PQ Responses - March 6th 2025

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PQ 7872-25 - Paul McAuliffe

To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the current waiting times for appointments with the speech and language therapist service following initial assessment in the north Dublin area; and her plans to reduce waiting times.

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PQ 8897-25 - Aengus Ó Snodaigh

To ask the Minister for Health the current commenced or planned construction projects on the St. James's Hospital campus; the purpose of same; the start and expected completion dates; the estimated cost of each project; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9277-25 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses recruited to each hospital in the country in each of the past ten years; the number of nurses who left their jobs at each hospital in the country in the same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9425-25 - Louis O'Hara

To ask the Minister for Health if the decommissioned child psychologist post at Athenry primary care centre will be reinstated; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9744-25 - Peter Roche

To ask the Minister for Health her plans to allocate funding to open additional primary care centres to address the increasing demand for healthcare services; if specific consideration is being given to Galway, where waiting lists remain long and many GP practices have closed their lists to new patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9753-25 - Ryan O'Meara

To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider establishing a 24/7 Shannon Doc service in Thurles, County Tipperary, considering only one 24/7 Shannon Doc service currently operates in Nenagh, County Tipperary for the entire population of north Tipperary within the mid-west region; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9755-25 - Eamon Scanlon

To ask the Minister for Health to provide urgent funding for a new bus for cancer patients travelling for treatments in the northwest; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9868-25 - Peter Cleere

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the primary care centre in Graiguenamanagh; the other primary care service developments planned for Carlow and Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9869-25 - Peter Cleere

To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care support hours provided in Carlow-Kilkenny in 2024; the target in place for such provision in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9870-25 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided make the first and ground floor of the new extension to the Mallow General Hospital operational; the designated purposes will be provided to both floors; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9871-25 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health when a design for the elective hospital for Cork in Sarsfield Court, Glanmire will be finalised; when it will proceed to planning stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9877-25 - Catherine Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the HSEs position on the inability of patients to split their allocated funding in the consumer directed home support approach, between two approved external providers when HSE staff are unavailable to fulfil the approved home support hours; and if she will amend this policy.

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PQ 9898-25 - John Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has procured the architectural led design team and project control team for the design and progression of the new elective hospital at Merlin Park, Galway; if she can provide an update on the progress of their work; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9945-25 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the steps she will take to end lengthy waiting lists for CAMHS; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9988-25 - Grace Boland

To ask the Minister for Health the work she and her Department have undertaken to fill the professional vacancies in the CAMHS team in Balbriggan; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10015-25 - Albert Dolan

To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place for a new attention deficit hyperactivity disorder team in Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10031-25 - Tony McCormack

To ask the Minister for Health the support she can provide to a community counselling centre based in Tullamore, County Offaly ( Accessible Counselling Tullamore, which is pioneering a sustainable model of community-based counselling and psychotherapy services that will be accessible to all); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10051-25 - Naoise Ó Cearúil

To ask the Minister for Health the action she is taking to expand GP services in Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10052-25 - James Geoghegan

To ask the Minister for Health her plans to roll out new primary care centres in Rathmines, Terenure and Baggot Street; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10053-25 - James Geoghegan

To ask the Minister for Health if she will detail the current situation in relation to the former Baggot Street Hospital which has been placed on the State’s register for disposal by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10094-25 - Pádraig O'Sullivan

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

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PQ 10098-25 - Martin Daly

To ask the Minister for Health if she will investigate the inadequate parking situation at Roscommon University Hospital, which is impacting patients, their families, and carers; and if some of the ample green space surrounding the hospital could be used for the development of additional car parking facilities.

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PQ 10099-25 - Mark Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the progression and development of Ballaghaderreen primary care centre.

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PQ 10102-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Health the projected impact of the HSE's pay and numbers strategy on disability services provided directly by the HSE or through sections 38 and 39 organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 10103-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Health when the multi-disciplinary team for Louth and Meath will be in place; the reason for the delay with the establishment of the team; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10115-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the excessive delay in the filling of positions in the CAMHS Linn Dara service.

