Cathal Crowe

2106. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of kidney patients who have been referred to Belfast City Hospital for kidney or transplant treatment in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74166/25]

2107. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the planning for and location of new dialysis units and additional dialysis capacity in existing units (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74167/25]

2108. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the estimated date for the new EMED system to go live; and whether formal consultations with health care professionals and patients have started (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74168/25]

2109. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health when the Ennis dialysis unit will be open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74169/25]

2110. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health when the Sligo dialysis unit will be upgraded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74170/25]

2111. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the reason peritoneal dialysis patients cannot receive peritoneal dialysis in St. James’s Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74171/25]

2112. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health her position on the provision of a chronic dialysis unit in St. James's Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74172/25]

2113. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health with the launch of the HSE Climate Action Strategy 2023 to 2025, if there are plans in place to mitigate the environmental impact of dialysis by improved water treatments systems and use of renewable energies; if no such plans in place, when these plans will be put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74173/25]

2114. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the clinical guidance used to treat specific gynaecological problems experienced by women with kidney disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74174/25]

2115. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the details of the average waiting times from referral to nephrologist to first appointment time, by hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74175/25]

2116. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the details of the number of people on waiting lists to see a nephrologist, by hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74176/25]

2117. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the details of the number of kidney patients on waiting lists to see a vascular surgeon, by hospital and the average waiting times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74177/25]

2118. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the details of the number of kidney patients on waiting lists specifically for fistula creation and the average waiting times for the procedure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74178/25]

2119. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she plans to appoint a clinical GP lead for renal disease in primary care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74179/25]

2120. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if, from 1 July 2025 adult GMS patients who have stage 4 or 5 chronic kidney disease are now included in the CDM Treatment Programme; and if patients who have stages 1 to 3 chronic kidney disease are included in the CDM Prevention Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74180/25]

2121. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health based on the opportunistic case findings of chronic kidney disease under the Chronic Disease Management Programme, the percentage of those identified as having stage 4 or 5 chronic kidney disease that have been included in the CDM Treatment Programme; the percentage of patients who have stages 1 to 3 chronic kidney disease that have been included in the CDM Prevention Programme; if any of these patients have not been provided with follow on kidney care; if a cost provision has been made for any legal actions these patients may take for failure to provide appropriate care and delay progression to dialysis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74181/25]

2122. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health given that dialysis provision and related inpatient stays currently costs €125,000 per year per patient, the plans that are in place, or for the future, to prevent patients progressing to end stage kidney failure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74182/25]

2123. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health given the major in-centre treatment costs, if she will clarify when chronic kidney disease screening and treatment will become available in each of the 96 HSE community health networks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74183/25]

2124. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health given the major treatment costs, when home dialysis and assisted dialysis will become available in each of the 96 HSE community health networks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74184/25]

2125. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health whether the HIPE’s case mix system is tracking the cost of every dialysis session provided per in-patient stay; if not, if it is assigning an assumed cost per dialysis session per in-patient stay, thus underestimating the cost of kidney disease treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74185/25]

2126. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health to provide a copy of the clinical guidelines for assessment and treatment of kidney patients who present in emergency departments; if this is in use in all hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74187/25]

2127. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health given that a number of patients receiving dialysis are homeless or at risk of homelessness, if such patients will be automatically placed in the band 1 category in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74189/25]

2128. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health given the increasing frequency of storm related utility outages, the plans that are in place to protect vulnerable patients who are dependent on utilities for life saving treatments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74190/25]

2129. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health given that Donegal patients who were travelling to Northern Ireland or Beaumont hospital for treatment are now being sent to Galway, the reason treatment in Northern Ireland is no longer available, forcing patients to travel longer distances; whether accommodation costs for such patients will be covered given they could previously avail of free accommodation in a centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74191/25]

2130. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if a reimbursement case has been made for the use of drugs (details supplied) in Ireland to the relevant authority; if so, the stage the drug approval is at; when a decision is likely to be taken on whether such drugs will or will not be reimbursed; whether supply of these drugs is currently being reimbursed by any Irish hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74192/25]