivalent occupational therapists, by grade, based at Mountmellick Primary Care Centre in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form;...
  • Hospital Staff
    2949. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole time equivalent radiographers, by grade, based at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise in 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025, in...
  • Hospital Charges
    2950. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE has plans to facilitate the payment of accident and emergency department charges in cash at local post offices; and if she will make a...
  • Mental Health Services
    2951. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole time equivalent consultant psychiatrist and senior psychologist posts that were filled in Laois CAMHS in 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025,...
  • Abortion Services
    2952. To ask the Minister for Health the audits or reports that have been compiled including information on the care of babies born alive after abortion; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Health Services
    2953. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the progress of the working group on the national hearing care plan; if she has received the report from the working group...
  • Mental Health Services
    2954. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to adult mental health units to date in 2025. [42678/25]
  • Home Help Service
    2955. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours currently being provided in each local health office (LHO) area as of 1 July 2025 or the latest date available; the way that...
  • Nursing Homes
    2956. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme as of 1 July 2025 or latest date available; the average waiting time; the number of...
  • Hospital Services
    2957. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges at the end of June 2025 for each public and voluntary hospital; and the total number to date in 2025, in tabular form. [42681/25]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    2959. To ask the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion patients currently waiting less than four months for treatment for both Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin and...
  • Health Services Waiting Lists
    2960. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each local health office area waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care as of 1 July 2025 or the latest date available; the...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    2985. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied) in University Hospital Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42734/25]
  • Departmental Contracts
    2986. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department, or any agency operating under its aegis, including the HSE, have used reserved contracts or social clauses in their public procurement...
  • Health Services Waiting Lists
    2987. To ask the Minister for Health if she has a long-term plan to increase capacity in the Health Service Executive community audiology to address the long waiting lists in some regions, which...
  • Hospital Services
    2988. To ask the Minister for Health the details of Children's Health Ireland's target number of children to receive spinal surgery through outsourcing arrangements (details supplied) in 2025, by...
  • Hospital Staff
    2996. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a full breakdown of current staffing levels within orthopaedic departments across all Children's Health Ireland sites, in tabular form. [42783/25]
  • Medical Cards
    2999. To ask the Minister for Health the number of end-of-life medical cards issued, by age group, in each of the years 2020 to and to date in 2024, 2025, in tabular form. [42786/25]
  • Hospital Staff
    3000. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses working in chemotherapy wards in each of the relevant hospitals managed by the Ireland East Hospital Group; how this compares to...
  • Cancer Services
    3007. 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...
  • Protected Disclosures
    3008. To ask the Minister for Health the number of protected disclosures made from 2015 to date relating to care in Children’s Health Ireland, broken down by internal and external; and if...
  • Hospital Deaths
    3009. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under the care of Children’s Health Ireland that have died during or following spinal surgery since 2015, by year; the number...
  • Hospital Services
    3010. To ask the Minister for Health the number of legal claims that have been initiated against Children’s Health Ireland relating to spinal surgery, including claims of death, permanent...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    3018. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the current level of funding allocated to cochlear implant services in Beaumont Hospital given the potential of these services to...
  • Medicinal Products
    3019. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of an elderly person (details supplied) will be reviewed who was recently removed from the public health nurse service, which had been providing...
  • Health Services Waiting Lists
    3020. To ask the Minister for Health the number currently on the waiting list for child physiotherapy in CHO 6 and CHO 7, County Wicklow, by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make...
  • Cancer Services
    3021. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe between an initial appointment at each of the rapid access prostate clinics and diagnosis with prostate cancer where it occurs; and if she will...
  • Medicinal Products
    3023. To ask the Minister for Health the action she proposes to take to deal with the unregulated operators in the cosmetics industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42870/25]
  • Hospital Admissions
    3027. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people hospitalised for cosmetic surgery performed incorrectly from 2020 to 2025, broken down by hospital group, in tabular form; and if she...
  • Health Services Staff
    3029. To ask the Minister for Health the number of child physiotherapists in CHO6 and CHO7, County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42889/25]
  • Disability Services
    3030. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting occupational therapy in CHO6 in County Wicklow and CHO7 County Wicklow; broken down by length of time 3, 6, 12+ months, in...
  • Dental Services
    3031. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that will be taken to combat the rise in dentists carrying out a treatment (details supplied) for cosmetic reasons instead of carrying out...
