PQ Responses - September 17th 2025

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PQ 47559-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the waiting lists for those awaiting assessment of needs, by time and county; the projected waiting list by the end of 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47560-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the waiting lists for those awaiting services with the CDNT, by time and county; the projected waiting lists by the end of 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47563-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality to provide an update on the progress being made in workforce planning for staffing CDNTs and disability services; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47566-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the positions and teams unfilled for community neuro rehabilitation teams, by region; the plans to address this, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47625-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure that there is no overcrowding at the emergency department at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47628-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on orthodontic services provided in the Louth area; her plans to ensure adequate personnel and services, particularly for grade 4 and 5 dental patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47632-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who availed of the Northern Planned Healthcare Scheme from June 2024 to June 2025; if she will detail the types of treatment received, county by county, in tabular form; the total amount paid to the Planned Healthcare Scheme during this period; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47633-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Health the range and nature of diabetes services available to Louth based adults and children at hospitals; if she plans to improve the diabetes service currently serving adults and children in Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47635-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Health the positions unfilled in primary care; the number on waiting lists in each county, by team, and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47636-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe and details of service for the proposed primary care centre in Dundalk; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47637-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Health the positions unfilled in CAMHS; the number on waiting lists in by county, by team and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47638-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Health the positions unfilled in CAMHS ID teams, by county, team and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47639-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Health the plan and timeframe in Louth to have a fully populated CAMHS ID multi-disciplinary team; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47640-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Health the plan and timeframe to deliver a fully populated primary care centre in Dundalk; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47641-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Health the plan and timeframe to deliver the ten-bed extension in Drogheda DOP, Crosslanes; her plans to improve the acute mental health bed provision in Louth/Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47656-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Health the proposals being considered for mental health services in county Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47657-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Health the unfilled mental health service positions in county Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47778-25 - Ken O'Flynn

To ask the Minister for Health the total over expenditure on capital health projects in 2023-2025; the updated timeframes and costs for Cork University Hospital, the Mercy University Hospital, and St. Stephen's Hospital, Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47782-25 - Seán Canney

To ask the Minister for Health the steps she will take to address the situation whereby persons in a mental health crisis in the Tuam area of County Galway have a current wait time for a crisis appointment of six-weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47783-25 - Seán Canney

To ask the Minister for Health the posts in adult mental health services in Tuam, County Galway; the services offered by the team; if any posts remain vacant; the current wait times; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47784-25 - Seán Canney

To ask the Minister for Health the steps she will take to ensure that mental health professionals in community mental health teams are equipped to deal with adults with autism; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47785-25 - Natasha Newsome Drennan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of adult psychiatrists for ADHD in the south-east HSE region; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47811-25 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will make funding available for a new oncology stand-alone unit in UHK; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47820-25 - Séamus McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for cancer patients to start chemotherapy treatment following a diagnosis in the Cork region (I have been contacted by Breast Cancer patients who had to wait over ten weeks to commence treatment following a diagnosis which identified the need for immediate treatment.); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47822-25 - Conor Sheehan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of specialist neurology nurses in each CHO, since 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47836-25 - Ann Graves

To ask the Minister for Health if she has increased the availability of naloxone, trained individuals on its use and equipped Gardaí with naloxone to carry on the beat.

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PQ 47843-25 - Catherine Ardagh

To ask the Minister for Health the number of care facilities that cater for those with complex mental health needs, including the number of spaces currently available to new patients, as many are forced to travel to the UK for care; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47845-25 - Brian Brennan

To ask the Minister for Health the funding currently provided to an organisation (Funding to Vision Ireland for in the Royal Eye and Ear Hospital and other public hospitals); if increased funding is being considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47946-25 - Michael Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 552 of 17 July 2025, and her Department’s reply of 23 July 2025 indicating that a successful candidate for the ophthalmologist post in Clonmel would commence duty in August 2025; the reason that no ophthalmologist is currently in place; the steps being taken to immediately fill this critical vacancy; the interim measures being provided to address the growing backlog of both routine and urgent ophthalmology referrals in south Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47975-25 - Martin Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances which operate out of each ambulance station nationwide on a daily basis, Monday to Sunday; and the breakdown of this on an hourly and daily rota basis.

