PQ Responses - May 27th 2025

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PQ 26693-25 - Marie Sherlock

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

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PQ 26697-25 - Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh

To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances, rapid response vehicles and motorcycles on a 24-7 basis based at each ambulance station within Kildare, in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 26699-25 - Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant neonatologist based at Rotunda maternity hospital, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 26720-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychiatric units and staff in each unit within the public health service, by CHO area, from the years 2018 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26731-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health if she will increase the number of breast screening locations, given that the wait time of some patients is over a year; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26735-25 - Joe Neville

To ask the Minister for Health if she will increase the number of breast screening locations, given that the wait time of some patients is over a year; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26739-25 - Mark Wall

To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of support hours delivered by HSE direct provision, and authorisation scheme providers, by CHO, for the year to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26740-25 - Mark Wall

To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of hours of specifically Family Carer in-home respite only the HSE has delivered , by CHO, for the year to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26741-25 - Mark Wall

To ask the Minister for Health the means by which the authorisation scheme charge out rate for overnights was arrived at a figure below that of a daytime rate; to explain how the HSE allocate a charge out rate for an overnight rate below that of the previous Tier 1 tender and below that of the current daytime hourly rate for a premium awake overnight service; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26742-25 - Mark Wall

To ask the Minister for Health to outline the home support services available to provide family carers with in-home respite supports between the hours of 10pm – 8am; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26749-25 - Catherine Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the service available to service users in north Tipperary that suffer from trichiasis; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26784-25 - Richard Boyd Barrett

To ask the Minister for Health her views on reports that ineffective leadership and governance presents risks to the governance of service delivery to patients, the management of staff wellbeing and the potential for psychosocial harm in the National Ambulance Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26786-25 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the situation regarding young adults, aged between 16 -17, presenting to A&E and being admitted as an inpatient, if they are treated as a minor or as an adult in relation to mental health issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26787-25 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health if an out of hours psychology team is assigned to A&E services, during the hours of 5pm to 8am, and if she could provide the details of these for all emergency departments, in tabular form.

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PQ 26794-25 - Barry Heneghan

To ask the Minister for Health the locations within CHO9 where regional specialist memory clinics are located, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26795-25 -Barry Heneghan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE public health nurses that are responsible for the donaghmede area of Dublin 13; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26796-25 - Barry Heneghan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE clinical psychologist attached to the Coolock/Kilbarrack CAMHS team; if funding will be approved to increase this number before end of 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26804-25 - Erin McGreehan

To ask the Minister for Health the policies in place to ensure timely access to orthopaedic shoes for individuals who require them for medical reasons; and whether there are plans to streamline the referral process to reduce waiting times for assessments and fittings.

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PQ 26805-25 - Erin McGreehan

To ask the Minister for Health whether a review has been conducted on the durability and functionality of bespoke orthopaedic shoes; and what measures exist to improve their quality and address issues related to wear and tear, particularly for individuals limited to one pair per year.

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PQ 26806-25 - Erin McGreehan

To ask the Minister for Health whether seasonality is considered when providing orthopaedic shoes, ensuring individuals have appropriate footwear for different weather conditions; and the provisions that exist for individuals with disabilities requiring orthopaedic shoes, including whether European disability status is factored into eligibility criteria.

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PQ 26807-25 - Erin McGreehan

To ask the Minister for Health the latest figures on the number of individuals receiving orthopaedic shoe support each year; the average cost per pair; and whether funding or additional support is available for individuals experiencing pain due to delays in receiving new orthopaedic shoes.

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PQ 26820-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the actions taken in response to the HIQA report published on 25 February 2025, regarding an organisation (details supplied) which identified serious safeguarding and governance concerns across multiple centres; the steps that have been implemented to address the identified non-compliances and protect vulnerable residents, including reference to the Health Act 2007 governing HIQA’s regulatory remit; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26821-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health when an external investigation is commissioned by a service provider or state agency into the care and safety of vulnerable persons; the standard process for disseminating the investigation’s outcome; whether this process is explicitly defined in the terms of reference; specifically the body that must receive the final report; whether the terms of reference should clearly state the expected recipients of the report to ensure transparency and accountability; the mechanisms in place to ensure the findings are acted upon; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26826-25 - Erin McGreehan

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the development of outpatient services at the Drogheda Department of psychiatry, Crosslanes, Drogheda, County Louth.

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PQ 26833-25 - Erin McGreehan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of antepartum deaths recorded at 17–23 weeks’ gestation and at 24–34 weeks’ gestation, for each year from 2013 to date in 2025.

