PQ Responses - July 1st 2025

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PQ 34817-25 - Conor McGuinness

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality if she will commit to funding a community neuro-rehabilitation team for the southeast in Budget 2026, in line with the Programme for Government commitment to complete the national rollout.

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PQ 35196-25 - Willie O Dea

To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to increase facilities for adults suffering with eating disorders; if she is aware that there are only three adult beds in Ireland and that they are for the catchment area of St. Vincent’s Hospital; if she agrees that this is wholly insufficient; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35214-25 - Joe Cooney

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality to confirm whether people under 18 who are currently on the waiting list for an autism assessment will not be removed from that waiting list upon turning 18; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35220-25 - George Lawlor

To ask the Minister for Health the number of pain management specialists currently employed in University Hospital Waterford; the number of hours they are contracted to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35269-25 - Seán Canney

To ask the Minister for Health if the anti-sickness drug Aakynzeo can be made available on the GMS as it is the only effective anti-sickness medication for many cancer patients, including those with a brain tumour; if she is aware that the cost of buying this medical monthly is placing financial strain on families already dealing with illness; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35330-25 - Naoise Ó Muirí

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on an application (The transfer of lands from the HSE to Davitts GAA Club, when a decision will be reached and communicated to the club committee from the Regional Capital and Estates Management Team.); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35344-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of service statements issued by each children’s disability network team in each area in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35345-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of assessments of need completed by each children’s disability network team in each area in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 35346-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of need, by area, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the number overdue for completion; and the number completed with a service statement.

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PQ 35355-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of 1 million home support hours.

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PQ 35356-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the capital and current cost of 10 community nursing unit beds.

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PQ 35379-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health if all regions have timely, equitable access to sexual assault treatment units; if she will provide a list of these units per County, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35380-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the way in which follow-up services following treatment in sexual assault treatment units are monitored for consistency and survivor satisfaction; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35381-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the last time trauma informed training for sexual assault treatment unit staff was updated; if survivors were consulted in evaluating and improving the treatment experience; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35397-25 - Paul McAuliffe

To ask the Minister for Health the services currently provided for adult patients with epilepsy at a hospital ( Beaumont Hospital); the number and grade of staff that are currently attached to this service at this site; the number of current staff vacancies within this service; the number of epilepsy patients currently registered with this service; the number of patients currently awaiting first consultations; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35426-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of recruiting and retaining 1,000 additional mental health professionals, by profession, for example, psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, occupational, therapists, social workers, and by salary band.

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PQ 35427-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to address the existing 700+ vacant posts in mental health services; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35429-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of fully staffed emergency mental health services and regional crisis response teams.

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PQ 35430-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the current average salary and total annual cost, including PRSI, pension, of a full-time consultant psychiatrist, clinical psychologist, mental health nurse (all grades), occupational therapist, social worker, counsellor and psychotherapist, peer support worker, in tabular form.

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PQ 35431-25 - Sorcha Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of mental health vacancies across HSE community and inpatient services, disaggregated by health region and by profession.

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PQ 35434-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of establishing one 24-7 mental health crisis responses team per health region, including staffing, vehicles, premises and clinical support.

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PQ 35435-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of existing youth mental health drop-in services such as Jigsaw; and the average cost per centre per year.

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PQ 35443-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the capital allocation currently provided under the NDP for mental health infrastructure, and the amount of it that remains unspent or uncommitted.

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PQ 35444-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of fully staffed CAMHS teams currently operational, per health region; and the number of additional teams that would be required to meet national guidelines, taking the increase in population into account.

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PQ 35445-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of hiring the full multidisciplinary CAMHS teams needed to ensure no child waits longer than eight weeks for an initial assessment.

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PQ 35446-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the annual operational cost of running a CAMHS inpatient unit; and the capital cost attached to opening a new one.

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PQ 35447-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the current number of HSE-funded counselling hours delivered annually in primary care; and the average cost per session.

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PQ 35448-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional therapy hours or sessions that would be deliverable under a €25 million increase in the talk therapy budget.

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PQ 35449-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for CIPC and other primary mental health interventions, per health region.

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PQ 35451-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the counties that currently lack 24-7 crisis mental health cover; and the estimated cost to establish cover in each.

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PQ 35466-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health if any spending evaluation tools have been applied to mental health programmes since 2020; what the outcomes were; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35467-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the annual budget allocated to digital mental health services; the average cost per user interaction or session; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35468-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dual diagnosis teams currently in operation, by health region; and the estimated cost of ensuring at least one operational team, per health region.

