704. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health to address the issue of lack of respite beds available in Laois in the short-term, given that there are presently only six beds available to accommodate approximately twenty referrals weekly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9449/25]
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705. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of home care hours left unfilled in counties Sligo and Leitrim from the 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9513/25]
706. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of home care workers that need to be recruited in order to fill all the home care hours allocated to patients in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9514/25]
707. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health if the 34 new whole-time equivalent positions for the agencies involved in the HSE’s medicines pricing and reimbursement system, as initially prescribed in February 2023, have now been successfully filled; whether they have commenced their engagement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9516/25]
708. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health the actions to be undertaken regarding the Programme for Government commitment to “work towards a more coordinated approach at European level, akin to the Benelux agreement, to leverage benefits similar to those achieved during the Covid-19 vaccination programme”; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9517/25]
709. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if, in light of recent storm damage, she will ensure that all State and semi-State agencies under her remit tasked with the provision of services to the public, would have back-up generators to allow them function regardless of power cuts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9524/25]
710. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he can address the shortage of dieticians in CH04 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9535/25]
711. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the status of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024; what secondary legislation or amending legislation is required for the Act to take effect in its fullest form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9536/25]
712. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if consideration could be given to awarding a person (details supplied), who is a type 2 insulin-dependent diabetic with renal failure on dialysis, a diabetic sensor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9539/25]
713. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1086 of 5 February 2024, when hormone replacement therapy will be freely available to those with a prescription; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9540/25]
714. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the reason nurses on a HSE career break are not permitted to take up temporary employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9543/25]
715. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will consider including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis on the long-term illness scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9545/25]
716. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the cost of acquiring services from private hospitals and other private health care providers by regional health authorities from 1 September 2024 to 10 February 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9546/25]
717. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of beds the HSE has acquired from private nursing homes from 1 January to 1 December 2024 and the cost associated with same, broken down by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9547/25]
718. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of open beds in each HSE and voluntary hospital on 26 February in each of the years from 2022 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9548/25]
719. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health to provide the total number of staff vacancies within the HSE, including the acute sector on 1 July 2024, and 1 February 2025, broken down by grade; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9549/25]
720. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health to provide the total number of agency workers in operation across the HSE, including the acute sector as of 26 February 2025, broken down by grade, category and location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9550/25]
721. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health to provide a full and total breakdown of all costs, including recruiting, hiring, and paying for agency staff across the HSE, including the acute sector, for the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9551/25]
722. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health to provide a full and total breakdown of all costs, including recruiting, advice and consultancy costs, by the HSE to the following (details supplied), broken down by regional health authority and by the HSE nationally for the years 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9552/25]
723. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children, and separately, the number of special care patients, adult and children, who are on dental surgery waiting lists, in tabular form; the breakdown by waiting timeband and by county; the number on waiting lists for dental surgery under general anaesthesia; and the median waiting time for each. [9553/25]
724. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of public dentists who can provide public dental services for public dental waiting lists by location, in tabular form; the number and details of each location which provides services; and the staffing composition of each service. [9554/25]
725. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if there is an avenue for people on public dental waiting lists to be provided with access to community or private providers. [9555/25]
726. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of intensive care and high-dependency unit beds across the State, by hospital; the number of beds sanctioned per hospital; the number of additional beds planned per hospital; and the timeframe for delivery in each case, in tabular form. [9557/25]
727. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of days in 2024 on which ICU occupancy exceeded 90%, 95%, and 100%, at each relevant public hospital, including statutory and voluntary, across the State, in tabular form. [9558/25]
728. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to consider a proposal for a new location for the minor injuries unit in Killarney (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9560/25]