PQ Responses - May 7th 2025

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PQ 22026-25 - Michael Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a primary care centre (Minister what is the most recent update on A Primary Care Centre for Abbeyfeale Co Limerick I believe the plans have being going on almost 8 years now); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22040-25 - Eoghan Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans for €1.4 million in additional annual funding on a rolling basis for St. Lukes Home, Cork CLG; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22050-25 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health in relation to home care assistants providing home support services, the official policy of the HSE in relation to home care assistants providing assistance with eating and drinking to clients with physical limitations on feeding; when, in what circumstances and on what terms, such assistance may be provided within each individual CHO, in tabular form; the reason for discrepancies between CHOs; the reason for the changes in such provision within the past year; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22051-25- Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if an independent review has commenced on the children’s disability network team service model; the nature of the review; who commissioned the review; the terms of reference for the review; the reason for the review; the date upon which the review commenced and is projected to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22070-25 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 19 February 2025, if the Gender Healthcare Programme considers that there may be a conflict of interest given previous advice given by its staff outside the context of programme to GPs, and if so how they plan on managing that conflict.

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PQ 22071-25 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 447 of 6 March of 2025, that given it has been previously stated that there's no requirement for the Gender Healthcare Programme to be aligned with the approach of any particular organisation, the reason the model described for prescribing gender hormone therapy for adults is that of just one particular organisation of the many providing this care to Irish trans people.

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PQ 22072-25 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 806 of 1 April 2025, given that hormone levels can guide dosage increase treatment decisions, would advising GPs to not monitor hormone levels for their trans patients make it difficult for their prescribing clinicians to make treatment decisions.

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PQ 22073-25 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 858 of 1 April 2025, the reason the Gender Healthcare programme chose the consult model for engagement, rather than discuss or collaborate.

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PQ 22074-25 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1576 of 17 January 2023, for an update on the design of the Gender Healthcare Programme's stakeholder engagement plan.

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PQ 22075-25 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health for the current status and timeline of the National Gender Service moving to a new location.

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PQ 22099-25 - Liam Quaide

To ask the Minister for Health her plans to fund a paediatric rheumatologist for CHO4; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22110-25 - Ruth Coppinger

To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of complaints made against a service (Saint John of God's Community Services.) over the past five years, by year and unit, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22111-25 - Ruth Coppinger

To ask the Minister for Health for details of the 286 letters mislaid by a hospital administration in early 2021, including if any of those were referrals; if this affected the National Gender Service, and any patient impact; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22112-25 - Ruth Coppinger

To ask the Minister for Health if allocation space for the National Gender Service in the Vista Building has been approved by HSE Estates; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22115-25 - Paul McAulliffe

To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for a call out by the pest control service, run by the HSE for Dublin, following a sighting being logged.

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PQ 22116-25 - Paul McAuliffe

To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases dealt with by the pest control service run by the HSE for Dublin, in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22117-25 - Paul McAuliffe

To ask the Minister for Health regarding the pest control service run by the HSE for Dublin, the number of staff allocated for the years 2020 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22118-25 - Paul McAuliffe

To ask the Minister for Health regarding the pest control service run by the HSE for Dublin, the funding allocated for the years 2020 to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22143-25 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time occupational therapists, physiotherapists and speech and language therapists in the National Rehabilitation Hospital; the way in which that compares to five years ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22144-25 - Thomas Byrne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of orthodontist working within the HSE in County Meath; and the number of positions that are currently unfilled.

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PQ 22159-25 - Grace Boland

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of children currently waiting for their initial CDNT appointment assigned to the Balbriggan CDNT; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22160-25 - Grace Boland

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the breakdown of the waiting lists for all CDNT in CH09, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22161-25 - Grace Boland

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the breakdown of all assigned personnel, by speciality for all CDNT in CH09, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22162-25 - Grace Boland

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the breakdown of all vacancies of personnel for all CDNT in CH09, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22163-25 - Grace Boland

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the breakdown of the waiting lists the number of children awaiting their assessment of needs in CH09, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22169-25 - Joe Cooney

To ask the Minister for Health the plans her Department and the HSE have with regard to the future delivery of day care services from Regina House in Kilrush; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22170-25 - Joe Cooney

To ask the Minister for Health the status of progress of the primary care centre in Sixmilebridge; if tenders for construction have been published; if those tenders have been assessed and a preferred contractor identified; the date for commencement of construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22171-25 - Joe Cooney

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of nursing home beds in county Clare in 2022, 2023, 2024; broken down by HSE provided, HSE funded under sections 38 and 39 of the Health Act 2004, and privately provided, in tabular form.’

