PQ Responses - October 7th 2025

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PQ 52938-25 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health the reason diabetic services are no longer available at the Carrick-on-Suir primary care centre; the status of the centre of excellence for diabetic services that was to be established at Saint Brigid’s hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52943-25 - Catherine Ardagh

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the status of the proposed primary care centre at Curlew Road, Drimnagh, Dublin 12, including a timeline for when the project will progress to completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52948-25 - Rory Hearne

To ask the Minister for Health to provide a progress report on the delivery of the new emergency department at Beaumont Hospital; if she will confirm that the current expected timeframe for its delivery and completion indicates a completion date before 2030; if she will provide the overall expected timeframe for the various stages of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52949-25 - Rory Hearne

To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has, in collaboration with other stakeholders including the Department of Transport, carried out analyses of the capacity of public transport connections to Beaumont hospital; the other work, if any, her Department has carried out to explore the way in which demand for parking and private car access to the hospital may be reduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52961-25 - Michael Cahill

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

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PQ 52963-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists by grade based in each primary care centre within CHO4 in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52964-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant radiologists based at Kerry University Hospital in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52969-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number on trolleys in emergency departments and wards in all model four hospitals, and Connolly Hospital, University Hospital Kerry, Letterkenny University Hospital, Wexford General Hospital and Mercy Hospital Cork, from January 2025 to September 2025, by month, and by ages 18-24, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55-64, 65-69, 70-75, 75-85, 85-90, 90+; in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52970-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number waiting on trolleys in emergency departments and wards in all CHI operated hospitals, by month from January 2025 to September 2025 and by ages 0-1, 2-3, 4-8, 9-12, 13-16; in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52974-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who presented to accident and emergency departments, per level four hospital, but leave before they are fully assessed in the years 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form and by number and percentage of total presentation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52975-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who presented to accident and emergency departments, per level four hospital, where the presentation might have been more appropriate at another service, the number of presentations that were considered inappropriate for accident and emergency, in the year 2024 and to date in 2025, by number and percentage of total presentation, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 52999-25 - Eoghan Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of installing bike shelters at a hospital (Cork University Hospital.), including the date of installation, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53000-25 - Eoghan Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of installing bike shelters at a hospital (South Infirmary Hospital.), including the date of installation, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53002-25 - Eoghan Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of installing bike shelters at a hospital (St Finbarr's Hospital.), including the date of installation, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53003-25 - Eoghan Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of installing bike shelters at a hospital (Mallow General Hospital), including the date of installation, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53004-25 - Eoghan Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of installing bike shelters at a hospital (St Mary's Campus), including the date of installation, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53015-25 - Naoise Ó Muirí

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on what section within the HSE is responsible for the purchase and evaluation of insulin delivery systems; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53016-25 - Naoise Ó Muirí

To ask the Minister for Health to outline the evaluation process for insulin delivery systems within the HSE to ensure the best possible product is made available to each patient; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53018-25 - Naoise Ó Cearúil

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting lists for paediatric hip surgeries at CHI in Crumlin over the past five years; the average waiting time for children waiting for paediatric hip surgeries at CHI in Crumlin over the past five years; the number of cancelled appointments paediatric hip surgeries at CHI in Crumlin over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53048-25 -Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health for an urgent update on the business case that has been submitted for an optometrist in South Tipperary; to provide details on when this was submitted; the reason for the delay in approving this post; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53050-25 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children from South Tipperary who have been given appointments with the ophthalmology services via the University Hospital Waterford ophthalmology department; the waiting times for children’s ophthalmology appointments in Waterford for patients from South Tipperary; the criteria used for patients from South Tipperary to be seen by the ophthalmology department in Waterford; if patients will be reimbursed for private eye care where they cannot access an appointment with ophthalmology services in south Tipperary and Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53058-25 - Brendan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the training and recruiting of therapy assistants by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53074-25 - Paul Lawless

To ask the Minister for Health when individuals on the HSE recruitment panel for chiropodist (podiatrist) staff grade, established following interviews held in July 2025, will be called for appointment.