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PQ 26837-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of staffing all emergency departments with liaison psychiatrists for one year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26838-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of having fully staffed mental health teams in each CHO across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26840-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the cost to fully implement the National Clinical Programme for Early Intervention Psychosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26841-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of fully funding the National Clinical Programme for Eating Disorders and deliver the remaining eating disorder teams by 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26842-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the current and capital cost of establishing and operating a 24/7 multi-agency mental health crisis de-escalating team, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26844-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to fully implement the National Clinical Programme for ADHD; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26845-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of running the Galway community café, the free out-of-hours adult mental health service; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26846-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to increase funding for recovery education by 10%; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26847-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of employing a mental health liaison respectively, inclusive of salary and PRSI costs, as provided for in the HSE winter plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26848-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing universal counselling within primary care; the cost of providing counselling in primary care for 0-18 years, 0-25 years, and over 25’s, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26849-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of fully implementing the National Model of Care for Dual Diagnosis over five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26850-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the capital and current cost of establishing a ten bed inpatient unit for eating disorders; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26862-25 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on CAMHS waiting lists, by area; and the number who have been waiting longer than 12 months in each area.

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PQ 26864-25 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health the average daily cost of a bed at CAMHS inpatient units for rxample, Eist Linn, Linn Dara and Merlin Park; and the total cost per admission.

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PQ 26865-25 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of CAMHS referrals currently being accepted for assessment and treatment, by area; and her plans to address the high rate of rejected referrals.

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PQ 26868-25 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels in CAMHS west Cork, Dunmanway, including the number of funded but unfilled positions.

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PQ 26869-25 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health the community-based mental health supports available to children waiting over 12 months for CAMHS appointments; and if these are standardised across the State.

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PQ 26893-25 - Michael Collins

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on CAMHS waiting lists, by area; and the number who have been waiting longer than 12 months in each area.

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PQ 26895-25 - Michael Collins

To ask the Minister for Health the average daily cost of a bed at CAMHS inpatient units for example, Eist Linn, Linn Dara and Merlin Park; and the total cost per admission.

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PQ 26896-25 - Michael Collins

To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of CAMHS referrals currently being accepted for assessment and treatment, by area; and her plans to address the high rate of rejected referrals.

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PQ 26899-25 - Michael Collins

To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels in CAMHS west Cork Dunmanway, including the number of funded but unfilled positions.

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PQ 26900-25 - Michael Collins

To ask the Minister for Health the community-based mental health supports available to children waiting over 12 months for CAMHS appointments; and if these are standardised across the State.

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PQ 26919-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE employees on special leave with pay, by grade, in tabular form; her intentions regarding the scheme going forward; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26922-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the status of each ongoing clinical investigation regarding maternity services at Portiuncula Hospital, in tabular form; the person(s) responsible; the subject of the investigation; the commencement date of the investigation; the completion date of the investigation; the current status of the investigation; whether she is concerned regarding the volume of ongoing investigations; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26923-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the status of each ongoing investigation regarding patient safety incidents at Portiuncula Hospital; the department or service division to which the investigation relates; the person(s) responsible; the subject of the investigation; the commencement date of the investigation; the completion date of the investigation; and the current status of the investigation, in tabular form.

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PQ 26924-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the status of each ongoing investigation regarding patient safety incidents in the west and north-west health area; the department or service division to which the investigation relates; the person(s) responsible; the subject of the investigation; the commencement date of the investigation; the completion date of the investigation; the current status of the investigation, by location, in tabular form.

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PQ 26927-25 - Cathy Bennett

To ask the Minister for Health the bodies that operate under the aegis of her Departments; those bodies which her Department funds on an annual recurring basis; those similarly funded by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26928-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the current uptake and utilisation metrics of the HSE app; the total number of unique users; the total number of MyGovID users; the number of new unique users by month; the number of new MyGovID users by month; the key performance indicators for 2025; progress to date against these indicators; the planned expansions to the app in 2025; the expenditure on development, maintenance, and marketing of the app to date, by year; the budget for development, maintenance, and marketing in 2025; whether there will be integration with NAS, and if so, when; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26931-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the average time from application to final decision for the nursing home support scheme; the number of applications made in 2024 and to date in 2025; and the number of decisions made in 2024 and to date in 2025.

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PQ 26934-25 - Shane Moynihan

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality for a progress report on the recruitment of the multidisciplinary team for Palmerstown (as well as Ballyfermot and Chapelizod); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26935-25 - Mark Wall

To ask the Minister for Health if the procedures ( if following bariatric surgery or significant weight loss is brachioplasty ( arm lift) , thigh lift , or abdominoplasty ( tummy tuck ) is available through the hse referral following significant weight loss.) are available after surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26938-25 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of children waiting for a service statement following completion of their assessment of needs more than 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21 and 24 months, by county, in tabular form.

