Written answers
Thursday, 20 November 2025
- Health Services Staff
557. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on Ireland's Health Workforce Action Plan, with particular reference on decreasing staff burnout and levels of long-term emigration; and if she... - Health Services
558. To ask the Minister for Health the funding and measures in place for sick and elderly people who live alone and are being discharged from acute hospital settings, and who need sufficient... - Mental Health Services
559. To ask the Minister for Health if she plans to conduct an equality and human rights impact assessment (EHRIA) of a proposal by the HSE to develop a centralised 50-bed residential mental... - Tobacco Control Measures
561. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to regulate the sale of nicotine products for oral consumption; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64167/25] - Qualifications Recognition
562. To ask the Minister for Health her Department's perspective on the CORU revised standards and criteria for counsellors and psychotherapists (details supplied); and the reason the revised... - Mental Health Services
563. To ask the Minister for Health her Department's plans to expand access to mental health services for young people, including school-based supports and early intervention programmes; whether... - Hospital Waiting Lists
564. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient and diagnostic appointments that have been offered, accepted, and recorded as did not attend/no show, in both the Regional Hospital... - Hospital Procedures
565. To ask the Minister for Health the number of MRI appointments carried out in the Regional Hospital Mullingar in the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64642/25] - Disabilities Assessments
566. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of children awaiting ASD assessments across the midlands, including a breakdown, by county and the average waiting time for assessment; and... - Health Services
568. To ask the Minister for Health given cochlear implants are provided free of charge to deaf people, if there is potential for a change in policy in order that hearing aids can be made... - Health Services Staff
569. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychology posts that have been approved nationally; the number currently vacant; the number of posts specifically allocated to Balbriggan; and... - Departmental Data
575. To ask the Minister for Health the number of individuals who have passed away while awaiting a hospital appointment or admission following a GP referral in each of the years from 2020 to... - Health Services
577. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the timeline of implementation for the expansion of community neurorehabilitation teams nationally, following funding allocations in... - General Practitioner Services
582. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners operating, per capita, in Ballyhaunis. [64684/25] - Dental Services
583. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists operating in Ballyhaunis. [64685/25] - General Practitioner Services
584. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for a GP appointment in Ballyhaunis. [64686/25] - Dental Services
585. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for a dental appointment in Ballyhaunis. [64687/25] - Pharmacy Services
586. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 457 of 13 November 2025, if all valid prescriptions for HRT products, which are for the time being on the reimbursement... - Hospital Staff
587. To ask the Minister for Health given the increasing number of older people presenting with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, if it is mandatory for all hospital staff , including... - Health Services
588. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the recent concerns raised about the new flu strain causing an increase in illness across UK; if she or her Department has updated the... - Hospital Charges
591. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review correspondence (details supplied) regarding an accident and emergency charge issued by Cavan General Hospital; her views on whether the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
592. To ask the Minister for Health the current wait time at University Hospital Waterford for a mammogram following referral by a GP; the wait time for biopsy result; and if she will make a... - Health Services
593. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the Health Service Executive’s expert group completed its review of the implications of the Cass Review for Irish gender healthcare... - Mental Health Services
597. To ask the Minister for Health the current average and longest waiting times for children and young people referred to CAMHS for gender-related assessment, for subsequent referral to NHS... - Health Services
598. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains, or plans to establish, a structured data-collection system tracking long-term outcomes for children and young people presenting with... - Medical Cards
613. To ask the Minister for Health if she will confirm whether the recent €10 weekly increase in pension payments will be matched by an equivalent increase in medical card income... - Infectious Diseases
623. To ask the Minister for Health the public health advice her Department has issued to the Department of Justice since 2020 regarding infectious disease screening of persons entering or... - Disease Management
626. To ask the Minister for Health if any recommendation has been made by the Chief Medical Officer or the Health Protection Surveillance Centre to reintroduce or expand health screening... - Infectious Diseases
628. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has provided any resourcing, staffing or operational plans to the HSE to support expanded infectious disease screening at ports of entry or... - Abortion Services
633. To ask the Minister for Health to publish the clinical guidelines governing the management of live births following termination of pregnancy, including required staff presence, escalation... - Voluntary Hospital Sector
643. To ask the Minister for Health if she will publish all governance reviews, financial audits and compliance assessments completed in the past three years for voluntary hospitals or HSE-funded... - Health Service Executive
644. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outstanding audit recommendations across all HSE-funded service providers as of the most recent reporting cycle, and the number rated as high... - Child Protection
649. To ask the Minister for Health the steps each Department is taking to improve data sharing, risk assessment and governance coordination for services involving children, vulnerable adults and... - Departmental Schemes
650. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the long covid special leave with pay scheme; if it will be extended passed December 2025; if the Government will recognise long covid as an... - Medicinal Products
651. To ask the Minister for Health if she will examine the current regulatory status of naloxone and consider allowing approved formulations to be made available over-the-counter in order to... - Community Care
653. To ask the Minister for Health the locations of all community nursing units in CHO2; e the bed capacity of each unit; the current occupancy of each unit, in tabular form; and if she will... - Departmental Properties
655. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the proposed sale of the Baggot Street Hospital.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65028/25] - Healthcare Policy
656. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a further update on the implementation of the Model of Care for Hereditary Cancer, the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetic and... - Hospital Services
657. To ask the Minister for Health the urgent need for improved facilities and additional space for the rheumatology outpatient department in CUH; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Tobacco Control Measures
658. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to introduce regulations on the sale and use of nicotine pouches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65062/25] - Hospital Equipment
659. To ask the Minister for Health the plans for multiannual funding for a national radiotherapy equipment replacement programme to ensure that the current scenario with equipment older than ten... - Healthcare Policy
661. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the current estimated numbers of adults and children living with type 1 and type 2 diabetes in the State, by CHO area and age cohort;... - Medicinal Products
665. To ask the Minister for Health to report on the engagement to date between her Department, the HSE and the manufacturer of the Omnipod 5 tubeless hybrid closed-loop insulin delivery system... - Hospital Waiting Lists
668. To ask the Minister for Health to set out current waiting times by hospital group for first and follow-up appointments at adult and paediatric diabetes clinics; the measures being taken to... - Healthcare Policy
669. To ask the Minister for Health how her Department and the HSE intend to respond to the new World Health Organisation global guidelines on diabetes during pregnancy; to outline current and... - Hospital Staff
671. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant plastic surgeons at St. James's Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [65170/25]
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