  • Disabilities Assessments
    3032. To ask the Minister for Health if she aware of instances where people diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome subsequent to a previous diagnosis for ADHD were reported by health...
  • Home Help Service
    3033. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the Health (Amendment) (Licensing of Professional Home Support Providers) Bill 2024; her plans for any changes to the system...
  • Home Care Packages
    3034. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting a home help package in Kerry, broken down by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Hospital Staff
    3035. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies within University Hospital Kerry, broken down by specific role and department, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Mental Health Services
    3036. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on CAMHS waiting lists in Kerry, broken down by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Disability Services
    3037. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on occupational therapy waiting lists in Kerry, broken down by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
  • Dental Services
    3038. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting dental appointments in Kerry, broken down by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Health Services Waiting Lists
    3039. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on physiotherapy waiting lists in Kerry, broken down by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Mental Health Services
    3040. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies that exist within CAMHS in County Kerry, broken down by area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42931/25]
  • Departmental Schemes
    3041. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department or the Health Service Executive have engaged with the Department of Justice in relation to the immigrant investor programme (IIP) funding...
  • Mental Health Services
    3042. 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 each of the years 2020 to date, in...
  • Health Services
    3044. To ask the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists across CHO7 that are trained in manual lymphatic drainage therapy for lymphedema patients; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Health Services Staff
    3045. To ask the Minister for Health the number of recruitment campaigns that St. James's hospital took in the United Kingdom to attract Irish trained nurses, doctors, speech and language...
  • Health Services Waiting Lists
    3046. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that waiting lists for access to pain medicine are approximately 24-months at Tallaght University Hospital; the measures she is taking to...
  • Health Services
    3047. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost to the Health Service Executive of treating chronic diet related illnesses such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease...
  • Primary Care Centres
    3050. To ask the Minister for Health for an update regarding the site for the provision of a new health centre at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hospital Staff
    3051. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general surgeons in CHO7, and specifically in Dublin south-west, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
  • Mental Health Services
    3060. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the chronic understaffing within the Limerick perinatal mental health team, with only one psychiatrist and one psychologist currently...
  • Hospital Services
    3063. To ask the Minister for Health the outsourcing of hospital services at university hospital Kerry broken down by department, procedure and cost in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and if she...
  • Health Services
    3064. To ask the Minister for Health if it can be ensured that necessary healthcare equipment is provided to a person (details supplied). [43056/25]
  • Legislative Measures
    3065. To ask the Minister for Health when hexahydrocannabinol will be added to the list of controlled substances under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Tobacco Control Measures
    3066. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ban flavoured vapes, limit nicotine concentration levels and introduce plain packaging and mandatory health warnings on packaging of vapes; and if...
  • Hospital Staff
    3069. To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors specialising in geriatric medicine in CHO7 and specifically in Dublin south west in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    3071. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for elective surgery in Tallaght University Hospital; the average time spent on a waiting list for elective surgery in Tallaght...
  • Hospital Overcrowding
    3072. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait times in the accident and emergency department in Tallaght University Hospital in each of the past five years; the steps she is taking to...
  • Care Services
    3074. To ask the Minister for Health the maximum length of respite care that a carer of an older person can apply for per annum free of charge; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Cancer Services
    3077. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been brought to a report (details supplied); the steps she is taking to address the five key challenges identified; if she will implement...
  • Medicinal Products
    3078. To ask the Minister for Health if a person who has a prescription for medication in one EU country is entitled to use that prescription in another EU state; and if she will make a statement...
  • Hospital Admissions
    3079. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatients per annum in each hospital across the State in 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025, in tabular form. [43113/25]
  • Hospital Staff
    3080. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric plastic surgeons based at CHI Temple Street in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [43133/25]
  • Hospital Facilities
    3083. To ask the Minister for Health the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at the Coombe Maternity Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025; and the future refurbishment works that...
  • Hospital Services
    3084. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that have attended the adult cochlear outpatient clinic at Beaumont Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [43137/25]
  • Departmental Funding
    3085. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the capital funding programmes or grants which her Department or any body under her aegis has responsibility, for which sporting organisations...
  • Primary Care Centres
    3087. To ask the Minister for Health if a site could be considered for a long-planned primary care centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43195/25]
  • Health Strategies
    3088. To ask the Minister for Health if she has any plans to develop and implement a national allergy strategy, given the prevalence of food allergies and the level of unmet need for one; and if...
