PQ Responses - June 10th 2025

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PQ 28903-25- Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of WTE physiotherapists, by grade working in Longford children's disability network team in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 28904-25 -Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of WTE medical social workers, by grade working in Clonbrusk children's disability network team in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 28908-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE radiation therapists and radiation therapist clinical specialists at Beaumont Hospital as of 26 May 2025 and as of 31 December 2022, in tabular form.

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PQ 28909-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the current WTE positions filled in Longford-Westmeath CAMHS teams, broken down by discipline, in tabular form.

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PQ 28911-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE theatre nurses based at Mullingar Regional Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 28958-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the reason the midlands has received no funding for local community neurorehabilitation teams as promised; when will they receive this funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 28959-25 -Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE dental nurses and dental hygienists based in each primary care centre and health centre within Meath in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 28960-25 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of minor and major treatment bays within accident and emergency department of Our Lady's Hospital, Navan.

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PQ 28961-25 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the hours per week each consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon is based at St. James's Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 28962-25 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding provided for tobacco cessation services in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 28963-25 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant podiatrists posts within Meath.

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PQ 29006-25 - Donna McGettigan

To ask the Minister for Health for a timetable for the establishment of Jigsaw in County Clare; if it will be established in more than one location in the county, given its size; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29033-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants employed by the HSE, broken down by the number who are in receipt of the public-only consultant contract and the number who are not, by principal clinical site and region, in tabular form.

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PQ 29054-25 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on dietitian appointments in Dublin mid-west; the average time waiting; for a breakdown of numbers waiting, by month; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29056-25 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1103 of 13 May 2025, the number of children on CAMHS waiting lists in Kerry, broken down by area and by length of time, in each of the years 2015 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29062-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinical directors employed by the health service; the details of their location and number of consultants which they are required to oversee in each case; the reporting arrangements in place to oversee the work of the directors; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29067-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health if she will engage with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, in regard to utilising HSE buildings and lands across County Kerry for housing, that are no longer being utilised and are surplus to requirement; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29096-25 - Micheál Carrigy

To ask the Minister for Health if she will intervene to ensure the continuation of home help support at a location (The Dolmen Centre, Granard, Co Longford) where service users have been informed that this support will cease at the end of June 2025, following a decision by the HSE; if he will outline the rationale for this decision and confirm whether an alternative plan is being developed to maintain essential support for users during the summer closure of day-care services; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29105-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on CAMHS waiting lists, by area; and the number who have been waiting longer than 12 months in each area.

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PQ 29107-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the average daily cost of a bed at CAMHS inpatient units (for example, Éist Linn, Linn Dara, Merlin Park); and the total cost per admission.

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PQ 29108-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of CAMHS referrals currently being accepted for assessment and treatment, by area; and her plans to address the high rate of rejected referrals; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29111-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health to outline the current staffing levels in CAMHS West Cork (Dunmanway), including the number of funded but unfilled positions.

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PQ 29112-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the community-based mental health supports available to children waiting over 12 months for CAMHS appointments; and if these are standardised across the State.

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PQ 29119-25 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality when funding will be provided for an occupational therapy service in south Tipperary; to outline the current position; the reasons for the delay in resolving this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29126-25 - Naoise Ó Muirí

To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for speech and language services from primary care centres in Dublin from the date of referral; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29145-25 - Pádraig MacLochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health to confirm, in view of the fact that the renal dialysis unit in Letterkenny University Hospital (LUH) is running at maximum capacity for a long time, the cost of out-sourcing additional demand for dialysis to NHS hospitals in the north of Ireland (inclusive of both transport and dialysis costs) in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 for patients from Donegal who should be treated in LUH.

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PQ 29146-25 - Pádraig MacLochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health to confirm, in view of the lack of capacity in the laboratory department in Letterkenny University Hospital, the cost of outsourcing routine blood samples to private laboratories from January 2025 to date.

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PQ 29147-25 - Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health to confirm the expenditure on private ambulances by Letterkenny University Hospital for 2024.

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PQ 29149-25 - Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health to confirm, given that over 60% of hospital consultants have now signed the new contracts which significantly enhances their salary and contains a clause on weekend working, the number of hospital consultants that are now rostered for duty on weekends in the overall band 3 and 4 acute, secondary-care hospitals funded by the HSE (including voluntary hospitals in Dublin), categorised by speciality and for each hospital (This figure is exclusive of consultants who are rostered for on-call cover).

