Written answers
Wednesday, 3 December 2025
- Care Services
233. To ask the Minister for Health if nursing homes are allowed to place additional mandatory charges on fair deal patients who already pay 80% of their pension to fund their care. [68174/25] - Local Drugs Task Forces
234. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount of money allocated to the 24 local and regional drugs and alcohol taskforces in each year for the period 2000 –2025; and a breakdown of... - Hospital Equipment
236. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay with the introduction of a machine (details supplied) coming into commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68181/25] - Medicinal Products
237. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a charge being placed on blister packs; and if she will instruct her Department to investigate the matter and reverse the... - Nursing Homes
238. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently investigate a matter (details supplied) regarding a nursing home move; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68205/25] - Departmental Correspondence
239. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68215/25] - Emergency Departments
240. To ask the Minister for Health if she has concluded her consideration of HIQA's review of urgent and emergency healthcare services in the Mid-West region; if she will announce a decision on... - Pharmacy Services
241. To ask the Minister for Health the approved list of medications for reimbursement for phased dispensing under the Community Pharmacy Agreement 2025; if reimbursement is available to medical... - Hospital Appointments Status
242. To ask the Minister for Health if it can be ensured that a person (details supplied) is scheduled for treatment at the Brain Injury and Stroke Programme at the National Rehabilitation... - General Practitioner Services
243. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure GP services are available to residents of Kilcock, County Kildare, given the presence of a primary care centre but lack of GP... - Health Services
246. To ask the Minister for Health whether there are any supports for women with endometriosis who received treatment privately before the National Endometriosis Framework; and her plans to... - Hospital Services
248. To ask the Minister for Health if the Government will expand the scheme of medical treatment in Irish hospitals for children from Gaza; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68254/25] - Hospital Appointments Status
249. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting over nine days in Cavan General Hospital for a scan; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services
250. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will formally classify endometriosis as a specific, complex chronic disease under the long-term illness scheme or an equivalent support... - Health Services Waiting Lists
251. To ask the Minister for Health when two children (details supplied) will receive the full respite they were granted over two years ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68262/25] - Primary Care Centres
252. To ask the Minister for Health if she will request the HSE to provide a list of services currently being provided in Terenure health centre; the contact details of the relevant point of... - Nursing Homes
253. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently investigate the case of a person (details supplied) and assist this family who urgently require suitable nursing home care; and if she will make a... - Medicinal Products
254. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of licensing the drug luthera, which is required for the treatment of grade 4 neuroendocrine cancer; the expected timeline for approval; and if... - Health Services
255. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the creation of a non-means tested audiology entitlement for persons born deaf; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68281/25] - Departmental Correspondence
256. To ask the Minister for Health the manner in which a person may engage with her Department regarding a scoping exercise (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Care Services
257. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 343 of 26 November 2025, the date on which she expects the outputs from the National Survey of the Experience of Home... - Departmental Reviews
258. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planned review into baby and maternal deaths; if this review has begun; if not, if it will begin before the end of 2025; the timeline for... - Departmental Projects
262. To ask the Minister for Health the plans there are to reduce the number of quangos and strip out the amassed red tape and bureaucracy that exists, in order to allow the delivery of projects... - Health Service Executive
263. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a reply has not been provided to a HSE representation submitted in June 2025 (details supplied); and if she will assist in obtaining a response from... - Mortality Rates
266. To ask the Minister for Health the examination and evaluation of the recently published Central Statistics Office figures for medical mortality that are taking place or scheduled to take... - Traveller Community
267. To ask the Minister for Health the last time the All-Ireland Traveller Health Study was completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68421/25] - Medical Cards
268. To ask the Minister for Health if she will establish a pathway to ensure that individuals diagnosed with congenital deafness may qualify for a medical card on the basis of their diagnosis... - Health Services
269. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the community connect programme will include ethnic minority identifiers and the status of the system configuration phase. [68444/25] - Departmental Reports
270. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2148 of 4 November 2025 to the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science in which he...
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