PQ Responses - March 27th 2025

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PQ 14654 -25 - Shane Moynihan front page preview

PQ 14654 -25 - Shane Moynihan

To ask the Minister for Health the measures being put in place to address the shortage of public health nurses in Dublin mid-west.

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PQ 14712-25 - Denise Mitchell front page preview

PQ 14712-25 - Denise Mitchell

To ask the Minister for Health if maternity hospitals are now routinely checking for the condition vasa praevia during the 20 week fetal scan; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14721-25 - Brian Brennan front page preview

PQ 14721-25 - Brian Brennan

To ask the Minister for Health the reason no advanced paramedic has been trained since 2019; if there are plans in place to recommence this training; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14735-25 - Mary Lou McDonald front page preview

PQ 14735-25 - Mary Lou McDonald

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of children in Dublin 1, 3, 7 and 9 who are on a waiting list for assessment of needs for 2023, 2024 and 2025; the average number of years they have been waiting, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14737-25 - Pádraig Rice front page preview

PQ 14737-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved consultant posts by discipline, speciality, and clinical site, in tabular form; the number filled on a permanent basis, temporary, locum or agency; the number of vacant posts; the length of time each vacant post has remained vacant; and the total number under recruitment.

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PQ 14749-25 - Marie Sherlock front page preview

PQ 14749-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the process for renewal of medical cards, the frequency in which they are required to be renewed; if the HSE insists upon online applications; if the HSE consider it reasonable that a postal renewal application form should be completed within five to seven working days; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14762-25 - Marie Sherlock front page preview

PQ 14762-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health how much money has been spent by the HSE on the treatment of eating disorders in the United Kingdom from the years 2018 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14776-25 - Richard O'Donoghue front page preview

PQ 14776-25 - Richard O'Donoghue

To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list the recommended services that should be available in a primary health care centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14794-25 - Claire Kerrane front page preview

PQ 14794-25 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of all healthcare vacancies unable to be filled in County Galway due to the recruitment embargo.

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PQ 14795-25 - Claire Kerrane front page preview

PQ 14795-25 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of all ambulance base locations with rapid response vehicles (RRVs) in the West of Ireland; the current makeup of the crew for each RRV; and to provide a list of current vacancies on the roster for RRVs.

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PQ 14799-25 - John McGuinness front page preview

PQ 14799-25 - John McGuinness

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the sale of the old health centre, Tinnahinch, County Carlow, to Carlow County Council; and if the sale will be expedited, as the plan is to provide social housing on the site.

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PQ 14800-25 - Michael Cahill front page preview

PQ 14800-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health if a new maternity unit will be provided at University Hospital Kerry as there are clinical risks to both mother and baby due to the location of the existing maternity unit, as it is too far from theatre there and is a major health and safety issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14806-25 - Conor Sheehan front page preview

PQ 14806-25 - Conor Sheehan

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the home birth service in Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14808-25 - Conor Sheehan front page preview

PQ 14808-25 - Conor Sheehan

To ask the Minister for Health when the UL Hospitals Group will submit a planning application for an additional 96-bed unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14809-25 - Conor Sheehan front page preview

PQ 14809-25 - Conor Sheehan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE vacant posts in the UL Hospitals Group, by job title; the cost of filling these vacancies; the estimated timeframe in which each of these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14832-25 - Peter Cleere front page preview

PQ 14832-25 - Peter Cleere

To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant and or derelict buildings in the ownership of, or leased by, her Department, by the HSE or by other agencies reporting to her Department in Carlow and Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14870-25 - Pádraig Mac Lochlainn front page preview

PQ 14870-25 - Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health the number of continuous glucose monitor applications submitted for people with Type 2 diabetes, by county, by HSE regional health area, by hospital, from 1 December 2023 to 31 December 2024; the number of these applications that were successful; the number of these applications that were unsuccessful; the number appealed; the number successful following appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14871-25 - Pádraig Mac Lochlainn front page preview

PQ 14871-25 - Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health the number of each type of continuous glucose monitor provided to people with Type 1 diabetes, by county, by HSE regional health area, by hospital from 1 December 2023 to 31 December 2024; the total cost the continuous glucose monitors provided, by HSE regional health area, by hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 14919-25 - Willie O'Dea front page preview

PQ 14919-25 - Willie O'Dea

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1490 of 19 March 2025, his views on a matter (Midwest Dochas have advisesd that they have not had funding since 2001 and no engagement with Disability Services MidWest); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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