PQ Responses - May 22nd 2025

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PQ 26404-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality to urgently enhance the adult day service in Killarney provided by an association (Kerry Parents and Friends Association Currently they have no therapists on their multi-disciplinary teams, they have no occupational therapist that specialises in sensory issues, no psychologist, no speech and language therapist and no social worker. This needs to be addressed) and provide additional services; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26409-25 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health given the shortages of qualified medical practitioners, whether a scheme will be developed where Irish students studying medicine abroad would be facilitated in Irish hospitals with an observership; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26441-25 - Naoise Ó Cearúil

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for a BreastCheck screening appointment in Kildare; the number of people waiting for a BreastCheck screening appointment nationally; the average wait time for a BreastCheck screening appointment in Kildare; and the average wait time for a BreastCheck screening appointment nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26446-25 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for home care and for additional home care hours in counties Roscommon and Galway; and the average waiting time for each waiting lists in each county, in tabular form.

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PQ 26447-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on a waiting list for pre-exposure prophylaxis by clinic and wait time, in tabular form.

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PQ 26448-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of public sexual health clinics in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26449-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health to identify which counties do not have a public sexual health clinic; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26450-25 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health to review the decision not to grant access to the HSE approved medication for, those who have spinal muscular atrophy who were over 18 years at the point where it became approved by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26460-25 - Michael Fitzmaurice

To ask the Minister for Health the weekly capacity for routine CT scans in Roscommon University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26461-25 - Michael Fitzmaurice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of office staff and medical staff located and employed in the radiology department in Roscommon University Hospital; the number employed in these areas in each of the years 2019 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26466-25 - Jen Cummins

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the progress of the proposed primary care centre at Curlew Road, Drimnagh, Dublin 12; the the reasons for any delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26494-25 - James O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health if any reviews or audits of the expenditure on laboratory genetic testing services both in Ireland and abroad have been undertaken to ensure value-for-money and to assess the effectiveness of outsourcing; if it is the intention to support local accredited capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26502-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health if the contract signed with a software company, and the work that was carried out by that company, in respect of the development and deployment of MedLis (Medical Laboratory Information System) was reviewed before it was extended in 2022 (Cerner Ireland Ltd. (now Oracle Cerner Ireland Ltd.); the reasons this system has only been rolled out in one hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26503-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of sites that the MedLis (Medical Laboratory Information System) is to be deployed to; the timeline for deployment in each site; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26504-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of concerns regarding the MedLis (Medical Laboratory Information System); the efforts being made to address these concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 26510-25 - John Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the development of primary care centres at locations (Oranmore, Co Galway· Claregalway, Co Galway· An Spidéal, Co na Gaillimhe· Clifden, Co Galway· Inis Mór, Oileán Árainn, Co na Gaillimhe· Galway City West, Seamus Quirke Rd, Galway.).

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PQ 26524-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health to ensure that patients that are being discharged from University Hospital Kerry or Cork University Hospital to community hospitals/nursing homes within the county are transferred to the nearest facility to where the patient/family reside ( there are many cases where this is not happening in Kerry and whereby families are having to travel for up to five to six hour return trips to visit their loved ones, whereas this can be avoided by placing them in the nearest facility to where they reside); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26545-25 - Barry Heneghan

To ask the Minister for Health if an independent investigation will be initiated into the alleged under-reporting of critical 999 calls by the National Ambulance Service director; the measures being taken to ensure the accuracy of information provided to the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26567-25 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs providing community care, per population ratio, in County Laois, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26573-25 - James O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health the average response times for ambulances in the east Cork area; if the response times are meeting the target response times set by the Health Information and Quality Authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26584-25 - Réada Cronin

To ask the Minister for Health if mammograms will be offered to women below the age of 52, as is currently required; if research is being carried out on same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26683-25 - James Geoghegan

To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update in respect of the former Baggot Street Hospital site which has been registered as surplus to requirements by the HSE on the Office of Public Works Inter State Property Register; if any expressions of interest have been made by any other State entity in respect of this property; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26688-25 - James Geoghegan

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1424 of 19 March 362 and 362 of 27 March 2025 and letter dated 8 April 2025 from the Assistant National Director, Access and Integration, National Disability Team, referable to the specific excel data set provided accompanying that letter, if she will direct the HSE to furnish this Deputy with the specific number of persons currently employed for each discipline in delivering occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy, and psychology in each of the specific 93 CDNTs; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26689-25 - James Geoghegan

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1424 of 19 March 362 and 362 of 27 March 2025 and letter dated 8 April 2025 the Assistant National Director, Access and Integration, National Disability Team, referable to the specific excel data set provided accompanying that letter, if she will direct the HSE to furnish this Deputy the average tenure of the individuals currently employed for each discipline in delivering occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy, and psychology in each of the specific 93 CDNTs; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26690-25 - James Geoghegan

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1424 of 19 March 362 and 362 of 27 March 2025, and a letter dated 8 April 2025 from the assistant national director, Access and Integration, National Disability Team, if she will direct the HSE to furnish this Deputy the name of the provider in each of these 93 CDNTs; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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