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PQ 22179-25 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people referred to urgent symptomatic breast disease clinics and non-urgent symptomatic breast disease clinics by age group (women under age 30, 31-35, 36-40, 41-49, 50-59, 60+), including the waiting time period per age group in each specific clinic, in tabular form.

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PQ 22182-25 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the funding that has been allocated to the model of care for psycho-oncology services for patients aged 0-24 years and their families to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22183-25 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the funding that is required on an annual basis for the model of care for psycho-oncology services for patients aged 0-24 years and their families; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22184-25 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons attending chemotherapy within the recommended timeframe in each of the relevant hospitals managed by the Ireland East Hospital Group, by month, from July 2024 to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 22185-25 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons attending chemotherapy within the recommended timeframe in each of the relevant hospitals managed by RCSI Hospital Group, by month, from July 2024 to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 22186-25 - Johnny Quirke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons attending chemotherapy within the recommended timeframe in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Dublin Midlands Hospital Group, by month, from July 2024 to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 22187-25 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons attending chemotherapy within the recommended timeframe in each of the relevant hospitals managed by University of Limerick Hospital Group, by month, from July 2024 to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 22188-25 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons attending chemotherapy within the recommended timeframe in each of the relevant hospitals managed by South/Southwest Hospital Group, by month, from July 2024 to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 22189-25 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons attending chemotherapy within the recommended timeframe in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Saolta Hospital Group, by month, from July 2024 to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 22195-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the names of the hospitals that have written to the chairperson of the board of the HSE in 2024 to raise concerns about their funding allocation for each of the years 2020 to 2025.

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PQ 22240-25 - Thomas Byrne

To ask the Minister for Health if there are development plans for the HSE building in Ashbourne, County Meath, Killegland Ashbourne, which has been unoccupied for the past number of years.

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PQ 22259-25 - Mairéad Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 793 of 1 April 2025, if in line with recommendation five of the named report the Gender Healthcare Programme will be primarily looking to update HSE quality improvement division's model of care which sought to develop clinical guidelines guided by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health.

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PQ 22260-25 - Mairéad Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 793 of 1 April 2025, if additional funding for new or existing transgender services is to be decided within the health regions, fully independent of the ongoing Gender Healthcare Programme.

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PQ 22261-25 - Mairéad Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 793 of 1 April 2025, if the National Gender Service tracks the time and and costs of providing advice and guidance to other countries.

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PQ 22263-25 - Mairéad Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated total number of staff hours used for initial assessments in the National Gender Service in 2024, including clinical appointments, all staff present at MDT meetings, and administration.

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PQ 22268-25 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health if funding supports are available for families to access private mental health assessments where the public waiting lists are too long; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22271-25 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no availability for the provision of respite care for elderly patients in Offaly; the reason elderly persons in need of such care continue to have to travel out of the county to access such services; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22301-25 - Cian O’Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure that the previously planned specialised multi-professional team for auditory processing disorder is delivered in CHO9; if there are plans to provide auditory processing services nationally; if she will provide interim pathways for access to assistive technology; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22306-25 - Seán Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the lack of public long-term residential care facilities in the Tallaght area; if a census of the area has been recently taken to confirm the growing number of older people in the area; if there are plans to increase the capacity of public beds locally; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22346-25 - Ciarán Ahern

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE stroke clinical nurse specialists based at Tallaght University Hospital in 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 22347-25 - Ciarán Ahern

