PQ Responses - March 4th 2025

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PQ 8967-25 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of full and part-time staff employed by the HSE in each year from 2020 to 2024; the total cost of the gross salaries paid to these staff in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 8983-25 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health if Navan Hospital still processes blood tests for GPs in the area; if the hospital does the full spectrum of blood testing; if there are any tests not processed in Navan Hospital; if all blood tests are performed on site in Navan Hospital; if there have been any changes to the blood screening service in Navan in the past year; and if so, the changes.

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PQ 9048-25 - Seamus Healy

To ask the Minister for Health when it is proposed to provide ADHD adult assessment services for the people of County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9071-25 - Pádraig O'Sullivian

To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in filling occupational therapy services at a location (Mayfield Primary Care Team Cork.), including maternity cover; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9072 25 - Pádraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in filling all positions available in CH04 including maternity leave cover; the number of positions likely to be filled to ensure continuity of care for the local community; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9074-25 - Frank Feighan

To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will consider sanctioning the appointment of a part-time psychologist attached to the diabetes unit at University College Hospital, Sligo.

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PQ 9081-25 - Tom Brabazon

To ask the Minister for Health the rationale behind the relocation of mental health nurses.

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PQ 9100-25 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of children waiting to be seen by the CDNT teams 4 and 5 in south Tipperary under all disciplines including the length of time waiting, the waiting times and the numbers of children waiting to be assessed for autism; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9108-25 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the current position in respect of the employment of occupational therapists in the Mayfield area of Cork (as at present there is only one part time occupational therapist where there is a requirement for at least three to be available to cater for the needs of the community); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9114-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new National Ambulance Service strategic plan; the timeline for publication; if an implementation plan will be published alongside the strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9115-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the 180 posts to be delivered in the National Ambulance Service; the status of recruitment for these posts; the date by which she expects recruitment to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9130-25 - Ivana Bacik

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of children on CDNT waiting lists with a diagnosis or a query of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder in each of the past two years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9183-25 - Joe Cooney

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons aged under 18 years-of-age currently on the waiting list for an audiometry test in CHO3.

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PQ 9184-25 - Joe Cooney

To ask the Minister for Health the budgetary allocation to CAMHS psychology in CHO3 in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 9200-25 - Danny Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the services available for children with autism in the Killarney area, to help with interacting with people, play therapy, speech and language; if there are any funding or grants available to parents to help with the costs of private therapy for their child; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9218-25 - Eoghan Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time occupational therapists and physiotherapists currently working at a centre (Mayfield Health Centre.); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9226-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health to clearly outline the governance structure for mental health under the new HSE structure; to specify the senior accountable officer in the HSE responsible for mental health governance and policy on the HSE management team; to specify both the regional and integrated healthcare areas (IHA) governance and management structure for mental health, including funding control and coordination of care, naming the specific posts that are relevant; and to confirm that each IHA will have a head of mental health with responsibility for the operation of mental health within the IHA and a dedicated budget for this purpose.

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PQ 9239-25 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the current number and waiting times for each radiation oncology unit, in tabular form.

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PQ 9254-25 - Shay Brennan

To ask the Minister for Health if she acknowledges the significant understaffing in dental services, with some areas still working through backlogs of 6th class students who graduated in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9255-25 - Shay Brennan

To ask the Minister for Health the immediate steps she will take to address the shortage of public dentists, given the 23% reduction in HSE dentists between 2006 and 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9283-25 - Michael Collins

To ask the Minister for Health to provide the number of unborn babies who have survived the abortion procedure since the enactment of the abortion law in January 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9308-25 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health if she will identify the posts in children’s primary care disability services in Meath; the posts filled and vacant at 25 February 2025; the length of time the vacant posts have been vacant, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9309-25 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if she will identify the posts in children’s disability network teams in Meath; the posts filled and vacant at 25 February 2025; the length of time the vacant posts have been vacant, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9361-25 - Erin McGreehan

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the number of GPs located in County Louth; and what actions are being taken to increase the number of GP services in Louth, considering that current GPs are unable to accept new patients.