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PQ 29151-25 - Charles Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists based at primary care centres within CHO1 in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29154-25 - Charles Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists working in the school dental scheme within Donegal 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 29158-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality she will provide the status levels of CDNT staff in CHO6; if any vacancies remain unfilled; if she will provide a breakdown of these unfilled vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29167-25 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality her plans for the improvement and expansion of disability day services.

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PQ 29173-25 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of CT scanners, MRI scanners and PET scanners available for use at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, in 2024 and to date in 2025; and the number of days per week each scanner operates, in tabular form.

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PQ 29174-25 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the types of procedures that will be carried out at the new north Dublin surgical hub due to open later this year; and the number of medical and nursing staff that will take place in this new surgical hub.

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PQ 29175-25 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant gastroenterologists based at the Mater Hospital in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 29191-25 - Shane Moynihan

To ask the Minister for Health when the new CDNT services will be operational in the Clondalkin primary care centre on Boot Road, if she will outline the level of service that will be provided as part of this; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29198-25 - Joanna Byrne

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality if funding will be provided in this year’s Budget to deliver a community neurorehabilitation team for the Midlands and North East in line with the Programme for Government commitment to complete the rollout of community neurorehabilitation teams across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29208-25 - Paul McAuliffe

To ask the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to address potential recruitment shortfalls in the National Ambulance Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29209-25 - Paul McAuliffe

To ask the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to ensure that there is sufficient staffing of advanced paramedics within the National Ambulance Service nationwide; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29255-25 - Seán Ó Fearghaíl

To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff (full-time equivalent) employed by the HSE MyOptions service, broken down by year and by category, as qualified nurses, qualified counsellors, and other staff; to outline the training they are currently required to take before advising callers; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29268-25 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on CAMHS waiting lists by area; and the number who have been waiting longer than 12 months in each area.

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PQ 29270-25 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the average daily cost of a bed at CAMHS inpatient units (for example, Éist Linn, Linn Dara, Merlin Park); and the total cost per admission.

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PQ 29271-25 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of CAMHS referrals currently being accepted for assessment and treatment, by area; and her plans to address the high rate of rejected referrals.

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PQ 29274-25 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health to outline the current staffing levels in CAMHS West Cork (Dunmanway), including the number of funded but unfilled positions.

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PQ 29275-25 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health what community-based mental health supports are available to children waiting over 12 months for CAMHS appointments; and whether these are standardised across the State.

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PQ 29290-25 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of second consultation claims that were made via the primary care reimbursement scheme for termination of pregnancy in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29295-25 - Pat Gallagher

To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide the location of each health centre in County Donegal that is no longer functional; if she will outline the plans for their disposal and whether interested local organisations could be considered for purchase at a nominal price.

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PQ 29338-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who have been granted home care support in 2024 and to date in 2025, that are awaiting 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 29339-25 - John Brady

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

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PQ 29340-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health if she will confirm the number of people who have been granted home care support in 2024 and to date in 2025, who are still awaiting 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 29341-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the procedures hospitals should follow regarding move on plans for patients with dementia from hospital to convalescent care; whether hospitals must consult families in the decision making process; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29346-25 - Maurice Quinlivan

To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the two early intervention, in psychosis teams promised for Limerick and Dublin in Budget 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29347-25 - Maurice Quinlivan

To ask the Minister for Health when the two early intervention, in psychosis teams promised for Limerick and Dublin in Budget 2025 will be opened; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29348-25 - Maurice Quinlivan

To ask the Minister for Health the funding has been allocated for the two early intervention, in psychosis teams promised for Limerick and Dublin in Budget 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29349-25 - Maurice Quinlivan

To ask the Minister for Health the staffing that will be allocated for the two early intervention, in psychosis teams promised for Limerick and Dublin in Budget 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29350-25 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality if the daily transport charge, which parents of adults and children with special needs were required to pay for transport to day services has been abolished as per commitment given by previous Minister of State for Disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29364-25 - Aidan Farrelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have attended each outpatient clinic at St. James's Hospital in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025; the frequency in which each of those clinics are held; if you could also indicate if each outpatient clinic is consultant led or nurse led, in tabular form.

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PQ 29365-25 - Aidan Farrelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of cubicle treatment bays within accident and emergency department of Naas General Hospital.