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PQ 10122-25 - Aindrias Moynihan

To ask the Minister for Health to include a medication (Veoza which is suitable for women with contraindication to HRT having had oestrogen positive breast cancer or ovarian cancer and that targets moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms) as part of the free HRT roll-out; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10128-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health if there is specialist training for all staff in in-patient psychiatric services in this country on the management and treatment of eating disorders; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10170-25 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health the action taken, and planned, to address the fact that only 30% of patients in Donegal receive day-case chemotherapy within the target time of three weeks, due to capacity constraints at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10180-25 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the delivery of a primary care centre in Swords; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10190-25 - Noel McCarthy

To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to warn the public of the possible dangers of contracting Lyme disease on publicly accessible grasslands and forests, and to inform of its prevention and treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10196-25 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health if she has engaged with SouthDoc on the closure of SouthDoc, Blackpool; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10197-25 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the reason no advanced paramedic has been trained since 2019; and if she is aware that paramedics working in the National Ambulance Service do not receive a telephone allowance.

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PQ 10198-25 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the elective hospital in Cork.

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PQ 10203-25 - Aisling Dempsey

To ask the Minister for Health the way it is planned to enhance services at Our Lady's Hospital Navan; the number of additional nursing staff have been taken on at the hospital over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10214-25 - Rose Conway-Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on supports for people with eating disorders; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10216-25 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health the additional or expanded services she plans to provide in Monaghan Hospital.

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PQ 10218-25 - James O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 224 of 6 February 2025, for an update on a project (Ambulance training base to be located in Youghal.); where the interim facility might be placed; the timeline on this project; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10238-25 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health for an update regarding the implementation of the maternity model of care for women with epilepsy; when the appointment of clinical posts at each of the maternity hubs will be complete; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10239-25 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the epilepsy pregnancy register; the resources which have been allocated to this register; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10248-25 - Rose Conway-Walsh

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 25 February 2025, to provide details indicating the length of time the 175 children in Mayo have been waiting for their assessments of need, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10249-25 - Rose Conway-Walsh

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of vacancies in County Mayo within children’s disability network teams; the length of time these positions have been vacant; if they are currently being advertised; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10255-25 - Frank Feighan

To ask the Minister for Health for clarification regarding the recent cancellation of CAMHS services in Team 1 for under 18s in Leitrim/East Sligo/West Cavan; the refusal of new referrals from GPs to this service; the impact of services to current patients, due to the lack of a clinical lead consultant for Team 1; the recruitment efforts and timelines; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10277-25 - Jen Cummins

To ask the Minister for Health her plans to address the lack of psychiatry supports in a service ( Saint John of God Liffey Services, Celbridge.); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10288-25 - Eamon Scanlon

To ask the Minister for Health the reason CAMHS referrals have been suspended in an area (Ballinamore, Co Leitrim); when it is expected referrals will resume; the current number of referrals for support services to Sligo and Leitrim CAMHS service currently awaiting assessment; the current number of HSE vacancies in the Sligo and Leitrim CAMHS service; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10291-25 - Joe Cooney

To ask the Minister for Health the number of x-ray, CT and MRI scanners in situ at University Hospital Limerick; the number of scanners not currently in working order, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10292-25 - Joe Cooney

To ask the Minister for Health for an employment report, to include the following categories: medical and dental, nursing and midwifery, health and social care professionals, management and administrative, general support, and patient and client care for the National Ambulance Service Mid-West, for the years 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 10293-25 - Joe Cooney

To ask the Minister for Health the current status and any progress on the development of a new ambulance base in Kilrush, County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10294-25 - Joe Cooney

To ask the Minister for Health the number of surgeries cancelled at Ennis Hospital during each month of 2024 and to date in January 2025; and if she will provide a breakdown of the surgical procedures cancelled.

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PQ 10295-25 -Joe Cooney

To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs per thousand of population, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10321-25 - Conor Sheehan

To ask the Minister for Health to list the total number of elective procedures cancelled and or deferred in the UL Hospital Group, by hospital, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10349-25 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health to provide the exact number of children on hormone blockers in Ireland currently.

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PQ 10351-25 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who were referred abroad for gender affirming surgery; and where exactly they are being referred to.