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PQ 9363-25 - Erin McGreehan

To ask the Minister for Health the psychology waiting list numbers and wait times, in months, for children and adolescents in CAMHS Louth, in each of the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; the efforts being made to reduce these times; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9376-25 - James Geoghegan

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if the HSE carries out international recruitment campaigns to recruit occupational therapists or speech and language therapists; if she will provide details of such a campaign; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9377-25 - James Geoghegan

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE carries out international recruitment campaigns to recruit occupational therapists or speech and language therapists; if she will provide details of such a campaign; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9429-25 - Micahel Collins

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2207 of 23 July 2024, which states that "the HSE is currently working to define quality measures and implement data collection mechanisms for termination of pregnancy nationally", if she will provide specific information on the steps being taken by the responsible group within the HSE to improve and implement accurate and effective data collection mechanisms; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9430-25 - Michael Collins

To ask the Minister for Health the number and severity scale of all incidents recorded in the national incident management system (NIMS) for women who obtained a medical abortion and who were subsequently found to have an ectopic pregnancy, including the NIMS search criteria used; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9465-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of full-time staff working in the children’s disability network teams in CHO9 in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 9513-25 - Martin Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care hours left unfilled in counties Sligo and Leitrim from the 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9514-25 - Martin Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care workers that need to be recruited in order to fill all the home care hours allocated to patients in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9524-25 - Pádraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health if, in light of recent storm damage, she will ensure that all State and semi-State agencies under her remit tasked with the provision of services to the public, would have back-up generators to allow them function regardless of power cuts; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9535-25 - Michael Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health if he can address the shortage of dieticians in CH04 (Minister in a recent newspaper report it was stated that there is a 174 week wait to see a dietician in CH04 and this is obviously due to the shortage of dietician in the area Can you advise why there is no recruitment process in place for this role in this area); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9546-25 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the cost of acquiring services from private hospitals and other private health care providers by regional health authorities from 1 September 2024 to 10 February 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9547-25 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds the HSE has acquired from private nursing homes from 1 January to 1 December 2024 and the cost associated with same, broken down county by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9548-25 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of open beds in each HSE and voluntary hospital on 26 February in each of the years from 2022 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9549-25 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health to provide the total number of staff vacancies within the HSE, including the acute sector on 1 July 2024, and 1 February 2025, broken down by grade; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9550-25 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health to provide the total number of agency workers in operation across the HSE, including the acute sector as of 26 February 2025, broken down by grade, category and location; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9551-25 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health to provide a full and total breakdown of all costs, including recruiting, hiring, and paying for agency staff across the HSE, including the acute sector, for the years 2022, 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 9552-25 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health to provide a full and total breakdown of all costs, including recruiting, advice and consultancy costs, by the HSE to the following (PWC, EY, KPMG, IBM), broken down by regional health authority and by the HSE nationally for 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 9553-25 - 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, 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 9554-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of public dentists who can provide public dental services for public dental waiting lists by location, in tabular form; the number and details of each location which provides services; and the staffing composition of each service.

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PQ 9555-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if there is an avenue for people on public dental waiting lists to be provided with access to community or private providers.

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PQ 9557-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of intensive care and high-dependency unit beds across the State, by hospital; the number of beds sanctioned per hospital; the number of additional beds planned per hospital; and the timeframe for delivery in each case, in tabular form.

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PQ 9558-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of days in 2024 on which ICU occupancy exceeded 90%, 95%, and 100%, at each relevant public hospital, including statutory and voluntary, across the State, in tabular form.

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PQ 9562-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists, consultants in dentistry, dental surgeons, orthodontists and other dental care workers who were employed by the HSE, at the end of each year from 2004 to 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 9563-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the targets set for each year by the National Ambulance Service for implementation of its workforce and capacity review, in tabular form; and the progress against such targets for each year since the commencement of the strategy.

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PQ 9564-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the review of gender healthcare and the development of an updated clinical model for services; the timeframe for completion of this work; and the staging posts remaining in completing this work.

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PQ 9568-25 - Seán Fleming

To ask the Minister for Health when recruitment of occupational therapy services will begin in counties Laois and Offaly ( Recruitment of Children’s and Young Persons Occupational Therapy posts in Primary Care and a Senior Children’s Young Persons OT.); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9581-25 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide details of the emergency out-of-hours mental health services currently available to adults in CHO9 area and the process required to obtain this service.

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PQ 9583-25 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of 24-7 HSE critical care ambulances, by location, in each of the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 9584-25 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE accident and emergency department nurses based at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, in each of the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased this year.