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PQ 29367-25 - Aidan Farrelly

To ask the Minister for Health the details of the National Ambulance Service fleet for each of the years 2022 to 2025 inclusive and the number of vehicles by type, in tabular form.

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PQ 29376-25 - Aidan Farrelly

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of children with disabilities on waiting list for overnight respite care in County Kildare; and the number of those who currently receiving respite care but who require more nights, in tabular form.

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PQ 29381-25 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the HSE’s plans to reduce the funding for people with an intellectual difficulty that live in a residential settings and attend a day service; the plan for the places that would be vacated by these people being forced to stay in residential settings; and if jobs will be lost in this reorganisation.

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PQ 29431-25 - Joe Cooney

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in emergency medicine based at the Mater University Hospital, Tallaght University Hospital, Beaumont Hospital, St. James’s Hospital, St. Vincent’s Hospital, University Hospital Galway, Cork University Hospital and University Hospital Waterford, in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 29433-25 - Martin Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a breakdown, by regional health area, of the number and size, in weekly home support hours; her views on disparities in availability across regions, particularly in regional health areas covering Mayo, Galway and Roscommon; her further views in light of the commitments set out in the HSE National Service Plan 2025 (pages 24 and 77); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29435-25 - Ged Nash

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

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PQ 29464-25 - Seán Fleming

To ask the Minister for Health to outline details in relation to a hospital (The current position in relation to the Development Control Plan for the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise.); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29474-25 - Barry Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the services currently on offer in the postnatal hubs already established; if there are plans to expand these services; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29481-25 - Danny Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a matter ( Will consideration be given to using the District Hospital in Killarney for respite once the new hospital opens in Killarney ? What are the plans for the district hospital?); and if she will make a statement on the matter. -Danny Healy-Rae

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PQ 29482-25 - Danny Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality for an update on a respite centre in Listowel (What is the update on Cois na Féile the respite centre in Kilmorna Listowel Co.Kerry which closed in 2024 and was to reopen in March of this year?); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29490-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health if she will conduct a review of the system of clinical directors (Introduced in 2008, there role involves supervising consultant colleagues.); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29491-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health if any private companies have been contracted to answer calls to the information line established for families whose children have been identified for follow-up following publication of the developmental dysplasia of the hip audit by Children’s Health Ireland and the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Cappagh; if it is exclusively specialist developmental dysplasia of the hip nurses taking calls; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29492-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health if any surgeons are contesting the findings of the developmental dysplasia of the hip audit by Children’s Health Ireland and the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Cappagh; if any of the 14 surgeons whose cases were audited have been placed on leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29507-25 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health the current and known upcoming vacancies at Cavan and Monaghan Hospital group; the dates on which the vacancies arose or will arise and the dates when vacancies are expected to be filled, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29516-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the intentions of the HSE with regard to a nursing home (Fearna Nursing Home, Castlerea.); if this facility will continue under the control of the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29543-25 - Jen Cummins

To ask the Minister for Health if staffing levels of public health nurses have increased in the past twelve months; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29544-25 - Jen Cummins

To ask the Minister for Health when Dublin 12 will return to a full team of public health nurses; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29545-25 - Shonagh Ní Raghallaigh

To ask the Minister for Health if she will report on recruitment plans for the position of emergency medical controller; the current status of the panel for this role; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29548-25 - Louis O'Hara

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of assessment of need liaison officers employed in CHO2 area as of 31 January 2023 and 28 May 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29549-25 - Louis O'Hara

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality to provide a list of all vacancies for intellectual disability nursing posts within CHO2; and the locations of these vacancies, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29552-25 - Louise O'Hara

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant urologists based at Galway University Hospital 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 29553-25 - Louis O’Hara

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have contacted the HSE drug and alcohol helpline in and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29567-25 - Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health when capital approval will be granted to transition Radharc na Sleibhte, Carndonagh, County Donegal from a residential model to a recovery focused crisis intervention/ set down facility, supported with 24-hour staff cover, as requested by the HSE’s Donegal mental health management team.

