Written answers
Thursday, 23 April 2026
- Disability Services
510. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address staff shortages within the primary care speech and language therapy service; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Disabilities Assessments
511. To ask the Minister for Health whether any alternative assessment pathways are being offered to children currently waiting for or primary care speech and language therapy an assessment of... - Health Services
512. To ask the Minister for Health whether orientation and mobility services for the visually impaired and blind fall within the remit of her Department or the Department of Education and Youth;... - Health Services Staff
514. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in a CORU registration (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29235/26] - Medical Aids and Appliances
515. To ask the Minister for Health to provide blood glucose monitors to type 2 diabetes patients with particular emergency cases (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Medical Cards
516. To ask the Minister for Health to provide full medical cards to all diabetes patients who are currently referred to the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Services Staff
517. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that at present paramedics and EMTs do not receive the same level of flat-rate expense allowances as other frontline healthcare professionals, such... - Health Service Executive
518. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of residential properties owned by the Health Service Executive at present; the number of such properties currently vacant; the duration of... - Housing Provision
522. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department or the Health Service Executive has engaged with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage regarding the potential use of... - Health Service Executive
523. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential properties currently owned by the Health Service Executive which are in the process of being disposed of; whether any of these... - Mental Health Services
526. To ask the Minister for Health for a detailed breakdown in CAMHS waiting times per RHA, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29308/26] - Health Services
527. To ask the Minister for Health whether any formal analysis has been conducted comparing decision-making outcomes across the six Health Regions; if so, to provide the metrics used, the... - Health Service Executive
528. To ask the Minister for Health what formal mechanisms exist to intervene where a Health Region's decisions materially diverge from national policy or from other regions; and whether any such... - Health Services
529. To ask the Minister for Health whether any independent audit or internal review has been conducted on consistency of decision-making across Health Regions since 2022; and to provide the... - Health Service Executive
530. To ask the Minister for Health whether patients have a formal right to review or appeal decisions where similar cases are treated differently across Health Regions; and if so, the structure... - Women's Health
532. To ask the Minister for Health if she accepts that the provision of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) to women with type 2 diabetes during pregnancy provides better glycaemic control than... - Healthcare Policy
534. To ask the Minister for Health if she will remove the specific criteria of "insulin initiation from the start" that is preventing 500-700 people with a clinical diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes... - Health Services
535. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2781 of 14 May 2024, the details of the new x-ray service scheduled to open in Balbriggan; if she will share opening... - Hospital Services
537. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on third party insourcing by the HSE in 2023, 2024 and 2025, by hospital, in tabular form. [29388/26] - National Children's Hospital
539. To ask the Minister for Health if a new substantial completion date for the new National Children’s Hospital has been provided (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Disability Services
540. To ask the Minister for Health to reverse the decision to cut respite from four to two weeks per annum for elderly patients in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services Staff
541. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the different pay grades for qualified nurses in Ireland in comparison to agency nurses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29414/26] - Primary Care Centres
543. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite the long overdue Primary Care Centre for Killarney town; when will this facility be ready to open; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Voluntary Hospital Sector
544. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm exactly when the new Killarney Community Hospital will open; when will it be fully operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Facilities
545. To ask the Minister for Health when will the long overdue Minor Injuries Unit for Killarney town open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29419/26] - Hospital Services
546. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently recruit additional health care staff and open all beds in Kenmare Community Hospital; when will all beds be fully operational; and if she will make... - Primary Care Centres
549. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite the long overdue Primary Care Centre for Cahersiveen town and the Iveragh Peninsula; if the preferred site has been identified; when will works... - Hospital Services
550. To ask the Minister for Health in her efforts to alleviate pressure on the accidend and emergency department at University Hospital Kerry and separate to the provision of the Minor Injuries... - Health Services Staff
551. To ask the Minister for Health the reason paramedics and EMTs do not receive the same level of flat-rate uniform-related tax relief as other frontline healthcare professionals, despite... - Health Services
552. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider adding obstructive sleep apnoea to the long-term illness scheme, considering the ongoing costs associated with diagnosis, treatment and... - Departmental Policies
553. To ask the Minister for Health the consideration and/or scoping of a health literacy initiative that is being undertaken to ensure better health outcomes for patients and enabling the future... - Medicinal Products
554. To ask the Minister for Health the reason drug companies are indemnified if vaccines are presented to the public as being safe and effective. [29477/26] - Employment Rights
555. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department has assessed the extent to which failures by employers to provide reasonable accommodation may contribute to deterioration in mental... - Hospital Waiting Lists
559. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on current waiting lists for outpatient appointments, inpatient and day-case procedures, and diagnostic tests; the number of patients... - Health Services Staff
560. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinicians currently available in north Kildare under the primary care speech and language therapy service; and if she will make a statement on... - Health Services Waiting Lists
561. To ask the Minister for Health the number of those in north Kildare currently on a waiting list to for the primary care speech and language therapy service; and if she will make a statement... - Healthcare Policy
562. To ask the Minister for Health whether there is a long-term plan to ensure accessible primary care assessment services for children who require assessment and early intervention; and if she... - Health Services
563. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a mechanism by which an individual with chronic spinal cord injury who has benefitted from the use of an exoskeleton could obtain financial... - Departmental Funding
564. To ask the Minister for Health when the next round of the Healthy Ireland Fund for outdoor swimming will be open for applications; the way clubs will engage with this fund in advance of... - Medicinal Products
565. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has considered the inclusion of skyclarys (omaveloxolone) which is a treatment for Friedreich's ataxia in a reimbursement scheme given the... - Health Services
566. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 885 of 24 March 2026, if governance, supervision, MDT decision-making and system-wide variations are being examined under...
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