PQ Responses - February 18th 2025

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PQ 5458-25 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the medical-evidence basis for the investment by the HSE into an organisation (TENI).

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PQ 5462-25 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the proposed new primary care centre for the town of Sixmilebridge, County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5471-25 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE community nurses based in Meath in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 5482-25 - Michael Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health if funding is available for families who have to go privately for psychology services (Minister is there funding available for families who pay privately to see a psychologist when no services are available to them with CAMHS. At the start of 2024 North Kerry CAMHS had no psychologist as the person was on maternity leave and no replacement was given so families had to pay €1820 for private therapy.); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5486-25 - Mairéad Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health what supports are available for those in need of home kidney dialysis wishing to purchase a generator, and who are in receipt of a disability payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5501-25 - Robert O'Donoghue

To ask the Minister for Health if she will undertake a review of the current BreastCheck screening process to consider extending the breast check programme to both younger women, and those beyond the age of 70 years; if she will provide an update on the backlog of screening times for BreastCheck national breast cancer screening programme; and the steps being taken to deal with the backlog.

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PQ 5522-25 - Dessie Ellis

To ask the Minister for Health regarding a building project ( the Ballygall Primary Care Centre, Seamus Ennis road, Finglas, D11. A new pedestrian entrance/exit, with disability access is being constructed at the front of the health centre. This construction work was given planning permission for construction in January 2024 and construction began in April 2024. It has yet to be completed and in fact construction on the new entrance has been at a standstill for a number of months.) the initial projected cost of this centres new entrance; the reason some construction work that was completed, relating to a wall that was built at the centre, was subsequently demolished; if there has been any further request for additional funding for this project; if so, the amount of additional money requested; when he expects this project to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5528-25 - Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin

To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in terms of a developing a new ambulance base in Gorey, County Wexford; its projected timeline for development; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5532-25 - Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on CAMHS waiting lists in Wexford and Wicklow, broken down by the number of months they are waiting, in tabular form; the plans to address the crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5549-25 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health if a clinical nurse manager (CNM2) will be allocated to the Carrickmacross adult mental health services at the Carrickmacross primary care centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5551-25 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health the WTE staff of different grades and positions currently in place at the Carrickmacross adult mental health services; the corresponding figures for January 2020, January 2021, January 2022, January 2023 and January 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5557-25 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health to take urgent action to address the crisis in mental-health care ( In Cork City and County there are 336 adults on the waiting list for adult mental health services and 921 children and teenagers on the list for mental health services, many of whom have been on the list for over 12 months.); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5561-25 - Shane Moynihan

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of the north Clondalkin primary care centre.

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PQ 5598-25 - Danny Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health when services will resume in University Hospital Kerry (when will eye services resume in UHK, in December 2023 a problem arose regarding the inadequacy of the medical indemnity under which the eye services were being provided, this was a relatively minor contractual problem and should have been easily and quickly rectified, however it is still not rectified over a year later.); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5621-25 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people triaged as urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic; and the proportion who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Dublin Midlands Hospital Group within ten working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral in the cancer office, in each quarter from 2016 to 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 5622-25 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people triaged as urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic; and the proportion who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by RCSI Hospital Group within ten working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral in the cancer office in each quarter from 2016 to 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 5623-25 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people triaged as urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic; and the proportion who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Saolta Hospital Group within ten working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral in the cancer office in each quarter from 2016 to 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 5624-25 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people triaged as urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic; and the proportion who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by University of Limerick Hospital Group within ten working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral in the cancer office in each quarter from 2016 to 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 5625-25 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people triaged as urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic; and the proportion who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Ireland East Hospital Group within ten working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral in the cancer office in each quarter from 2016 to 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 5626-25 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people triaged as urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic; and the proportion who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by South/Southwest Hospital Group within ten working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral in the cancer office in each quarter from 2016 to 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 5628-25 - Johnny Quirke

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons triaged as non-urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic, and the proportion who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Dublin Midlands Hospital Group within 12 weeks of the date of receipt of a letter of referral in the cancer office in each quarter from 2016 to 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 5629-25 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons triaged as non-urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic, and the proportion who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by RCSI Hospital Group within 12 weeks of the date of receipt of a letter of referral in the cancer office in each quarter from 2016 to 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 5630-25 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons triaged as non-urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic, and the proportion who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Saolta Hospital Group within 12 weeks of the date of receipt of a letter of referral in the cancer office in each quarter from 2016 to 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 5631-25 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons triaged as non-urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic, and the proportion who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by University of Limerick Hospital Group within 12 weeks of the date of receipt of a letter of referral in the cancer office in each quarter from 2016 to 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 5632-25 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons triaged as non-urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic, and the proportion who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Ireland East Hospital Group within 12 weeks of the date of receipt of a letter of referral in the cancer office in each quarter from 2016 to 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 5633-25 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons triaged as non-urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic, and the proportion who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by South/Southwest Hospital Group within 12 weeks of the date of receipt of a letter of referral in the cancer office in each quarter from 2016 to 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 5635-25 - Cathy Bennett