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PQ 29584-25 - Niall Collins

To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being put in place to address the shortage of home support staff in the Limerick area; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29596-25 - Joe Cooney

To ask the Minister for Health if projects ( 1) the Surgical Hub facility for the Midwest area to include 2 Operating Theatres & 2 Minor Procedure Rooms including recovery / post anaesthetic unit and associated support services and staff facilities; 2) both 16-bed inpatient emergency wards as outlined in the 2025 HSE Capital Infrastructure Bed Projects – completions for operationalisation in 2025) in University Hospital Limerick, as outlined in the HSE Capital Plan 2025, will be completed and fully operational in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29608-25 - Ann Graves

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE registrars in stroke medicine at Beaumont Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 29611-25 - Ann Graves

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists based in each primary care centre within CHO9 as of 28 May 2025.

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PQ 29636-25 - Danny Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health to progress a request ( I ask that request for a Primary Care Centre in Abbeyfeale be progressed for the people of North Kerry and West Limerick, it has been listed on the Government's e tender site and tendered for but has not progressed any further, this facility is very badly needed for the people of this area.); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29645 25 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of hours on the home support waiting list in RHA West and Northwest; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29648-25 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of refusals for HSE home support (older people) in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29652-25 - Séamus McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on a waiting list for orthodontic assessment and for orthodontic treatment in Cork city and county; the steps being taken to reduce these waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29654-25 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality if she will ensure that a sustainable funding stream will be provided to a centre in Tipperary that provides training, support and employment for people with mental health issues in south Tipperary to ensure the sustainability of the centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29655-25 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure that a sustainable funding stream will be provided to a centre in Tipperary that provides training, support and employment for people with mental health issues in south Tipperary to ensure the sustainability of the centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29658-25 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of applications for HSE home support (disabilities) in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29659-25 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of approvals for HSE home support (disabilities) in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29660-25 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of refusals for HSE home support (disabilities) in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29661-25 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the budget for HSE home support (disabilities) in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29675-25 - Séamus McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a person who holds a medical card be reimbursed for the cost of their monthly prescription for the drug stelazine 5mg as it is currently not available under the general medical service scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29698-25 - Roderic O'Gorman

To ask the Minister for Health the average length of time a person has to wait before gaining access to dialectical behaviour therapy within the HSE, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29700-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the total amount of money spent in 2022, 2023 and 2024 in public hospitals on hospital waiting list initiatives, broken down by year and by hospital, the number of consultants paid through such initiatives, if the money came from the NTPF or other sources; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29701-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of procedures carried out as a result of a blitz or insourcing of services at weekends as part of waiting lists initiatives in public hospitals in 2022, 2023 and 2024, broken down by hospital and by day; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29702-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the process and criteria used by public hospitals in selecting consultants to carry out insourcing of care at weekends, blitzes, or other waiting list initiatives; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29715-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the reasons a specific HSE support service for parents has been moved online (" Parents of children with autism in Cork were able to attend a meeting about the dietary needs of children with autism."This was held in St Marys Primary Care centre on the Northside of Cork."Parents expressed how positive this meeting was and how it gave them an opportunity to meet with other parents and to build a support network."The parents have now been told that the HSE has decided to move these meetings online."This takes away all the community aspect of this meetings.); if her Department will consider reversing this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29716-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent speech and language therapy posts offered annually to new graduates in the HSE, in each of the past five years; to provide a compassion with the number of graduates qualifying each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29746-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health if there is a protocol governing the treatment of referrals on the waiting lists when they are being referred back to primary care from a CDNT.

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PQ 29752-25 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health when James Connolly Memorial Hospital will be used to give a dental service to those who need specialist care under general anaesthetic; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29753-25 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently on waiting lists for specialist dental care under general anaesthetic, in tabular form.

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PQ 29754-25 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health the number of anaesthesiologists will be working in James Connolly Memorial Hospital to reduce the two year long waiting list for treatments requiring general anaesthetic; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29755-25 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health if recruitment of public dentists is still facing an embargo due to HSE budget constraints; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29792-25 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if the 34 new whole-time equivalent positions for the agencies involved in the HSE's medicines pricing and reimbursement system, as initially prescribed in February 2023 by the then-Minister for Health, have now been successfully filled; whether they have commenced their engagement; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29802-25 - John Paul O'Shea

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of people in receipt of blind welfare allowance for the years 2020 to 2025, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29811-25 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health if Roscommon University Hospital is providing ultrasound scans for patients in receipt of medical cards.

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PQ 29828-25 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to fill the role of the senior dental surgeon (special needs) post in the north Tipperary area which has been vacant for over two years.

