PQ Responses - May 14th 2025

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PQ 24505-25 - Louise O'Reilly front page preview

PQ 24505-25 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the details of the services for persons of all ages with physical and intellectual disabilities based in Lusk; if she can outline in detail plans for future services; the stage these plans are at; the estimated timeframe for delivery; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 24510-25 - Louise O'Reilly front page preview

PQ 24510-25 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality if she is aware of the number of persons of all ages living in Lusk with physical and intellectual disabilities who require services who are registered with the HSE; the number that receive services locally; the number that have to travel to neighbouring towns for services, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 24516-25 - Edward Timmins front page preview

PQ 24516-25 - Edward Timmins

To ask the Minister for Health the actual expenditure for mental health in 2024; the planned expenditure for 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 24524-25 - Seán Crowe front page preview

PQ 24524-25 - Seán Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be restored to an organisation (if an organisation (Kilnamanagh Day Activity Centre for Senior Citizens, Treepark Road, Kilnamanagh, Dublin 24) will have funding restored to the terms agreed on its establishment in 2007, given that they currently receive approximately 27% of the originally agreed HSE financial support; if the Minister is aware that without a restoration of this funding that was steadily cut during austerity the organisation will be unable to continue providing for older people and those with Alzheimer's); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 24544-25 - Jennifer Whitmore front page preview

PQ 24544-25 - Jennifer Whitmore

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of children that are seen on a weekly basis by occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, and psychologists, excluding those receiving initial assessments, in each quarter of each year from 2023 to April 2024,by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 24547-25 - Mattie McGrath front page preview

PQ 24547-25 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the priority 1 list for residential care in south Tipperary over the past three years; the number of children who have received residential care in the past three years from this priority 1 list; the number of children expected to receive residential care this year in south Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 24548-25 - Mattie McGrath front page preview

PQ 24548-25 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health the additional respite care services being provided in south Tipperary over the past three years; the plans to increase respite care services in south Tipperary for both adult and children services; the number receiving respite care monthly in south Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 24609-25 - Mark Wall front page preview

PQ 24609-25 - Mark Wall

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality to confirm the number of publicly provided residential care places for children, available in each year from 2020 to 2024, and the number available in 2025, in tabular form; the additional number of regulated places added in each year, either public or private; the plans for adding new public places in 2025; the additional funding in place for 2025 to provide new places; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 24610-25 - Mark Wall front page preview

PQ 24610-25 - Mark Wall

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the estimated average capital cost and current expenditure operating cost respectively of providing each new publicly provided residential care place for children; to provide a breakdown of staffing costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 24633-25 - Mark Wall front page preview

PQ 24633-25 - Mark Wall

To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date on reducing hospital parking charges; the hospitals where charges have reduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 24701-25 - Pádraig Rice front page preview

PQ 24701-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health to provide further details in respect of the role and responsibilities of the new HSCP regional integration development leads in each HSE health region; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 24717-25 - Ivana Bacik front page preview

PQ 24717-25 - Ivana Bacik

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of ambulances that were awaited handover in hospital for a period exceeding one hour in each of the past five years; the number of instances where a patient had died subsequent to 999 call being made but prior to handover at hospital in each of the past five years; the average waiting time for ambulance arrival in each of the past five years, broken down by destination hospital; the average handover period in each of the past five years, broken down by destination hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 24720-25 - Pádraig Rice front page preview

PQ 24720-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for an all-island defibrillator registry (The Circuit Defibrillator Network which has already been implemented by the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS). I understand that at the request of the National Ambulance Service (NAS), the British Heart Foundation (BHF) has recently completed a feasibility study and cost estimate to investigate if it would be possible for NAS to join The Circuit. The BHF have confirmed that it is technically feasible.); if so, the timeline for same; the engagement she has had with her counterparts in Northern Ireland in respect of this project;; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 24757-25 - Carol Nolan front page preview

PQ 24757-25 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health to provide the current number of referrals to adult primary care OT service; the number of vacancies within the adult primary care OT service; the number of persons on a waiting list for the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 24758-25 - Mairéad Farrell front page preview

PQ 24758-25 - Mairéad Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the establishment of an ambulance base in Conamara and the timeline for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 24772-25 - Marie Sherlock front page preview

PQ 24772-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health if a voluntary acute hospital (Beaumont Hospital) carried out a review of services to align them with available funding in 2024; the outcome of any such review; which services, including patient services, were reduced to align with the available funding; the time period for such reduction in services applied; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 24814-25 - Barry Heneghan front page preview

PQ 24814-25 - Barry Heneghan

To ask the Minister for Health if she will increase the provision of disability aids and appliances, improve access to therapies and personal assistance services, and address existing backlogs for supports such as wheelchairs, hearing aids, and home modifications; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 24832-25 - Liam Quaide front page preview

PQ 24832-25 - Liam Quaide

To ask the Minister for Health the current status and recent developments in the public provision of dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) services across Ireland, including any expansion of DBT teams, training initiatives, data on the availability of individual and group therapy, and support for families and carers over the past year; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 24861-25 - Cathy Bennett front page preview

PQ 24861-25 - Cathy Bennett

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dental positions in County Monaghan; the number vacant, by quarter since 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 24895-25 - Louis O'Hara front page preview

PQ 24895-25 - Louis O'Hara

To ask the Minister for Health whether the cost of blood tests ordered and carried out by a dentist are covered by the medical card scheme; if there are specific types of blood tests ordered by dentists which are not covered by the medical card scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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