PQ Responses - July 29th 2025

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PQ 40844-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychologists based at Clogherhead health centre in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 40845-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú front page preview

To ask the Minister for Health the number of calls received at NorthEast Doctor on call service based in Drogheda in 2024 and to-date in 2025; of the calls received, the number that were necessary to have the doctor make a house call; and the number of doctors, nurses and administrative staff based at this service, in tabular form.

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PQ 40846-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dental nurses that are currently on panels awaiting a job offer.

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PQ 40882-25 - Grace Boland

To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on legal fees associated with litigation, advice and settlements in each of the past three years by her Department and agencies under its aegis; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 40920-25 - Albert Dolan

To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of all addiction step-down facilities currently operating in County Galway; who operates each facility; the public body or agency that holds responsibility for their regulation or oversight; and the range of support available at each location including counselling, medical care and so on, in order to ensure that individuals recovering from addiction are receiving appropriate, high-quality, support and that all such facilities meet required standards of care and service provision.

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PQ 40921-25 - Albert Dolan

To ask the Minister for Health if there is a centralised register or list of all addiction step-down facilities in the State; and the formal process by which such facilities are established or acquired including the criteria used to assess their suitability, the consultation or engagement required with local stakeholders, and the regulatory or quality assurance checks applied prior to approval or funding.

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PQ 40960-25 - Liam Quaide

To ask the Minister for Health the work being undertaken by her officials and-or the HSE to establish real-time suicide reporting in Ireland and associated infrastructure; if she will outline any collaboration with An Garda Síochána in relation to data sharing in this regard and a timeline for the finalisation of data-sharing; the timeline for the establishment of a national system of real-time suicide reporting in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 40994-25 - Conor Sheehan

To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of and number of hospital admissions for children aged 13 and under attributed to tooth decay-dental issues in Ireland, per hospital, from 2015 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 40995-25 - Conor Sheehan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospitalisations for children caused by tooth decay, broken down by hospital group, from 2014-2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41027-25 - Paul McAuliffe

To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to expand the roll out of interRAI single assessments for home support; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41030-25 - Paul McAuliffe

To ask the Minister for Health the average hours of home support delivered to older people in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41031-25 - Paul McAuliffe

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the average hours of home support delivered to disabled people in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41032-25 - Paul McAulffe

To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for home support in HSE Dublin north city and west, Dublin north west and Dublin north county; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41036-25 - Paul Lawless

To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the gestation at delivery of all neonatal deaths and stillbirths following termination of pregnancy recorded in weeks plus days in perinatal death notification forms, which provide data for the annual perinatal mortality national clinical audit, in each of the years from the beginning of 2019 until the end of 2024 inclusive, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41039-25 - Johnny Mythen

To ask the Minister for Health the number of practicing dentists registered in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41040-25 - Johnny Mythen

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists in County Wexford registered with the dental treatment services scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41060-25 - Albert Dolan

To ask the Minister for Health to provide the total number of grant payments issued by the Department in each of the past five years, along with the total value of those grant payments for each year, in tabular form; and to confirm whether these figures include all schemes and discretionary grant programmes administered directly by the Department or through its agencies.

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PQ 41091-25 - Barry Heneghan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of young people aged under 18 who have been referred to mental health services in each of the past five years where the primary or a contributing factor was the use of THC or cannabis-related substances; if she will provide this data, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41094-25 - Cathy Bennett

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dental positions in County Monaghan, including the number vacant, by quarter since 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41095-25 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting lists for cancer screening and cancer treatment at year end in each of the past ten years.

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PQ 41096-25 - Peader Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons screened for cancer in the State in each of the past ten years; the types of cancer screened for; and the annual screening target in each of those years, in tabular form.

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PQ 41097-25 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who began chemotherapy treatment in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025, by county, in tabular form.

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PQ 41098-25 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting for eye treatment in each count; and the average waiting length, per county.

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PQ 41099-25 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of private and public nursing homes beds are registered in the State for each of the past five years; the number of nursing homes that have opened and closed in each of the past five years; the number of nursing homes places needed in the State at present and for each of the next seven years; and the average cost of a nursing home bed in the public and private sector.

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PQ 41101-25 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of cancer surgeries carried out in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025.

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PQ 41102-25 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of adverse incidents recorded in the health service 2018 to 2025; and the nature of adverse incidents.

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PQ 41103-25 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of adverse incidents recorded in the health service statutory organisations (hospital and community) 2018 to 2025.

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PQ 41104-25 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of adverse incidents recorded in each hospital group 2018 to 2025; and the nature of adverse incidents.

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PQ 41105-25 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of adverse incidents that were recorded in each hospital 2018 to 2025; and the nature of adverse incidents.

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PQ 41106-25 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of adverse incidents that were recorded in each CAMHS region 2018 to 2025; and the nature of adverse incidents.

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PQ 41109-25 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently clinically discharged from hospital, but who remain in hospital; the number who have been in hospital despite being clinically discharged for over 3 months, for over six months, for over one year and for over two years, by hospital.

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PQ 41110-25 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time in each emergency department in the country.

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PQ 41111-25 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the single longest length anyone was left waiting in each emergency department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025 .

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PQ 41115-25 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of HSE staff currently absent from work.

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PQ 41117-25 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid by each hospital in the State to debt collectors over the past decade; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41118-25 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of cyber security staff recruited by the HSE, in each of the past ten years.

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PQ 41119-25 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital appointments cancelled by each hospital in the State, in each of the past ten years.

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PQ 41153-25 - Barry Heneghan

To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to fund and implement the hereditary cancer model of care in Ireland, with particular reference to improving genetic testing and surveillance for those at risk of inherited cancers like pancreatic cancer; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41154-25 - Barry Heneghan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer who were referred for genetic testing following diagnosis, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41155-25 - Barry Heneghan

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated proportion of pancreatic cancer patients with inherited genetic mutations who are currently receiving access to genetic testing, counselling, and tailored treatment plans; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41156-25 -Barry Heneghan

To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the current resourcing of the hereditary cancer model of care within the National Cancer Strategy; if she will outline the additional funding being considered to ensure national access to this service; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41226-25 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the month in which the new Nenagh community nursing home will be fully open.

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PQ 41231-25 - Brendan Smith

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the level of respite services available in Cavan and Monaghaan for children and for adults; the further proposals to extend the range of such services in 2025 and 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41233-25 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health for a list of professional bodies the HSE gender programme has asked for representatives from, such as bodies for pharmacists, psychologists, and occupational therapists.

