PQ Responses - May 1st 2025

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PQ 21795-25 - Seán Ó Fearghaíl front page preview

PQ 21795-25 - Seán Ó Fearghaíl

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE emergency medicine registrars based at Naas General Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 21796-25 - Sean Ó Fearghaíl front page preview

PQ 21796-25 - Sean Ó Fearghaíl

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for home support in CHO7 for longer than one month, longer then three months, longer then six months, in tabular form.

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PQ 21798-25 - Seán Ó Fearghaíl front page preview

PQ 21798-25 - Seán Ó Fearghaíl

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people who attended a pigmented lesion rapid access clinics nationwide including the number who were offered an appointment within the recommended timeframe in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025.

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PQ 21799-25 - Seán Ó Fearghaíl front page preview

PQ 21799-25 - Seán Ó Fearghaíl

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE Chefs that are directly employed by HSE and working in each HSE Funded Hospital in the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 21851-25 - Carol Nolan front page preview

PQ 21851-25 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health the reason chiropody services in general practice for people with diabetes have been discontinued; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21855-25 - Cathy Bennett front page preview

PQ 21855-25 - Cathy Bennett

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentistry positions in Monaghan; the number vacant; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21856-25 - Cathy Bennett front page preview

PQ 21856-25 - Cathy Bennett

To ask the Minister for Health the number of orthodontistry positions in Monaghan; the number vacant; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21926-25 - Conor McGuinness front page preview

PQ 21926-25 - Conor McGuinness

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of children currently awaiting an assessment of need, including the duration of their wait times, by county; and the measures being taken to address these delays.

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PQ 21927-25 - Conor McGuinness front page preview

PQ 21927-25 - Conor McGuinness

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the reason, despite the statutory requirement under the Disability Act 2005 for assessments of need to be completed within six months, only a small percentage were completed within this timeframe in recent years; and the actions that are being taken to improve compliance.

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PQ 21928-25 - Conor McGuinness front page preview

PQ 21928-25 - Conor McGuinness

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the reason behind the significant increase in overdue assessments of need in certain counties over the past year; and the specific interventions that are planned to address this surge.

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PQ 21929-25 - Conor McGuinness front page preview

PQ 21929-25 - Conor McGuinness

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth to detail the impact of the High Court ruling in March 2022 on the HSE’s assessment processes; and the way in which this has influenced the current backlog in assessments of need.

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PQ 21930-25 - Conor McGuinness front page preview

PQ 21930-25 - Conor McGuinness

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth to provide information on the allocation and utilization of funds spent in recent years to address waiting lists for assessments of need, including outcomes achieved and any plans for additional funding.

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PQ 21931-25 - Conor McGuinness front page preview

PQ 21931-25 - Conor McGuinness

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the steps being taken to address the disparities in waiting times for assessments of need across different counties, particularly in areas with the highest numbers of overdue assessments outside Dublin.

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PQ 21933-25 - William Aird front page preview

PQ 21933-25 - William Aird

To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will engage with a company (Roche) that has completed a HTA, for the provision of treatment for adults with spinal muscular atrophy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. -

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PQ 21936-25 - William Aird front page preview

PQ 21936-25 - William Aird

To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update regarding the location of a primary care centre (Will it be Brand Central (Old shopping centre) or John Cahill’s site near Catholic Church or another location in Rathdowney, Laois?); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21937-25 - Conor McGuinness front page preview

PQ 21937-25 - Conor McGuinness

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the engagement by her Department and the HSE regarding the establishment of a Jigsaw youth mental health service in Waterford; and to set out the steps being taken to progress the delivery of this much-needed service.

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PQ 21943-25 - John Connolly front page preview

PQ 21943-25 - John Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health the minimum qualification required by health care assistants employed to work in public hospitals; the number of healthcare assistants employed in our public hospitals; the number that are directly employed by the HSE; the number who recruited through agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21948-25 - John Connolly front page preview

PQ 21948-25 - John Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health the updated position on the workings of the design team progressing the development control plan for University Hospital Galway; the detailed timeline for the delivery of identified projects in the infrastructural masterplan for University Hospital Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21949-25 - John Connolly front page preview

PQ 21949-25 - John Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health for further information on the brief project description contained in the HSE Capital Plan 2025 described as “Galway City East Purchase and fit out of building in Galway City (BMR House, Parkmore). Decant Acute Services”; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21950-25 - John Connolly front page preview

PQ 21950-25 - John Connolly

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth for further information on the Brief Project Description contained in the HSE Capital Plan 2025 described as the purchase & renovation of residential dwelling at Oranmore, County Galway as part of the decongregation strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21960-25 - Emer Currie front page preview

PQ 21960-25 - Emer Currie

To ask the Minister for Health if she intends on mandating the HSE health protection surveillance centre to collect data on shingles or post-herpetic neuralgia, in order to provide greater data for public health decisions, particularly related to the National Immunisation Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 21978-25 - Eoin Ó Broin front page preview

PQ 21978-25 - Eoin Ó Broin

To ask the Minister for Health to outline the rules for the dispensing of prescriptions to medical card holders, including the number of months that can be dispensed at a time; and to confirm the way in which pharmacies are paid to dispense prescriptions under the medical card scheme.

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PQ 21981-25 - Paul McAuliffe front page preview

PQ 21981-25 - Paul McAuliffe

To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the core funding provided by the HSE to each CHO for low vision aids or aids and appliances, and whether any changes are planned to the funding provided.

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PQ 22147-25 - Peter Cleere front page preview

PQ 22147-25 - Peter Cleere

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists employed; the number of approved WTE speech and language therapists positions; the number of children under 18 waiting to be seen; the length of time they are waiting to be seen, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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