  • Disability Services
    3090. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists in CHO7, and specifically in Dublin south-west, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
  • Health Services Staff
    3091. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists in CHO 7 and specifically in Dublin South-West in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will...
  • Dental Services
    3100. To ask the Minister for Health on behalf of a person (details supplied), whether dental expenses will be extended under the medical card scheme to new patients; and if she will make a...
  • General Practitioner Services
    3101. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria required to open a DDoc service in the north of Swords; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43224/25]
  • Abortion Services
    3102. To ask the Minister for Health the information provided to women requesting to terminate a pregnancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43225/25]
  • Health Services
    3103. To ask the Minister for Health the plans to improve the treatment of patients with symptoms of endometriosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43226/25]
  • Health Services Waiting Lists
    3107. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time patients for an appointment in the endometriosis hubs once referred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43230/25]
  • Departmental Inquiries
    3111. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women who have tested positive for HPV following cervical screening under the CervicalCheck programme in the last five years; and the number of...
  • Health Service Executive
    3112. To ask the Minister for Health if funding of the outhouse community casework service will be in the HSE’s Service Plan for 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43282/25]
  • Mental Health Services
    3113. To ask the Minister for Health for a list of all consultants that have been engaged as part of the North Kerry CAMHS look-back review; the dates of their engagement, the nature of their...
  • Dental Services
    3116. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the national oral health office has not been allocated funding for patients, in particular paediatric patients, who are on public orthodontic...
  • Health Services
    3117. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the options available to a family to access appropriate health care for a person and to review and reverse the treatment abroad scheme refusal...
  • Health Promotion
    3118. To ask the Minister for Health the number of prosecutions brought under the Public Health (Sunbeds) Act 2014 by section.. [43324/25]
  • Health Services
    3120. To ask the Minister for Health the number of social inclusion beds in place; who are they contracted to; the spend per year; and what are the units of care for these beds. [43326/25]
  • Addiction Treatment Services
    3121. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential detox beds in place for addiction services; where these beds are based; who owns the contracts for these residential beds; and the...
  • Mental Health Services
    3124. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons and the average wait time on the waiting list for CAMHS in CHO2; and a breakdown of this waiting list by age category, in tabular form;...
  • National Treatment Purchase Fund
    3125. 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...
  • Health Services Waiting Lists
    3126. 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...
  • Mental Health Services
    3127. To ask the Minister for Health the budgetary allocations to CAMHS psychology in CHO2 in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • National Development Plan
    3128. To ask the Minister for Health the details of engagements she had with the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation and the Minister for...
  • Capital Expenditure Programme
    3129. To ask the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that €9.2 billion in capital funding will be sufficient to deliver the new maternity hospital, four elective hospitals, 3,000...
  • Departmental Legal Cases
    3130. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the case of 20 individuals making a claim against the State (details supplied); if an update will be provided; and if she will make a...
  • Departmental Data
    3131. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the case of 20 individuals making a claim against the State (details supplied); if an update will be provided; and if she will make a...
  • Health Strategies
    3132. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the publication and implementation of the new Digital Health Strategy; the measures being taken to roll out shared electronic health records...
  • EU Programmes
    3133. To ask the Minister for Health her Department’s engagement with EU counterparts on cross-Border healthcare cooperation; whether improvements are planned to the EU Cross-Border...
  • Health Promotion
    3134. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to improve diabetes care and prevention; including access to continuous glucose monitors, structured education programmes, and community-based...
  • National Development Plan
    3135. To ask the Minister for Health the status of major health capital projects planned under the National Development Plan; whether updated timelines and budget allocations will be published as...
  • Hospital Facilities
    3136. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the next phase of redevelopment at the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dún Laoghaire; the funding status, additional...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    3137. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the delivery of new elective-only hospitals in Dublin, Cork, and Galway; how these will contribute to the Government’s objective of...
  • Health Strategies
    3138. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on implementing the Women’s Health Action Plan, including the expansion of menopause clinics and endometriosis care pathways; and if...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    3139. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cataract surgeries that have taken place in Cork county in the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the current waiting list for such surgery...
  • Health Services Staff
    3140. To ask the Minister for Health for a list of all consultants that have been engaged as part of the South Kerry CAMHS lookback review, the dates of their engagement, the nature of their...
