PQ Responses - March 19th 2025

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PQ 10564-25 - Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health to provide the current wait times for a first chemotherapy appointment from the time of decision or consent to treat on a hospital by hospital basis, across the State, in tabular form.

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PQ 10580-25 - Richard O'Donoghue

To ask the Minister for Health to prioritise the immediate funding and delivery of more public inpatient beds for eating disorder treatment, so that those in crisis receive the care they need in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10581-25 - Richard O'Donoghue

To ask the Minister for Health to prioritise reducing waiting lists for eating disorder treatment in order that vital early intervention can happen without delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10582-25 - Richard O'Donoghue

To ask the Minister for Health to urgently review the transition from CAMHS to AMHS ensuring continuity of care with no dangerous gaps for young people entering adulthood with an eating disorder; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10584 -25 - Richard O'Donoghue

To ask the Minister for Health to provide a ringfenced, multi-annual funding for specialist hubs that are fully resourced, staffed, and accessible to everyone across Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10593-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated amount collected by all HSE hospitals in respect of car parking charges for visitors and patients in each of the years since 2020, in tabular form; and the estimated amount collected by contracted companies to run and manage car parking facilities at each HSE hospital for the same time period.

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PQ 10594-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the car parking fees charged at each HSE hospital, in tabular form.

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PQ 10598-25 - Ged Nash

To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of grant schemes available through her Department and the HSE to support frontline community-based health responders such as Irish Red Cross branches to access support for investment in equipment etc; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10614-25 - Eoin Ó Broin

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the public health nurse network in the Dublin mid-west area, to include current staff employed and current staff vacancies, in tabular form.

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PQ 10615-25 - Eoin Ó Broin

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will instate a review into the impact of the cessation of developmental checks for all children under the national healthy childhood programme in Dublin mid-west, in order to assess the real consequences of the lack of service provision to all children in the constituency; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10655-25 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if she has read the consultant report relating to operations at Cappagh and Temple Street hospitals (https://www.ontheditch.com/nhs-consultant-report/); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10656-25 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the allegation that monetary gain may be a factor in the number of operations; and if there are plans in place to widen the scope of the review into operations at Cappagh and Temple Street hospitals (https://www.ontheditch.com/nhs-consultant-report/).

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PQ 10657-25 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if, in relation to the report on the consultant report relating to operations at Cappagh and Temple Street hospitals, she is aware of whistleblower concerns that this has been going on much longer than the two-year timeframe of the current review; and whether there are plans in place to look at earlier periods ( https://www.ontheditch.com/nhs-consultant-report/).

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PQ 10658-25 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if, in relation to the report on the consultant report relating to operations at Cappagh and Temple Street hospitals, any further osteotomies were performed at either Cappagh or Temple Street after the delivery of the report ( https://www.ontheditch.com/nhs-consultant-report/).

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PQ 10685-25 - Willie O'Dea

To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider increasing funding for a service (Dochas Midwest Autism Support however their funding has remained the same since then even though their activities have extended enormously?) which has been funded by the HSE since 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. -

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PQ 10688-25 - Mairéad Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health when she expects the cardiac rehab hub in Galway University Hospital is due to be reopened; when and the reason it was suspended; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10689-25 - Mairéad Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health if she can detail the waiting list for the cardiac rehab hub in Merlin Park; the waiting list in October 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10709-25 - Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin

To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists currently employed in counties Wexford and Wicklow, in tabular form; to outline plans to address the ongoing crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10710 -25 - Fionntán Ó Suilleabháin

To ask the Minister for Health if a preferred location/site/building has been identified for a primary care centre in Gorey, County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10712-25 - Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin

To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the need for cancer treatment services at the Arklow primary care centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10732-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of children seen by HSE dentists, by CHO area, in the years 2019 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10755-25 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the numerous cases of children with scoliosis who have faced various challenges with appointments postponed, changed, delayed or cancelled at the last minute; how the Minister will address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10757-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a research report into the prevalence of neurodiversity among people accessing addiction services (Research carried out TCD School of Nursing and Midwifery in partnership with Citywide Drugs Crisis Campaign (Addiction and ADHD SON+M report - News & Events | Trinity College Dublin)); the steps she is taking to ensure that there is an appropriate service response; if she will commit to providing neurodiversity training to drug services’ staff at all levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10765-25 - Seán Canney

