1209. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if any legal advice has been sought or received by his Department or the defective concrete blocks scheme appeals panel on how to handle conflicting chartered engineers’ opinions in relation to remediation options. [45901/25]
1210. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Department accepts the position of an organisation (details supplied) that “given the research on a review of I.S. 465 has not yet been completed, that where a discrepancy exists between the recommendation of a member of the I.S. 465 Register and the Housing Agency, that the higher option of the two should be preferred, to…
1211. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm whether the original reports of independent chartered engineers, certified as compliant with IS 465 and costing the affected homeowners approximately €7,000 each, are given full weight in determining the appropriate remediation option under the defective concrete blocks grant scheme. [45903/25]
1497. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of days each year that people pass through Dublin port without any passport control, considering when this Deputy came through Dublin port there was no one manning passport control. [45005/25]
1992. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the special care unit in Johnstown, Navan is still operational as a support to CDNT teams; if so, the reason the summer July provision was not put in place for parents and students who need it; and the work the special care unit in Johnstown Navan is doing currently. [46572/25]
2074. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the basis and criteria the decision was taken by the Health Service Executive and her Department to withdraw funding after the law on abortion changed from pregnancy counselling agencies that had a valuable track record in providing practical support to women experiencing an unplanned pregnancy but made it clear that facilitating abortion would be in violation …
2134. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that pharmacies are charging up to €15 for issuing medications blister packed; if she is aware that blister packing multiple medications is often the safer option for many vulnerable people who have large volumes of medication to take daily; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many pharmacies in Dublin do not apply a charge; if she …
2226. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total funding given by the HSE/State towards the MRI unit in Navan Hospital. [45212/25]
2227. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the nature of the arrangement between Navan Hospital Alliance for the MRI scanner in the hospital; if there are a certain number of scans available to the HSE weekly under the GP access to community diagnostics; if there is an agreement for each MRI to be paid for by the HSE, if for medical card holders; if so, the average price per scan paid; her views on the …
2228. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if there are any public staff working the MRI unit or machine in Navan Hospital. [45214/25]
2229. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if the liability of the MRI unit in Navan Hospital is covered by Navan Hospital Alliance or by the State under the umbrella insurance of Navan Hospital. [45215/25]
2230. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total number of medical card patients scanned in Navan Hospital MRI unit in 2024. [45216/25]
2231. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 304 of 11 June 2025, the full list of MRI scans available to medical card holders within the Navan Hospital MRI unit; the breakdown of the number of scans performed in 2024 and to date. [45217/25]
2234. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the cost of the entire project for the MRI scanner unit in Navan Hospital. [45228/25]
2235. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total budget for the GP access to community diagnostics in each of the past ten years; the units that received the highest amount; the breakdown of the procedures performed under this scheme; and the breakdown of the number of each of the procedures performed in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. [45229/25]
2237. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 460 of 20 March 2025, of the 1744.75 hours unallocated, the number of persons this figure represents; the number of these people who have no homecare hours allocated to date; and the number that are additional hours to care hours already provided by the service. [45254/25]
2238. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 460 of 20 March 2025, when geographical and carer limitations are mentioned in regard to filling home care hours, if this means there is an issue with people in a more rural setting; if so, the actions being taken by her to encourage these hours be taken up by potential carers. [45255/25]
2239. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 459 of 20 March 2025, of the 730,243 homecare hours allocated in 2024 (details supplied) the number that were supplied by private companies; the share of the budget this represents; if homecare hours are supplied in the Meath area by direct HSE staff; and the share this represents in both budget and hours. [45256/25]
2240. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if there is a difference in cost to supply home care through the HSE directly, as opposed to the use of private companies; and if so, the difference. [45257/25]
2246. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health to clarify who is responsible for the indemnity insurance in instances where a public patient is treated by a private clinic-doctor from the waiting list; and if these patients are covered under the HSE insurance, private doctor-clinic insurance or other. [45304/25]
2247. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health of all the legal medical claims made against the State in the past ten years, if any of these claims for operations or procedures were made through the TAS scheme; and if so, the number and what was the cost to the State. [45305/25]
2248. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of patients with scoliosis that have presented each year for the past ten years; the number of these cases that were treated through the public system; and the number treated through private the TAS scheme. [45306/25]
2249. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals for scoliosis treatment that have been put in for the TAS scheme; whether this referral done by the consultant-doctor; and whether the HSE have directed consultants to forward patients names and forms for this scheme. [45307/25]
2502. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in the Republic of Ireland who have been granted a long-term illness card under the diagnosis of spina bifida, for each year from 1997 to the most recent year available, by year of birth, in tabular form; to clarify whether these figures include deceased persons; if not, if she will provide both sets of figures; and if she will make a stat…
2606. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of operations CHI has undertaken for children with scoliosis and spina bifida, respectively in each of the past 15 years. [46933/25]