  • Emergency Departments
    3141. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure there is no overcrowding at the emergency department at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda; and if she will make a...
  • Health Services
    3142. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on podiatry services in the Louth area; the plans there are to ensure adequate personnel and services; and if she will make a statement...
  • Dental Services
    3144. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the orthodontic services provided in the Louth area; her plans to ensure adequate personnel and services, particularly for...
  • Addiction Treatment Services
    3145. To ask the Minister for Health to consider additional funding for addiction services provided through the north-eastern regional drugs and alcohol taskforce; and if she will make a...
  • Obesity Levels
    3147. To ask the Minister for Health to consider additional funding and a strategy to deal with obesity issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43489/25]
  • Departmental Data
    3148. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that availed of the northern planned healthcare scheme from June 2024 to June 2025; if she will provide details of the types of...
  • Health Services
    3149. To ask the Minister for Health the range and nature of diabetes services available to Louth based adults and children at hospitals; the plans to improve the diabetes service currently...
  • Health Services Staff
    3150. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to introduce specialist public health nurses; if so, the number and the cost of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43492/25]
  • Primary Care Centres
    3155. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the plan and timeline to deliver a fully populated primary care centre in Dundalk, County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Mental Health Services
    3156. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the plan and timeline to deliver the ten-bed extension in the Drogheda DOP, Crosslanes; her plans to improve the acute mental health bed...
  • General Practitioner Services
    3157. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the plan to deal with the lack of GP provision in Louth and throughout the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43499/25]
  • Dental Services
    3158. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the plan to deal with the lack of dental services for those on medical cards and PRSI patients; the engagement she has had with an...
  • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
    3159. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the current situation with the MCAP scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43501/25]
  • Health Promotion
    3160. To ask the Minister for Health her proposals for the provision of a health educational programme for transition year students that specifically identifies the risks associated with drinking...
  • Emergency Services
    3161. To ask the Minister for Health the number of NAS paramedics per 100,000 nationally by health region; the number of critical care ambulances and rapid response vehicles per health region, in...
  • Medical Cards
    3163. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card holders currently waiting for dental appointments in County Clare, broken down by age and waiting time, for end of June 2024 and...
  • Dental Services
    3164. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all dental treatments available for medical card holders under the DTTS; the details of the fees paid to practitioners for each item; when...
  • Mental Health Services
    3165. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels of the perinatal mental health team in County Limerick; the current levels of demand for the service; her plans to expand and...
  • Care Services
    3166. To ask the Minister for Health if a period of respite care will be approved for a person (details supplied). [43615/25]
  • Legislative Process
    3167. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024; her assessment of its impact to date; if all sections of the Act...
  • Home Care Packages
    3168. To ask the Minister for Health if she will detail for each local health office area the number of home care support hours for older people to be provided in 2025, in tabular form, including...
  • Departmental Staff
    3169. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time equivalents directly employed by her Department, broken down by grade, in tabular form. [43662/25]
  • Information and Communications Technology
    3170. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department has a policy or goal of better insourcing of IT requirements and needs of the Department for better cybersecurity, autonomy and crisis...
  • Obesity Levels
    3171. To ask the Minister for Health whether consideration has been given to opening an additional specialist centre to treat obesity, given the current waiting time for semi-urgent cases is six...
  • Dental Services
    3172. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of dentists enrolled in the dental treatment services scheme in the CHO 7 area each year for the past five years, in tabular form. [43699/25]
  • Mortality Rates
    3173. To ask the Minister for Health the cardiac mortality rates by region and by county since 2015, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43708/25]
  • Mental Health Services
    3174. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of running each existing community café providing free out-of-hours adult mental health services; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Services
    3176. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that has been provided for elective hospitals as part of revised NDP allocations. [43757/25]
  • National Development Plan
    3178. To ask the Minister for Health the amount provided for outstanding contractual commitments, by project, at July 2025 including the new children's and maternity hospitals as part of revised...
  • Climate Action Plan
    3181. To ask the Minister for Health the amount provided for climate action as part of revised NDP allocations. [43762/25]
  • National Development Plan
    3182. To ask the Minister for Health the amount provided for surgical hubs as part of revised NDP allocations. [43763/25]
  • Community Care
    3185. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of running a community café to provide free out-of-hours adult mental health service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43774/25]
  • Dental Services
    3186. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the number of children in Cavan and Monaghan that received all routine dental check-ups through the Schools Programme; the number who have not,...