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PQ 41240-25 - Barry Heneghan

To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place for the assessment and potential inclusion of the psychiatric medication lumateperone for the treatment of bipolar disorder under the drug payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41244-25 - Seán Fleming

To ask the Minister for Health when facilities will be provided at a health centre (A car parking area at the Clonaslee Health Centre, Co. Laois, the HSE has a substantial piece of land on the grounds on which the health centre is built and there is no facilities for cars to park here and all people attending the health centre have to park on the public road and elderly people having to cross a very busy road to get in and out of the health centre.); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41246-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health if every effort will be made to ensure that Kerry patients are placed in the nearest community hospital or nursing home to where they and their loved ones reside given this is not currently happening; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41254-25 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to provide extra psychiatric capacity at a facility (in Crosslanes in Drogheda.), given the fact that people are being sent home for the lack of capacity; and if she will end the practice of sending patients home with serious mental health challenges in taxis.

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PQ 41259-25 - Paul Lawless

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE and an organisation (the IMO (Irish Medical Organisation) have come to an agreement on the endometriosis framework; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41261-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the capital projects which are at appraisal stage, by region and service division, in tabular form; the year in which each business case was submitted; and the estimated funding requirement for the project.

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PQ 41310-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the progress of each individual action outlined in the 2022 HSE position paper on the prevention of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41311-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of individuals diagnosed with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41312-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the specific criteria used for the diagnosis of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41313-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the aftercare supports that are available to an individual with a diagnosis of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41314-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the mandatory required training that all HSE clinicians must undertake in order to support patients living with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41316-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the reason the rehabilitation unit in Leopardstown Hospital, Dublin is closing; who has directed this closure; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41334-25 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of children referred for an autism spectrum disorder assessment to a CNDT (St Gabriel's South City CDNT in Limerick.) team through either the children's services disability form or through the assessment of need process in each of the years 2022 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 41335-25 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of children formally assessed by clinicians in a CDNT unit (by the St Gabriel's CDNT in Limerick city.) in each of the years 2023 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if an autism spectrum disorder using ASD specific assessment tool were used such as the ADOS 2 and ADI R tools or equivalent.

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PQ 41373-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the reason children with autism spectrum disorder in County Kerry no longer receive the previously standard six-week block of speech and language therapy per year; and whether this level of support will be reinstated locally given the impact on early development.

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PQ 41374-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality if she is aware of the significant delays in accessing SLT and OT services through children's disability network teams in Kerry, due to chronic understaffing and the use of limited-hour contracts; and the targeted actions being taken to address these staffing issues in the county.

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PQ 41375-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the reason no permanent psychologist is currently assigned to CDNT teams in parts of Kerry, leaving schools and parents without professional behavioural support for children with autism; and if this will be addressed in the short term.

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PQ 41377-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the efforts being made to increase capacity at overnight respite centres serving Kerry families (such as the Arches in Tralee); and whether additional funding and staffing will be provided this year.

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PQ 41378-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality if she will review the eligibility criteria of respite services, such as a service (Home from Home in Kerry.), to ensure children with behavioural challenges are not excluded from accessing essential care.

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PQ 41384-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the reason such a small proportion of families accessing disability services in Kerry are currently assigned key workers under the individual family support plan model; and the steps being taken to ensure equity of access across counties.

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PQ 41420-25 - Ryan O'Meara

To ask the Minister for Health if there are any supports for a group (A group of elderly residents in Lorrha, Co. Tipperary attend the Portumna Social Services Day Centre in Galway. They require a door-to-door service, as many attendees’ have limited mobility or require wheelchair access.) looking for a door-to-door transport service; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41424-25 - Conor Sheehan

To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for chemotherapy to commence from time of referral in each hospital group between 2015 and 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41443-25- Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs currently practicing in County Meath; the GP-to-population ratio for the county; how this compares with the national average and with neighbouring counties such as Louth, Kildare, and Westmeath; her Department's assessment of the impact of this disparity on patient access; the specific actions being taken to improve GP coverage in Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41445-25 - Johnny Quirke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies within Our Lady's Hospital Navan, broken down by specific role and department, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41467-25 -Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the number of GMS patients in Cork; the number registered with a dentist; and if he will provide the same figures for 2019.

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PQ 41468-25 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the number of GMS funded dentist appointments in Cork in each of the years 2019 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 41469-25 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists registered to provide GMS services in Cork in each of the years 2019 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 41470-25 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to the St Mary's health campus ambulance base, the Kinsale road ambulance base and the Erinville bases in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 41471-25 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Erinville ambulance base has been authorised for controlled drugs when the St Mary's Health Campus ambulance base is not authorised for same.

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PQ 41472-25 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances not in use in Cork city by location, in tabular form.

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PQ 41506-25 - Grace Boland

To ask the Minister for Health if all external legal fees incurred by her Department, and by any bodies under its aegis, are charged at negotiated discounted rates; how fees are monitored for compliance; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41624-25 - Barry Heneghan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of social workers currently employed in each of the six safeguarding and protection teams within the HSE; the number of vacant posts; and the number of social work posts planned for 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41626-25 - Barry Heneghan

To ask the Minister for Health the role of the Chief Social Worker of the HSE; how this role interacts with both the National Safeguarding Office and the six regional safeguarding and protection teams; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41627-25 - Barry Heneghan

To ask the Minister for Health the chain of reporting and the lines of accountability for the management of safeguarding services within the HSE, both regionally and nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41628-25 - Barry Heneghan

To ask the Minister for Health the legal and financial expertise available to support each of the six safeguarding and protection teams; the resources available to the person with overall responsibility for safeguarding within the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41654-25 - Robert Troy

To ask the Minister for Health the definative timeline for disposal of the vacant HSE building in Derrygreenagh Park, Rochfortbridge, County Westmeath (The Community has not been able to use the building since it was closed some time ago . When will it go up for sale so it can be put to use?).

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PQ 41658-25 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of all consultants commissioned as part of the north Kerry lookback review; the nature of the work they were commissioned for; and the costs associated with same.

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PQ 41703-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of community nursing home beds specifically available to persons with Alzheimer's disease, per county, per year between the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41705-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for dementia beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41715-25 - Robert Troy

To ask the Minister for Health the reason the new mandibular device used to treat sleep apnoea, is not approved under the drugs payment scheme ((DPS), noting that some patients are being prescribed this different machine in place of their CPAP, but finding out the new prescribed device is not covered under DPS as the old one was, even through it is now the preferred treatment for the same illness); whether the new device will be included under the scheme as soon as possible.

