Written answers
Thursday, 9 October 2025
- Hospital Appointments Status
313. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an occupational therapy appointment for child (details supplied) whose mother has been waiting an extensive period of time for... - Hospital Services
314. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 683 of 11 February 2025, to provide an update regarding a hip operation for a person (details supplied). [54258/25] - Departmental Correspondence
315. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54264/25] - Assisted Human Reproduction
316. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will consider reviewing the HSE assisted human reproductive scheme to allow for reciprocal IVF to be covered under the scheme to ensure that... - Primary Care Centres
317. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the status of the Glanmire primary healthcare centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54279/25] - Public Sector Pensions
318. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot receive requested information about her HSE pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54280/25] - Primary Care Services
319. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the fact that the South Dublin Primary Care referrals office has no contact details available (details supplied); if she will instruct her... - Departmental Correspondence
320. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to correspondence sent to her by an organisation (details supplied); the action she will take to address the concerns raised;... - Budget 2025
321. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the total funding requested by HSE for breastfeeding related supports for Budget 2025; the percentage of the total amount requested that... - Departmental Funding
322. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of spending by her Department on breastfeeding supports, in tabular form, by year, since 2022; how this funding was distributed by CHO... - Health Strategies
323. To ask the Minister for Health for a status update on development of the national breastfeeding strategy, the progress and plans for the launch of this; and if she will make a statement on... - Departmental Strategies
324. To ask the Minister for Health if following the publication of the "Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies (IYCF-E) on the Island of Ireland: A Guidance Document for Creating an... - Hospital Appointments Status
325. To ask the Minister for Health if a physiotherapy appointment can be expedited for a person (details supplied). [54338/25] - Health Services
326. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of a case (details supplied); and if she will instruct her Department to provide all necessary facilities to allow the person in question to... - Departmental Data
328. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the current staffing levels for adult ADHD services in each LHO; and the current waiting list for each, in tabular form. [54352/25] - Hospital Facilities
331. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the promised provision of adult inpatient beds for eating disorder treatment; to provide the current number of adult inpatient beds for... - Departmental Funding
332. To ask the Minister for Health whether she will consider increasing funding for chiropody appointments for older people, in order to maximise ability to live independently; and whether there... - Departmental Surveys
333. To ask the Minister for Health when the latest national maternity experience survey will be published. [54413/25] - Departmental Reviews
334. To ask the Minister for Health if a comprehensive review and/or risk assessment of current maternity care at Portiuncula University Hospital was conducted. [54414/25] - Departmental Data
335. To ask the Minister for Health the additional resources which have been made available for other hospitals who will see a transfer of maternity care in order to manage additional births.... - Hospital Services
336. To ask the Minister for Health if hospitals (details supplied) have had risk assessments carried out ahead of moving additional births from Portiuncula University Hospital to them. [54416/25] - Departmental Data
337. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE midwives currently in place in University Hospital Galway and Mullingar Hospital; the number of agency staff employed currently in these... - Hospital Staff
338. To ask the Minister for Health if there is currently a Director of Midwifery at Mullingar Hospital; and if not, the length of time this position has been vacant. [54418/25] - Departmental Inquiries
339. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to making certain medications for the treatment of cystitis and urinary tract infections available without prescription, in... - Health Services
340. To ask the Minister for Health to outline plans for a day centre service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54428/25] - Hospital Facilities
341. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on bed capacity and occupancy in Macroom Community Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54429/25] - Departmental Data
342. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on bed capacity and occupancy in Millstreet Community Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54430/25] - Care of the Elderly
344. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the Integrated Care Programme for Older People in Mallow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54432/25] - Hospital Services
345. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of attendees who attended and were treated at the local injury unit at Mallow General Hospital for the years 2022–2025... - Health Services Waiting Lists
348. To ask the Minister for Health for a detailed breakdown of waiting lists for ophthalmology services in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54436/25] - Primary Care Centres
349. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in plans to provide the overdue primary care centre in Killarney, County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Medicinal Products
350. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the withdrawal of a medication from the Irish market, if other drugs to replace this medication have been approved by the HSE, including (details... - Health Services
351. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she will take to ensure that an organisation (details supplied) is provided with home base facilities in Shannon and in every area where they require... - National Children's Hospital
352. To ask the Minister for Health further to the decision to subsume CHI into the HSE, the plans that are being progressed for the buildings and land at Crumlin, Temple Street and Tallaght when... - Hospital Services
353. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 2223, 2224, 2225 and 2227 of 8 September 2025, the number of staff working the unit who are HSE staff; the total amount... - Nursing Homes
354. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the increasing payments being requested by most nursing homes outside of the fair deal payment (details supplied); if a... - Healthcare Policy
355. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 894 of 30 September 2025, if she will consider including a test for prostate cancer in the annual blood test for those... - Health Services Staff
356. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE or a State agency could hire an instructor and a nurse to assist those with health issues in using the hydro pool at MTU Tralee (details supplied);... - Cancer Services
357. To ask the Minister for Health the number of mammograms provided at University Hospital Waterford in each of the past 12-months; the average waiting time for mammograms to be read and for...
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