Written answers
Wednesday, 26 November 2025
- Home Care Packages
292. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care support hours for older people provided in Louth in each of the years 2020 to 2024, inclusive; the target for 2025; the number provided... - Health Services
293. To ask the Minister for Health whether consideration has been given to establishing a reimbursement mechanism for women who accessed private treatment for endometriosis due to the absence of... - Home Care Packages
295. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care support hours for older people provided in Cork South Lee in each of the years 2020 to 2024, inclusive; the target for 2025; the number... - Health Services
296. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the recent decision to remove melatonin from the long-term illness scheme; if he will consider reinstating coverage for melatonin for... - Insurance Industry
297. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline the measures her Department and the Health Insurance Authority are taking in response to ongoing premium increases by private health... - Medical Cards
298. To ask the Minister for Health the research carried out by her Department into the cost of further expansion of the medical card to all people over the age of 70; her views on the merits of... - Mental Health Services
299. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not been seen by mental health services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66473/25] - Pharmacy Services
300. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that pharmacists are warning customers that the free blister packing service that they offer will be discontinued soon; her views on this... - Health Services
301. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list for audiology services, by age, assessment type and procedures, and the length of time individuals have been waiting, in tabular form;... - Health Services Staff
304. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent chronic pain specialists currently employed across the HSE, broken down by hospital group; the number of vacancies; the... - Health Services
305. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community-based chronic pain management programmes currently operating nationwide; the budget allocation for each; the extent to which the... - Health Services Staff
306. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of locum consultants who are currently employed by the Health Service Executive, by the hospitals that they are employed in, the category of... - Health Services Waiting Lists
308. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm the formal targets held by her Department for reducing occupational therapy waiting times in Cork, and to specify the date by which these wait times... - Health Services Staff
309. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the funding allocated for occupational therapy services in Cork in 2026, including new development posts, replacement posts, and resources for... - Health Services
311. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm whether her Department has carried out any assessment of unmet need for occupational therapy in Cork, including expected demand growth for 2026 and... - Health Services Waiting Lists
312. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a speech and language therapy appointment in Cork by network, and to set out plans to reduce waiting lists. [66524/25] - Health Services Staff
314. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant community health posts across Cork, by discipline, by grade and whole-time equivalent; and to provide recruitment timelines for each.... - Hospital Staff
315. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the current vacancy rate within the South South-West Hospital Group and Cork Kerry Community Healthcare, by hospital, service, grade and specialty;... - Health Services Staff
318. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the number of apprentices currently in place in Social Work and Social Care Work within the South South-West region; the planned intake for 2025 and... - General Practitioner Services
320. To ask the Minister for Health the current policy regarding GP charges for ‘routine’ and ‘non-routine’ blood tests for medical card holders; the guidance issued... - Health Services
321. To ask the Minister for Health the chronic diseases and diagnoses that are included under the Chronic Disease Management Programme; if routine blood tests are covered under the Chronic... - Medicinal Products
323. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Clare can get ozempic on their medical card or on the drugs refund scheme given it costs €160.00 per month;... - Departmental Data
324. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department holds up-to-date figures on the number of people living with dementia in each county; if so, to provide the most recent breakdown; and if... - Healthcare Policy
325. To ask the Minister for Health the current national policy governing the provision of non-medically indicated circumcision procedures in public hospitals, including whether such procedures... - Hospital Procedures
326. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm whether any HSE hospital or hospital group provides circumcision procedures where no medical indication exists, and to provide a breakdown by... - Health Services Staff
333. To ask the Minister for Health the reason her Department and the HSE do not maintain a record of approved HSE posts that remain unfilled for more than six months; the mechanisms currently... - Medicinal Products
337. To ask the Minister for Health if she will urgently review the decision to remove State reimbursement for blister pack medication services; if she is aware that this change will allow... - Ambulance Service
338. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the National Ambulance Service is utilising private ambulance providers for patient transfers instead of offering staff within the intermediate care... - Health Services
339. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); the status of deliberations of the National Vaginal Mesh Implant Oversight Group's report;... - Hospital Facilities
340. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to address infrastructure constraints in Cork University Hospital's rheumatology department (details supplied); if so, the timeline for... - Departmental Schemes
341. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1707, 1708, 1709 and 1710 of 4 November 2025, if healthcare providers must indicate on prescriptions that they are for... - Care Services
343. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 211 of 22 October 2025, to confirm if the strategic workforce implementation group has been stood down; if a new... - Health Services Staff
344. To ask the Minister for Health the number of newly established vacancies in the intellectual disability service providers in the greater Dublin area in the past three years not including... - Health Services
345. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of residential placements on private providers throughout Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66639/25] - Healthcare Policy
348. To ask the Minister for Health her views on whether the economic model of the private sector is the determinant of where in Ireland residential services are established; and if she will make... - Health Services
349. To ask the Minister for Health her views on whether moving service users to locations of more than 60km from their family home a breach of their human rights; and if she will make a... - Tobacco Control Measures
351. To ask the Minister for Health if non-specialist tobacco and vape retailers, such as barbers and phone shops, will be allowed to continue to sell vaping and tobacco products under the... - Primary Care Centres
352. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on the development of a primary care centre for the region of An Cheathrú Rua and Leitir Móir in County Galway; and if she will... - Medicinal Products
353. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the prescribed allocation of glucose sensors (details supplied). [66660/25] - Health Services Staff
354. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to extend the covid special pay scheme for healthcare workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66688/25] - Health Service Executive
356. To ask the Minister for Health the annual rent paid by the HSE for a building (details supplied) in Tralee; the total amount paid since the lease commenced; and if she will make a statement...
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