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PQ 41733-25 - Seán Crowe

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of children in the CHO7 area currently waiting to access therapies by the CDNT, by category of therapy, in tabular form.

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PQ 41734-25 - Seán Crowe

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the average waiting time for an occupational therapist to make an assessment for a housing adaptation in the CHO7 area.

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PQ 41735-25 - Seán Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurse posts per CHO; and the number of posts filled and the number of vacancies, in tabular form.

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PQ 41736-25 - Seán Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts in perinatal mental health services per CHO area; and the number of posts filled and the number of vacancies, in tabular form.

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PQ 41737-25 - Seán Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the number of older persons on a waiting list for home care packages in the CHO 7 area; and the number of those that have been waiting more than six months.

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PQ 41739-25 - Seán Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people currently on the waiting list for the Centre for Obesity Management; and the average waiting time to access services once a referral has been made.

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PQ 41754-25 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of children currently on a waiting list with the NCSE for an assessment of needs; the number of children on a waiting list from 2019 to 2025, in tabular form; the average time children spend on a waiting list; the plans to lower the number of children on a waiting list; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41755-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of fully staffing and resourcing all perinatal mental health teams across the six RHAs.

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PQ 41756-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of perinatal mental health teams in Ireland.

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PQ 41757-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of expenditure on perinatal mental health services in each RHA in the past five years and to date in 2025.

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PQ 41758-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the projected capital and staffing cost for the development of a dedicated mother and baby unit.

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PQ 41771-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline any costings conducted by her Department regarding the establishment of walk-in youth mental health hubs such as Jigsaw in each regional health area; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41772-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of having a clinical psychologist in each primary care network or GP practice.

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PQ 41773-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychologists currently working in primary care teams; the ratio of psychologists to patients, by regional health area; and the wait times for non-urgent referrals to primary care psychology.

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PQ 41811-25 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the current levels of funding allocated to oral health promotion initiatives; if she will consider increasing support for organisations (such as the Dental Health Foundation Ireland,) in recognition of their vital role in delivering preventive oral health programmes nationwide, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41827-25 - Seán Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the amount that was spent through the dental treatment services scheme in each of the past four years, in tabular form.

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PQ 41853-25 - Charles Ward

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the CDNTs within CHO1 that currently have vacant psychologist posts; the estimated timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41854-25 - Charles Ward

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of WTE dietitians, by grade based at Donegal east children's disability network team in and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41859-25 - Conor Sheehan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting surgical removal of their wisdom teeth, broken down by CHO, including wait time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41863-25 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 772 of 25 March 2025, if she will provide an update on proposals to deliver improved WiFi and mobile phone coverage for patients at Cavan and Monaghan hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41864-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the date by which she expects all 20 new specialist eating disorder beds to be fully operational and accepting patients.

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PQ 41865-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the specific locations of each of the 20 eating disorder beds; and the means by which these locations were determined.

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PQ 41866-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health if any of the new specialist eating disorder beds will be designated for children and young people; and if so, the number.

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PQ 41867-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of delivering the 20 new eating disorder beds.

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PQ 41868-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health how the impact and effectiveness of the new eating disorder beds will be monitored and reported publicly.

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PQ 41887-25 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses based at St Mary's Hospital, Phoenix Park, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 41888-25 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at St Mary's Hospital, Phoenix Park, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 41900-25 - Grace Boland

To ask the Minister for Health the current general practitioner to population in the Fingal area, particularly in Balbriggan, Skerries, Rush and Lusk; how this compares to the national average; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41901-25 - Grace Boland

To ask the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to address the capacity constraints of GP services in Fingal where population growth has outpaced GP supply; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41902-25 - Grace Boland

To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health contracts, by general practitioner in Fingal, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41910-25 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of day respite and night respite places available in the integrated health areas of Dublin north and Dublin north city and west, compared to other integrated health areas, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41911-25 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of day-only and nighttime respite places available for children in the integrated health areas of Dublin north, and Dublin north city and west compared to other integrated health areas, in tabular form; the steps she is taking to increase those places; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41913-25 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health if information will be provided on the delivery of a primary care centre in an area (Clongriffin); the reason this project has been delayed; when it is expected to proceed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41914-25 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the breakdown of the number of children on waiting lists in the children’s disability network teams of Coolock, Kilbarrack and Clontarf for physiotherapy, speech and language therapy, psychology and assessment of need; the breakdown in years and months for children who are waiting over 52-weeks in each CDNT; the longest wait time in each category; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41915-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting homecare support in Wicklow; the total number of hours allocated in 2024 and 2025 to date in Wicklow; the average number of hours granted to each successful applicant; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41916-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have been granted home care support in 2024 and 2025 to date that are still waiting on their care packages to be fulfilled by a carer/home support agency, broken down by county and waiting timeframe, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41917-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications received in 2024 and 2025 to date for respite care; the number of people currently on the waiting list for respite care services, broken down by county and waiting list timeframe, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41919-25 -John Brady

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of children that are on the waiting list for an assessment of need with the children’s disability network team in CHO6 Wicklow and CHO7 west Wicklow, broken down by waiting timeframes less than 3, 3-6, 6-12 and more than 12 months for CHO6 Wicklow and CHO7 west Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41920-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of referrals received for an assessment of need with the childrens disability network team in CHO6 Wicklow and CHO7 west Wicklow in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41921-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults that are on the dental appointment waiting list in Wicklow; the average waiting times for appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41922-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the orthodontic waiting lists in Wicklow; the average waiting times for appointments, broken down by 1, 3, 6 and 12 months plus; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41923-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dental practitioners who are signed up to the dental treatment scheme in CHO6 Wicklow and CHO7 west Wicklow; the measures being undertaken by her Department to increase this number; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41924-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the CAMHS waiting list in County Wicklow; the average waiting time, broken down by length of time, 3, 6, 12+ months, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41926-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of adult physiotherapists in CHO6 and CHO7, County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41927-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of child physiotherapists in CHO6 and CHO7, County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41928-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of child psychologists in CHO6 and CHO7, in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41929-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of adult psychologists in CHO6 and CHO7, in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41930-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number currently on the waiting list for adult physiotherapy in CHO6 and CHO7, County Wicklow, by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41931-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number currently on the waiting list for child physiotherapy in CHO6 and CHO7, County Wicklow, by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41932-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who are currently on the waiting list for child psychology in CHO6 and CHO7, County Wicklow broken down by length of time 3, 6, 12+ months and in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41933-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults awaiting occupational therapy in CHO6 in County Wicklow and CHO7 County Wicklow; by length of time 3, 6, 12+ months, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41934-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of children awaiting occupational therapy in CHO6 in County Wicklow and CHO7 County Wicklow; broken down by length of time 3, 6, 12+ months, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41935-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of assessments of need that were carried out by the children’s disability network team in County Wicklow by month, 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 41936-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications were received under the fair deal nursing home support scheme in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the average time for applications to be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41978-25 - Barry Heneghan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists that are working at a hospital (Clontarf Orthopaedic Hospital.), by grade, 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 41979-25 - Barry Heneghan