To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in each public PrEP service in 2024 and to-date in 2025; the number of vacancies in each of those PrEP services, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22348-25 - Ciarán Ahern

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant general surgeons with a special interest in colorectal surgery based at Tallaght University Hospital in 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 22350-25 - Jennifer Whitemore

To ask the Minister for Health the staffing breakdown of each ambulance station across County Wicklow, by the number of EMTS, the number of paramedics, and the number of advanced paramedics per station, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22351-25 - Jennifer Whitemore

To ask the Minister for Health the reason County Wicklow was excluded from the National Ambulance Service expression of interest to train new advanced paramedics; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22355-25 - Denise Mitchell

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of multidisciplinary auditory processing disorder services within the CHO 9 Health Service Region in north Dublin; how these services compare with the provision of APD services statewide; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22356-25 - Denise Mitchell

To ask the Minister for Health the efforts being made to ensure adequate auditory processing disorder assessment capacity within the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22361-25 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the fact that planning permission for phase three of Naas Hospital for a two story over-basement extension for endoscopy, day services, oncology and physical medicine, and services planned in the basement, has expired for the second time since 21 December 2024; the reason the planning permission was allowed lapse on two occasions; the timeframe for the completion of these works; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22362-25 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the reason the 'family rooms' on each of the three main wards in Naas Hospital have been repurposed as ward extensions; if there are plans to reintroduce family rooms into the hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22377-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the plans she has to increase bed capacity and resourcing to address overcrowding and pressure on the accident and emergency department at Tallaght University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22383-25 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health when a position (Operational Regional Manager of the National Ambulance Service, Roscommon) will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22384-25 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health when a position will be filled ( Advanced Paramedic on RRV in Roscommon); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22385-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of funding allocated to each CAMHS team across the country, including eating disorder teams.

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PQ 22388-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals and the number of acceptances from the referrals for each CAMHS team.

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PQ 22389-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and young adults, who were not eligible and therefore their referral was not accepted in 2024 and 2025 to date.

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PQ 22390-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the pathway for a person who presents with a dual diagnosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22402-25 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health the policies and procedures that are in place for communication of information on perinatal palliative care, by the HSE and management of maternity hospitals, to ensure that parents who are considering terminating their pregnancy at a later stage when their baby could be born alive are informed and able to avail of perinatal palliative care; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22514-25 - Cormac Devlin

To ask the Minister for Health the number people with Type 1 diabetes admitted for hospital in-patient treatment in 2023 and 2024, by hospital, in tabular form; the number of these using continuous glucose monitors; the number using insulin pumps; the number using multi-dose insulin injections; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22515-25 - Cormac Devlin

To ask the Minister for Health the number of each type of continuous glucose monitors provided to people with Type 1 diabetes, by county, by HSE regional health area, by hospital, from 1 December 2023 to 31 December 2024; the cost of the continuous glucose monitors provided, by HSE regional health area, by hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22519-25 - Cormac Devlin

To ask the Minister for Health for the number of continuous glucose monitor applications submitted, by county, by HSE regional health area, by hospital for people with Type 2 diabetes from 1st December 2023 to 31st December 2024; the number of these applications that were successful; the number of these applications that were unsuccessful; the number that were appealed; the number that were successful following appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22521-25 - Cormac Devlin

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a capital project (Loughlinstown Primary Healthcare Centre (LPHCC), Loughlinstown Drive, Co Dublin. I would like an update on the progress of this capital project); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22522-25 - Cormac Devlin

To ask the Minister for Health for the number of continuous glucose monitor applications submitted for people with Type 1 diabetes, listed by county, by regional health area and listed by hospital from 1 December 2023 to 31 December 2024; the number of these applications that were successful; the number of these applications that were unsuccessful; the number that were appealed; the number that were successful following an appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22533-25 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth for the number of children on CDNT waiting lists in Donegal, in tabular form, broken down by team and by length of time; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22534-25 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health for the number of children on CAMHS waiting lists in Donegal, in tabular form, and broken down by area and by length of time; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22535-25 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting a home help package in Donegal, in tabular form, broken by area and by length of time; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22536-25 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health for the number of people on occupational therapy waiting lists in county Donegal, broken down by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22537-25 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on physiotherapy waiting lists in county Donegal, broken down by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22538-25 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting dental appointments in county Donegal, broken down by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22539-25 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of deep brain stimulation surgeries that take place each year through the HSE.