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PQ 26941-25 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health if combivent/pulmicort is covered under the GMS Scheme; if not, the reason for its removal; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26943-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 17 years of age that attended adult emergency departments for self-harm and suicidal ideations in each of the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26944-25 - Seamus Healy

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year costs to recruit two additional WTE clinical specialist podiatrists and two additional WTE senior podiatrists for public health services.

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PQ 26945-25 - Seamus Healy

To ask the Minister for Health the staffing breakdown of each ambulance station across south Tipperary, by the number of EMTs, the number of paramedics and advanced paramedics per station, in tabular form.

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PQ 26946-25 - Seamus Healy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric rheumatologists based at Cork University Hospital, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 26947-25 - Seamus Healy

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of WTE speech and language therapists based in each CDNT, based within CHO5 in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 26960-25 - Barry Heneghan

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the HSE social prescribing programme which helps combat social isolation, if she will outline if this programme is still fully operational in the Dublin Bay North constituency; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26961-25 - Barry Heneghan

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will expand community support services for individuals who are isolated from their community and are suffering from prolonged loneliness; if she will outline the measures the HSE will take to deal with this growing issue in the Dublin Bay North constituency and specifically the Clontarf, Raheny, Killester area; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26963-25 - Barry Heneghan

To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide clarification on whether importers and distributors will receive a dispensation for alcohol stock held prior to the implementation of labelling requirements under the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018, similar to the dispensation afforded to on- and off-trade premises; if she accepts that the absence of such clarity could place a disproportionate logistical and financial burden on the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26964-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the State of hiring an additional 50, 100 and 250 clinical psychiatrists, psychologists and psychiatric nurses, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26965-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for CAMHS by community health organisation, age category, and time waiting, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26966-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who aged out of CAMHS while on the waiting list, by community health organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 26968-25 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the HSE gave formal approval for the amalgamation of Southdoc routine appointments to the Kinsale Road location.

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PQ 26969-25 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the grade level at which the HSE gave formal approval for the amalgamation of Southdoc routine appointments to the Kinsale Road location.

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PQ 26975-25 - Mark Wall

To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of overnight home support hours that were delivered by HSE direction provision and authorisation scheme providers, by CHO, for the year to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27002-25 - Mark Wall

To ask the Minister for Health for each framework agreement that the Health Service Executive has accessed or called-off from in 2025, to state the factors in (the name and reference number of the framework; the contracting authority or central purchasing body that established the framework (e.g. OGP, individual authority); whether the framework is single-supplier or multi-supplier; the list of suppliers on the framework (including, for single-supplier frameworks, the sole operative);the date the framework was established and its scheduled expiry; the total value of call-offs to date under each framework; and the call-off mechanism used (direct drawdown or mini-competition, specifying OGP-run or self-service).

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PQ 27005-25 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 423 of 7 May 2025, the amount by which the business cases of the National Gender Service will shorten wait times if implemented; and how quickly would this be achieved.

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PQ 27006-25 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1444 of 22 January 2025, for an update on when the HSE is expected to complete its current review of the Cass review.; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27007-25 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of a recently published peer-reviewed Irish-led international research on the Cass review (Noone, C., Southgate, A., Ashman, A. et al. Critically appraising the cass report: methodological flaws and unsupported claims. BMC Med Res Methodol 25, 128 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-025-02581-7); and if she will commit to the HSE's review of the Cass review giving full consideration to this research.; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27008-25 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of a recent review by the US Department of Health and Human Services on healthcare for trans youth (https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/gender-dysphoria-report-release.html); and if the HSE's Gender Healthcare Programme intends to consider it.

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PQ 27009-25 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 422 of 7 May 2025, the staff positions for the gender healthcare programme that have been filled and which remain unfilled.

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PQ 27010-25 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health for a list of the names and specialties of the cross speciality clinical advisory group within the gender healthcare programme.

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PQ 27011-25 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health for details of the community pilot project to identify the needs of children and young people within the gender healthcare programme, including around ethical approval and any patient and public involvement in the project.

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PQ 27040-25 - Albert Dolan

To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of all framework agreements used by her Department or its agencies since 2022, by name and description of framework; if it was established by her Department, the OGP, or another central/sectoral body; if it is a single-supplier or multi-supplier framework; if drawdowns required mini-competitions; and the total number of contracts and aggregate value of payments made under each framework agreement, by year.

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PQ 27078-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the steps she in taking to reduce disparities in access to perinatal mental health care among minorities such as migrants, those from the Travelling community, and low-income families; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27127-25 - Joanna Byrne

To ask the Minister for Health the details of the bed capacity on the ground floor east of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, prior to renovation works carried out in 2022; the current capacity of the ground floor east; the number of beds the renovation works on ground floor east planned to deliver; the cost of this project; the value-for-money assessments or reports that may have been carried out; the name of the primary contractor for these works; her views on whether best practice and all health and safety regulations were followed during the works; if all building regulations and permits were issued and filed with the appropriate authorities prior to the commencement of the works; the details of the structural surveys that were carried out prior to the commencement of the works; her further views on whether the project delivered the number of beds promised; if additional inspections and surveys were carried out during and after the process; if so, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27164-25 - Martin Daly

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of many children waiting for an assessment of needs in Roscommon as of 20th of May 2025.