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PQ 35469-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the average cost of treating individuals with a dual diagnosis in community settings versus inpatient units; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35472-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health if translation and interpretation costs are ringfenced in mental health services for those with limited English; and the average cost per health region for accessible communication supports.

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PQ 35475-25 - Donna McGettigan

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality if an NTPF type scheme exists for those waiting for an assessment of needs; the way they can apply; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35487-25 - Aengus Ó Snodaigh

To ask the Minister for Health to list all the public services contracts worth €10 million or more, which have been granted by herself or the forerunner for her Department, or other State bodies in the past five years; the value of each contract; the length of term of each; the expiration date of each contract; and whether any contract was discontinued during its term and for what reason.

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PQ 35497-25 - Ann Graves

To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists based at Donabate health centre in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 35499-25 - Ann Graves

To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric psychologists based at Portmarnock primary care centre in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 35500-25 - Ann Graves

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists based at Swords health centre in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 35501-25 - Ann Graves

To ask the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists based at Malahide health centre in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 35512-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of mental health programmes are currently subject to output based budgeting and key performance indicators; and the estimated administrative cost of expanding this approach.

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PQ 35515-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the cost per person of inpatient psychiatric care versus enhanced community based mental health care; and if transition modelling has been carried out.

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PQ 35518-25 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the protocols in place to review and adjust thyroid medication dosages for women following childbirth, particularly where the dosage was increased during pregnancy; in the absence of protocols, the measures that will be taken to ensure that postnatal thyroid treatment is appropriately monitored to avoid adverse effects such as depression and suicidal ideation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35519-25 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of cases in which women have remained on elevated thyroid medication postpartum without review, resulting in serious mental health side effects including depression and suicidal thoughts; and if the HSE has conducted or will conduct any review or audit into such cases.

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PQ 35520-25 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the clinical guidelines currently in place for general practitioners and endocrinologists regarding the monitoring and adjustment of thyroid hormone levels in postpartum women; and if updated guidance will be issued to ensure safer prescribing practices.

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PQ 35521-25 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health whether postnatal mental health services and screening procedures include evaluation for physiological causes such as thyroid hormone imbalance; and if he will take steps to improve interdisciplinary collaboration between endocrinology and mental health services for new mothers.

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PQ 35522-25 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to raise awareness among healthcare professionals and the public about the connection between thyroid hormone imbalance and severe postpartum depression or suicidal ideation; and if additional training, guidance, or public information campaigns will be supported in this area.

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PQ 35530-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of delivering 47 additional community teams, 17 CAMHS ID teams, 41 inpatient CAMHS beds and 20 early intervention in psychosis teams, in tabular form.

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PQ 35531-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reopening Keltoi.

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PQ 35533-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of funding all trainee counselling and educational psychology positions in line with their clinical counterparts.

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PQ 35557-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients receiving injections for macular degeneration at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital each month for the period January 2024 to end June 2025; the number waiting for an appointment for an injection, by wait timeband; the level of delay between appointments; if this is in line with optimal treatment practice; the level of resources sought or otherwise required to ensure that people receive their appointments on time and that clinics are properly staffed, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35561-25 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health the reason a policy (Action Card which states that the Rostered RRV in Ennis & Nenagh can only be stood down where all efforts are made to fill a shift where short notice sick leave and where operational resources hit 70% and there is a shortfall on an Emergency Ambulance) has been in place for Ennis and Nenagh since 17 August 2023 to protect the rapid response vehicle (RRV) and ensure where a ambulance personnel is not at work, that the advanced paramedic is not taken off the RRV and this policy is not in place in Roscommon, which is also without an emergency unit, as Ennis and Nenagh are; the reason Roscommon is being treated differently; and if this policy will be implemented to ensure protection of the same vital RRV in Roscommon, just as important as Ennis and Nenagh.

