PQ Responses - July 9th 2025

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PQ 37942-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date and timeline for implementing the recommendations of the review of radiation therapy, in tabular form.

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PQ 37943-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the unit cost per fraction of treatment utilising a linear accelerator in the public system.

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PQ 37944-25 - David Cullinane front page preview

To ask the Minister for Health the number of units of treatment delivered utilising each linear accelerator which were delivered through core activity in each statutory and section 38 hospitals in 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 37945-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of units of treatment delivered utilising a linear accelerator which were delivered through insourcing in 2024, for each statutory and section 38 hospital, in tabular form.

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PQ 37946-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of units of treatment delivered utilising a linear accelerator which were delivered through outsourcing in 2024, for each provider, in tabular form; and the details of total payments made to each provider for that period for such services.

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PQ 37947-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of radiation therapists which are on panels awaiting a job offer, in tabular form.

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PQ 37948-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will fund a PET scanner for Letterkenny; and whether there is any service agreement with altnagelvin for such services to avoid patients travelling long distances to Dublin or Galway.

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PQ 37954-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the level of Saturday activity occurring due to insourcing arrangements across each specialty for each statutory and section 38 hospital, by health region, in 2024 and to date in 2025.

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PQ 37955-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the level of Saturday activity occurring due to the public-only consultant contract across each specialty for each statutory and section 38 hospital, by health region, in 2024 and to date in 2025.

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PQ 37971-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the rate of persons who have received mesh implants who have reported suffering harm as a result of such implants as a proportion of all those who have received mesh implants for the period 2010 to 2018 ; and whether she has sought such information to inform decision-making on the future use of mesh implants.

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PQ 37972-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the data sought and collected to inform decision making on the future use of mesh implants.

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PQ 37973-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of alternative surgeries or other interventions conducted as an alternative to mesh implants during the period 2010 to 2018 until the pause, and during the period 2018 since the pause to date, in tabular form.

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PQ 37974-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the range of services available to mesh-injured persons; the reason full removal services are not available in the State; and whether her Department will fund access to treatment abroad for mesh-injured persons.

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PQ 37975-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the report of the national vaginal mesh implant oversight group; the reason no mesh-injured persons have been included in the process of compiling the report; and the engagement the group has had with mesh-injured persons since inception, by year, in tabular form.

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PQ 37990-25 - Pádraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider increasing the dosage threshold for the treatment of type ii diabetes mellitus (Semaglutide (Ozempic) to 2 mg, bringing Ireland in line with neighbouring jurisdictions, as currently reimbursement support in Ireland is available for the licensed indication and dosage including and up to 0.25 mg/0.5 mg/1 mg strength providing a four-week supply; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 37995-25 - Richard Boyd Barrett

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality if a decision-making representation order is required for a relative of a person in residential services to request a second opinion from a medical professional where there are concerns that the service user is receiving improper medical care, or whether the service provider should facilitate this upon request.

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PQ 37996-25 - John Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health when a start date for the new 40-bed community nursing unit project for Clifden will be announced; the reason for the delay in announcing this project given the fact that funding and planning for this unit have been in place since 2023.

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PQ 38026-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number and details of international clinical quality registries, quality improvement registries, or quality assessment registries, or any other similar registries which provide for comparisons of standard and quality of care and outcomes, in which the HSE requires hospital participation, in tabular form.

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PQ 38027-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number and details of international clinical quality registries, quality improvement registries, or quality assessment registries, or any other similar registries which provide for comparisons of standard and quality of care and outcomes, in which each statutory and section-38 hospitals are participating, by hospital, in tabular form.

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PQ 38028-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if she considers that hospitals should have to participate in and report to her on their standing within international clinical quality registries, quality improvement registries, or quality assessment registries; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 38048-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the energy consumption of each statutory and section 38 acute hospital for each year in the period 2019 to 2024, in tabular form; the display energy certificate (DEC) number for each hospital; the total thermal energy consumption kWh/year; the electrical energy consumption kWh/year; the DEC rating for building and consumption in terms of kWh/m2/yr and DEC point scale; and the CO2 emissions emitted by the building in terms of kgCO2/m2/yr and DEC point scale.

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PQ 38109-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency department presentations and admissions in the first six months of each year from 2019 to 2025, by hospital, in tabular form; and of those admitted, the percentage and number admitted within six hours, nine hours, and 24 hours.

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PQ 38110-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency department presentations who left before they were admitted or discharged in the first six months of each year from 2019 to 2025, by hospital, in tabular form.

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PQ 38111-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO incidents responded to within 19 minutes in the first six months of each year from 2019 to 2025, by region, in tabular form.

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PQ 38112-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to within 19 minutes in the first six months of each year from 2019 to 2025, by region, in tabular form.

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PQ 38113-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the average ambulance response time to all incidents in the first six months of each year from 2019 to 2025, by region, in tabular form.

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PQ 38114-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of symptomatic breast cancer attendances in 2024 and to date in 2025 whose referrals were triaged as urgent and which did not adhere to the national standard of two weeks for urgent referrals.