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PQ 47979-25 - Seamus Healy

To ask the Minister for Health when the completed 50-bed community nursing unit at Glenconnor, Clonmel will be opened; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47980-25 - Seamus Healy

To ask the Minister for Health when the vacant post of ophthalmologist, providing a service at the county clinic, Clonmel will be filled; when the successful applicant will take up duty; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47998-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health if the issuance of letters of authorisation to practice, in the case of recently qualified paramedics, have been disrupted ( reports of multiple graduates from paramedic classes PD19 and PD20 and APs who are officially registered as paramedics/advanced paramedics on the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) register.); if so, the reason if this is the case; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 47999-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health when recently qualified paramedics and advanced paramedics graduates will formally be able to practice and receive letters of authorisation to practice, in the case of paramedic classes (reports of multiple graduates from paramedic classes PD19 and PD20 and APs who are officially registered as paramedics/advanced paramedics on the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) register. ); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48004-25 - Emer Currie

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people currently eligible for BreastCheck screening who are waiting for their first mammogram in the Dublin northwest HSE area of Dublin 7, 11, and 15; the number of individuals currently awaiting follow-up appointments in the same area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48005-25 - Emer Currie

To ask the Minister for Health the details of the current operational status of a BreastCheck mobile unit (Blanchardstown Shopping Centre); the number of women screened on a monthly basis since it opened; the number of women currently awaiting breast screening appointments at this mobile unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48006-25 - Emer Currie

To ask the Minister for Health the actions her Department is taking to reduce waiting times and increase capacity of a service in Dublin (BreastCheck); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48031-25 - Michael Lowry

To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure clear and consistent governance across ophthalmology emergency referral pathways; that no patient with suspected acute or sight-threatening pathology is turned away from hospital care and that regional equity is provided in order that patients in Thurles and surrounding areas have timely access to emergency eye services.

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PQ 48040-25 - Michael Lowry

To ask the Minister for Health the specialist teams and services in place to support children requiring prosthetics alongside complex abdominal and stoma care; and whether the HSE has sufficient expertise and resources to deliver this care within Ireland.

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PQ 48041-25 - Michael Lowry

To ask the Minister for Health her plans to address the identified gaps in paediatric prosthetic services, including long-term rehabilitation and follow-up supports, to ensure families are not forced to seek treatment abroad.

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PQ 48056-25 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health her plans for the derelict HSE building in Pettigo, County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48057-25 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the list of the counties in which home share is available for those seeking respite; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48061-25- Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the current average waiting times for an occupational therapy appointment at Cavan CDNT; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48062-25 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the current average waiting times for a speech and language appointment at Cavan CDNT; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48063-25 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the current average waiting times for an physiotherapy appointment at Cavan CDNT; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48064-25 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the total number of children currently engaged with Monaghan CDNT; the number therein that have individual family support plans and/or key contacts in place, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48065-25 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the total number of children currently engaged with Cavan CDNT; the number therein that have Individual family support plans and/ or key contacts in place, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48067-25 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the list of the counties in which homeshare is available for those seeking respite; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48068-25 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality when the current contract with a respite centre for children (Rainbow Lodge Respite Centre in Monaghan) is due to expire; if it is proposed to extend that contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48069-25 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the status of a new children’s disability respite centre in Monaghan; the additional respite places that will be available in the new centre; if the current respite centre will close before or after the new centre is delivered; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48070-25 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the current proposals to provide additional adult disability respite services in County Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48071-25 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the current proposals to provide additional adult disability respite services in County Cavan; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48072-25 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the status and timeframe for the delivery of a single point of access for families to enter into appropriate services for therapies that is, CDNT, primary care, CAMHS and so on, in County Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48073-25 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the status and timeframe for the delivery of a single point of access for families to enter into appropriate services for therapies that is, CDNT, primary care, CAMHS and so on, in County Cavan; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48087-25 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality to provide an update on moving Cavan and Monaghan CDNTs into the Dublin north-east area from the current CHO1 region.