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 721 of 18 February 2025, if she will clarify Section 3 of the Guidelines on Terms and Conditions of HSE Employment regarding incremental credit, if service in the defence forces is recognised as relevant service in Ireland and abroad, and if ‘previous experience in the Civil Service, local authorities, health service and other public service bodies and statutory agencies’ includes previous service in the Defence Forces; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10786-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of counties without CAMHS or YAMHS eating disorder teams.

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PQ 10789-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider adding the rental of breast pumps and attachments to the long-term illness scheme for tube fed children; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10800-25 - Gary Gannon

To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a charitable organisation (Acquired Brain Injury Ireland), which is partially funded by the HSE, is allowed to refuse services to an individual with an acquired brain injury on the grounds that the injury was caused by alcohol consumption, in light of the fact that medical professionals working with the individual support the referral for rehabilitation.

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PQ 10802-25 - Gary Gannon

To ask the Minister for Health the measures in place to ensure that individuals diagnosed with Korsakoff syndrome are not discriminated against when seeking access to rehabilitation services; and the steps being taken to improve the accessibility of such services for individuals with alcohol-related brain injuries.

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PQ 10812-25 - Aidan Farrelly

To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a schedule of fines issued to her Department and the HSE in respect of breaching general data protection regulations, by year, from 1 January 2020 to date in 2025; and if she will provide a breakdown by amount, year and breach criteria cited.

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PQ 10817-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health the number of unfilled vacancies in University Hospital Kerry, across all Departments, for the years 2020 to the end of year 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10819-25 - Michael Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the progress the proposed 60-bed community nursing unit in Cashel has made; the particular steps the HSE are preparing to take in relation to obtaining planning permission; and if a proposed variation/material amendment to the current local area plan in Cashel will be submitted to Tipperary County Council to ensure appropriate zoning of a site (the Palmers Hill site) in a timely manner.

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PQ 10834-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has plans to replace the three speech and language therapists out on maternity leave at the primary care centre, Mullingar; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10841-25 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of rebranding HSE South West.

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PQ 10842-25 - Eamon Scanlon

To ask the Minister for Health the number of civil registration service offices in operation in counties Leitrim and Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10864-25 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if she will instruct her Department to urgently recruit a speech therapist for the Ballyboden primary care centre; if she will add additional resources to clear the current backlog; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10874-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health to address a matter reported in a media outlet (https://www.ontheditch.com/nhs-consultant-report/); if this report exists; if this report will be published; if the findings, as reported, are accurate; the steps which have been taken by Children’s Health Ireland on the matter; the steps she has taken on the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10888-25 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be provided for the planned 20 new beds for those suffering with eating disorders that were originally intended to open between 2018 – 2023.

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PQ 10897-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of paramedics recruited into the ambulance service from July 2024 to year end 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 10898-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of applicants for paramedic posts that are on panels since June 2024 without a job offer.

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PQ 10899-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved headcount and whole-time equivalent posts and new posts allocated to the National Ambulance Service in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 10900-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the average time from advertisement to job offer for a person to be offered employment in the National Ambulance Service.

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PQ 10901-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 13 of 3 October 2024, to provide a breakdown of the €16 million additional expenditure allocation announced for the National Ambulance Service; the purpose of the allocation; the details of intended spend by line item, in tabular form; if it was the intention that funding would be allocated for advanced paramedic training as distinct from community specialist paramedic training; if she is satisfied with the fact that there is no provision in the HSE service plan for 2025 for students to commence on the MSc in Specialist Paramedic Practice (Advanced) in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10912-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff across each service division of the HSE currently suspended with pay; and the number on administrative leave, by the year the suspension or leave started, in tabular form.

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PQ 10913-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for each January for each year from 2019 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the national average; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10914-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the spend by the HSE on agency staffing and on private recruitment firms for each year from 2019 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the amount paid to each individual firm; and the time period for payments to each firm.

