576. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health her views on the need for workforce planning in respect of radiation therapists; her plans to engage with the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science on this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3967/25]
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577. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the position in relation to the national review of cardiac services; if she is in possession of a copy of this review; if she will publish the document; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3982/25]
578. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the timeline for implementing the recommendations arising from the national review of cardiac services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3983/25]
579. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the compensation and additional supports that will be provided to employees of companies currently involved in stocking and servicing self-service tobacco and vaping vending machines, who are at risk of losing their jobs when the ban under the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2024 takes effect on 31 August 2025; and if she will make a …
580. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to include hexahydrocannabinol, HHC, as a controlled drug under the misuse of drugs regulations; if he will outline plans to regulate the sale and supply of HHC, including to children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4000/25]
581. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if she has concerns in relation to the sale and supply of hexahydrocannabinol, including to children; the plans she has to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4001/25]
582. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when an appointment will be made for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4008/25]
583. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when an appointment will be made for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4009/25]
584. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health to provide confirmation of required documentation for an S1 application (details supplied). [4010/25]
585. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when an appointment will be made for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4011/25]
586. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she agrees that radiation therapy students should be paid during their summer clinical placement, and that an unpaid placement presents a financial obstacle to completing a degree in a vastly understaffed field in the health service; whether they will end the practice of unpaid placements in the health service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40…
587. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health why medical alert dogs are not recognised under legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4021/25]
588. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health if the same provisions shared by the various support dogs recognised under legislation can be extended to medical alert dogs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4022/25]
589. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health if she would consider utilising community audiologists to serve HSE medical card holders, who already provide care to PRSI contributors through the treatment benefit scheme as this would drastically reduce the waiting list for adult-onset hearing loss, free up HSE audiologists' resources for children and adults, whose hearing loss relates to illness or injury…
590. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the level of funding the HSE has paid out to private companies completing assessments in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, per CHO area, in tabular form. [4039/25]
591. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a procedure can be expedited for a patient (details supplied) who is awaiting a call to University Hospital Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4072/25]
592. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4081/25]
593. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health to publish the ministerial brief she received on commencing her role; and when and by what means it will be published. [4094/25]
594. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the amount of the annual training grant awarded by the National Doctors Training Programme to education institutions (details supplied) from 2019 to 2024 in tabular form; and to provide a copy of the memorandum of understanding documents, if the apply to these grants. [4105/25]
595. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that staff at the National Ambulance Service are on the verge of industrial action; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4110/25]
596. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that the National Ambulance Service is not training or hiring advanced paramedics (APs), that the last internal recruitment was run in 2021, with the last training course run in 2023; if there are plans for more AP training and recruitment this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4111/25]
597. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health to outline the healthcare areas where there are currently no advanced paramedics working for the National Ambulance Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4112/25]
598. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health what plans are in place to support critical infrastructure such as GP surgeries in the event of severe weather disruptions, particularly where they are privately owned but serve a majority of public patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4136/25]
599. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health whether contingency funding or emergency power backup support will be made available to GP surgeries that predominantly serve public patients, ensuring continuity of care during power and water outages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4137/25]
600. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health what coordination exists between her Department, ESB Networks, and local authorities to ensure that critical healthcare infrastructure, including GP practices, remains operational during extreme weather events; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4138/25]