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PQ 48088-25 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the current average waiting times for an occupational therapy appointment at Monaghan CDNT; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48089-25 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the current average waiting times for a speech and language appointment at Monaghan CDNT; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48090-25 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the current average waiting times for a physiotherapy appointment at Monaghan CDNT; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48107-25 - Ken O'Flynn

To ask the Minister for Health the daily 8am trolley counts for Cork University Hospital for each day of July–September 2025; the number of single-room isolation beds available and occupied each day in the emergency department and admission areas; the number of suspected or confirmed respiratory-virus patients cohorted in non-isolation areas; and the actions taken since 1 August 2025 to reduce trolley numbers at Cork University Hospital, with the outcomes referencing HSE trolley GAR and INMO datasets.

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PQ 48114-25 - Tom Brabazon

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of adults awaiting overnight respite services within CHO9; and the average waiting time to process an overnight respite service within CHO9.

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PQ 48115-25 - Tom Brabazon

To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants in emergency medicine, consultants in critical care and emergency medicine registrars on duty each night within the accident and emergency department of Beaumont Hospital between the hours of 8pm to 8am between 24 and 31 August 2025 inclusive.

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PQ 48116-25 - Tom Brabazon

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in CHO9 awaiting home support services; and the average waiting time for such services.

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PQ 48127-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health to prioritise in the Budget 2026 the chronic shortage of respite beds in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48129-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health to provide the staff and open the hospice beds in St. Anne's Hospital, Cahersiveen, County Kerry as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48131-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health to reopon the two hospice units in St. Anne's Community Hospital Caherciveen, County Kerry as a matter of urgency as this is an incalculable loss to the people of Cahersiveen, Iveragh and South Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48141-25 - Liam Quaide

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the total cost of outsourcing assessments of need in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, by Health Region-CHO.

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PQ 48153-25 - Liam Quaide

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the current number of adults with an intellectual disability waiting for residential placements nationwide, by health region and the duration of these waits, in tabular form.

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PQ 48155-25 - Liam Quaide

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents on waiting-lists in primary care services for occupational therapy, physiotherapy, psychology, physiotherapy and speech and language therapy in excess of one year, two years, three years and so on, until the longest duration in years, by health region, in tabular form.

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PQ 48156-25 - Liam Quaide

To ask the Minister for Health the grade and service location of primary care and secondary mental health posts, within each health region, in occupational therapy, social work, psychology, physiotherapy and speech and language therapy which were vacated in 2023 and 2024 that have yet been submitted for replacement and which have not yet received stage 3 approval, in tabular form.

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PQ 48168-25 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to an organisation that provides addiction treatment for adults and young people (Aiséirí Treatment Centres); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48193-25 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the alternative supports available to an individual diagnosed with type 2 diabetes aside from insulin tablets and injections; the likelihood of access to real-time continuous glucose monitoring devices; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48194-25 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the projected growth in type 1 diabetics using CGM sensors under the community drug scheme; the estimated future monthly expenditure of this initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48195-25 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of type 2 diabetics who receive multiple daily insulin injections; the waiting list times to be considered, for this method of treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48204-25 - Aidan Farrelly

To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times in the emergency departments of both CHI Temple Street and CHI Crumlin.

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PQ 48205-25 - Aidan Farrelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE administrative staff based at Leixlip Health Centre in 2024 and to-date in 2025, by grade, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48206-25 - Aidan Farrelly

To ask the Minister for Health the amount that the HSE paid towards covering partial costs of external chiropody services for medical card holders aged over 65 who have a chiropody treatment card within CHO9 in 2024 and to-date in 2025; and the rates that the HSE pay the external chiropodists for this services.

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PQ 48207-25 - Aidan Farrelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant anaesthetists with a special interest in pain management based at Naas General Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 48277-25 - Ken O'Flynn

To ask the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that all doctors currently employed at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, are fully registered, up-to-date with their professional requirements, and compliant with standards set by the Irish Medical Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48278-25 - Ken O'Flynn

To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has received complaints concerning the professional conduct or service delivery at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, in the past five years; and if so, the number of complaints, their nature, and the status of ongoing reviews or investigations.