To ask the Minister for Health the services currently available to users in north Dublin that suffer with trichiasis; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 41980-25 - Barry Heneghan

To ask the Minister for Health when she expects north Dublin surgical hub to be opened and accepting patients; the number of WTE staff that have agreed to work at this hub; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42003-25 - Aengus Ó Snodaigh

To ask the Minister for Health the reason octenisan is not included on the general medical scheme for those with medical cards and for whom this product is prescribed.

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PQ 42060-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on an adult disability service in Wicklow (St. Aidan’s adult disability service in Wicklow); when it will be open for service users; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42132-25 - Rose Conway-Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide the number of WTE dentists and dental nurse posts by grade that are filled at Castlebar Primary Care Centre in each of the years 2023 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and the number and grade of current vacancies.

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PQ 42133-25 - Rose Conway-Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide the number of WTE consultants in emergency medicine based at Mayo University Hospital in each of the years of 2023 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and the number of current vacancies.

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PQ 42134-25 - Rose Conway-Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide the number of WTE physiotherapist posts by grade that are filled at Claremorris Primary Care Centre in each of the years of 2023 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and the number of current vacancies.

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PQ 42135-25 - Rose Conway Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide the number of WTE occupational therapists posts by grade that are filled at Ballina Primary Care Centre in each of the years of 2023 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and the number of current vacancies.

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PQ 42136-25 - Rose Conway-Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide the number of WTE speech and language therapist posts by grade that are filled at Crossmolina Health Centre in each of the years of 2023 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and the number of current vacancies.

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PQ 42189-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the measures her Department is taking to address the increase in crack cocaine addiction in Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42195-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people are on waiting lists in Wicklow for residential addiction services; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42196-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the beds available, by county for residential addiction services for the years 2020-2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42197-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for when a project will be completed (Primary Health Centre, Greystones, County Wicklow); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42199-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the way in which contracts are awarded for taxi services within the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42201-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the status of vacancies in primary health centres in Wicklow (Primary Health Centre, Bray. Primary Health Centre, Baltinglass. Primary Health Centre, Wicklow Town.); the number of posts that remain vacant or unfilled; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42213-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists for scoliosis treatment in Wicklow; and the length of time they have been on waiting lists, in tabular form.

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PQ 42229-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health the number of resus bays and cubicles currently within the accident and emergency department of Kerry University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42230-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists working in the school dental scheme within Kerry in the years of 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 42231-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists by grade based in each primary care centre within CHO4 in the years of 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 42232-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant radiologist based at Kerry University Hospital in the years of 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 42237-25 - Liam Quaide

To ask the Minister for Health the number of complaints by patients or family members or care partners submitted to each health region since 1 January 2023; the number of complaints responded to within 30 working days; the number responded to within 12 weeks, 18 weeks, 24 weeks and over subsequent six week intervals until 1 July 2025.

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PQ 42238-25 - Liam Quaide

To ask the Minister for Health the precise date building works are due to commence on the replacement facility for the Owenacurra Centre, Midelton.

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PQ 42239-25 - Liam Quaide

To ask the Minister for Health the number of trainee psychologists graduating from doctoral courses in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024; the number of graduates who took up posts in the HSE within six months of graduating; and the number of graduates who took up employment in private practice, if known.

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PQ 42242-25 - Liam Quaide

To ask the Minister for Health the details of funding allocated to Coolmine southwest addiction services for the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025.

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PQ 42243-25 - Liam Quaide

To ask the Minister for Health the locations of twenty new specialist eating disorder inpatient beds announced by Government on 21 July 2025, and for details of staff recruitment including time-frames associated with this provision.

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PQ 42244-25 - Liam Quaide

To ask the Minister for Health the staffing provision by grade staff, senior or principal grade and contract type fixed term or permanent for child and adolescent primary care services in occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, psychology and physiotherapy across each Integrated health area in each health region as of 1 July 2025, and the staffing provision she is aiming to achieve for these disciplines in child and adolescent primary care services by January 2026, in tabular form.

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PQ 42246-25 - Liam Quaide

To ask the Minister for Health the details of all primary care posts, including discipline, grade basic, senior or principal grade and contract type, fixed term or permanent, in each health region which were de-activated due to being vacant on 31 December 2023, as directed by the Pay and Numbers Strategy.

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PQ 42247-25 - Liam Quaide

To ask the Minister for Health the details of recruitment to the primary care child and adolescent services of the north Lee HSE catchment of the south west regional health area from January 2023 to July 2025 for the disciplines of occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, physiotherapy and psychology; the date each post was advertised; the contract type that is, temporary or permanent; the grade of post staff, senior or principal; if the post was accepted or not; if the post was delayed from being filled or eliminated by the Pay and Numbers Strategy; the clear details of any delays; the staffing provision for each discipline at the end of each year from 2022; and the population size served by the north Lee HSE catchment.

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PQ 42263-25 - Liam Quaide

To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in the Dublin southwest Integrated Health Area and the number of vacancies; and the details of recruitment to these roles in each of the years 2022 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 42264-25 - Liam Quaide

To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels of the older persons community specialist team in the Dublin southwest integrated health area; to outline the WTE provision of each discipline, including dietician, occupational therapist and speech and language therapist; and for details of recruitment to each role, in each of the years 2022 to 2024 and to date in 2025.

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PQ 42265-25 - Liam Quaide

To ask the Minister for Health the details of current staffing levels of the older persons community specialist team in the North Lee, Cork integrated health area; to outline the WTE provision of each discipline, including dietician, occupational therapist and speech and language therapist; and for details of recruitment to each role, in each of the years 2022 to 2024 and to date in 2025.