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PQ 35562-25 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the category of patients that will be provided for under the fit-out of the existing first floor shell & cores space of Mallow General Hospital to provide 24 bed inpatient ward, as per the Acute Inpatient Bed Capacity Expansion Plan and HSE Capital Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35563-25 - Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of full and partial lower limb amputations that were carried out in 2022, 2023 and 2024; the number of these patients, by county, who had diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35564-25 - Padraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients, by county, treated for foot ulcerations, which do not require a full or partial limb amputation in 2022, 2023 and 2024; the number of those patients who had diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35565-25 - Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients under the age of 65 years treated for foot ulcerations, which did not require a full or partial limb amputation in 2022, 2023 and 2024, by county; the number of those patients who had diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35566-25 - Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full and partial lower limb amputations that were carried out in 2022, 2023 and 2024 on persons under 65 years of age, by county; the number of these patients who had diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35567-25 - Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health the number of bed days required by patients treated for foot ulcerations, which do not require a full or partial limb amputation in the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; the number of those patients who had diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35568-25 - Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital bed days required by patients, treated for foot ulcerations, which do not require a full or partial limb amputation in the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, by county; the number of those patients who had diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35569-25 - Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital bed days required by patients undergoing full and partial lower limb amputations procedures in the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; by county, on persons under 65 years of age; the number of these patients who had diabetes, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35570-25 - Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital bed days required by patients, by county, on persons under 65 years of age; treated for foot ulcerations, which do not require a full or partial limb amputation in the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; the number of those patients who had diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35571-25 - Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE senior podiatrists and WTE basic grade podiatrists employed by the Health Service Executive, in the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; the number of those employed by RHA area; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35575-25 - Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of podiatry appointments delivered, by each HSE enhanced community care specialist ambulatory care hub in 2023 and 2024; the number of those podiatry appointments delivered to people with diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35577-25 - Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people with diabetes on a waiting list by hospital group, in the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; the number of those waiting less than six months, between 6-12 months, and more than 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35592-25 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health the number of of registered GPs in east Cork that accept medical cards.

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PQ 35600-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if she will assess the current allocation of funds for aids and appliances for vision impairment; if she is aware of the inequity of the current arrangement whereby certain parts of the country are allocated no funding or extremely limited funding for said aids; if she will consider introducing a system where access to said aids is consistent regardless of geographic location; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35661-25 - Richard Boyd Barrett

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the estimated cost of hiring 375 additional clinicians required to clear assessment of needs waiting lists with autism, and estimated full-year cost of ensuring that the timelines for assessment of needs outlined in the Disability Act 2005 are met; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35667-25 - Richard Boyd Barrett

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing and staffing 1,000 additional acute beds in a public hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35668-25 - Richard Boyd Barrett

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing and staffing 100 additional level 3 ICU beds in a public hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35669-25 - Richard Boyd Barrett

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of hiring an additional 100 speech and language therapists, 100 psychologists, 100 occupational therapists and 100 physiotherapists; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35670-25 - Richard Boyd Barrett

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to hire 100 permanent consultants; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35676-25 - Richard Boyd Barrett

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated revenue from all parking charges at public hospitals in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35695-25 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dental practices that are currently accepting new medical card patients in the East Cork Constituency as of now, and at this same point in 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35728-25 - Maurice Quinlivan

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality if she will confirm that the promised uplift of the community neurorehabilitation team in the mid west region will take place in 2025, as committed to by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35729-25 - Maurice Quinlivan

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality when the community neurorehabilitation team in the mid west region, which provides critical therapies including physiotherapy, speech and language, psychology and so on to neurological patients, will be funded to increase the number of posts from 6 to 12, as stipulated in the national neurorehabilitation strategy and in the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35749-25 - John Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health if the board of the HSE has provided the final approval and sign off for the development of the Galway city west primary care centre - John Connolly.

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PQ 35756-25 - Aengus Ó Snodaigh

To ask the Minister for Health the expected start and completion dates of the St. James's Hospital annex planned for the new Children's Hospital's works depot on Davitt Road, Dublin 12; to detail the various medical, administrative and residental components; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35758-25 - Aengus Ó Snodaigh

To ask the Minister for Health her plans for a premises (the now derelict former Blindcraft factory) on Davitt Road in Dublin 12; the expected commencement date; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35828-25 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality when the necessary works will be carried out at the Saoirse Centre in Athboy for the adult services; if the centre will be well secured with fencing prior to doors opening (It is a very real concern of parents of these children with disabilities that security is paramount.).