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PQ 48342-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health to set out the amount spent by the HSE in procuring medicines each year, and the amount spent per individual medicines supplier, from 2019 to 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 48352-25 - Ken O'Flynn

To ask the Minister for Health to provide the most recent estimates, of the prevalence of undiagnosed hypertension and high cholesterol among adults over 65, by age cohort; if she accepts the findings of the report (TILDA Report 2020-2023) which indicates rates of 36% and 45% respectively; and the measures being taken to address this “critical unmet need.”

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PQ 48354-25 - Ken O'Flynn

To ask the Minister for Health the current ratio of consultant geriatricians to population over 70; how this compares to international best practice; and what expansion of geriatric medicine is planned in view of the doubling of Ireland’s older population over the next 25 years.

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PQ 48357-25 - Ken O'Flynn

To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of older adults reporting chronic pain who currently receive pain management treatment under the public health system; the specialised pain services that exist at HSE level; and whether gaps identified by a report (TILDA ) will be addressed in the upcoming service plan.

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PQ 48358-25 - Ken O'Flynn

To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of older adults who present with clinically significant depressive symptoms; the share of those who receive timely access to mental health supports; and whether her Department has set specific targets for improving access to geriatric psychiatry and psychological services.

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PQ 48381-25 - John Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently waiting for a podiatry appointment at CHO2.

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PQ 48382-25 - John Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting for an initial CAMHS appointment at north Galway CAMHS, west Galway CAMHS and south Galway CAMHS.

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PQ 48398-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the current waiting times for access to HIV PrEP services; the number of individuals currently on waiting lists by RHA; the steps being taken to address barriers to timely access to PrEP; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48404-25 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE environmental health officers employed by the HSE that are based in CHO3 in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 48405-25- Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the range and nature of diabetes services available to Tipperary-based adults and children at hospitals; and the plans to improve the diabetes services currently serving adults and children in Tipperary.

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PQ 48406-25 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric gallbladder removal surgeries that were carried out in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 48412-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health her plans to establish a national radiotherapy equipment replacement programme to ensure the timely upgrading of linear accelerator machines; the estimated timeline for its implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48413-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a breakdown of the current age profile of radiotherapy LINAC machines under the HSE; the replacement schedule in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48414-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure cancer patients have access to up-to-date radiotherapy comparable to international best practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48434-25 - Seamus Healy

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

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PQ 48435-25 - Seamus Healy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant WTE nursing posts at Tipperary University Hospital; and the timeframe for filling each of the vacancies, in tabular form.

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PQ 48437-25 - Seamus Healy

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of WTE vacancies, by job title at the children's disability network team in Cashel, County Tipperary; and the timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular form.

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PQ 48454-25 - Micheál Carrigy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases in County Longford which have been moved from disability services to primary care in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48457-25 - George Lawlor

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of persons under 18 years-of-age who are on an autism assessment waiting list in County Wexford; the length of time on the waiting list in each of the years from 2023 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48458-25 - George Lawlor

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the number of student placements, by discipline offered to children's disability network teams within CHO5 in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48459-25 - George Lawlor

To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant ENT surgeons working in the public health service; her plans to expand this number; the international recommended best practice ratio for consultant ENT surgeons to population; the current ratio to population; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48460-25 - George Lawlor

To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of life-threatening calls that National Ambulance Service attended within 19-minutes in County Wexford in the first eight months of 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48463-25 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff that have had their positions made redundant as a result of the integrated financial management and procurement system (IFFS) implementation earlier this year; the number of affected staff still permanently employed by the HSE; whose responsibility it is to ensure they continue to be employed in a fit for purpose role; how much notice any affected staff received regarding their positions becoming redundant, and if this notice period is a national standard or decided at local level; if staff unions were consulted in advance of the implementation of the IFFS; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48470 25 - Aindrias Moynihan

To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position on a medication being made available through the drugs payment scheme (Veoza which is suitable for women with contraindication to HRT having had oestrogen positive breast cancer or ovarian cancer and that targets moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48512-25 - Louis O'Hara

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE social workers that were filled within primary care system CHO2 in each of the years from 2023 to date in 2025, by grade, in tabular form.

