Grace Boland
Written
3103. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the plans to improve the treatment of patients with symptoms of endometriosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43226/25]
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Grace Boland
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1,921
questions asked
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Grace Boland
Written
3104. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the total numbers of patients referred to the endometriosis hubs nationwide since they opened; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43227/25]
Grace Boland
Written
3105. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the number of patients referred to the endometriosis hubs by location since their opening, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43228/25]
Grace Boland
Written
3106. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the age ranges of patients referred and receiving treatment in the endometriosis hubs nationwide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43229/25]
Grace Boland
Written
3107. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the average wait time patients for an appointment in the endometriosis hubs once referred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43230/25]
Grace Boland
Written
3108. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the number of patients referred for surgery from the endometriosis hubs waiting on a date for surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43231/25]
Grace Boland
Written
3109. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the plans to expand endometriosis care for women; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43232/25]
Grace Boland
Written
3110. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the plans to open more endometriosis hubs across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43233/25]
Grace Boland
Written
3230. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health to confirm if all parts of the Assisted Human Reproductive Bill 2022 have been enacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44010/25]
Grace Boland
Written
3231. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health if her Department has plans to reopen the Laura Brennan catch up HPV vaccine programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44011/25]
Grace Boland
Written
3232. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health what plans are underway within her Department to improve access to lymphoedema treatments and early intervention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44012/25]
Grace Boland
Written
3233. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the Women’s Health Action Plan 2024-2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44013/25]
Grace Boland
Written
3317. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total spend by his Department on external legal services in each of the past three years; the main areas of legal activity for which external advice was sought; if he will provide a breakdown by case or category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40837/25]
Grace Boland
Written
3319. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount spent on legal fees associated with litigation, advice and settlements in each of the past three years by his Department and agencies under its aegis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40881/25]
Grace Boland
Written
3338. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if all external legal fees incurred by his Department, and by any bodies under its aegis, are charged at negotiated discounted rates; how fees are monitored for compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41505/25]
Grace Boland
Written
3339. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department conducts regular benchmarking, or market testing, to ensure that the rates paid for legal services, solicitors and barristers, represent value for money for the taxpayer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41523/25]
Grace Boland
Written
3340. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to detail the procurement processes used when engaging external legal firms and barristers, including whether panels are used; how often these are refreshed; the criteria used for selection and performance review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41541/25]
Grace Boland
Written
3341. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department has conducted any audits or reviews in the past five years on legal fee spend; if so, to publish the findings or summaries of those reviews; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41559/25]
Grace Boland
Written
3342. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the internal oversight that exists within his Department to monitor the scope, duration, and cost escalation of legal services once engaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41577/25]
Grace Boland
Written
3343. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department makes use of capped fee arrangements, fixed-fee briefs, success-based fee models or other such arrangements in its legal engagements; if not, the reason such options are not considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41595/25]
Grace Boland
Written
3344. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether any legal engagements have exceeded their initial estimated or approved cost in the past three years; if so, the number of such cases and total overrun; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41613/25]
Grace Boland
Written
3364. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the plans he has to advance education, training and maintenance of new digital skills, particularly STEM subjects, to assist girls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41956/25]
Grace Boland
Written
3365. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the work his Department has carried out on the review of the gender equality action plan for higher education referenced in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42039/25]
Grace Boland
Written
3438. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total spend by his Department on external legal services in each of the past three years; the main areas of legal activity for which external advice was sought; if she will provide a breakdown by case or category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40841/25]
Grace Boland
Written
3440. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the amount spent on legal fees associated with litigation, advice and settlements in each of the past three years by his Department and agencies under its aegis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40886/25]