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PQ 29838-25 - Johnny Guirke

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PQ 29872-25 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health when the new major trauma helipad at Cork University Hospital will be completed and ready for full usage; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29880-25 - Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh

To ask the Minister for Health the number of young people born with Down syndrome each year for the last five years by county, in tabular form.

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PQ 29887-25 - Liam Quaide

To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to expand the provision of dialectical behavioural therapy services by the HSE, particularly in areas where waiting lists are longest or services are not currently available; to outline funding commitments and time frames relating to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29924-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital appointments including surgeries and procedures carried out in CHI hospitals on a Saturday from 2015 to date, broken down by appointment or procedure, by month and, by hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29926-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money earned by public consultants worrying at weekends on waiting list initiatives including ones funded by the NTPF from 2010 to date, broken down by year, by hospital, by speciality and by amounts earned in each year in bands (0-€10,000, €10,001 to €20,000, €20,001 to €30,000, €30,001 to €40,000, €40,001 to €50,000, €50,001 to €60,000, €60,001 to €70,000, €70,001 to €80,000, €80,001 to €90,000, €90,001 to €100,000 and €100,001 to €200,000 and amounts over €200,001.); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29927-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the total capital funding allocated to each Model 4 Hospital from 2011 to date, broken down by hospital, by each capital allocation amount, by year and the total allocation cumulatively over the time period covered; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29928-25 - Michael Lowry

To ask the Minister for Health the hours during which Shannon Doc operates in Roscrea, County Tipperary; if she will provide a breakdown of each day that the Shannon Doc service did not open during its advertised opening hours between 1 January 2024 and 31 May 2025; the reasons no service was provided on each of those days; what efforts are being made to ensure that a full service is being provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29946-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the total money spent on in-sourcing of health care in public hospitals to reduce waiting lists from 2015 to date, broken down by year, by hospital, and whether the funding came from a hospital directly or from the NTPF; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29947-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the total money spent on waiting list initiatives since 2015 broken down by year, by hospital and by funding source; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29968-25 - John Connolly.

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality if the CDNT 5–west Galway city service is currently operating with a full cohort of staff; the roles within the west Galway city CDNT that are currently vacant; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29969-25 - John Connolly

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality if the CDNT 6–central Galway and east Galway city service is currently operating with a full cohort of staff; the roles within the central and east Galway city CDNT that are currently vacant; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29970-25 - John Connolly

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality if the CDNT 7–north Galway service is currently operating with a full cohort of staff; the roles within the north Galway CDNT that are currently vacant; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29971-25 - John Connolly

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality if the CDNT 8–east Galway and south Roscommon service is currently operating with a full cohort of staff; the roles within the east Galway and south Roscommon CDNT that are currently vacant; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29978-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients receiving biologics medicines for severe asthma in 2024 and to date in 2025; and the specific biologic medicines included, in tabular form.

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PQ 29979-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients receiving biologic medicines for severe asthma in 2024 and to date in 2025, by health region and hospital, in tabular form.

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PQ 29980-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the commissioned managed access protocol necessary for the reimbursement of a severe asthma biologic medicine for patients with EOS level greater than 300 (Tezepelumab); the delivery timeline; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29981-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the health technology assessment ongoing with the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics for a biologic medicine to be used for severe asthma patients with EOS level less than 300 (Tezepelumab); the delivery timeline; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 29983-25 - Liam Quaide

To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care psychology child and adolescent service posts, by grade (assistant, basic, senior, principal) and by regional health area, advertised since 1 January 2025; and the number of those posts that have since been accepted and filled, with a candidate commenced in post.

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PQ 30004-25 - Barry Heneghan

To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the commencement of the proposed pilot programme to improve HPV vaccine uptake rates among underserved communities; to outline the proposed methodology and geographic locations for this pilot scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30017-25 - Barry Heneghan

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the current suspension of developmental checks for babies, other than newborns, in the Killester and Milmount area, due to reported staff shortages among public health nurses; if she will outline the steps being taken to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30026-25 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a list of addresses of all properties under the ownership or control of the HSE which have been lost due to adverse possession since 1 January 2015.

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PQ 30042-25 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health the vacancies that exist in dermatology services at Letterkenny University Hospital; when any vacancies will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30051-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the capital submission for the proposed mother and baby unit at St Vincents Hospital.

