Ruairí Ó Murchú

2485. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plan, timeline and cost for continued expansion of respite services, including alternative respite options such as 500 new community-based residential care places to replace disability care in large institutional and campus-based settings, around 900 additional residential care places to tackle unmet need and ensure supply keeps pace with demographic change as promised in the action plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43557/25]

2486. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plan, timeline and cost for the option of personalised budgets for those with disabilities, giving individuals greater choice and control over how they are supported; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43559/25]

2558. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychologists based at Clogherhead health centre in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [40844/25]

2559. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the number of calls received at NorthEast Doctor on-call service based in Drogheda in 2024 and to date in 2025; of the calls received, the number that were necessary to have the doctor make a house call; and the number of doctors, nurses and administrative staff based at this service, in tabular form. [40845/25]

2560. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the number of dental nurses who are currently on panels awaiting a job offer. [40846/25]

3116. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the reason the national oral health office has not been allocated funding for patients, in particular paediatric patients, who are on public orthodontic waiting lists; the plans for this funding to be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43314/25]

3141. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure 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. [43483/25]

3142. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on podiatry services in the Louth area; the plans there are to ensure adequate personnel and services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43484/25]

3143. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the progress by the national oral health office for orthodontists to provide care to grade 5 dental patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43485/25]

3144. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the 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. [43486/25]

3145. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health to consider additional funding for addiction services provided through the north-eastern regional drugs and alcohol taskforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43487/25]

3146. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health to consider a review of the actual need of addiction services given the huge issue in Ireland with drink, drugs and gambling addiction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43488/25]

3147. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health to consider additional funding and a strategy to deal with obesity issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43489/25]

3148. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that availed of the northern planned healthcare scheme from June 2024 to June 2025; if she will provide details of the types of treatment received, by county and to provide details of the total amount paid to the planned healthcare scheme during this period, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43490/25]

3149. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the range and nature of diabetes services available to Louth based adults and children at hospitals; the plans to improve the diabetes service currently serving adults and children in Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43491/25]

3150. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health her plans to introduce specialist public health nurses; if so, the number and the cost of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43492/25]

3151. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the positions unfilled in primary care and the number on waiting lists in each county, broken down by team and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43493/25]

3152. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the positions unfilled in CAMHS; the number on waiting lists in each county, broken down by team and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43494/25]

3153. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the positions unfilled in CAMHS intellectual disability, ID, teams broken down by county, team and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43495/25]

3154. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the plan and timeline in Louth to have a fully populated CAMHS-ID multi-disciplinary team; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43496/25]

3155. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the plan and timeline to deliver a fully populated primary care centre in Dundalk, County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43497/25]

3156. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the plan and timeline to deliver the ten-bed extension in the 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. [43498/25]

3157. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the plan to deal with the lack of GP provision in Louth and throughout the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43499/25]

3158. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the plan to deal with the lack of dental services for those on medical cards and PRSI patients; the engagement she has had with an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43500/25]

3159. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the current situation with the MCAP scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43501/25]