To ask the Minister for Health to outline the public health response/contingency planning regarding significant adverse weather events; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5697-25 - Ruth Coppinger

To ask the Minister for Health to report on the waiting list for occupational therapy and speech and language therapy in Corduff primary centre, Dublin 15; the measures she is introducing to lower waiting times; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5735-25 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health the number of specialist teams and dedicated inpatient beds in County Cork for patients suffering from eating disorders.

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PQ 5766-25 - Michael Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medication ( Minister can you clarify why primolut is covered under the Drugs payment scheme for pharmacies but when the patient who is prescribed it tries to claim it back as a refund under the drugs payment scheme they are told it is not covered. Please clarify.) is not covered under the drugs payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5788-25 - Liam Quaide

To ask the Minister for Health the psychology waiting-list numbers and exact wait-times in months and years for children and adolescents in the north Lee, south Lee, north Cork and Kerry primary care services, in tabular form; and to include numbers of years waiting for young people waiting more than 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5789-25 - Liam Quaide

To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional psychology referrals transferred from the Cork and Kerry disability services to the Cork and Kerry primary care services in the context of the roll out of progressing disabilities in the region.

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PQ 5790-25 - Liam Quaide

To ask the Minister for Health the child and adolescent psychology provision in the Cork and Kerry primary care services prior to and subsequent to the roll out of progressing disabilities in the region for each of the local health areas: north Lee, south Lee, west Cork, north Cork and Kerry.

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PQ 5791-25 - Liam Quaide

To ask the Minister for Health the number and grade–principal, senior, staff grade, assistant grades of psychology posts she intends to advertise for each local health area–north Lee, south Lee, west Cork, north Cork and Kerry–in the Cork and Kerry primary care services this year; the projected dates of that recruitment drive; and the contract type–permanent or temporary–in each instance.

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PQ 5792-25 - Liam Quaide

To ask the Minister for Health for details of vacant psychology posts in the South West regional health area submitted since 1 July 2024 to the prioritisation/derogation process introduced by the HSE in the context of the pay and numbers strategy, with a breakdown of the date each post was submitted for consideration, the date a decision was made, and the outcome in each case, in tabular form.

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PQ 5793-25 - Liam Quaide

To ask the Minister for Health for details of vacant occupational therapy posts in the South West regional health area submitted since 1 July 2024 to the prioritisation/derogation process introduced by the HSE in the context of the pay and numbers strategy, with a breakdown of the date each post was submitted for consideration, the date a decision was made, and the outcome in each case, in tabular form.

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PQ 5794-25 - Liam Quaide

To ask the Minister for Health for details of vacant speech and language therapy posts in the South West regional health area submitted since 1 July 2024 to the prioritisation/derogation process introduced by the HSE in the context of the pay and numbers strategy, with a breakdown of the date each post was submitted for consideration, the date a decision was made, and the outcome in each case, in tabular form.

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PQ 5795-25 - Liam Quaide

To ask the Minister for Health for details of vacant social work posts in the South West regional health area submitted since 1 July 2024 to the prioritisation/derogation process introduced by the HSE in the context of the pay and numbers strategy, with a breakdown of the date each post was submitted for consideration, the date a decision was made, and the outcome in each case, in tabular form.

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PQ 5797-25 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that there is currently no public health nurse in Midleton, Cork, meaning that the children of this area are suffering as this nursing shortage means they are missing out on vital checks; and if she can take urgent action to ensure that this shortage is addressed without further delay.