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PQ 10915-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the spend by each of the section 39 voluntary hospitals on agency staffing and on private recruitment firms for each year from 2019 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the amount paid to each individual firm; and the time period for payments to each firm.

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PQ 10920-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff at HSE facilities for each year from 2019 to 2024, and to date in 2025, inclusive, in tabular form.

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PQ 10921-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of Clinical Status 1 ECHO and Clinical Status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in 18 minutes and 59 seconds or less in a direct tabular comparison for each year from 2019 to 2024, and to date in 2025, nationally and by ambulance region, in tabular form; the average length of such response times, nationally and by region; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10922-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of incidents responded to by the ambulance service, by clinical status and substatus, for each year from 2019 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 10923-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of ambulance crews ready and mobile to receive another call within 20 minutes of patient handover, for each emergency department and for each hospital for each quarter in 2023 and 2024 and each month to date in 2025, tabular form.

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PQ 10924-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department, Statewide and for each location, in each of the years 2019 to 2024 and to date in 2025; and the average for all patients and for patients aged 75 or older, in tabular form.

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PQ 10925-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients waiting 0-6 hours, 0-9 hours, 9-24 hours, and 24+ hours for admission an emergency department, Statewide and by location, in each of the years 2019 to 2024 and to date in 2025; and the number and percentage for all patients and patients aged over 75, in tabular form.

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PQ 10926-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department without being seen, by hospital, in each of the years 2019 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 10927-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, hospital group and hospital, in each of the years 2019 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 10936-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, at the end of February for the years 2019, 2023, 2024, and 2025, in tabular form; the breakdown by length of wait and by age; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10937-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on home support waiting lists for a carer at the end of February for the years 2019, 2023, 2024, and 2025, in tabular form; and the breakdown by length of wait.

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PQ 10938-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who are receiving less than their full allocation of home support hours at the end of February in the years 2019, 2023, 2024, and 2025.

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PQ 10939-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on CAMHS waiting lists by health area and wait timeband for the end of February of each year 2019, 2023, 2024, and 2025, inclusive, in tabular form.

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PQ 10940-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on waiting lists for Jigsaw, by health area and wait timeband, atr the end of February for each of the years 2019, 2023, 2024, and 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 10943-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of children on disability service waiting lists for children’s disability networks teams, by health area and wait timeband, in a direct tabular comparison for the end of February of each year 2019, 2023, 2024 and 2025, inclusive; the average length of wait; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10944-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of need for each quarter of each year 2019-2024, inclusive, in tabular form; the number overdue for completion; and the number of estimated PTAs waiting for a complete assessment of need, as reported in the Roadmap for Service Improvement 2023-2026: Disability Services for Children and Young People.

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PQ 10946-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults and children, and separately, the number of special-care patients, adult and children, who are on dental surgery waiting lists at the end of February 2019, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; the breakdown, by waiting timeband and by county; the number on waiting lists for dental surgery under general anaesthesia; and the median waiting time for each.

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PQ 11010-25 - Emer Currie

To ask the Minister for Health the number of specialist teams and dedicated inpatient beds in Dublin and the north-east for patients suffering with eating disorders; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11011-25 - Emer Currie

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons being treated for eating disorders in Dublin and the north-east between 2020 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11036-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health if the appointment of a clinical nurse lead to support the implementation of the national model of care for epilepsy has been progressed; the reasons a permanent appointment has not been approved to date; if she will provide details on the allocation of time which will be given to the post; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11040-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health if osteotomy surgeries on children have been suspended at the National Orthopaedic Hospital at Cappagh and Temple Street Children’s Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11052-25 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health for a progress update on the reopening of a respite centre (the Owenacurra Respite centre in Midleton County Cork. It was originally a 20/21 bed respite centre but was closed in 2023. It was then promised that a new 10 bed centre would open on that very site); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 11086-25 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health if all persons that are recruited to work in her Department and all the related agencies of her Department are fully vetted before they are employed by her Department and or said agencies.

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