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PQ 48513-25 - Louis O'Hara

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant interventional radiologists based at University Hospital Galway in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 48514-25 - Louis O'Hara

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE podiatrists, by grade, employed by the HSE working in older persons services within CHO2 in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 48573-25 - Martin Daly

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality if she will review the current funding model for disability day services, particularly the standard six-hour day, with a view to extending service hours for adults with disabilities in line with their needs and the increasing complexity of service users.

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PQ 48592-25 - Martin Daly

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the impact of underfunded disability day services on families, particularly in rural areas, where one family member may be required to leave employment to provide care due to limited service hours and transport availability; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48593-25 - Martin Daly

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the strategic planning underway to ensure disability day services in rural Ireland are adequately resourced to meet growing demand; and whether her Department will engage with service providers such as an organisation (Brothers of Charity Services Ireland.) to address long-standing funding and transport challenges.

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PQ 48595-25 - Martin Daly

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality if she will review the current six-hour standard day for adult disability services, as applied to an organisation (Brothers of Charity Services Ireland.), with a view to extending service hours to better reflect the needs of service users and reduce the burden on families.

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PQ 48598-25 - Martin Daly

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the position regarding the level of core funding allocated to an organisation (the Brothers of Charity Services Ireland.) in County Roscommon for the delivery of disability services; and whether this funding reflects the increasing complexity of service users and geographic spread of provision across the county.

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PQ 48599-25 - Martin Daly

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality if she will consider extending the standard duration of adult disability day services from six to eight hours per day, particularly in counties such as Roscommon where services are delivered by providers such as an organisation (Brothers of Charity Services Ireland.); and whether such an extension would be supported by additional funding to enable families especially parents to return to work and maintain their own lives alongside caring responsibilities.

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PQ 48600-25 - Seán Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a medication (desmopressin nasal spray) for the treatment of diabetes insipidus has been removed from the long-term illness scheme; and her views on whether beneficiaries of the scheme should be informed of changes to approved medication rather than discovering this when renewing prescriptions.

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PQ 48610-25 - Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE registrars in paediatric anaesthesiology with exposure to paediatric intensive care medicine based at CHI Temple Street in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 48611-25 - Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE funds fissure sealant treatment to children through the school dental programme.

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PQ 48612-25 - Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE orthoptists employed by HSE in CHO7 in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 48639-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health if every model 3 and model 4 hospital is now compliant with the national clinical programme for self-harm and suicide-related ideation guidance issued in 2024.

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PQ 48650-25 - Roderic O’Gorman

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE chef grade 2 and grade 1 that are employed by the HSE working in St. Mary's Hospital in the Phoenix Park in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 48651-25 - Roderic O’Gorman

To ask the Minister for Health the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at the Rotunda Maternity Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 48652-25 - Roderic O’Gorman

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant urologist and urology registrars based at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 48657-25 - Séamus McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the approval of a drug (Givinostat) used to treat people affected by Duchene muscular dystrophy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48661-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the timeline for the full national rollout of community neurorehabilitation teams; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48662-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality if her Department has assessed the regional disparities in access to neurorehabilitation services identified in a survey carried out by an organisation (the Neurological Alliance of Ireland's 2024"The Right to Care in the Right Place";); and the steps being taken to ensure equitable access across all counties.

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PQ 48663-25 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health the number of child respite beds which exist and are available to be used in each county, broken down by those which are provided by the HSE and provided privately, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48664-25 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health the number of adult respite beds which exist and are available to be used in each county, broken down by those which are provided by the HSE and provided privately, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48665-25 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite beds that are planned to be delivered in the future, broken down by county, whether the beds are for children or adults and whether the beds are being provided by the HSE or privately, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48667-25 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if consideration would be given to placing the drug known as mounjaro under the HSE reimbursable items list as a treatment for obesity; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48721-25 - Ryan O'Meara

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full adult post-mortems carried out per year from 2015 to date in 2025 in University Hospital Waterford, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48722-25 - Ryan O'Meara

To ask the Minister for Health the plans to replace the service of coronial post-mortems in University Hospital Waterford to ensure that this service can be carried out in counties Waterford, Wexford, Kilkenny, Tipperary and Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48822-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health if smoking cessation services also extend to the use of vapes or e-cigarettes.