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PQ 27168-25 - Martin Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the capital works projects currently ongoing at Roscommon University Hospital; when each of those projects will be completed, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27169-25 - Martin Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances based in County Roscommon that are available on a 24-7 basis, as of 1 June 2022, 1 June 2023, 1 June 2024 and 1 June 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 27170-25 - Martin Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses working in Roscommon University hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; if this number will be further increased later this year.

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PQ 27178-25 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a project (Primary Care Centre, Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27234-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on wait lists at the supra-regional endometriosis specialist centres in Tallaght and Cork University Maternity Hospital and five regional endometriosis hubs in the Rotunda, the Coombe Hospital, the National Maternity Hospital, University Hospital Limerick and University Hospital Galway, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27380-25 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health if she will establish paediatric long-Covid clinics; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27382-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health to outline the basis for the recruitment embargo on physician associates; to provide an update on the review of this role; the timeline for competition of said review; the number of physician associates currently employed by the HSE; the status of their posts since the review was announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27392-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health if prosthetic legs are included under the medical card scheme, a second prosthetic leg and replacement prosthetic when required; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27470-25 - George Lawlor

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant geriatrician attached to the Wexford integrated care programme in the years of 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 27471-25 - George Lawlor

To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been achieved in respect of the step down facilities across CHO5 since 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27472-25 - Gerorge Lawlor

To ask the Minister for Health to list the hospitals with the national acute oncology nursing service to assist patients undergoing active cancer treatment in avoiding attending emergency departments; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27473-25 - George Lawlor

To ask the Minister for Health the number of resuscitation bays within the accident and emergency department of Wexford General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27474-25 - George Lawlor

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year costs to recruit three additional WTE senior genetic counsellors and three additional genetic counsellors; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27498-25 - Richard Boyd Barrett

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will consider purchasing a site that is for sale (the site is a car park formerly used by St Michael’s hospital through which individuals can access the hospital from Crofton Road) in order to preserve access to St. Michael’s Hospital, Dún Laoghaire from Crofton Road and to expand hospital operations; and if not, the justification for not purchasing the site.

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PQ 27528-25 - Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh

To ask the Minister for Health the protocols in place in relation to the use of anaesthesia during the performance of cervical biopsies, considering accounts of women who were not administered anaesthetic and who describe the procedure as extremely painful and traumatic; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27566-25 - Mark Wall

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality to outline the home support services available to provide family carers with in-home respite supports between the hours of 10pm – 8am; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27567-25 - Mark Wall

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality to provide a breakdown of the number of overnight home support hours that were delivered by HSE direction provision and authorisation scheme providers, by CHO, for the year to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27568-25 - Mark Wall

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality to provide a breakdown of the number of support hours delivered by HSE direct provision, and authorisation scheme providers, by CHO, for the year to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27614-25 - John Paul O'Shea

To ask the Minister for Health when there will be equal access for spinraza treatment for adults with spinal muscular atrophy treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27638-25 - Barry Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to concerns related to the accuracy of testing or Lyme disease; if there is a team within her Department that is focused on the spread of this illness; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27639-25 - Barry Ward

To ask the Minister for Health her views on the merits of creating an awareness campaign in relation to the dangers of Lyme disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27646-25 - Barry Ward

To ask the Minister for Health her views on whether there are adequate prenatal physiotherapy services available within the health system; if she will commit to increasing funding and support in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27654-25 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health if the National Ambulance Service plans to make a submission for capital for a new NAS Education Centre in Ballinasloe, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27655-25 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on re-filling the roster for advanced paramedics on the rapid response vehicle (RRV) as before in Roscommon; the efforts being made to provide 24/7 cover by an advanced paramedic on the RRV as committed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27656-25 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health the amount being saved daily, in monetary terms, since overtime to cover the rapid response vehicle on Thursdays in Roscommon was pulled.

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PQ 27662-25- Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the reasoning for closing two hospice units without prior consultation with a hospital (HSE, Saint Anne's Hospital, Valentia Road, Caherciveen, Co. Kerry V23 PW84); if she will reverse this decision without delay given the critical importance of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 27702-25 - Michael Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health if she has any plans to reinstate the two hospice units in St. Anne’s Community Hospital in Caherciveen (Minister the loss of these hospice units are a huge loss to the Community of the Iveragh Peninsula. They are very much needed in this area . It is important that these units would be reinstated.); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ Responses - May 27th 2025