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PQ 5817-25 - Sean Ó Fearghaíl

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE public health nurses by location based in CHO7, as of 7 February 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5818-25 - Seán Ó Fearghaíl

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have attended the minor injuries unit at Naas General Hospital for each week since 1 December 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5820-25 - Brian Brennan

To ask the Minister for Health the options available to a private patient who cannot get access to a GP service in their local community; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5821-25 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on staff shortages in the Cork east public health nurse network; if vacant positions have been filled; if a full service is now available in all parts of Cork east; and if not, the areas which remain impacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5835-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee recommendation that HPV vaccination should be offered to unvaccinated women who require excisional treatment for CIN 2+ lesions; if there are plans to provide vaccination to this group free of charge; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5838-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of the 44 hospital-controlled car parks that provide patient parking; a list of those that provide concessions with details of such; a list of those that provide free parking; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5839-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of meetings that have taken place of the working group to implement guidance to hospitals in relation to car parking charges; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5843-25 - Liam Quaide

To ask the Minister for Health for the current staffing provision of psychologists for the North Lee, South Lee, West Cork, North Cork and Kerry primary care child and adolescent services, per grade and the population size each of those areas serve, in tabular form.

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PQ 5844-25 - Liam Quaide

To ask the Minister for Health for the projected staffing provision for April 2025 of psychologists for the North Lee, South Lee, West Cork, North Cork and Kerry primary care child and adolescent services, per grade and the population size each of those areas serve, in tabular form.

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PQ 5865-25 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that the primary care centre in Balbriggan is being under-utilised while waiting lists for health services in north County Dublin continue to grow; if she has plans to use this space by increasing the availability of services within the Balbriggan medical centre; to provide details of the additional or expanded services; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5867-25 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health the current services offered by the HSE in the medical centre in Balbriggan, and the hours for which each service is available on a weekly basis, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5868-25 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the private healthcare and therapy services offered in the primary care centre in Balbriggan; the number of hours private services are offered in this facility on a weekly basis; the amount of income the HSE derives from this service, by money received for room rental and equipment rental; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5871-25 - John Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for an initial appointment at South Galway CAMHS; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5872-25 - John Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for an initial appointment at West Galway CAMHS; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5873-25 - John Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for an initial appointment at North Galway CAMHS; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5881-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health following the publishing of the National Clinical Practice Guideline on Screening and Management of Domestic Violence in Pregnancy and the Early Postnatal Period, if she will provide an update on any progress that has been made in relation to the development of a multi-component education and training programme for the multi-disciplinary team.

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PQ 5882-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health regarding the National Clinical Practice Guideline on Screening and Management of Domestic Violence in Pregnancy and the Early Postnatal Period, when training will be mandatory for the awareness, screening, recognising, responding and referring of domestic violence for all midwives, nurses, doctors and health and social care professionals and students working in maternity settings; if there will be a body that maintains records of staff training; if there will be an audit and evaluation of training; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5883-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health how she is going to ensure that the National Clinical Practice Guideline on Screening and Management of Domestic Violence in Pregnancy and the Early Postnatal Period are fully implemented; and how she plans on monitoring both its effectiveness and adoption.

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PQ 5906-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the national endometriosis framework; when it will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5907-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the additional staff to implement the national endometriosis framework; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5908-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the five regional endometriosis hubs and two specialist endometriosis centres for complex care which have been established; where the staff recruitment process is at; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5911-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of women on waiting lists for excision surgery for endometriosis; the length of the waiting times in view of the fact that any undue delay to this type of surgery may impact severely on women's reproductive health, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5914-25 - Seán Ó Fearghaíl

To ask the Minister for Health the national average ambulance response time; the Carlow ambulance average response time; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5918-25 - Robert Troy

To ask the Minister for Health when the diabetic nurses and podiatrist will be replaced in the primary care unit in Mullingar.

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PQ 5924-25 - Ruth Coppinger

To ask the Minister for Health if she is concerned by the advertising of 0.0 versions of alcoholic drinks being advertised at major sporting events which is in breach of restrictions in Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 ( The Guinness 0.0 brand was advertised on the pitch at Lansdowne Road/Aviva Stadium during the Ireland v England Six nations match. A match that was broadcast during the day before the watershed. It is also a match that would be widely viewed by minors.); and if she will make a statement on the matter. -

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PQ 5925-25 - Michael Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health when a vacancy for CNS in crisis intervention in mental health for Kerry mental health services, which was placed on a recruitment hold, will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5939-25 - John Lahart

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the position of new elective hospitals, and specifically a new elective hospital for the Dublin region; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5959-25 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of children aged under 16 years on the disability data in CHO7.

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PQ 5975-25 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on waiting lists for heart, lung or kidney transplants, in tabular form.

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PQ 5984-25 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in the east Cork area and the areas they cover; the current number of vacancies and the areas without a public health nurse service; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 5987-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff at the National Ambulance Service suspended with pay, by the year the suspension started, in tabular form; and the number suspended with pay where the length of suspension was longer than six months, one year, and two years.

