PQ Responses - June 11th 2025

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PQ 30744-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses based at Killarney Community Hospital; if this number will be further increased before the end of 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30745-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health if wheelchairs, rollators and other such mobility equipment supplied by the HSE are recycled; if so, the number of such units that are put back into use; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30746-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant respiratory physicians based at Kerry University Hospital 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 30754-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of a 20% increase in clinical training places for medical interns, initial specialist training, higher specialist training and clinical psychology; the number of extra places this would result in; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30755-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on the waiting list for Jigsaw in CHO4 as off 31 May 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30756-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors who successfully completed specialist training for general practitioners 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 30757-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants in critical care employed by the HSE from January 2020 to 31 May 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30758-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health the number of wrist surgeries performed at Kerry General Hospital 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 30806-25 - Mairéad Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide the list of capital projects for IT services, by her Department or bodies under its aegis, which had contracts valued in excess of €1million that failed to reach completion; the value that was written off, for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30843-25 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card patients seen through the MRI scanner in Our Lady’s Hospital Navan in the past two years.

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PQ 30844-25 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no pelvis MRI scanning done for medical card holders in Our Lady’s hospital Navan.

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PQ 30851-25 - Liam Quaide

To ask the Minister for Health if the adult ADHD HSE service in Cork is currently taking referrals; the current staffing levels for the service; the wait-time to be offered an initial appointment; and the wait-time for psychology if applicable.

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PQ 30868-25 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of sanctioned posts and filled posts, by discipline and school, for therapists in Cork special schools.

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PQ 30903-25 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on CAMHS waiting lists in Kerry, by area, by length of time, in each of the years 2015 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30912-25 - Mary Lou McDonald

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the average length of time spent per assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005, where a finding of no disability or additional need was recorded; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30954-25 - James Geoghegan

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the total number of individual psychologists, that are directly employed by the HSE, who conduct assessment of need processes; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30955-25 - James Geoghegan

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality if she will identify by name each section 38 organisation who conduct assessment of need processes for the HSE; if she will identify referable to that section 38 organisation the total individual number of psychologists employed or contracted by that section 38 organisation who conduct assessment of need processes; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30956-25 - James Geoghegan

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality if she will identify by name each section 39 organisation that carries out an assessment of need process for the HSE; if she will identify referable to that section 39 organisation the total individual number of psychologists employed or contracted by that section 39 organisation who conduct assessment of need processes; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30957-25 - James Geoghegan

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality if she will identify the name of the entity or entities that the HSE contract or contracted to deliver the assessment of need waiting list initiative, in tabular form; if she will identify the total number of individual psychologists provided by the contracted entity or entities to carry out the assessment of need under the waiting list initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30958-25 - James Geoghegan

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality how the HSE determines when a psychologist who is conducting an assessment of need process, either directly or indirectly for the HSE, is suitably qualified to conduct that assessment of need; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30967-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health if Killorglin town in mid-Kerry will be considered as an ambulance base location to more effectively serve the town and surrounding district; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30968-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health to confirm the delivery of the Killarney primary care centre on the site of Áras Pádraig in Lewis Road; if she is satisfied that this is the best location; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30969-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health to confirm that the delivery of the new Killarney community nursing unit will facilitate the provision of a local injuries unit (minor injuries) at the St. Columbanus Hospital location; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30970-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated delivery date for the 108-bed extension planned for University Hospital Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30971-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health if, given the planned upgrade of the oncology unit at University Hospital Kerry (UHK), increased radiotherapy and chemotherapy services will be available there to eliminate tedious journeys by Kerry cancer patients to Cork city hospitals, for up to 35 daily trips in some cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30972-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health if the recruitment embargo can be lifted from the health services, particularly additional staff reductions due to retirements, resignations, and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 30973-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health if, when the new Killarney community nursing unit is complete, she will examine the possible use of St. Columbanus Home as a possible respite centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31002-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants working in public hospitals not available to provide on-call hours since 2019, broken down by year, by hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31004-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health to outline the contingency plans in place in public hospitals in the event that a consultant is not in a position to provide on-call hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31010-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of companies used by public hospitals to provide consultant weekend cover and or waiting list initiatives since 2015; to list the names of the companies and the funds provided to the companies, broken down by year and by hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31034-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if non-consultant doctors were seeing children with suspected hip dysplasia since 2019; the role such doctors had; if non-consultant doctors at any point diagnosed children with hip dysplasia; if concerns were raised by consultants in relation to the use of non-consultant doctors regarding children with hip dysplasia; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31039-25 - Grace Boland

To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels within the HSE school dental programme in CHO9; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31040-25 - Grace Boland

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 13-years-old awaiting dental screenings in CHO9, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31041-25 - Grace Boland

To ask the Minister for Health her plans to increase staffing levels within the HSE dental services in CHO9 specifically and restore a full screening schedule; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31042-25 - Grace Boland

To ask the Minister for Health the number of in-patient beds for eating disorders in north Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31043-25 - Grace Boland

To ask the Minister for Health the steps her Department is undertaking to allow qualified advanced paramedics who received their qualifications outside Ireland work for the National Ambulance Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31044-25 - Grace Boland

To ask the Minister for Health if she will engage with the HSE and the National Ambulance Service on the withdrawal of ambulance vehicles from advance paramedics-educational officers and resource managers; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31045-25 - Grace Boland

To ask the Minister for Health the locations around the country where community health organisations are providing specific services for adults with an ADHD diagnosis; the staffing cohort at each location; the number of patients benefitting from the services at each location, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31054-25 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health when it is proposed to increase capacity in the neurological rehabilitation facility in Tower, Blarney, Cork from 20 beds to 50 beds and recruit the necessary staff, taking into account that there is up to a nine-month waiting time to get into the National Rehabilitation Facility in Dún Laoghaire; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31057-25 - Pádraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of presenting complaints or categories of presenting complaints, for patients attending emergency departments; if such data is retained and examined for planning and budgetary reasons; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31093-25 - James Geoghegan

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 341 of 22 May 2025, if the HSE will reply to this Deputy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31094-25 - James Geoghegan

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 342 of 22 May 2025, if the HSE will reply to this Deputy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31095-25 - James Geoghegan

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 343 of 22 May 2025, if the HSE will reply to this Deputy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 31120-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if any risk assessment was carried out in the oncology general surgery service at CHI since 2020 to date, if a high red risk was identified in any assessment carried out; the nature of the risk identified; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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