PQ Responses - May 8th 2025

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PQ 22927-25 - Brian Stanley front page preview

PQ 22927-25 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth to clarify the length of the waiting list for an assessment of needs appointment in Laois for children with special needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22929-25 - Michael Healy-Rae front page preview

PQ 22929-25 - Michael Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health if she will secure extra funding for the meals on wheels initiative (Minister Meals on wheels provide an essential service and are urgently seeking an increase for extra funding and that meals on wheels are included on all hospital discharge plans); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22944-25 - Cathy Bennett front page preview

PQ 22944-25 - Cathy Bennett

To ask the Minister for Health the number of IT projects within their Department, or bodies under its aegis, which have been allocated funds in excess of €1 million in the years 2020 to date; the purpose of any projects; the initial estimate to complete for such projects; the total amount expended to date; the total estimated cost to complete; the estimated timeframe by which they expected to be completed; by project; by year; in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22960-25 - Conor Sheehan front page preview

PQ 22960-25 - Conor Sheehan

To ask the Minister for Health for a list of all staff currently employed at the adult diabetes clinic in University Hospital Limerick, specifying the post held by each individual; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22961-25 - Conor Sheehan front page preview

PQ 22961-25 - Conor Sheehan

To ask the Minister for Health to outline the professional training provided to staff at University Hospital Limerick over the past two years in preparation for the introduction of dose adjustment for normal eating and insulin pump therapy for adults in the Midwest; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22967-25 - Eamonn Scanlon front page preview

PQ 22967-25 - Eamonn Scanlon

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth for an update on the status of a fully staffed community neurorehabilitation team, to address the needs of neurological patients in Sligo-Leitrim; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22968-25 - Eamon Scanlon front page preview

PQ 22968-25 - Eamon Scanlon

To ask the Minister for Health the reason a community neurorehabilitation team, which was promised for Sligo-Leitrim in 2019 and outlined in the 2023 HSE Service Plan, has not yet been established; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22985-25 - Marie Sherlock front page preview

PQ 22985-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of acute hospital beds delivered from 2022 to date in 2025, and projected to the end of 2025, per year, per hospital, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23011-25 - Joanna Byrne front page preview

PQ 23011-25 - Joanna Byrne

To ask the Minister for Health to outline the details of any planned future expansion at a hospital (Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, Co Louth) that would alleviate pressures and challenges being faced in the accident and emergency department, and would increase capacity to manage high volumes of people who present by ambulance; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23012-25 - Joanna Byrne front page preview

PQ 23012-25 - Joanna Byrne

To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the total number of vacant posts currently unfilled across all departments at a hospital (Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, Co Louth); and the length of time these posts have been vacant for, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23022-25 - Gary Gannon front page preview

PQ 23022-25 - Gary Gannon

To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure that CHI introduces protocols requiring that parental concerns, particularly those regarding surgical risks are formally documented and reviewed as part of informed consent processes for high-risk paediatric interventions; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23030-25 - Gary Gannon front page preview

PQ 23030-25 - Gary Gannon

To ask the Minister for Health to outline the current governance and accountability structures overseeing paediatric cardiology services within Children’s Health Ireland; to confirm whether independent clinical audits are routinely undertaken in cases involving rare complications; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23037-25 - John Brady front page preview

PQ 23037-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of a full-time ambulance service for areas in Wicklow (Arklow and Baltinglass.); when this service will be operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23047-25 - Joanna Byrne front page preview

PQ 23047-25 - Joanna Byrne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Louth currently waiting for HSE home support; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23048-25 - Joanna Byrne front page preview

PQ 23048-25 - Joanna Byrne

To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of persons who were waiting for HSE home support in County Louth for March in each of the years 2020 to 2025 respectively, in tabular form.

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PQ 23049-25 - Joanna Byrne front page preview

PQ 23049-25 - Joanna Byrne

To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the funding allocated to County Louth HSE home support services for the years 2020 to 2025 respectively, in tabular form.

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PQ 23050-25 - Joanna Byrne front page preview

PQ 23050-25 - Joanna Byrne

To ask the Minister for Health if care rationing of new home care packages took place in the CHO 8 area in 2024; if so the reason for this rationing or non-allocation of new home care packages; and if this is not currently taking place within this CHO area.

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PQ 23064-25 - Peter Cleere front page preview

PQ 23064-25 - Peter Cleere

To ask the Minister for Health the reason evorel 50mg and estradot mg are not currently covered on GMS scheme which results in patient has to pay privately for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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