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PQ 22541-25 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies within Letterkenny University Hospital, broken down by occupation, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22568-25 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the reason gambling is not covered as a primary addiction under the tier 4 national beds scheme; and if she will consider doing so.

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PQ 22569-25 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of publicly funded beds were provided under tier 4 addiction services, by month for 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 22570-25 - Seán Fleming

To ask the Minister for Health the support from the HSE for services in Laois for people who care for persons with Alzheimer's on a 24/7 basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22586-25 - Martin Daly

To ask the Minister for Health to clarify if there are any plans to expand chiropody treatment eligibility through the HSE to cover more conditions, or to make the scheme available to all medical card holders, given that basic treatment costs start at €50.00 per visit, which can be a significant expense for some older people.

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PQ 22616-25 - Albert Dolan

To ask the Minister for Health to provide links to all HSE prompt payment reports submitted under the Government's 15-Day Prompt Payment Commitment since 2017, noting that these reports do not appear to be readily accessible or published on the HSE's website; and if the HSE is in compliance with its quarterly reporting obligation under Government Decision S29296.

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PQ 22646-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the current number of referrals received to date by the supra-regional endometriosis clinics.

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PQ 22647-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown for the number of referrals received to date by the supra-regional endometriosis clinics, by county.

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PQ 22648-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of those awaiting an appointment at the supra-regional endometriosis clinics, by waiting time, in tabular form.

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PQ 22649-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of those treated for endometriosis abroad under the Cross-Border Healthcare Directive from 2018 to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 22650-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of those treated abroad for endometriosis with excision surgery under the Cross Border Healthcare Directive, from 2018 to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 22683-25 - Mark Wall

To ask the Minister for Health the means by which patients and the parents/carers of young trans people will be consulted by the HSE on the new clinical model for the Gender Healthcare Programme; whether patient and civil society representatives will be invited to join the relevant working group for the new model of care; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22723-25 - Micheál Carrigy

To ask the Minister for Health for update on the status and projected timelines for the development of the four primary care centres in County Longford, specifically in Edgeworthstown, Granard, Ballymahon, and Longford Town; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22725-25 - Frankie Feighan

To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a report to Dáil Éireann on the availability of gastrointestinal ultrasound for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)patients in Ireland; the number of IBD patients who received gastrointestinal ultrasound scanning in Ireland in 2024 or an equivalent year; if she recognises the pivotal role of this testing in raising the standards of care and quality of life for IBD patients in Ireland; if she will declare the number of registered gastroenterologists who have been trained in the delivery of gastrointestinal ultrasound; if she agrees that training for clinicians will unlock this key therapeutic benefit for patients; if she will prioritise ensuring that this training will be made available to gastroenterologists; if she will ensure that ultrasound machines will be available at every center in Ireland where IBD patients receive treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22729-25 - Frankie Feighan

To ask the Minister for Health her plans to increase the number of consultant neurologists; when they will be recruited; where they will be based; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22730-25 - Frankie Feighan

To ask the Minister for Health her plans to increase the number of specialist neurology nurses; when they will be recruited; where they will be based; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22779-25 - Eoin Hayes

To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department has investigated the cost associated with enabling student health facilities to offer free blood tests and free prescriptions for hormones to trans and non-binary students; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22810-25 - Rose Conway-Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the need for a generator on Clare Island; if HSE Estates are working to provide one; if there is a timeframe for the provision of the generator and other urgent repair works to the health centre on Clare Island; if the island GP can be involved in discussions regarding repair works; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22811-25 - Rose Conway-Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the lack of appropriate transport for patients on Clare Island; if she is aware that when a patient needs to be transported to the helipad or lifeboat this is often by way of a farm or builders’ van; the plans in place to provide an ambulance service for the island; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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