PQ Responses - June 24th 2025

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PQ 33523-25 - Conor Sheehan

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost to fully staff two additional ADHD teams.

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PQ 33524-25 - Conor Sheehan front page preview

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in emergency medicine that were on duty within the accident and emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick for each night of the week commencing 9 June 2025. between the hours of 8pm and 8am, in tabular form.

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PQ 33525-25 - Conor Sheehan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged under 13 awaiting dental screening in CHO3 in tabular form.

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PQ 33526-25 - Conor Sheahan

To ask the Minister for Health the current resources and staff allocation to Limerick Palliative Care, including the provision for home care palliative care and residential palliative care; and the current vacancies within this service.

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PQ 33530-25 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of temporary locations used for the Covid vaccine rollout that are still being rented in each county; the cost per county for rent since all Covid restrictions were lifted; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 33533-25 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the options available to women who have cancer and require breast surgery as regards their access to support services including breast protheses, and, in particular, whether they can attend any facility which is approved by the HSE regardless of where they are located; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 33585-25 - Eamon Scanlon

To ask the Minister for Health the reason a number of projects submitted by a service (Tubbercurry Men’s Shed, Sessuecommon, Cloonacool, Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo. Unsuccessful projects: woodworking/Woodturning class, Oil and water colour painting class, Woodworking/Woodturning tools and equipment, and Basket weaving.) for the HSE national lottery grant scheme were unsuccessful; whether this decision can be appealed by the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 33661-25 - Albert Dolan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff within her Department and its agencies who hold a formal procurement qualification or certification (for example, CIPS, NFQ Level 6 or higher in procurement, EU public procurement training), broken down by organisation, in tabular form.

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PQ 33679-25 - Albert Dolan

To ask the Minister for Health if her Department and each agency or public body under its remit uses a formal contract management system or procurement tracking platform; to list the systems in use; and if they are centrally monitored or independently operated.

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PQ 33713-25 - Cormac Devlin

To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider extending reimbursement access to baricitinib under the drugs payment scheme for individuals diagnosed with severe alopecia areata, in light of the recent approval of this treatment by the US Food and Drug Administration for this specific indication, and given the growing international clinical consensus on its efficacy; if she will outline the current position of the HSE and the PCRS regarding its use outside of rheumatoid arthritis; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 33724-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the clinical governance arrangements that are planned to enable HSE clinical supports be provided to private nursing homes in the context of the development of the six HSE health regions.

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PQ 33725-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health if the common assessment approach to the needs of older people known as InterRAI is fully operational across all six HSE health regions; and if the electronic version piloted with co-funding from an organisation (The Atlantic Philanthropies) almost a decade ago forms part of this process.

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PQ 33735-25 - Brian Brennan

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality if she will commit to funding a community neuro-rehabilitation team for the south east in Budget 2026 in line with the commitment in the current Programme for Government to complete the nationwide rollout of community neuro-rehabilitation teams (A team for the South East was promised in 2019, since then no funding has been provided to establish a team in the South East); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 33771-25 - James O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on a building project (Youghal Primary Care Centre); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 33772-25 - James O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on a building project (Youghal 60-Bed Community Nursing Unit); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 33773-25 - James O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on a building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 33789-25 - Cian O’Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the new emergency department in Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 33826-25 - Jen Cummins

To ask the Minister for Health her plans to increase the availability of mental health services in Ballyfermot, particularly for elderly people.

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PQ 33848-25 - Martin Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff, by job title, based at the minor injuries unit (MIU) at Roscommon University Hospital; the number of vacant posts, by job title, within the MIU; and the estimated timeframe for filling each vacancy, in tabular form.

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PQ 33867-25 - Johnny Mythen

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality when a community neurological rehabilitation team will be put in place for the southeast, as promised in 2019, considering four units have been created nationally, yet the southeast remains overlooked; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 33884-25 - Michael Collins

To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs reimbursed (PCRS), per month, for first and second consultations for terminations of pregnancy, from January to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 33922-25 - John Paul OShea

To ask the Minister for Health the monies that have been allocated to the Southern Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Force for the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 33923-25 - John Paul O'Shea

To ask the Minister for Health the monies that have been allocated to the Cork Local Drugs Task Force for the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 33931-25 - Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

To ask the Minister for Health the number of publicly funded respite beds the HSE had in private nursing homes in Cork, in each of the past five years, including 2025.