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PQ 10352-25 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children being prescribed gender affirming hormones in Ireland.

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PQ 10353-25 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults being prescribed gender affirming hormones in Ireland.

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PQ 10354-25 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if the Gender Service instructed GPs in Ireland to stop hormone testing for trans people.

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PQ 10371-25 - Ken O'Flynn

To ask the Minister for Health the current procedure for emergency dental treatment for children under the age of 16 years when dental clinics are closed; and there plans to improve accessibility to urgent dental care for young patients.

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PQ 10383-25 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the reason children over the age of 16 years are required to use adult accident and emergency services rather than the children’s hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10384-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on each of the following HSE campaigns (askaboutalcohol.ie – alcohol health information and advice , B4uDecide – relationship and sexual wellbeing advice for 14 to17 year olds, BowelScreen –bowel cancer screening service for people aged 59 to 69 . BreastCheck – breast screening for women aged 50 to 69, CervicalCheck –HPV cervical screening for women aged 25 to 65 , Dementia: Understand together – information and supports for people living with, or caring for someone with dementia, Diabetic RetinaScreen – retinopathy screening service for people with diabetes, Flu vaccine – flu vaccine information and pharmacy finder , Man2Man – sexual health information for gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men , Mental Health - information on common mental health difficulties and support available , My Options –support for an unplanned pregnancy, MyChild – pregnancy, baby and toddler health , QUIT – quit smoking service and supports, Sexual Wellbeing – promotes positive sexual health and wellbeing , START – partnership with safefood to encourage a healthier lifestyle for children) in 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 10391-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of non-consultant hospital doctors, by hospital, in each of the years since 2019, in tabular form.

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PQ 10393-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital consultants, by clinical principal site, in each of the years since 2019, in tabular form.

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PQ 10394-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant hospital consultant posts, by clinical principal site, in each of the years since 2019, in tabular form.

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PQ 10395-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the compliance rate with the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997/European Working Time Directive for non-consultant hospital doctors, by clinical site and month, in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 10397-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants signed up to the public-only consultant contract, by speciality, in tabular form.

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PQ 10455-25 - Mairéad Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on University Hospital Galway’s waiting list for the pain clinic; the length of time they have been waiting; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10470-25 - Albert Dolan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychotherapists employed in Galway mental health services in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 10471-25 - Albert Dolan

To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of incidents responded by the National Ambulance Service, by clinical status and sub status for January in each of the years 2022 and 2025.

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PQ 10472-25 - Albert Dolan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in obstetrics and gynaecology based at the maternity department of Galway University Hospital in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 10485-25 - John Clendennen

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of staff in CDNTs in County Offaly, in tabular form; and the percentage of full-time posts filled for occupational therapists, physiotherapists and speech-and-language therapists within each respective unit.

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PQ 10503-25 - Brendan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health when a proposed new health care facility (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage; the level of accommodation and range of services to be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10512-25 - Ruth Coppinger

To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that the Civil Registration Service online appointment booking system requests that interpreters be present for any language other than English, despite the official status of the Irish language; if she will confirm that appointments can be conducted in Irish without interpretation; if she will confirm that Irish sign language will be fully facilitated, without expense, for those choosing to use Irish sign language; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10513-25 - Ruth Coppinger

To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline the criteria for determining if a person applying for marriage has a sufficient level of English or Irish; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10540-25 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health if the amount of the €16 million Budget 2025 allocation for the National Ambulance Service that was to be used to train advanced paramedics; and the number of advanced paramedics this will train.

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PQ 10541-25 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health whether he is aware of comments made by the National Ambulance Service indicating it does not intend to reopen training for advanced paramedics.

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PQ 10550-25 - Roderic O'Gorman

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if a school (Danu CSS currently received 1.9 WTE divided across behavioural therapy, S&L and OT, for its existing 36 students, from the Blanchardstown CDNT. There is currently no plan to allocate extra therapist WTE for the 12 new students who will be joining the school once new modular accommodation is provided) will be provided with an additional allocation of WTE therapist hours for the new 12 children it is to admit as it has for the existing 36 students; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ Responses - March 6th 2025