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PQ 9606-25 - Ann Graves

To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time by facility from referral to admission for addiction rehabilitation and detox; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9615-25 - Peter Cleere

To ask the Minister for Health her views on matters raised in correspondence (Since the 1st of February Paxlovid tablets which are used for the treatment of Covid in patients with underlying conditions is now available to buy at 1008.62 from United Drug Wholesaler. While before this date United Drug Wholesaler would supply the pharmacy with the drug on receipt of a prescription. No charge would come to the pharmacy as the HSE reimbursed the Wholesaler directly. Unfortunately with only two drug wholesalers in the country pharmacies are branded with a "Main" and "Secondary" wholesaler. Our "Main" wholesaler gives us 8% discount to cover the 8% reduction in reimbursement price, so we are not dispensing medicines at a loss If I were to order Paxlovid today, it is only supplied by my "Secondary" wholesaler who give me no discount to counteract the 8% reimbursement deduction. So, I would be selling at a loss. Under HSE reimbursement I would receive 925.92 for the cost of the drug and 3.50 dispensing fee, incurring a loss of 82.70. Due to this loss, I will be unable to supply this much needed drug to my patients. Also, under the current contract I have with the HSE I am unable to charge the patient the difference.).

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PQ 9621-25 - Gary Gannon

To ask the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to expand access to PREP by increasing capacity at clinics and removing unnecessary barriers to obtaining appointments, in order to meet the growing demand (in light of the growing concerns regarding the accessibility of PREP in Ireland, particularly the lack of transparency and inefficiency in the current system); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9622-25 - Gary Gannon

To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will consider streamlining the process for accessing PREP, potentially adopting models used in countries like the UK and Australia, where PREP services are more efficient and patient-friendly.

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PQ 9623-25 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health to provide the number of psychiatrists working in the HSE that specialise in eating disorders; the number of psychiatrists working privately; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9624-25 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health to list the counties currently not served by eating disorder teams.

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PQ 9625-25 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health to provide the vacancies in each of the existing eating disorder teams; and what the vacancies are for, in tabular form.

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PQ 9646-25 - Gary Gannon

To ask the Minister for Health the measures her Department is taking to ensure that delays in the provision of insulin pumps do not result in long-term health complications for children with type 1 diabetes due to poor glucose control.

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PQ 9647-25 - Peter Cleere

To ask the Minister for Health the reason buscopan RX has been removed from the general medical scheme/medical card scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9663-25 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for a children’s occupational therapy primary care review, by area in CHO4, in tabular form.

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PQ 9664-25 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently awaiting a primary care occupational therapy appointment in CHO4, by area, in tabular form.

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PQ 9665-25 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of a shortage of occupational therapists in Mayfield in Cork; and the actions she intends to take to resolve this.

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PQ 9674-25 - Pádraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is outsourcing routine orthodontic care in Cork to reduce waiting times; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9678-25 - Pádraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists in Cork city and Cork county which have ceased providing medical card services over the past five years; if she will provide an overview of the dental services currently offered to medical card holders; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9683-25 - Albert Dolan

To ask the Minister for Health the reason the position of psychologist at the Athenry primary care centre, County Galway, has not yet been filled; if this position remains open; if it is currently being actively advertised; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9729-25 - Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin

To ask the Minister for Health when the funding promised in 2015 for `It's Good 2 Talk` will be provided; the reason this funding has been held for ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9736-25 - Tom Brabazon

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrists based at Beaumont Hospital in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and the average number of psychiatrists on call for each day of the week within the hospital, in tabular form.

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PQ 9737-25 - Tom Brabazon

To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors on duty on each day of the week in each treatment centre of the D-Doc service in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of HSE D-Doc vehicles based in each of those treatment centres, in tabular form; and if there are plans to increase the number of those doctors on duty in each of the treatment centres this year.

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PQ 9738-25 - Tom Brabazon

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE HSE-employed environmental health inspectors within CHO9, by location, in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 9748-25 - John Paul O'Shea

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the delivery of the new planned elective hospital for Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9751-25 - John Paul O'Shea

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on plans to open more primary care centres in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9765-25 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the funding that has been allocated to an organisation (Sensational Kids) for both capital and current purposes for each of its centres at Kildare, Monaghan, Mayo and west Cork, in the years 2020-2024 inclusive, and allocated for 2025, in tabular form; if there are proposes to allocate further funding to these centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9767-25 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 13 of 3 October 2024, the amount of the additional €16 million in full-year funding to the National Ambulance Service that will be spent on ensuring more advanced paramedics in 2025, as confirmed for Budget 2025 ( Dáil contribution from Minister Donnelly on 3/10/2025 as follows: “In the budget this week, I allocated an additional €16 million in full-year funding to the National Ambulance Service. I spoke to the head of the service, Robert Morton, about this and noted the service is very happy with the level of investment. It means more paramedics, including more advanced paramedics, more student places and quicker response times.”); the amount of additional advance paramedics this will see trained; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9825-25 - Michael Fitzmaurice

To ask the Minister for Health if the Minister will clarify the reason the rapid response service is not available in Roscommon on Thursdays; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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