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PQ 42266-25 - Liam Quaide

To ask the Minister for Health the details of current staffing levels of the older persons community specialist team in the South Lee, Cork integrated health area; to outline the WTE provision of each discipline, including dietician, occupational therapist and speech and language therapist; and details of recruitment for each role, in each of the years 2022 to 2024 and to date in 2025.

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PQ 42317-25 - Eamon Scanlon

To ask the Minister for Health the reason individuals diagnosed with cancer in County Leitrim are now being referred to Galway instead of Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42319-25 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the details of the respite houses available to young adults with disabilities in the town of Clonmel; the location; who operates each house; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42381-25 - Aindrias Moynihan

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of persons with disabilities that received home support hours in CH04 up to July 2025; the number of persons with disabilities up to July 2025 that received personal assistance hours in CH04; the total number of hours provided in each category in CH04 up to July 2025; if the target number of hours for each category in CH04 up to the end of 2025 is being met; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42382-25 - Aindrias Moynihan

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the waiting list for access to disability services for children, including assessments and therapy services; if she will provide a breakdown by region/health area and the age distribution of children on these lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42390-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health if frontline social workers in the public system have access to ongoing mental health supports; her plans to strengthen psychological support for staff experiencing vicarious trauma or burnout; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42391-25 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the number of wards or beds not currently in use in each of the Cork hospitals.

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PQ 42394-25 - Michael Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will examine the possibility of appointing an Orthodontist (Minister will the HSE look at having a HSE Orthodontist in Kerry. If not on a full time basis perhaps it could be allowed on a part time basis. Families have to travel from Kerry to Cork on numerous occasions and having an Orthodontist in Kerry would be of huge benefit.) in Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42405-25 - Seán Fleming

To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding car parking facilities at a location (Clonaslee Health Centre, Co. Laois where the HSE owns a significant amount of land adjoining the Health Centre.); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42426-25 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the primary care centres within CHO3 that are currently under construction; when each of those projects will be completed; the services that will be provided at each PCC when they open, in tabular form.

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PQ 42427-25 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in respiratory medicine based at University Hospital Limerick in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 42438-25 - Aindrias Moynihan

To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure on the Cross-Border Directive for each of the years 2023 to 2024, and to date in 2025; the number of patients treated under the Cross-Border Directive in each of the years 2023 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42439-25 - Aindrias Moynihan

To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure on contracting out radiotherapy treatment for public patients to private providers in CH04 for each of the years 2023 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42442-25 - Aindrias Moynihan

To ask the Minister for Health to provide the number of individuals currently wait listed for the complex menopause service in Cork, by the length of time waiting that is, up to 6, 12, 18 and over 18 months, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42443-25 - Aindrias Moynihan

To ask the Minister for Health if a medication (Veoza, for the treatment of moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms associated with menopause and suitable for women who are HRT contraindicated) is prescribed by the complex menopause service at CUMH for women who are HRT contraindicated; the status on this medication being available on the drugs payments scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42467-25 - Conor Sheehan

To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by her Department and State bodies under its aegis on travel and subsistence in 2021, 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 42483-25 - Michael Carrigy

To ask the Minister for Health the status and projected timelines for the development of the four primary care centres in County Longford, specifically in Edgeworthstown, Granard, Ballymahon, and Longford Town; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42502-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapy posts offered to graduates in each of the past five years; the percentage that were full-time 1.0 WTE and the percentage that were below 1.0 WTE, in tabular form.

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PQ 42557-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of newborn hearing screenings that have missed target screening dates under each of the hospitals in the Dublin region, in tabular form and by date line missed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42558-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health if the provision of audiology and newborn hearing screenings will be made available in the new children's hospital campus near to neonatology wards; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42559-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of sleep study machines available for use; if the demand is outweighing the number of machines available in CHI; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42564-25 - Ivana Bacik

To ask the Minister for Health the number of planned primary care centre projects that the HSE intends to lease which are currently stalled, suspended or otherwise in abeyance due to the need to review leasing costs; and the date that the HSE intends to initiate that review for each, in tabular form.

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PQ 42569-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of dentists contracted to the dental treatment services scheme.

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PQ 42570-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists contracted to the dental treatment services scheme in each regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 42571-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of patients treated under the dental treatment services scheme, in 2024 and to date in 2025.

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PQ 42572-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children seen by the school dental screening service, in each regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 42573-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed by the HSE to deliver school dental screening in 2024 and to date in 2025, by grade, in tabular form.

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PQ 42585-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the reason people with alcohol related brain injuries are excluded from community neurorehabilitation services; to outline the rational for the exclusion of alcohol related brain injuries from the National Neurorehabilitation Strategy; if she will commit to addressing this by including alcohol related harm in neurorehabilitation services and strategies; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42594-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost to the health service of treating urinary tract infections in women, including GP visits, emergency presentations, hospital admissions, prescription medications; and to provide a cost breakdown by age cohort, in tabular form.

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PQ 42595-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the HSE of managing repeat or chronic urinary tract infections in women; if any cost-benefit analysis has been undertaken to assess the savings from preventive care or early intervention; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42596-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospitalisations due to urinary tract infections in women in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and the associated cost to the public health system, in each year.

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PQ 42597-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths in women in each of the past five years where urinary tract infection (UTI) was listed as a primary or contributory cause of death, in tabular form; and her views on mortality trends linked to untreated or recurrent UTIs.

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PQ 42598-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of women over 65 who died as a result of urosepsis or complications arising from urinary tract infections in the past five years, in tabular form; if these deaths were reviewed under clinical audit or HIQA processes; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42599-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has developed a standardised care pathway for recurrent urinary tract infections in women, particularly for older adults; if this includes specific outcome improvement measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42601-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health if a national audit has been carried out on the treatment outcomes and recurrence rates of urinary tract infections in women in primary and secondary care settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42602-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the HSE of emergency department attendances for urinary tract infections in women over the past five years; if any analysis has been undertaken into whether these could have been managed more effectively in primary care; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42603-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health if mortality data linked to urosepsis and late stage urinary tract infections in women is being analysed to inform clinical protocols and improve early intervention strategies; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42617-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on contracting out radiotherapy treatment for public patients to private providers in each of the years 2020 to 2024, by hospital, in tabular form.

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PQ 42618-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure on contracting out radiotherapy treatment for public patients to private providers to date in 2025, by hospital, in tabular form.

