679. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Health if she acknowledges the significant understaffing in dental services, with some areas still working through backlogs of 6th class students who graduated in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9254/25]
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680. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Health the immediate steps she will take to address the shortage of public dentists, given the 23% reduction in HSE dentists between 2006 and 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9255/25]
681. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Health the way in which she plans to reduce the estimated 104,000 children on waiting lists for school dental screening services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9256/25]
682. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Health if she agrees that preventative dental care should be accessible to all children regardless of socio-economic background; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9257/25]
683. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Health the measures she will implement to ensure equitable access to dental care for children across all socio-economic groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9258/25]
684. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Health the way in which she intends to address the 31% reduction in children seen by HSE dentists over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9259/25]
685. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Health if she will commit to increasing funding and resources for the public dental service to restore it to previous levels of provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9260/25]
686. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Health the long-term strategy she has to improve children's dental health outcomes and reduce inequality in access to dental care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9261/25]
687. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 6 February 2025, if he is aware that the HSE has refused to provide the costs of consultancy contracts for 2023 and 2024 despite the fact that this information has been provided previously by the HSE and for the current year by other public bodies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9269/25]
688. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health to provide the number of unborn babies who have survived the abortion procedure since the enactment of the abortion law in January 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9283/25]
689. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the amount paid per patient to opticians who are contracted to see medical card patients; her views on whether there should be a difference in the amount paid to an optician versus an ophthalmic surgeon, where in the case of the ophthalmic surgeon, who is also contracted by the HSE to see medical card patients, does extra by dilating the patient and doing a f…
690. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting on an appointment for an X-ray in the Dental Hospital, Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9319/25]
691. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if she will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Mental Health Bill 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9320/25]
692. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that it is now virtually impossible for any new patient in County Wexford to be accepted by any of the existing GP practices, which are at capacity in terms of service delivery; the plans she intends to put in place to address this critical health issue (details supplied); if she plans to provide particular incentives to attract new doctors to wo…
693. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the number of GPs located in County Louth; and what actions are being taken to increase the number of GP services in Louth, considering that current GPs are unable to accept new patients. [9361/25]
694. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the psychology waiting list numbers and wait times, in months, for children and adolescents in CAMHS Louth, in each of the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; the efforts being made to reduce these times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9363/25]
695. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on procurement and implementation of national shared care records; the timeline she is working towards in rolling out this platform; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9367/25]
696. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the delivery of electronic health records; the timeline she is working towards in rolling out this platform; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9368/25]
697. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has responded to correspondence in respect of the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare (details supplied); her views on the recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9369/25]
698. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health the current legal situation for parents of a child born through surrogacy in July 2025; if parental orders will be available to them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9373/25]
699. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE carries out international recruitment campaigns to recruit occupational therapists or speech and language therapists; if she will provide details of such a campaign; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9377/25]
700. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health the timeframe in which she intends to establish the Assisted Human Reproduction Authority and enact any supplementary legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9382/25]
701. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2207 of 23 July 2024, which states that "the HSE is currently working to define quality measures and implement data collection mechanisms for termination of pregnancy nationally", if she will provide specific information on the steps being taken by the responsible group within the HSE to improve and implement accurate and …
702. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the number and severity scale of all incidents recorded in the national incident management system (NIMS) for women who obtained a medical abortion and who were subsequently found to have an ectopic pregnancy, including the NIMS search criteria used; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9430/25]
703. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health to facilitate people unable to register with a GP due to the shortage by allowing them to attend out-of-hours services in the short-term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9448/25]