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PQ 48827-25 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that presented to the emergency department of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda either by ambulance, through GP referral or self-presentation who subsequently left the emergency department before their treatment was completed, by method of presentation, in each month inclusive since January 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48828-25 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that presented to the emergency department of Cavan Hospital, by ambulance, through GP referral or self-presentation who subsequently left the emergency department before their treatment was completed, by method of presentation, in each month inclusive since January 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48843-25 - Ken O'Flynn

To ask the Minister for Health if she will introduce a national policy to ensure that all hospitals, both those directly managed by the Health Service Executive and those receiving public funding, provide free parking to holders of a disabled person’s parking permit (blue badge); the current arrangements across the hospital network regarding parking charges for such permit holders; the estimated annual cost of standardising free parking for all holders of this permit; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48844-25 - Ken O'Flynn

To ask the Minister for Health if she has considered measures to compensate hospitals for any revenue loss arising from the introduction of free parking for holders of a disabled person’s parking permit (blue badge); if her Department has conducted an assessment of the fiscal impact of such a measure across the health service; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48901-25 - Michael Fitzmaurice

To ask the Minister for Health when the drug givinostat will be available through the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48914-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure that the position of HSE clinical lead on fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) prevention will continue to be funded and filled, pending the retirement of the current clinical lead on FASD prevention; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48923-25 - Naoise Ó Muirí

To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the locations from which Westdoc operates in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48924-25 - Naoise Ó Muirí

To ask the Minister for Health the number of house calls completed by Westdoc in 2023 and 2024; the cost of the Westdoc service over those two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48925-25 - Naoise Ó Muirí

To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider modernising the Westdoc services in Westport and Knock to improve accessibility for those travelling from all areas in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48926-25 - Naoise Ó Muirí

To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider relocating the Westdoc service more centrally in County Mayo, to Castlebar; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48965-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health if there are proposals or plans to discontinue using the Health Performance Visualisation Platform in HSE and voluntary hospitals; if so, the reason this is being considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48967-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE or voluntary hospitals carry out exit interviews with staff on leaving the organisation; if so, the categories and grades of staff with which such interviews are conducted; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48970-25 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health if her Department plans to remove the need for the patient to be involved in the DPS refund process and instead utilise an automated system; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 48972-25 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on moving the refund process of the drugs payment scheme from paper based to digital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49001-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of appointments offered and children seen following the audit into pelvic osteotomies at Children's Health Ireland; whether any surgeries have been determined as unnecessary; whether any effort has been made to determine whether any surgeries were necessary or unnecessary; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49006-25 - Mairéad Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the establishment of an ambulance base in Connemara; and the timeline for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49024-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health to confirm if the consultant working in a clinic (the public eye clinic in Waterford) has retired; if the vacancy has been filled; if children waiting to be seen need to be seen by a consultant; if a vacancy is causing delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49062-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people who had surgery for breast cancer and the percentage of patients seen within NCCP target surgery timeframes, as outlined in the National Cancer Strategy, in each of the years 2017 to 2024 and to date in 2025.

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PQ 49063-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people who had surgery for lung cancer; the percentage of patients seen within NCCP target surgery timeframes, as outlined in the National Cancer Strategy, in in each of the years 2017 to 2024 and to date in 2025.

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PQ 49064-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people who had surgery for prostate cancer; the percentage of patients seen within NCCP target surgery timeframes, as outlined in the National Cancer Strategy, in each of the years 2017 to 2024 and to date in 2025.

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PQ 49065-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people who had surgery for pancreatic cancer; the percentage of patients seen within NCCP target surgery timeframes, as outlined in the National Cancer Strategy, in each of the years 2017 to 2024 and to date in 2025.