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PQ 33970-25 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychologists, by grade, based at Grove Court primary care centre in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 33971-25 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychologists, by grade, based at Grove Court primary care centre in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 33972-25 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for electric-powered wheelchairs from the HSE within CHO9; and the average waiting time for same.

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PQ 33973-25 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of permanent full-time job offers that CHI Temple Street made to new graduate nursing posts in 2024 to work in this hospital; and of the jobs offered, the number that were accepted.

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PQ 34043-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health to immediately introduce incentives to attract the required staff to such places as Cahersiveen Community Hospital on the Iveragh Peninsula in South Kerry, where the HSE has confirmed that beds remain unoccupied at the facility, including two palliative care beds due to staffing shortages; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34044-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health to immediately introduce incentives to attract the required staff to such places as West Kerry Community Hospital on the Dingle Peninsula in South Kerry, where the HSE has confirmed that beds remain unoccupied at the facility, due to staffing shortages; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34049-25 - Malcolm Byrne

To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the total number of individuals, by grade and/or profession, employed by the HSE for each of the years 2015 to 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 34051-25 - Malcolm Byrne

To ask the Minister for Health the financial cost to date of the May 2021 cyberattack on the HSE; the measures now in place to address the exposed vulnerabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34119-25 - Eoghan Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people availing of ozempic under long term illness payments, by county, in tabular form; the cost, per county, for 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34146-25 - Catherine Connolly

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

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PQ 34147-25 - Catherine Connolly

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

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PQ 34157-25 - Eoghan Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the business case presented to her for an integrated services hub for Cork provided by Cork City Council, HSE and Mercy Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34160-25 - Eoghan Kenny

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

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PQ 34161-25 - Eoghan Kenny

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

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PQ 34194-25 - Seamus Healy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychologists, by grade, based at Carrick-On-Suir primary care centre in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 34195-25 - Seamus Healy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinical nurse specialists working in the urodynamics department of Cork University Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 34196-25 - Seamus Healy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE radiographers, by grade, working in Tipperary University Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 34197-25 - Seamus Healy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE social workers in place in CHO5 older persons Sservices in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 34198-25 - Seamus Healy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE public health nurses based at Cahir primary care centre in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 34213-25 - Ryan O'Meara

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of vacancies on the north Tipperary CDNT; when it is intended to fill these vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34232-25 - Ivana Bacik

To ask the Minister for Health the number of public defibrillators in each county; and the percentage increase or decrease of defibrillators in each county since June 2024.

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PQ 34234-25 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 686 of 27 May 2025, whether the National Gender Service's business cases were fully resourced with experienced staff; and by how much wait times would be shortened by one and two years on from that point.

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PQ 34237-25 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 691 of 27 May 2025, the number of staff members of the National Gender Service on the Gender Healthcare Programme's clinical advisory group to date.

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PQ 34252-25 - Seán Fleming

To ask the Minister for Health to outline the situation regarding the fair deal scheme where the HSE will not accept a registry of deeds as opposed to a land registry title; if this can be reviewed as it is excluding some people from the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34253-25 - Aidan Farrelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in emergency medicine and emergency medicine registrars based at St. James's Hospital in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 34254-25 - Aidan Farrelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists, by grade, based at Leixlip health centre in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 34255-25 - Aidan Farrelly

To ask the Minister for Health the full-year capital and current funding required for an additional national dual diagnosis rehabilitation centre.

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PQ 34256-25 - Aidan Farrelly

To ask the Minister for Health the WTE staff, by job title, currently working at the supra-regional endometriosis centre at Tallaght University Hospital; the WTE vacancies, by job title, currently at this service; and the expected timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular form.

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PQ 34264-25 - Aidan Farrelly

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of vacancies, by job title, at each CDNT within CHO9 and CHO7, in tabular form.

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PQ 34266-25 - Catherine Ardagh

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

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PQ 34271-25 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the amount paid to each individual recruitment agency for the hiring of HSE staff; and the number of staff, and their grades, recruited through each agency, from 2019 to date, in tabular form.