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PQ 35843-25 - Michael Fitzmaurice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that participated in a phase 3 Cardiac Rehab programme in each site (hospital and hub) in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35855-25 - Paul McAuliffe

To ask the Minister for Health the national average wait times for audiology appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35856-25 - Paul McAuliffe

To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown, per region, of the wait times for audiology appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35928-25 - Eoghan Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health to outline the safety-care measures put in place at a hospital (Cork University Hospital) following the HSA inspection at the hospital in June 2022; if there has since been a follow up inspection; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35931-25 - John Lahart

To ask the Minister for Health to outline the measures being taken to address the backlog in HSE dental check-ups for primary school children; whether a catch-up programme is planned for children who missed their second-class dental assessments due to Covid-19 related delays; if he will clarify whether any reimbursement or tax relief is available to families who have had to pay for private dental care in the absence of public provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35960-25 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health when the new wing of Midleton Community Hospital will be officially open; the date for completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35961-25 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health if the old Midleton Community Hospital will be will be used for any specific alternative community services once the new hospital in Midleton is completed and open; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35962-25 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health if it is possible to give the kitchen area in the old Midleton Community Hospital to the local meals and wheels in Midleton (which is totally run by volunteers and their kitchen has reached full capacity and needs to expand to address the waiting list in Midleton and the surrounding areas); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35963-25 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health when works will begin on the existing site of the Owenacurra mental health respite centre, in Midleton County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35972-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the commissioning and staffing of the new CAMHS unit in the New Children’s Hospital; how is it progressing; the estimated date for when it will commence its operations; her views on whether this will this help the emergency flow of children and adolescents to the new hospital and St. James’s; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 35976-25 - Martin Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE public health nurses based at Carrick on Shannon primary care centre in 2023, 2024 and to date 2025.

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PQ 35977-25 - Martin Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE dietitians based at Drumkeerin health centre in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025.

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PQ 35978-25 - Martin Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE administrative staff based at Geevagh health centre in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 35982-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels within Traveller Primary Healthcare Projects across each health region; and whether any additional staff or resources have been allocated since the publication of the national traveller health action plan.

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PQ 35984-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health which specific parts of the national traveller health action plan has not been implemented yet; and when those elements will commence.

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PQ 36051-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline the means by which her Department is monitoring progress on the National Traveller Health Action Plan, particularly regarding traveller mental health outcomes; if disaggregated health data is being collected and published by ethnicity in line with national equality strategies; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36052-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of names of traveller organisations that her Department engaged during the design and implementation of the National Traveller Health Action plan; the structures in place to ensure their ongoing involvement and oversight; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36053-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of travellers who died by suicide in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36101-25 - Christopher O Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality if consideration will be given to providing more CDNT supports to mainstream schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36103-25 - Danny Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health the number of long stay and short stay beds that remain unused in Kenmare Community Hospital County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36104-25 - Danny Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health if all the beds in Kenmare Community Hospital Kerry have ever been used since it was opened; if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36107-25 - Danny Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health the complement of nursing staff required in Kenmare Community Hospital, Kerry in order to open all the beds there.

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PQ 36108-25 - Danny Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds used at one time for respite in Kenmare Community Hospital, Kerry.

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PQ 36109-25 - Danny Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant beds in the district Killarney community hospital Kerry during April and May 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36110-25 - Danny Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health the current number of vacant beds at a nursing home (Columbanus nursing home Killarney); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36112-25 - Danny Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the opening of the community hospital Killarney; if this opening will be expedited; the current expected date for opening; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36143-25 - Conor Sheehan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 13 awaiting dental screening; the length of time they are waiting, by CHO, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36144-25 - Conor Sheehan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people employed at the University Hospital Limerick group on career break, by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36156-25 - Roderic O'Gorman

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality if there are financial supports available from the HSE, or other sources, for people who want to return to education to undertake a postgraduate conversion course as a therapist including occupational therapist, speech and language therapist, which would deliver additional therapists into our services more quickly; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36163-25 - Louis O'Hara

To ask the Minister for Health the number of calls responded to by paramedic crews from Tuam ambulance base in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36164-25 - Louis O'Hara

To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance calls responded to by the rapid response vehicles in based in Galway and Clifden in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36165-25 - Shane Moynihan

To ask the Minister for Health when the community mothers scheme will be reintroduced.

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PQ 36170-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health when 2025 jobs for radiography and radiation therapy graduates in Ireland will be approved; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36183-25 - Barry Heneghan

To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide updated figures on the number of people currently waiting for dementia-specific day care or home care services in each CHO area; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 36217 25 - Willie O'Dea

To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has not reinstated a podiatry clinic in Barrack View Health Centre, Edward Street, Limerick, which has not been held since March 2025; when it will be reinstated; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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