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PQ 42620-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1394 of 10 June 2025, if she will provide an update on the work of a working group commissioned to oversee the implementation of HIQA’s recommendations related to the role of clinical directors (HIQA’s Independent review of governance at Children’s Health Ireland in the use of implantable medical devices, including the use of non-CE marked springs in spinal surgery at CHI at Temple Street – recommendations 5 and 6.); if she expects that this work will be completed in quarter 4 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42621-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for referrals for speech and language therapy services, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form.

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PQ 42622-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for urgent referrals for speech and language therapy services, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form.

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PQ 42623-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the average wait time for CDNT initial contact referrals, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form.

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PQ 42624-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the average wait time for urgent CDNT initial contact referrals, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form.

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PQ 42625-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the average wait time for assessment of needs referrals, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form.

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PQ 42627-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for home care packages by health region and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form.

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PQ 42630-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for physiotherapy by health region and integrated healthcare area; age category; and time waiting, in tabular form.

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PQ 42631-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for occupational therapy by health region and integrated healthcare area; age category; and time waiting, in tabular form.

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PQ 42632-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for ophthalmology by health region and integrated healthcare area; age category; and time waiting, in tabular form.

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PQ 42633-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for audiology by health region and integrated healthcare area; age category; and time waiting, in tabular form.

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PQ 42634-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for podiatry by health region and integrated healthcare area; age category; and time waiting, in tabular form.

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PQ 42635-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for community psychology services by health region and integrated healthcare area; age category; and time waiting, in tabular form.

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PQ 42636-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for counselling services by health region and integrated healthcare area; age category; and time waiting, in tabular form.

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PQ 42637-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for CAMHS by health region and integrated healthcare area; age category; and time waiting, in tabular form.

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PQ 42638-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for dietetics by health region and integrated healthcare area; age category; and time waiting, in tabular form.

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PQ 42642-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for speech and language therapy by health region and integrated healthcare area; age category; and time waiting, in tabular form.

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PQ 42643-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of children on a waiting list for speech and language therapy by health region and integrated healthcare area; age category; and time waiting, in tabular form.

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PQ 42644-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of children on a waiting list for initial contact from a CDNT, by health region and integrated healthcare area; age category; and time waiting, in tabular form.

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PQ 42648-25 - William Aird

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality to provide funding for a community neurorehabilitation team for the midlands in Budget 2026, in line with the commitment of the Programme for Government to complete the national rollout of community neurorehabilitation teams ; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42649-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the legal minimum level of qualification, if any, required for health care assistants to work in a nursing home.

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PQ 42650-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the legal minimum staffing ratio of nurse to nursing home residents in a nursing home.

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PQ 42651-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the legal minimum staffing ratio of health care assistants to nursing home resident in a nursing home.

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PQ 42652-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the average annual rate of staff turnover of nurses working in nursing homes.

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PQ 42653-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the average annual rate of staff turnover of health care assistants working in nursing homes.

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PQ 42654-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the average rate of pay for health care assistants working in nursing homes.

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PQ 42655-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the average length of service for health care assistants working in nursing homes.

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PQ 42656-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the average staff vacancy rate in nursing homes.

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PQ 42658-25 - Willie O'Dea

To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE have requested that the Irish Institute of Clinical Measurement Physiology (IICMP) get the two year postgraduate course in clinical measurement science (higher diploma) from Technological University Dublin accredited; that previously graduates from this course were hired by the HSE, but now recent graduates who have been offered positions in the HSE cannot get a contract as the course is still not accredited; the action she will take to ensure these graduates can take up their positions in the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42659-25 - Ken O'Flynn

To ask the Minister for Health the details of the gestation for all neonatal deaths in 2022 through termination of pregnancy under the 2018 Act, broken down in categories of less than 22 weeks, 22-27 weeks, 28-31 weeks, 32-36 weeks, 37-41 weeks, over 41 weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42660-25 - William Aird

To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole time equivalent occupational therapists, by grade, based at Mountmellick Primary Care Centre in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42661-25 - William Aird

To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole time equivalent radiographers, by grade, based at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise 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 42662-25 - William Aird

To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE has plans to facilitate the payment of accident and emergency department charges in cash at local post offices; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42663-25 - William Aird

To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole time equivalent consultant psychiatrist and senior psychologist posts that were filled in Laois CAMHS 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 42665-25 - William Aird

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the current number of young adults with an intellectual disability in County Laois who are on a waiting list for day services; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42667-25 - Ken O'Flynn

To ask the Minister for Health the audits or reports that have been compiled including information on the care of babies born alive after abortion; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42675-25 - Barry Heneghan

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of new residential disability places that have been created since the publication of the disability capacity review to 2032, in tabular form by year;; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42678-25 - Martin Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to adult mental health units to date in 2025.

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PQ 42679-25 - Martin Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours currently being provided in each local health office (LHO) area as of 1 July 2025 or the latest date available; the way that compares to target in each LHO for the same time period; the number of persons currently on the waiting list for home support hours in each LHO area; the number waiting 0-3, 3-6, 6-12 and the number waiting 12 months plus, in tabular form.

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PQ 42680-25 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme as of 1 July 2025 or latest date available; the average waiting time; the number of persons currently awaiting placement under the scheme for each local health area; and the length of time waiting, in tabular form.

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PQ 42683-25 - Martin Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion patients currently waiting less than four months for treatment for both Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin and Temple Street Children’s University Hospital for the end of June 2025 or the latest date available; the number waiting 4-8 months and more than 8 months; and if she would provide the same information for other spinal patients, in tabular form.

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PQ 42684-25 - Martin Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each local health office area waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care as of 1 July 2025 or the latest date available; the number waiting 0 to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 weeks and the number waiting more than 52 weeks.

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PQ 42685-25 - Martin Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each local health office area waiting for an ophthalmology appointment in primary care as of 1 July 2025 or the latest date available; the number waiting 0 to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 weeks and the number waiting more than 52 weeks.

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PQ 42686-25 - Martin Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each local health office area waiting for an audiology appointment in primary care as of 1 July 2025 or the latest date available; and the number waiting 0 to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 weeks and the number waiting more than 52 weeks.

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PQ 42687-25 - Martin Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each local health office area waiting for a dietetics appointment in primary care as of 1 July 2025 or the latest date available; and the number waiting 0 to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 weeks and the number waiting more than 52 weeks.

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PQ 42688-25 - Martin Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each local health office area waiting for a psychology appointment in primary care as of 1 July 2025 or the latest date available; and the number waiting 0 to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 weeks and the number waiting more than 52 weeks.