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PQ 34273-25 - Conor McGuinness

To ask the Minister for Health if she has been appraised of plans by the National Gender Service to ensure access to HRT for students (International students at Irish third-level institutions, with particular reference to student health centres in colleges such as IADT.); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34274-25 - Conor McGuinness

To ask the Minister for Health the current structure, staffing, and clinical leadership of the National Gender Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34295-25 - Michael Collins

To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE mental health facility at Perrot House, Coolnagarrane, Skibbereen is closing (Many families of residents have contacted us in distress that their loved ones maybe moved to Glanmire in Cork. It seems no consultation has taken place with the residents of their families. It all appears very similar to the closure of the Ballinacurra mental health facility near Midleton in Co. Cork.).

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PQ 34297-25 - Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health the number of urology day cases including ambulatory urology that were performed at Letterkenny University Hospital in 2022, 2023, and 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 34298-25 - Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health the number of urology day cases including ambulatory urology that were performed at Sligo University Hospital in 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 34304-25 - Padraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of building a surgical hub under the National Elective Ambulatory Strategy.

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PQ 34306-25 - Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health whether there are any plans to locate a minor injuries unit at Letterkenny University that is separate to the emergency department.

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PQ 34328-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the spend by each public hospital, including Section 38 organisations where it must be requested, on private ambulances in each of the years 2015 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 34339-25 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the reason the address is needed for the opt out register of the organ donation scheme (We have had persons asking the reason why it is needed if it can be linked to the PPSN.).

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PQ 34347-25 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health the average age of children and their school class in the State when they have their first dental examination and screening under the school dental scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34349-25 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health in response to reports that CHI orthopaedic surgeons performed hip surgeries at University Hospital Galway and Cork in recent years, who approved sending CHI orthopaedic doctors to Galway and Cork; whether this was part of an official waiting-list initiative or NTPF arrangement; if the same oversight and patient-selection standards applied there as CHI sites; whether the orthopaedic doctors concerned were paid over the accepted rates; if so, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. -Matt Carthy

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PQ 34360-25 - Mark Wall

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 554 of 7 May 2025, for a list of all patient representative and civil society groups that the gender healthcare programme has organised meetings with to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34361-25 - Mark Wall

To ask the Minister for Health if the clinical lead of the gender healthcare programme is engaged in clinical work at the National Gender Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34376-25 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health the total budget for the dental treatment services scheme in 2024 and, separately, in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34377-25 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health the total budget for the school dental scheme in 2024 and, separately, in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34487-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who have received appointments and the condition for which they were treated under the HSE's chronic disease management programme in each of the last four years, and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34488-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the annual costs associated with the implementation of the chronic disease management programme in each of the last four years, and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34497-25 - Marie Sherlock

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

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PQ 34510-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the addiction services are available in Wicklow for young people and children under the age of 18; the number of patients served; the current waiting lists for these services; the services they provide; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34544-25 - Martin Daly

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

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PQ 34545-25 - Martin Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for an ophthalmology appointment in primary care as of 1 June 2025, or the latest date available; the number waiting 0 to 12 weeks, 12 to 26, 26 to 52, and more than 52 weeks.; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34546-25 - Martin Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for an audiology appointment in primary care as of 1 June 2025, or the latest date available; and the number waiting 0 to 12 weeks, 12 to 26, 26 to 52, and more than 52 weeks.; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34547-25 - Martin Daly

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

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PQ 34548-25 - Martin Daly

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

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PQ 34549-25 - Martin Daly

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

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PQ 34550-25 - 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 June 2025, or the latest date available; and the number waiting 0 to 12 weeks, 12 to 26, 26 to 52, and more than 52 weeks.

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PQ 34551-25 - Martin Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to adult mental health units to date in 2022.

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PQ 34552-25 - Martin Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours currently being provided in each LHO area as of 1 June 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; and the number waiting 0-3 months, 3-6, 6-12 and over 12 months, in tabular form.

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PQ 34553-25 - Martin Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme as of 1 June 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 34554-25 - Martin Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges at the end of May 2025 for each public and voluntary hospital; and the total number to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 34555-25 - Martin Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost owing to delayed discharges to date in 2025, for each public and voluntary hospital, in tabular form.

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PQ 34556-25 - 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 May 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 34558-25 - Eoghan Kenny

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