  • Health Services
    3188. To ask the Minister for Health the details for the basis on which women aged over 35 are excluded from the free contraception scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43789/25]
  • Hospital Equipment
    3189. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the cost and feasibility of providing MRI/CT scanners in Monaghan Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43790/25]
  • Mental Health Policy
    3190. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to fully implement the national clinical programme for ADHD in adults; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43809/25]
  • Eating Disorders
    3193. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of fully funding the national clinical programme for eating disorders and deliver the remaining eating disorder teams by 2026; and if she...
  • Mental Health Policy
    3194. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to fully implement the national clinical programme for specialist perinatal mental health; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Health Services
    3195. To ask the Minister for Health the clinical and support services including neurology, sleep specialists, mental health and social services are specifically available to individuals who...
  • Dental Services
    3197. To ask the Minister for Health the recourse available to parents whose children have not been offered or received routine dental check-ups as part of the schools programme; and if she will...
  • Health Services
    3198. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to increase funding for recovery education by 10%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43841/25]
  • Mental Health Policy
    3199. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of fully funding a single crisis resolution team; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43842/25]
  • Hospital Investigations
    3201. To ask the Minister for Health when she expects to receive the Nayagam review or an interim report; and when it will be published. [43845/25]
  • Mental Health Services
    3203. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on CAMHS waiting lists and the length of wait in the years 2023 to date, by CHO area; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Health Services Staff
    3204. To ask the Minister for Health the WTE staffing allocation for CAMHS; the number of which are vacant; by CHO area, in quarter 1 and quarter 2 of 2025; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Medical Research and Training
    3207. To ask the Minister for Health the number of counselling and educational psychology trainees currently enrolled on postgraduate programmes annually; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Staff
    3209. To ask the Minister for Health the action that is being taken to fill the 12 vacant posts for radiation therapists which currently exist in Cork University Hospital; if the matter can be...
  • Cancer Services
    3210. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department, together with the HSE, has carried out a review of all cancer treatment facilities to identify what vacant posts need to be filled in order...
  • Health Services Staff
    3211. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has formally notified her Department that the national biological treatment service for rabies, specifically the service responsible for assessing...
  • Health Services
    3212. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases referred in 2024 to advocacy groups (details supplied), respectively. [43928/25]
  • Laboratory Facilities
    3214. To ask the Minister for Health the number of screening laboratory inspections which have taken place since 1 January 2018, by individual laboratory, in tabular form; the location of each...
  • Patient Safety
    3220. To ask the Minister for Health if a woman can request a review from CervicalCheck where they later develop cancer pursuant to Part 5 of the Patient Safety Act 2023. [43939/25]
  • Cancer Services
    3222. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any restrictions on which smears reported under the National Screening Programme can be reviewed under the terms of Part 5 of the Patient Safety...
  • National Treatment Purchase Fund
    3223. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43974/25]
  • Ministerial Communications
    3224. To ask the Minister for Health the reason her diaries have not been published for any dates since September 2022; and if she will publish the remaining diaries to date. [43980/25]
  • Health Services Staff
    3226. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of current CAMHS staffing levels across each health region; and the breakdown of how these compare with staffing levels benchmarked per...
  • Mental Health Services
    3228. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of fully funding a single CAMHS bed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44008/25]
  • Vaccination Programme
    3231. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has plans to reopen the Laura Brennan catch up HPV vaccine programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44011/25]
  • Health Services
    3232. To ask the Minister for Health what plans are underway within her Department to improve access to lymphoedema treatments and early intervention; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Departmental Strategies
    3233. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the Women’s Health Action Plan 2024-2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44013/25]
  • Dental Services
    3235. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has liaised with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science with a view to increasing the number of...
  • Work Permits
    3237. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to work with the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to reform work permit regulations concerning the visa process for...
  • Health Services Waiting Lists
    3238. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on treatment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44068/25]
  • Mental Health Services
    3239. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children or adolescents awaiting an appointment for the child and adolescent mental health services in County Offaly; and if she will make a...
  • Mental Health Policy
    3243. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the process for (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44091/25]
  • Mental Health Services
    3245. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding Jigsaw youth mental health services to provide full national coverage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44096/25]
  • Dental Services
    3246. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that will be implemented to improve services (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44101/25]
  • Cancer Services
    3247. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for persons with a diagnosis of cancer to start treatment in Carlow and Kilkenny following reports that the target of 90% to start within 15...