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PQ 42689-25 - Martin Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each local health office area waiting for a counselling appointment in primary care as of 1 July 2025 or the latest date available; and the number waiting 0 to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 weeks and the number waiting more than 52 weeks.

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PQ 42690-25 - Martin Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each local health office area waiting for a child and adolescent mental health services appointment as of 1 July 2025 or the latest date available; and the number waiting 0 to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 weeks and the number waiting more than 52 weeks.

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PQ 42697-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for referrals for community psychology services, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form.

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PQ 42698-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for urgent referrals for community psychology services, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form.

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PQ 42699-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for referrals for counselling services, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form.

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PQ 42700-25 - Padraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for urgent referrals for counselling services, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form.

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PQ 42701-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for referrals for CAMHS, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form.

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PQ 42702-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for urgent referrals for CAMHS, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form.

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PQ 42703-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for referrals for dietetics services, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form.

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PQ 42704 -25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for urgent referrals for dietetics services, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form.

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PQ 42705-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for referrals for physiotherapy services, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form.

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PQ 42706-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for urgent referrals for physiotherapy services, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form.

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PQ 42707-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for referrals for occupational therapy services, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form.

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PQ 42708-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for urgent referrals for occupational therapy services, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form.

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PQ 42709-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for referrals for ophthalmology services, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form.

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PQ 42710-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for urgent referrals for ophthalmology services, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form.

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PQ 42711-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for referrals for audiology services, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form.

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PQ 42712-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for urgent referrals for audiology services, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form.

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PQ 42713-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for referrals for podiatry services, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form.

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PQ 42714-25 - Padraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for urgent referrals for podiatry services, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form.

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PQ 42735-25 - Seán Fleming

To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department, or any agency operating under its aegis, including HSE, have used reserved contracts or social clauses in their public procurement tenders in the past five years; if so, the nature of the reserved contract or social clause; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42757-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health if she has a long-term plan to increase capacity in the Health Service Executive community audiology to address the long waiting lists in some regions, which are reaching up to 3 years for some children with permanent hearing loss to be seen, and many children over waiting for hearing aid reviews; if she will lift the recruitment freeze; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42778-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric spinal surgeries funded through Children's Health Ireland spinal waiting list initiatives in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form (Please breakdown by CHI hospital, outsourced to private hospitals such as Blackrock and those sent abroad.).

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PQ 42779-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health in respect of offering children paediatric spinal surgeries abroad, the way in which Children's Health Ireland determines suitability; if specific clinical criteria is used; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42786-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of end-of-life medical cards issued, by age group, in each of the years 2020 to and to date in 2024, 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 42788-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses working in chemotherapy wards in each of the relevant hospitals managed by RCSI Hospital Group; how this compares to optimum staffing levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42789-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses working in chemotherapy wards in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Dublin Midlands Hospital Group; how this compares to optimum staffing levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42790-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses working in chemotherapy wards in each of the relevant hospitals managed by University of Limerick Hospital Group; how this compares to optimum staffing levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42791-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses working in chemotherapy wards in each of the relevant hospitals managed by South/Southwest Hospital Group; how this compares to optimum staffing levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42792-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses working in chemotherapy wards in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Saolta Hospital Group; how this compares to optimum staffing levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42793-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses working in chemotherapy wards in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Children's Health Ireland; how this compares to optimum staffing levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42794-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on how often KPI data from the National Cancer Control Programme online portal is updated; its intended use; who the KPI data is shared with; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42798-25 - Donna McGettigan

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of WTE psychologist posts that were filled at west Clare Children's disability network team in the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 42799-25 - Donna McGettigan

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of WTE clinical nurse specialist in intellectual disabilities posts that were filled within CHO3 children's disability network teams in the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 42823-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the review process which governs suspension type from the Children’s Health Ireland’s spinal surgery waiting list (In June, 60 children were suspended from the spinal surgery waiting lists - 21 suspended for clinical reasons, 12 for personal, and 27 for surgery initiatives.); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42824-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the processes in place to review and reactivate long-suspended children from Children’s Health Ireland’s spinal surgery waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42825-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health if any children have become inoperable while suspended from Children’s Health Ireland’s spinal surgery waiting lists; the number, by year; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42826-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the children currently listed as suspended for surgery initiative from Children’s Health Ireland’s spinal surgery waiting list; the number scheduled for treatment in the UK or US; and the number scheduled for treatment in Irish private hospitals (Blackrock clinic or any others), in tabular form.

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PQ 42827-25 - Barry Heneghan

To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the current level of funding allocated to cochlear implant services in Beaumont Hospital given the potential of these services to significantly improve the quality of life for individuals with hearing loss; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42865-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number currently on the waiting list for child physiotherapy in CHO6 and CHO7, County Wicklow, by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42866-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe between an initial appointment at each of the rapid access prostate clinics and diagnosis with prostate cancer where it occurs; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42867-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe between an initial referral to each of the rapid access prostate clinics and a diagnosis with prostate cancer where it occurs; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42874-25 - Conor Sheehan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people hospitalised for cosmetic surgery performed incorrectly from 2020 to 2025, broken down by hospital group, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42875-25 - Conor Sheehan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people hospitalised for non-invasive cosmetic procedures performed incorrectly from 2020 to 2025, broken down by hospital group, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42889-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of child physiotherapists in CHO6 and CHO7, County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42894-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting occupational therapy in CHO6 in County Wicklow and CHO7 County Wicklow; broken down by length of time 3, 6, 12+ months, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42923-25 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of children on CDNT waiting lists in Kerry, broken down by team and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42924-25 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting a home help package in Kerry, broken down by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42925-25 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of vacancies that exist in CDNTs in County Kerry, by CDNT region, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42927-25 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on CAMHS waiting lists in Kerry, broken down by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42928-25 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on occupational therapy waiting lists in Kerry, broken down by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42929-25 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting dental appointments in Kerry, broken down by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42930-25 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on physiotherapy waiting lists in Kerry, broken down by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42931-25 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies that exist within CAMHS in County Kerry, broken down by area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42943-25 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for CAMHS, by community health organisation, age category and time waiting in each of the years 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42944-25 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for CAMHS, by community health organisation, age category, and time waiting, in tabular form in each of the years 2020 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42949-25 - Seán Ó Fearghaíl

To ask the Minister for Health the number of recruitment campaigns that St. James's hospital took in the United Kingdom to attract Irish trained nurses, doctors, speech and language therapists and so on, to work at the hospital in the years 2023 to 2024 and to-date in 2025; the number of jobs offered per recruitment campaign, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42957-25 - Richard Boyd Barrett

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost to the Health Service Executive of treating chronic diet related illnesses such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; and if he will provide a breakdown of cost estimates by illness type.

