754. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the reason buscopan RX has been removed from the general medical scheme/medical card scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9647/25]
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755. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of a shortage of occupational therapists in Mayfield in Cork; and the actions she intends to take to resolve this. [9665/25]
756. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the measures she is taking to tackle the lack of dental treatment services being delivered in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9673/25]
757. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE is outsourcing routine orthodontic care in Cork to reduce waiting times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9674/25]
758. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health her plans to expand public dentistry, with a particular focus on addressing the backlog in the schools' system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9675/25]
759. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of the national oral health policy; when the first phase will be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9676/25]
760. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that orthodontic waiting lists in Cork are currently approximately five years for school-going children; what measures are being taken to reduce these waiting times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9677/25]
761. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists in Cork city and county which have ceased providing medical card services over the past five years; if she will provide an overview of the dental services currently offered to medical card holders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9678/25]
762. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the implementation of the national oral health policy, Smile agus Sláinte; if she will provide a timeline for implementation; the cost of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9679/25]
763. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health the reason the position of psychologist at the Athenry primary care centre, County Galway, has not yet been filled; if this position remains open; if it is currently being actively advertised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9683/25]
764. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an orthopaedic surgery appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9684/25]
765. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health if there are specific transport supports available for transplant patients who need to travel for treatment, surgery, or post-operative care; if any additional measures are being considered to assist transplant patients in accessing necessary medical services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9686/25]
766. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health to provide a detailed report on the school meals scheme, providing the nutritional information for all meals provided, where the ingredients are sourced, the nutritional requirements set by the Department for Children, Equality, Disability and Youth; who is regulating the providers; if her Department will take the responsibility to regulate and oversee…
767. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health when the funding promised in 2015 for `It's Good 2 Talk` will be provided; the reason this funding has been held for ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9729/25]
768. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrists based at Beaumont Hospital in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and the average number of psychiatrists on call for each day of the week within the hospital, in tabular form. [9736/25]
769. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors on duty on each day of the week in each treatment centre of the D-Doc service in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of HSE D-Doc vehicles based in each of those treatment centres, in tabular form; and if there are plans to increase the number of those doctors on duty in each of the treatment centres this year. [9737/25]
770. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE HSE-employed environmental health inspectors within CHO9, by location, in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [9738/25]
771. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health for an update on the delivery of free hormone replacement therapy products and medication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9747/25]
772. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health for an update on the delivery of the new planned elective hospital for Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9748/25]
773. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the benefits of a multi-annual funding approach for the health service; how this will be linked to better outcomes for patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9749/25]
774. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health for an update on plans towards the full digitisation of Irish healthcare records and information systems; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9750/25]
775. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health for an update on plans to open more primary care centres in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9751/25]
776. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 13 of 3 October 2024, the amount of the additional €16 million in full-year funding to the National Ambulance Service that will be spent on ensuring more advanced paramedics in 2025, as confirmed for Budget 2025 (details supplied); the amount of additional advance paramedics this will see trained; and if she will make a sta…
777. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if she will outline her intentions to fully enact the provisions of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024; the timeframe in which she intends to do so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9772/25]
778. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if she intends to review the terms of the drugs payment scheme; if she will extend the long-term illness scheme in order to include rheumatoid arthritis as a long-term chronic illness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9782/25]