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PQ 49083-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health her plans to establish a National Radiotherapy Equipment Replacement Programme to ensure the timely upgrading of linear accelerator machines; the estimated timeline for its implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49084-25 - Marie Sherlock

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PQ 49085-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to ensure cancer patients have access to up-to-date radiotherapy comparable to international best practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49086-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health if she will address concerns raised by a group (Irish Radiation Oncology Advocacy Group), that delays in replacing outdated radiotherapy equipment are resulting in poorer outcomes for patients, poorer access to clinical trials; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49140-25 - Richard Boyd Barrett

To ask the Minister for Health to explain the reason a recent decision was made to award a contract for non-emergency patient transport in the greater Dublin area to a private ambulance provider when NAS ICV resources are already available; the safeguards in place to ensure that this is not the beginning of a wider privatisation agenda within pre-hospital emergency care; if she will clarify the way in which the Government will protect the future of the ICV service and ensure the professional integrity of paramedics, EMTs, and advanced practitioners within NAS; if she will review the decision to outsource this contract and commit to strengthening and investing in NAS resources rather than diverting public funds into private services; if she will engage in meaningful consultation with staff representatives to safeguard the future of their profession and protect the public interest; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49144-25 - Barry Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of a body regarding a decision (Irish Society of Paramedicine – concerns regarding decision to award a contract for non-emergency patient transport in the Greater Dublin Area to a private ambulance provider.); the actions she will take to address these concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49145-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health if the drug Cemiplimab is available in Ireland; if it is covered under the medical card scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49165-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the screening target for the BowelScreen Programme, and the number of individuals who have received screening between the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49168-25 - Ken O'Flynn

To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the number of cases which occurred in which a baby was born alive following a termination of pregnancy by gestational age, cause of termination, place of termination, and outcome, 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 49169-25 - Ken O'Flynn

To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the medical and legal definition of born alive as applied in termination of pregnancy cases; to confirm the point at which a baby is regarded as a living human being entitled to care; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49170-25 - Ken O'Flynn

To ask the Minister for Health the reporting obligations on medical practitioners when a baby is born alive after a termination of pregnancy; if these cases are reported to the coroner, An Garda Síochána, or Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49171-25 - Ken O'Flynn

To ask the Minister for Health if each of the 12 cases reported in 2022 in which a baby was born alive after a termination of pregnancy complied fully with the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 and with Ireland’s obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49172-25 - Ken O'Flynn

To ask the Minister for Health the legal rights and protections afforded under Irish law to a child who survives a termination of pregnancy; if there is a statutory obligation to provide full life-sustaining treatment in such cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49173-25 - Ken O'Flynn

To ask the Minister for Health the medical protocols in place for the care of a baby born alive after a termination of pregnancy; if neonatal resuscitation and intensive care are mandatory in such cases where there is a prospect of survival; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49174-25 - Ken O'Flynn

To ask the Minister for Health if hospital ethics committees are required to review and oversee all cases in which a baby is born alive after a termination of pregnancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49175-25 - Ken O'Flynn

To ask the Minister for Health the role of parents in decision-making when a baby is born alive following a termination of pregnancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49176-25 - Ken O'Flynn

To ask the Minister for Health if medical practitioners who provide termination services are required to undertake training in neonatal care and resuscitation to ensure the preservation of life in the event of a live birth; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49177-25 - Ken O'Flynn

To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will publish an anonymised report on cases of babies born alive after terminations of pregnancy, including lessons learned to ensure that every child born alive is afforded full protection and care; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49184-25 - Pádraig Rice

To ask the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to ensure that certain events (‘bottomless brunches’) are not in breach of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; the engagements she has had with the hospitality sector on this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49187-25 - Martin Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to ensure timely access to special care dentistry for adults and children with intellectual, physical, or sensory disabilities, in view of the fact that many require treatment under general anaesthetic or sedation in hospital settings; if she will address the current shortage of hospital-based services and the long waiting lists for such care; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49188-25 - Martin Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to ensure timely access to special care dentistry for adults and children with intellectual, physical, or sensory disabilities in the Roscommon Galway constituency, in view of the fact that many require treatment under general anaesthetic or sedation in hospital settings; if she will address the current shortage of hospital-based services and the long waiting lists for such care; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49190-25 - Martin Daly

To ask the Minister for Health if hospital based dental services for adults and children with disabilities in Galway have been suspended or closed; if so, the reasons for this decision; the measures being taken to restore these services; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49191-25 - Martin Daly

To ask the Minister for Health if hospital-based dental services for adults and children with disabilities in Roscommon have been suspended or closed; if so, the reasons for this decision; the measures being taken to restore these services; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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