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PQ 5998-25 - John Lahart

To ask the Minister for Health if she will streamline HSE reimbursement processes and reduce administrative burdens to provide for a nationwide programme for safe and appropriate medicine disposal.

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PQ 6021-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health for a detailed progress report in regard to construction works to Killarney community nursing unit; when works will be completed; how soon patients will be moved from Killarney community hospital and St. Columbanus home; what plans the HSE has for Killarney District Hospital and St. Columbanus home; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6052-25 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health whether the new 96 bed block being built in University Hospital Limerick will be opened as promised in July 2025.

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PQ 6113-25 - Máire Devine

To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds currently available for patients diagnosed with eating disorders nationwide, and in County Dublin; the number of beds that have been available for each year from 2014 to 2024 inclusive; the monthly rate of occupancy of these beds, from 2014 through February 2025; the services or facilities patients are referred to when one of these designated beds is not available; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6114-25 - Máire Devine

To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a site map of the Weir Home for nurses in Dublin 8 which is managed by the HSE, with site boundaries outlined in red; the list of parties that have submitted a formal expression of interest in purchasing Weir Home to date; the list of interested parties that have been granted access for examination of the property; and if permission to access the property as a possible interested party will be given to this Deputy.

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PQ 6128-25 - Tom Brabazon

To ask the Minister for Health the capital works projects that were carried out at Saint Joseph's Hospital, Dublin 5 in the years of 2023 and 2024; the future capital works projects that are scheduled to be carried out at this hospital over the next 18 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6177-25 - John Paul O'Shea

To ask the Minister for Health the number of advanced paramedics working in the HSE National Ambulance Service; the number of vacant posts in the service currently; the plans in place to continue staffing the service into the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6262-25 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of children that have been assessed through CDNTs in County Meath but have yet to be seen by intervention therapists; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6279-25 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant vascular surgeons based in Cork University Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 6280-25 - Alan kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dual diagnosis teams across CHO3; the number of staff in those teams.

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PQ 6281-25 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the chiropody services available in the public health service, including to those with a medical card.

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PQ 6282-25 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of test purchase inspections on the sale of tobacco and vaping products carried out, in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 6283-25 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to recruit one WTE staff grade optician and one senior grade optician to work within the public health service.

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PQ 6293-25 - Michael Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to open an adult ADHD treatment clinic in the South Tipperary catchment area; when the clinical pathways regarding ADHD treatment changed in the South Tipperary area; whether there are any financial supports in place to help people pay for private assessments; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6304-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the total annual medicines budget for each year from 2020 to 2024.

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PQ 6305-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health to outline the breakdown of actual spending within the medicines budget from 2020 to 2024, distinguishing between off-patent medicines, including generic and biosimilar medicines and new/originator medicines; and to provide an estimate of the total savings generated for the State by the off-patent medicines industry during the same period, specifically those resulting from the launch of generic or biosimilar medicines following the expiration of originator patents.

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PQ 6324-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the case of a nursing home facing closure in Kerry (Ocean View Care Home, Camp, Co. Kerry); the steps her Department has taken to find an appropriate solution which ensures that the facility remains open into the future; if the option of the HSE purchasing the facility has been considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6326-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health to provide details in respect of the policies in place to ensure that people with autism are not discriminated against in mental health services; if she will provide information on the specific training provided to staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6371-25 - Noel McCarthy

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the development of a building (Midleton Community Hospital, Midleton, Co. Cork.); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6388-25 - Mairéad Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card applications received each year since 2020; the number of medical cards total issued each year since 2020; the number of discretionary medical cards issued in each year since 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6389-25 - Emer Currie

To ask the Minister for Health the reason a nurse helpline operated by the rheumatology department at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown no longer provides medical appointments with nurses with acute diseases; the reason they are now required to consult their GP to access care; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6395-25 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the rehabilitation unit to be developed at Roscommon University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6396-25 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health when the advanced paramedic roster will be filled with advanced paramedics on the rapid response vehicle at Roscommon; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6397-25 - Claire Kerane

To ask the Minister for Health when privileging courses for advanced paramedics will begin as committed to by the National Ambulance Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6414-25 - Barry Heneghan

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of people waiting for home support in each month of 2024, up to 31 December 2024, broken down by CHO and LHO; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 6417-25 - Barry Heneghan

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a matter ( to make sure the proposed new Accident and Emergency Dept is in the HSE service plan, what is the estimated cost of this project); and if she will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 6423-25 - Willie O'Dea

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if she will consider increasing funding for Dóchas Midwest Autism Support which has been funded by the HSE since 2021 (however their funding has remained the same since then even though their activities have extended enormously?).

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