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PQ 42978-25 - Ciarán Ahern

To ask the Minister for Health the number of general surgeons in CHO7, and specifically in Dublin south west, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42979-25 - Ciarán Ahern

To ask the Minister for Health the number of cardiothoracic surgeons in CHO7, and specifically in Dublin south west, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42981-25 - Ciarán Ahern

To ask the Minister for Health the number of orthopaedic surgeons in CHO7, and specifically in Dublin south west, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42982-25 - Ciaran Ahern

To ask the Minister for Health the number of ENT surgeons in CHO7, and specifically in Dublin south west, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42983-25 - Ciarán Ahern

To ask the Minister for Health the number of anaesthesiologists in CHO7, and specifically in Dublin south west, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42984-25 - Ciarán Ahern

To ask the Minister for Health the number of radiologists in CHO7, and specifically in Dublin south west, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42985-25 - Ciarán Ahern

To ask the Minister for Health the number of OB/GYNs in CHO7, and specifically in Dublin south west, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42986-25 - Ciarán Ahern

To ask the Minister for Health the number of immunologists in CHO7, and specifically in Dublin south west, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 42999-25 - Donna McGettigan

To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the chronic understaffing within the Limerick perinatal mental health team, with only one psychiatrist and one psychologist currently serving the entire mid-west region; if she will review and increase staffing levels to meet the region's postnatal mental healthcare demands; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43000-25 - Donna McGettigan

To ask the Minister for Health if she will implement responsive protocols for emergency medication management for postpartum women experiencing acute mental health symptoms, especially when specialist services are unavailable; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43001-25 - Donna McGettigan

To ask the Minister for Health if she will support GPs in providing interim mental health care by offering training and guidance in psychiatric medication management; if she will address standards of communication and responsiveness within perinatal mental health services to ensure vulnerable women are treated with empathy and urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43004-25 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the outsourcing of hospital services at university hospital Kerry broken down by department, procedure and cost in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43068-25 - Conor Sheehan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people hospitalised, per hospital, due to vaping related illnesses or injuries in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43085-25 - Ciarán Ahern

To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors specialising in geriatric medicine in CHO7 and specifically in Dublin south west in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43086-25 - Ciarán Ahern

To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors specialising in palliative care in CHO7 and specifically in Dublin south west in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43087-25 - Ciarán Ahern

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the funding provided in each of the previous five years to CDNT 1, 2 3, 7, and 8 in CHO7, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43089-25 - Ciarán Ahern

To ask the Minister for Health the average wait times in the accident and emergency department department in Tallaght University Hospital in each of the past five years; the steps she is taking to reduce wait times, overcrowding and understaffing in the Tallaght University Hospital accident and emergency department; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43090-25 - Ciarán Ahern

To ask the Minister for Health the average number of patients on trolleys in each of the past 24-months in Tallaght University Hospital, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43094-25 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the maximum length of respite care that a carer of an older person can apply for per annum free of charge; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43095-25 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of carers in County Kerry that avail of the maximum length of respite care when caring for older persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43135-25 - Máire Devine

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE specialist periodontists based in CHO7 primary care system in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 43137-25 - Máire Devine

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that have attended the adult cochlear outpatient clinic at Beaumont Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 43350-25 - Louis O'Hara

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of children as of 1 July 2025, or latest date available, that were awaiting a first assessment of need from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005, for the CHO2 area; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43351-25 - Louis O'Hara

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of people under 18 who are on an autism assessment waiting list in county Galway; the length of time they have been on this waiting list in each of the years 2020 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43410-25 - Liam Quaide

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the total cost of assessments of needs commissioned by the HSE, per each respective provider, in each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date, in the south west region; and the most expensive assessment of need, per each respective provider, in the same years.; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43547-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the waiting lists for those awaiting assessments of needs, by time and county, the projected waiting list by the end of 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43550-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality to provide the progress being made in workforce planning for staffing of CDNTs and disability services; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43553-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the positions and teams unfilled for community neuro rehabilitation teams, by region, in tabular form; the plans to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43554-25 - RuairÍ Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality her plan, timeline and cost to deliver 222 extra posts in adult multidisciplinary therapies as promised in the action plan for disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43555-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality her plan, timeline and cost to deliver around 1,200 additional day service places each year, to ensure places for school leavers who require them; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43772-25 - Sinéad Gibney

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality to provide an update on the status of respite funding for adults with intellectual disabilities and autism in counties Carlow and Kilkenny and specifically the status of promised funding to SOS Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43785-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of assessments of need overdue for completion at the end of quarter 2 2025, by area, in tabular form; and the mean time to issuing a service statement in 2025 to date.

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PQ 43899-25 - Joanna Byrne

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality if she plans to provide a community neuro-rehabilitation team in the Dublin and north-east region noting that they do not currently have one.

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PQ 44116-25 - Sinéad Gibney

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality if she will consider collecting and publishing data on the average number of overnight respite beds and a record of respite bed waiting lists for greater transparency in relation to available respite resources; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44117-25 - Sinéad Gibney

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the status of respite funding for adults with intellectual disabilities and autism in Dublin Rathdown.

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PQ 44168-25 - Paul McAuliffe

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality if she or her Department plan to alter the current departmental description of autism spectrum disorder as an umbrella term, with increased additional needs being included in this area over time; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44194-25 - Barry Heneghan

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality if she will outline any new funding or staffing measures being put in place to clear the assessment of need backlog, particularly in high-pressure areas such as CHO9; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44195-25 - Barry Heneghan

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the timeframe within which she expects the current backlog in disability assessments and supports for children to be resolved; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 44199-25 - Joanna Byrne

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality to provide an update on the progress being made on rolling out the national information management system for children's disability network teams; and if manual data collection is currently in place for the Dublin and North East Regional Healthcare Area.

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PQ 44200-25 - Joanna Byrne

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality if there are any plans to collect data for individual disciplines such as SLT, OT, physiotherapy and so on, within the children's disability network teams in the Dublin and North East Regional Healthcare Area; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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