PQ Responses - June 25th 2025

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PQ 34579-25 - Marie Sherlock

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

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PQ 34611-25 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality to provide an update on the roll out of regional assessment hubs; the location and status of each; details of who will be working out of these hubs, and their roles; the completion date for roll out, as per location; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34629-25 - Natasha Newsome Drennan

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 this Budget 2026 in line with the commitment in the Programme for Government to complete the nationwide roll out of community neuro-rehabilitation teams as 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.

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PQ 34653-25 - Denise Mitchell

To ask the Minister for Health to clarify if it is considered best practice that all pancreatic cancer patients, regardless of family history, receive genetic testing to identify and detect a possible inherited predisposition to such cancer in close family relatives; if she will clarify the timeline between a referral for such testing and the actual test being conducted; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34680-25 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on the services currently provided for adult patients with epilepsy at a hospital (Tallaght University Hospital); the number and grade of staff 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 34685-25 - Gary Gannon

To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on the services currently provided for adult patients with epilepsy at a hospital (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 34698-25 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if she has set a deadline for a design for the elective hospital for Cork in Sarsfield Court, Glanmire, to be finalised; whether she has set a deadline for the project to go to planning stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34700-25 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if she will work with the HSE to provide additional funding and resources that are required for the pulmonary arterial hypertension unit in the Mater Hospital (The service needs a designated pharmacist, an additional nurse and registry manager) given the unit has not had any additional resources since 2003; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34702-25 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if she will support the establishment of a national clinical programme for pulmonary arterial hypertension, along with rare heart diseases; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34731-25 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of minor and major treatment bays within the accident and emergency department of Cork University Hospital.

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PQ 34755-25 - Louis O'Hara

To ask the Minister for Health if akynzeo will be made available under the medical card scheme (I have been contacted regarding a woman who is currently receiving treatment for a grade 4 brain tumour. She is paying 90 euro a month for Akynzeo, as it is not covered under the medical card scheme. This is the only medication that works for her and helps with nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy.); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34760-25 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the current number of dentists in each HSE area who are providing care for medical card patients, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34763-25 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people who have travelled abroad under the treatment abroad scheme to receive dental treatment for each of the years ending 31 December 2021, 31 December 2022, 31 December 2023, and 31 December 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34774-25 - John Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health for a projected date for the opening of the new surgical hub in Merlin Park; the services that will be provided therein; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34784-25 - John Clendennen

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 northeast 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 34806-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to upgrade University Hospital Kerry to Model 4 Hospital status, thus enabling staff to administer radiotherapy treatment to patients who currently have to make the long daily round trips to Cork city hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34821-25 - Conor McGuinness

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of children on waiting lists for services provided by children’s disability network teams, by CHO area and by CDNT, at the end of each year from 2015 to 2024 and at the end of May 2025; the average length of time children have been waiting for services in each of those years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34824-25 - Conor McGuinness

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the actions she is taking to reduce waiting times for services provided by children’s disability network teams and to ensure that all CDNTs are fully and properly staffed; if she is concerned about the current level of unmet need; at what threshold or volume of children waiting she would consider the situation to constitute a crisis; the specific plans she is putting in place to address the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34825-25 - Conor McGuinness

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of children currently waiting for services from children’s disability network teams, by length of time waiting, i.e., under 1 month; 1–3 months; 3–6 months; 6–12 months; 12–18 months; and over 18 months, with a full breakdown for each CDNT and for each CHO area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34853-25 - Barry Heneghen

To ask the Minister for Health the current procedures in place to facilitate emergency marriages in hospital settings, particularly for patients who are terminally ill; if she will consider introducing a more compassionate and streamlined process, similar to best practices in other jurisdictions, to ensure that such marriages can take place quickly and with minimal administrative burden; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34857-25 - Barry Heneghan

To ask the Minister for Health if, in light of the major increase in the workload of an organisation ( Sage Advocacy) arising from the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015, she will provide additional funding to this organisation to enable it to provide staff contracts of greater than one year; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34873-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality for an update on the progress made in providing respite at a location in County Kerry ( St. Mary of the Angels and respite shortages throughout Co. Kerry); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34881-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists, by grade, based at Louth County Hospital, Dundalk, in the years 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 34897-25 - Aindrias Moynihan

To ask the Minister for Health if a rapid review will be carried out for inclusion of lequembi for the treatment of early Alzheimer’s disease on the drugs payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34948-25 - Pádraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the new elective hospital for Glanmire, Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34960-25 - Tom Brabazon

To ask the Minister for Health her Department's plans to increase funding and resources for a hereditary cancer model of care.