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PQ 30052-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the feasibility study for the proposed mother and baby unit at St Vincents Hospital, scheduled to be completed in quarter one 2025.

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PQ 30061-25 - Mairéad Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the number the number of beds for the western region in residential addiction services currently and in each quarter of 2025 and 2026; if beds will be available for the western region from September 2025; the work being carried out to expand access to addiction services in the west; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30062-25 - Mairéad Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide a detox unit in the west; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30094-25 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies there are within CAMHS in County Donegal, by area; the length of time the roles have been vacant; the action that has been taken to ensure vacancies are filled; if there is a date for any vacancies to be filled, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30113-25 - Frank Feighan

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the procurement and roll out of the new national immunisation system which will be used to record all vaccine programmes offered by the State and to support their delivery.

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PQ 30151-25 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 787 of 20 May 2025, around the re-imbursement list-scheme, the answer states that Liraglutide (Saxenda) is the only product currently approved under community drug schemes GMS/DPS for weight management, to clarity the criteria for use; if person need to be in diagnosis of prediabetes or can other factors such as high cardiovascular disease, hypertension or sleep apnoea qualify a patient for this drug therapy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30173-25 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health if a periodic audit of outcomes including emergency medical care and ectopic pregnancy diagnosis following medical termination of pregnancy, as recommended in the December 2022 report ‘National Clinical Practice Guideline: Investigation and Management of Complications of Early Termination of Pregnancy’, has been undertaken; if so, if the outcome will be supplied; if not, if such an audit is planned for and when; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30205-25 - Peter Cleere

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the Freshford health centre; the start date for the approved extension; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30230-25 - Roderic O’Gorman

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE community development workers based at Blanchardstown Local Drug and Alcohol Task Force in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 30231-25 - Roderic O'Gorman

To ask the Minister for Health the WTE staffing, by job title, and funding that would be required to provide three additional early supported discharge teams in the community; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30232-25 - Roderic O'Gorman

To ask the Minister for Health the net cost of a 2.5% shift in favour of advanced nurse practitioners within the nursing workforce; the training cost; and the number of nurses that would relate; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30233-25 - Roderic O’Gorman

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE family support workers based at Blanchardstown Local Drug and Alcohol Task Force in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 30234-25 - Roderic O'Gorman

To ask the Minister for Health the WTE staffing, by job title, and funding needed to provide one additional adolescent dual diagnosis team; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30246-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number paediatric home care packages currently being delivered, by HSE health region, in tabular form; the total allocated hours; and the total funded hours fulfilled.

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PQ 30247-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of paediatric home care packages in each of the years 2015 to 2019, in tabular form.

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PQ 30248-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health to list the HSE-approved providers of paediatric home care packages.

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PQ 30284-25 - Donna McGettigan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant in infectious disease’s based at University Hospital Limerick 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 30286-25 - Donna McGettigan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dental nurses and dental hygienists based at Ennis 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 30288-25 - Donna McGettigan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for the regional endometriosis hub based at University Hospital Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30305-25 - Charles Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of closed beds in Killybegs Community Hospital (d/s; 13 closed beds in Killybegs Community Hospital due to lack of staff, hospital is needed for patients from Dunkineely to Glencolmcille and Ardara area in South Donegal) due to staff shortages; the steps being taken to have enough staff in place to open these beds; when the 13 beds will re-open in order for the hospital to return to full patient capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30307-25 - Joanna Byrne

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality if funding will be provided in Budget 2026 to deliver a community neurorehabilitation team for the midlands and north east in line with the Programme for Government commitment to complete the roll out of community neurorehabilitation teams across the country.

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PQ 30346-25 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of hours individual assessment of needs are taking to complete in 2023 and 2024, by Year, by HSE CHO, number of assessments conducted, number of hours assessments took in the following time lengths, 0-30 hours, 30-60 hours, 60-90 hours, 90+ hours, in tabular form.

