Written answers
Thursday, 27 November 2025
- Health Services Waiting Lists
480. To ask the Minister for Health if she will urgently examine the current waiting times to access speech and language therapy across CHO8, particularly at the Primary Care Centre, Mullingar;... - Primary Medical Certificates
482. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary medical certificates approved per county in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67192/25] - Health Services
483. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67213/25] - Cancer Services
484. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of any plans for the establishment of rapid access diagnostic clinics for pancreatic cancer, similar to those for lung, breast, and prostate... - Health Services
485. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66764/25] - Healthcare Policy
486. To ask the Minister for Health if she plans to roll out a national awareness campaign for pancreatic cancer; if such a campaign would provide material for both medically trained and... - Addiction Treatment Services
488. To ask the Minister for Health the investment being made in rehabilitation and addiction services in County Kerry, given reports of increased drug use in the area; and if she will make a... - Hospital Appointments Status
489. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the extended waiting list time for an appointment for a person (details supplied); if there are any updates available for this case; and if... - Health Services
491. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that will be taken in terms of the ongoing health impact of infrasound noise from wind turbines on residents in Stonestown, Cloghan, County Offaly;... - Hospital Procedures
492. To ask the Minister for Health if elective surgeries have been cancelled in Children’s Health Ireland at Crumlin; if so, to outline the reasons for such cancellations; when elective... - Health Services Waiting Lists
493. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an audiology appointment; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66835/25] - Cancer Services
494. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans for the establishment of rapid access diagnostic clinics for pancreatic cancer, similar to those which already exist for breast,... - Healthcare Policy
495. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department plans to develop a national cardiovascular health plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66848/25] - Medical Cards
496. To ask the Minister for Health the reason medical card patients are being charged for routine blood tests by their general practitioners despite being covered by the medical card scheme; and... - Health Strategies
497. To ask the Minister for Health the funding which has been allocated to deliver the National Stroke Strategy from 2022 to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if she will make a... - Healthcare Policy
498. To ask the Minister for Health the actions her Department is undertaking to implement the recommendations of the National Review of Adult Specialist Cardiac Services report published in... - Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
499. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who attended each SATU, in tabular form, in the past five years. [66860/25] - Health Strategies
500. To ask the Minister for Health when the evaluation process for the current National Cancer Strategy will commence; the person in her Department is responsible for this review; and if she... - Health Services Staff
502. To ask the Minister for Health the impact the 34 new FTE staff for the medicines reimbursement system have had on reimbursement application timelines; the costs associated with creating... - Healthcare Policy
503. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken to date to meet the Programme for Government commitment to investigate early access schemes for certain types of medicines;... - Departmental Programmes
504. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the EuroHeart Data registry pilot programme active in the south-west; the methods that have been used in this programme to date; and if she... - Healthcare Policy
505. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland's new cardiovascular plan aims to tackle the high levels of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) in Ireland by focusing on early detection... - Health Screening Programmes
507. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on her plans to introduce a systematic LDL cholesterol screening programme in line with recommendation 20 of the National Review of Cardiac... - Health Services Staff
508. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available in the HSE Service Plan for one new specialist nurse role and one new pharmacist role for the pulmonary arterial hypertension... - Hospital Appointments Status
509. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66876/25] - Departmental Correspondence
510. To ask the Minister for Health her views on correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66877/25] - Ambulance Service
511. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Ambulance Service are examining other possible air ambulance sites in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Services Staff
512. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on filling roles in an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66913/25] - Departmental Schemes
513. To ask the Minister for Health to list all funding schemes, grant programmes and any other financial supports that are currently administered by her Department and its agencies; the expected... - Hospital Procedures
514. To ask the Minister for Health if hospitals record the number of spiking cases that present to them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66940/25] - Health Service Executive
515. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE reports incidents of spiking to An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66941/25] - Health Strategies
518. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 687 of 14 October 2025 stating that the organisation are 'not the appropriate responders' to the question; if she intends... - Medical Research and Training
519. To ask the Minister for Health her views on a new restriction on interviews in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (details supplied); if she will engage with the RSCI regarding this... - Health Services
520. To ask the Minister for Health to address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if consideration is being given to expanding access to a peanut oral immunotherapy drug for... - White Papers
521. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a white paper by an organisation (details supplied); her views on each of the five actions identified by the committee; and... - Health Services Staff
522. To ask the Minister for Health the number of radiography clinical practice tutor posts, by site, in tabular form. [66962/25] - Healthcare Policy
524. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to establishing a scheme of financial reimbursement for women suffering with endometriosis who had to pay for previous... - Pharmacy Services
525. To ask the Minister for Health to consider providing funding for free blister packaging for patients from pharmacies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66968/25] - Hospital Procedures
526. To ask the Minister for Health to list each voluntary hospital that has raised concerns about the deployment of the integrated financial management system; the date on which each concern was... - Health Service Executive
528. To ask the Minister for Health the number of governance reviews, financial audits and compliance assessments completed by the HSE for voluntary hospitals in each of the past five years; and... - Departmental Expenditure
529. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the financial transparency and reporting requirements that apply when her Department approves payments to non-statutory bodies; and the number of... - Health Service Executive
530. To ask the Minister for Health the number of instances in the past five years in which the HSE has reported governance or financial non-compliance by voluntary hospitals or HSE-funded... - Departmental Funding
534. To ask the Minister for Health the number of non-statutory bodies that currently receive funding from her Department; the value of payments to each of these bodies in each of the past three... - Health Service Executive
536. To ask the Minister for Health the number of governance reviews, financial audits and compliance assessments completed by the HSE for voluntary hospitals and HSE-funded private providers in... - Departmental Funding
539. To ask the Minister for Health the number of non-statutory bodies that currently receive funding from her Department, the value of payments to each of these bodies in each of the past three... - Health Services
540. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which her Department last reviewed the clinical governance structures in place for children and young people referred for gender-related assessment... - Hospital Procedures
545. To ask the Minister for Health the number of circumcisions carried out in public hospitals in each of the past five years, broken down by cases performed for medical reasons and cases... - Health Service Executive
548. To ask the Minister for Health whether any guidance, circulars or directives have been issued to the HSE regarding the provision of non-medically indicated circumcision in public hospitals,... - Hospital Procedures
549. To ask the Minister for Health if she will confirm the number of voluntary hospitals that have raised concerns with the HSE or her Department regarding IFMS integration, the nature of those... - Health Service Executive
551. To ask the Minister for Health the number of IFMS programme risks currently recorded as high or critical within the HSE's internal risk register, and whether her Department has independently... - Hospital Procedures
552. To ask the Minister for Health the number of legacy financial-management systems still in operation within voluntary hospitals, the projected timeline for full IFMS adoption, and the... - Departmental Funding
553. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the audits, inspections or compliance checks carried out by her Department in the past three years relating to non-statutory bodies that receive... - Health Screening Programmes
559. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 976 and 977 of 12 November 2025, if she is satisfied that her Department and the HSE do not collect centrally the number... - Healthcare Policy
560. To ask the Minister for Health if she will direct the HSE to establish a national dataset for primary care laboratory testing, including standard lipid profile tests, with data recorded by... - Health Screening Programmes
562. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 976 and 977 of 12 November 2025, the estimated annual percentage growth in standard lipid profile test volumes across... - Greenhouse Gas Emissions
564. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in emission reduction targets in areas that are the responsibility of her Department; which measures are particularly successful and which... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
565. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the significant delays in opening the new Killarney Community Hospital; when exactly this new community hospital will be opened for the people... - Health Services
570. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available to holders of long-term illness cards, in particular incontinence pads; and if the provision of these supports is uniform across the... - Health Service Executive
571. To ask the Minister for Health the total rent paid annually by the HSE to a shopping centre (details supplied); the breakdown of the fees; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services Staff
572. To ask the Minister for Health the plans to bring forth legislation to broaden the regulatory role of CORU to the full spectrum of health and social care disciplines included for, in the... - Health Screening Programmes
574. To ask the Minister for Health the date by which spinal muscular atrophy will be included in the newborn heel prick test, given that her predecessor made a commitment to that effect two... - Hospital Equipment
576. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1820 of 4 November 2025, the timeframe for the strategic assessment report and preliminary business case which is... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
577. To ask the Minister for Health if she will extend the temporary scheme of paid leave for public health service employees unfit for work post Covid-19 beyond 31 December 2025, in recognition... - Health Services
578. To ask the Minister for Health if food replacement drinks will be restored to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67238/25] - Departmental Schemes
579. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the fair deal scheme; if she will address the concerns raised; and if she will... - Health Screening Programmes
580. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to introduce a free, organised national prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening programme for men from age 40; the estimated number of men aged 40... - Legislative Programme
586. To ask the Minister for Health when she expects the Public Health (Single Use Vapes) Bill 2025 to be introduced.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67248/25] - Vaccination Programme
587. To ask the Minister for Health the retrospective cost-benefit analyses of State vaccination programmes carried out in order to determine each annual campaign; and if she will make a... - Medicinal Products
588. To ask the Minister for Health when a review of the rate of value added tax on oral vitamin and mineral supplements, currently 13.5% rate, will be carried out; and the reason there is a...
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