  • Mental Health Services
    3252. To ask the Minister for Health the total annual cost to the Health Service Executive and her Department of providing online mental health services; a breakdown of these costs by platform or...
  • Departmental Schemes
    3253. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an updated timeframe for the introduction of the vaccine compensation fund for those who have experienced adverse reactions of vaccines...
  • Addiction Treatment Services
    3254. To ask the Minister for Health the supports in place for addiction services in Finglas including funding for the Finglas addiction support team; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Primary Care Services
    3255. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on plans to expand primary care capacity in Ballymun and Finglas. [44127/25]
  • Mental Health Services
    3256. To ask the Minister for Health whether the current funding model for community mental health services in Dublin 11 meets assessed need. [44128/25]
  • Health Services Staff
    3257. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists currently assigned to CHO area 9; and if there are plans to increase this number. [44129/25]
  • Vaccination Programme
    3258. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to putting in place a three year programme for shingles vaccination to be made available to people over 65 and/or...
  • Health Services Waiting Lists
    3264. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting appointment by speciality in primary care services, in each LHO in Cork, in tabular form. [44155/25]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    3265. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people currently in hospital in Cork awaiting a nursing bed space, by length of wait, in tabular form. [44156/25]
  • Mental Health Services
    3266. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of fully staffing and operating all child and adult mental health services teams, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Facilities
    3269. To ask the Minister for Health if she will examine the availability of designated disability parking spaces at Beaumont Hospital, in light of ongoing concerns raised by patients with...
  • Medicinal Products
    3270. To ask the Minister for Health if a drug will be made available to a person (details supplied). [44201/25]
  • Human Rights
    3271. To ask the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to ensure the implementation of the public sector equality and human rights duty in the operation of her Department and any...
  • Public Procurement Contracts
    3272. To ask the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to ensure the implementation of the public sector equality and human rights duty in the public procurement practices of her...
  • Weather Events
    3273. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department or the HSE collect statistics on the number of heat-wave related deaths per year; if not, the reason therefor and if they do, could the...
  • Health Services Waiting Lists
    3274. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons over 65 awaiting an appointment, by speciality for primary care services in Cork, in tabular form. [44280/25]
  • Mental Health Services
    3275. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed in July 2022, 2023 and 2024 in community psychiatry, community psychology and community CAMHS areas in County Cork by area; and...
  • Health Services Waiting Lists
    3277. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young people on the CAMHS waiting list in Cork City for less than 3 months; for 3-6 months; for 6-9 months; for 9-12 months; for 12-18 months;...
  • Mental Health Services
    3280. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in acute mental health wards that are occupied by persons with neurological disorders waiting to access long-term care. [44288/25]
  • Health Services Staff
    3283. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychologists designated in a full-time capacity to the Carrigaline primary care centre; if there are locums; and her plans to recruit further...
  • Nursing Homes
    3284. To ask the Minister for Health the number of fair deal applications received in Cork this year, the average processing time, and the number approved. [44293/25]
  • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
    3286. To ask the Minister for Health the divisions and officials in her Department that had a role in discussing or deciding the naming and branding of the new national children’s...
  • Health Services Waiting Lists
    3287. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists to be seen by a psychiatrist at the Carrigaline primary care centre, by waiting times of three, six, nine, 12, 18 and 24 months,...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    3290. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for pain management in Cork University Hospital and the Mercy University Hospital, by three, six, nine, 12, 18 and 24 months. [44368/25]
  • Home Help Service
    3292. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for home help in south Lee, Cork. [44370/25]
  • Health Services Waiting Lists
    3295. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for CAMHS in south and north Lee, by three, six, nine, 12, 18 and 24 months. [44373/25]
  • Health Promotion
    3297. To ask the Minister for Health if she has considered a publicity campaign on the need for donor breast milk for premature babies in NICUs; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Dental Services
    3298. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists operating under the DTSS scheme who are operating in each of the HSE health regions and broken down by county. [44399/25]
  • Cancer Services
    3305. To ask the Minister for Health the current wait times for BreastCheck nationally and by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44418/25]
  • Middle East
    3306. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide details of evacuation processes in place for medical evacuees attempting to escape Gaza; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

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