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PQ 30347-25 - Maurice Quinlivan

To ask the Minister for Health the steps taken to address the lack of anaesthesiology consultants assigned to the HSE mid-west, appreciating that the region has the lowest number of such consultants in any of the HSE regions per 100,000 of the population; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30348-25 - Maurice Quinlivan

To ask the Minister for Health the steps taken to address the lack of obstetrics and gynaecology consultants assigned to the HSE mid-west, appreciating that the region has the lowest number of such consultants in any of the HSE regions per 100,000 of the population; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30349-25 - Maurice Quinlivan

To ask the Minister for Health the steps taken to address the lack of pathology consultants assigned to the HSE mid-west, appreciating that the region has the lowest number of such consultants in any of the HSE regions per 100,000 of the population; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30350-25 - Maurice Quinlivan

To ask the Minister for Health the steps taken to address the lack of psychiatry consultants assigned to the HSE mid-west, appreciating that the region has the lowest number of such consultants in any of the HSE regions per 100,000 of the population; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30351-25 - Maurice Quinlivan

To ask the Minister for Health the steps taken to address the lack of radiology consultants assigned to the HSE mid-west, appreciating that the region has the lowest number of such consultants in any of the HSE regions per 100,000 of the population; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30352-25 - Maurice Quinlivan

To ask the Minister for Health the steps taken to address the lack of surgery consultants assigned to the HSE mid-west, appreciating that the region has the lowest number of such consultants in any of the HSE regions per 100,000 of the population; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30395-25 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of midwifery-led clinics operational in Tipperary currently, the clinic staff levels and hours provided for such clinics.

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PQ 30396-25 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric neurologists based at Cork University Hospital in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 30397-25 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year costs of fully staffing four additional early intervention in psychos (EIP) teams; and the job title of staff required to fully resource a EIP team.

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PQ 30398-25 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE medical ophthalmologists based within community services of CHO3 in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 30502-25 - Grace Boland

To ask the Minister for Health the process by which dentists affiliate to the dental treatment services scheme (DTSS); if there are plans to address the present deficit in DTSS in Swords; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30563-25 - Martin Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health the current status of homebirth service provision, including any timelines or milestones the HSE in the north west has set for reintroducing these services; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30602-25 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of blood tests for Letterkenny University Hospital that are outsourced; the cost of this outsourcing; if there is any plan to address the capacity issues that prevent all blood testing being done on site; the impact this is having on hospital services, GPs and surgeries; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30614-25 - Roderic O’Gorman

To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure to date that has been spent on the proposal to relocate the Rotunda Hospital to the Connolly Hospital campus in Blanchardstown; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30640-25 - William Aird

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality if her Department provide urgent nurse-led respite care services for children with complex need in Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30642-25 - William Aird

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the current capacity of respite care for children with disabilities in County Laois; the number of children provided with respite care each week; her plans to increase capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30656-25 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health when a drug ( Veoza drug, constituent is in surgical menopause following surgery to remove cancer, cannot take any form of HRT (now free) due to same) will be available on the drugs payment scheme to ensure that for those unable to take any form of HRT, now free, can access the alternative for free; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30657-25 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health the efforts being made to restore 24/7 advanced paramedic cover on the rapid response vehicle in Roscommon.

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PQ 30658-25 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health when the National Ambulance Service will roll out the promised privileging course for advanced paramedics; how and where this will be advertised; and if it is advertised for paramedics abroad, including in England.

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PQ 30662-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health if there has been any progress on the implementation of a standard diagnostic regime for foetal alcohol spectrum disorder; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30669-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline the current model of care in place for individuals with a dual diagnosis of mental illness and addiction; the number of individuals with a dual diagnosis who accessed integrated mental health and addiction services in the past year; the number of individuals who were not accepted for treatment by community mental health teams due to an active addiction, and vice versa by addiction services due to the presence of a mental illness; the availability of dedicated dual diagnosis teams in each CHO; the steps being taken to implement the commitments in Sharing the Vision and Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery in relation to dual diagnosis care; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30673-25 - Liam Quaide

To ask the Minister for Health when and in what facility in Ireland electro-convulsive therapy was last used as a mental health treatment for minors.

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PQ 30674-25 - Liam Quaide

To ask the Minister for Health the details of the use of electro-convulsive therapy as a mental health treatment for minors since 2010, namely frequency and in what settings.

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PQ 30700-25 - Eoin Ó Broin

To ask the Minister for Health if there are supports, such as a helpline or counselling, available for Irish residents who travelled to Liverpool and were caught up in the serious incident at the Liverpool FC victory parade on 28 May 2025.

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PQ 30733-25 - Barry Heneghan

To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider introducing a system to allow doctors to review routine blood test results remotely and, where appropriate, issue prescriptions and follow-up advice by phone or post for stable patients with chronic conditions, in order to reduce unnecessary in-person appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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