PQ Responses - September 18th 2025

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PQ 49342-25 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health if all frontline health staff, carrying out the same work as their colleagues, are in receipt of the same pay and conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49344-25 - Cormac Devlin

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide, for each of the past three years, the number of hospital outpatient and day-case attendances where alopecia areata (ICD-10 L63) was recorded as a primary or secondary diagnosis, by hospital group and by hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49345-25 - Cormac Devlin

To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent consultant dermatologists and dermatology clinical nurse specialists, by hospital and hospital group; the number that list hair and scalp disorders as a special interest; whether the HSE has a published clinical pathway for alopecia areata, including step therapy and access to advanced therapies; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49346-25 - Ken O'Flynn

To ask the Minister for Health the counselling services that are required to be provided to women prior to undergoing an abortion; the counselling and after-care services that are provided following an abortion; whether these services are actively offered or only made available on request; and the data available on the number of women who avail of such services.

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PQ 49347-25 - Ken O'Flynn

To ask the Minister for Health in respect of the 12 cases reported in 2022 in which babies were born alive following abortion, whether the women in those cases were offered counselling before and after the procedures; whether any of those mothers availed of counselling; if her Department has reviewed the adequacy of psychological and emotional supports in these specific cases; and whether any follow-up or welfare checks were carried out to support those women.

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PQ 49348-25 - Ken O'Flynn

To ask the Minister for Health the counselling and psychological supports that are available for medical staff, including doctors, nurses and operating theatre staff, who participate in abortion procedures; whether specific supports were offered to staff involved in the 12 cases in 2022 in which babies were born alive; and the details of how staff are informed about these supports and the level of uptake.

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PQ 49349-25 - Ken O'Flynn

To ask the Minister for Health the national guidelines that govern the provision of counselling in the context of abortion; whether these guidelines have been updated in light of the 12 cases in 2022 in which babies were born alive; and if not, whether the Minister intends to review or amend the guidelines to ensure that adequate psychological support is guaranteed to both patients and staff.

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PQ 49350-25 - Ken O'Flynn

To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department maintains statistics on counselling sessions offered and availed of in abortion cases; whether anonymised data is published on post-abortion mental health outcomes; whether the provision of counselling in cases of babies born alive will be included in any forthcoming review or report; and she will make such information publicly available in the interests of transparency.

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PQ 49356-25 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality her views on restrictive practice as it relates to children with additional needs that are a flight risk; and whether she will instruct her Department to provide supports to carers of children with additional needs to purchase the necessary equipment to safely travel with their children.

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PQ 49357-25 - Jennifer Whitmore

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality for the up-to-date figures of those on the waiting list for an assessment of need across the country, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49365-25 - Paul Lawless

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the implementation of the safe staffing framework at Mayo University Hospital; the findings of any audit or assessment conducted into staffing levels at the hospital; the timeline for full implementation of the framework at Mayo University Hospital; to estimate the number of additional staff expected to be allocated under the framework; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 49367-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a timeline for the CHI’s and HSE’s plans, for developing a sustainable and robust psychological support service for the families being reviewed for developmental dysplasia of the hip surgery (DDH).

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PQ 49387-25 - Paul Lawless

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality if she will provide information in relation to the contracts awarded to private companies to conduct assessment of need for children; and to outline the scope, duration, and regional coverage of the contract and the providers in each region.