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PQ 53075-25 - Paul Lawless

To ask the Minister for Health the expected number of jobs, and timeframe expected, on the HSE recruitment panel for chiropodist (podiatrist) staff grade, established following interviews held in July 2025.

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PQ 53076-25 - Paul Lawless

To ask the Minister for Health the number of current vacancies for chiropodist (podiatrist) positions within the HSE, by region, in tabular form.

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PQ 53138-25 - Seán Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health if her Department is concerned regarding the rise in tuberculosis cases in the State, particularly drug-resistant strains; if she will commit to public funding of the National TB Centre and Clinical Team at St James’s Hospital and allocating resources to the Irish Mycobacterial Reference Laboratory at St James’s Hospital, given that Ireland is not meeting WHO minimum diagnostic standards; to appoint a public health TB lead who will bring Ireland in line with international best practices and obligations; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53141-25 - Robert O'Donoughe

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality if she is aware of the difficulties in transitioning from paediatric disability services and adult disability services, particularly the lack of transition planning; if she has any plans to implement an automatic referral scheme for people transitioning from paediatric to adult disability services; if there are any plans to provide a comprehensive outreach service to disabled persons and persons with additional needs, particularly in Balbriggan; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53152-25 - Donna McGettigan

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the overseas recruitment campaigns by location that Children's Disability Network Teams have carried out to attract qualified staff to work within CDNTs, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 53157-25 - Donna McGettigan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant consultant posts by speciality currently at Limerick Maternity Hospital; the expected time frame for when each of those vacancies will be filled, in tabular form.

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PQ 53159-25 - Donna McGettigan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for audiology services via primary care systems in CHO3.

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PQ 53164-25 - Ryan O'Meara

To ask the Minister for Health when the Nenagh community nursing home is due to open, especially now that the HSE have vacant possession of the building for the transfer of patients from a nursing home (St. Conlon’s Nursing Home.); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53165-25 - Ryan O'Meara

To ask the Minister for Health if the recruitment process of staff for the Nenagh community nursing unit has concluded; if all staffing positions have been filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53172-25 - Richard Boyd Barrett

To ask the Minister for Health if a medication (Belzutifan (Welireg)) will be approved for the treatment of Von Hippel-Lindau disease in view of the fact that this medication has EU approval.

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PQ 53194-25 - Tony McCormack

To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the tuberculosis (TB) crisis in Ireland; if she will confirm funding for the National TB Centre and Clinical Team, and for the Irish Mycobacterial Reference Laboratory at St James's Hospital; the timeframe for implementing the Collaborative Tuberculosis Strategy for Ireland 2024-2030, in view of the 30% rise in TB incidence in 2024, the increase in multidrug-resistant cases, the rise in paediatric TB since 2017 (including incidence in children rising from 0.8 in 2023 to 1.3 in 2024), and the fact that TB cases in infants under one year in 2024 equalled the total from the previous ten years combined.

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PQ 53248-25 - Seán Canney

To ask the Minister for Health if she will investigate the potential cost of extending the availability of glucose monitors to persons with diabetes, other than type 1 diabetes, including type 2 and type 3c diabetes, with a view to extending the availability of monitors to this cohort of patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53260-25 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the dates/occasions upon which each hospital in the country entered surge escalation, over the past twelve months; and the number of patients in surge beds during each of those occasions, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53271-25 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for a mammogram in each county; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53278-25 - Jen Cummins

To ask the Minister for Health the supports available to families with adult children with mental health difficulties that are at risk of homelessness; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53280-25 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for patients referred from primary care to dermatology services for assessment of potentially cancerous moles; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53291-25 - Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health when building of the surgical hub at Letterkenny University Hospital will commence; the expected time frame for completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 53291-25 - Pádraig MacLochlainn

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PQ 53299-25 - Ivana Bacik

To ask the Minister for Health the number of older persons who have applied for homecare support through the HSE and who are awaiting the allocation of homecare in each county, in tabular form; the average wait time for same; and her views on the sustainability of the section 39 model in this respect.

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