601. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health if her Department has assessed the feasibility of providing grant support or subsidised generator installations for GP practices that serve a majority of public patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4139/25]
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602. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health what emergency response protocols are in place to assist GP surgeries in maintaining essential healthcare services in the event of power, water, or communication failures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4140/25]
603. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently address the long and unacceptable waiting lists for orthodontic care (details supplied), currently standing at 5.5 years, with no sign of reducing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4142/25]
604. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to expedite a hospital appointment for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4150/25]
605. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she would consider making the medication linaclotide available via the drugs payment scheme as this medication is very expensive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4151/25]
606. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the supports to be put in place to resource community drugs services, providing therapeutic or day supports including counselling, rehabilitation, education or aftercare, to newly arrived migrants who require such services. [4152/25]
607. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if the HSE employment freeze has been completely lifted, specifically in relation to the Midlands Regional Hospital Mullingar. [4157/25]
608. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health her views on the need to ensure waiting lists are not exacerbated by cancellation of elective surgeries and outpatient care, following Storm Éowyn; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4163/25]
609. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health her views on reports that four linear accelerators in Dublin, Cork and Galway were not in use in Autumn 2024 due to staffing shortages; and the position regarding these linear accelerators now. [4165/25]
610. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if an autism assessment will be provided to a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4180/25]
611. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health when she expects the additional 97 beds planned for Wexford General Hospital to become available to treat patients; the number of existing beds that will no longer be available for patients at that time; the net number of beds currently available in Wexford General Hospital; the net number which will be available when the new 97-bed unit comes into operation; an…
612. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health for an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4192/25]
613. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4198/25]
614. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if back-up batteries for CPAP machines are available on the medical card scheme, and if so, are they available in every CHO area, including CHO 2. [4200/25]
615. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health for an update on the new licensing system for tobacco and nicotine products; if he is aware of concerns of smaller retailers of the impact these new fees will have on their businesses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4201/25]
616. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of services that have been withdrawn from the Mary Mercer Health Centre, Jobstown, in the past 12 months; the reason those seeking to access services are instead being directed to a denominational service provider in Tallaght; the reason services have been withdrawn; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4202/25]
617. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health if she is considering any changes to the annual retailers licensing fees for those selling tobacco products or nicotine-inhaling products; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4203/25]
618. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason the training of advanced paramedics has ceased (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4217/25]
619. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health her plans, if any, to ensure the provision of one WTE diabetes specialist pump nurse in Wexford General Hospital, for patients with diabetes to have a greater chance to access insulin pump therapy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4219/25]
620. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health her plans, if any, to provide the appropriate diabetes staffing resources to provide access to the dose adjusting for normal eating programme for all persons with type 1 diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4220/25]
621. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Health the reason Cork University Hospital is taking up the beds needed for the dental treatment in Mallow General Hospital and subsequently dental services are being cancelled for patients with disabilities who require urgent treatment under general anaesthetic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4221/25]
622. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently add asthma to the long-term illness scheme, as it is a lifelong chronic illness that requires daily medication that is very expensive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4222/25]
623. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health if an afterhours doctor service can be provided in a town in Kildare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4223/25]
624. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health in respect of each Bill for which her Department had responsibility and that was initiated in 2024, or that was enacted in 2024, to specify in which House of the Oireachtas the Bill was initiated; the number of ministerial or Government amendments submitted at each legislative Stage of the Bill; if the guillotine was used on the Bill in either House of the …
625. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4265/25]