354. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will identify any projects which a body under the aegis of her Department has underway with CeADAR, Ireland’s national centre for AI; if she will send this question to the bodies for direct response; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18388/25]
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355. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will specify the specific policy areas where the Department is examining future use of AI; if she will identify what entities the Department is working with, public or private, in relation to this examination; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18406/25]
356. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will identify any AI training offered to people working in the Department; the level of take-up; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18423/25]
357. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will detail how many physical letters the Minister’s offices and the customer service team in the Department received from the public in 2024; whether those letters are digitised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18448/25]
358. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will detail how many emails the Minister’s offices and the customer service mailbox the Department received from the public in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18465/25]
359. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will detail whether any surveys have been carried out to estimate the amount of time taken up with administrative tasks where such time could be used more efficiently; if so, in which areas of the Department has this examination been carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18482/25]
360. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for initial appointment with the national gender service for each of the years 2020 to date. [18088/25]
361. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of clinicians and their speciality, working for the national gender service for each of the years 2020 to date. [18089/25]
362. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the reason public health nursing services have been removed from the local health centre in Limekiln Road to Rathfarnham Health Centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18091/25]
363. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of children with an address in Cork whose parents have received notification of a review into hip dysplasia surgeries. [18106/25]
364. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of all vacant healthcare posts unable to be filled in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18112/25]
365. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for psychology, speech and language therapy and occupational therapy in primary care, in County Wexford; the corresponding waiting time in weeks, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18113/25]
366. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Health the number of clinical sessions typically offered to children and adolescents attending the CHO5 primary care speech and language therapy services; if these clients are placed on another waiting list following discharge in the event that they require ongoing support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18114/25]
367. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Health when staff at a nursing home (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will receive their section 39 payment increase; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18126/25]
368. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances and ambulance personnel that are based in Monaghan and Castleblayney stations respectively and the corresponding figures for April 2019, April 2020, April 2021, April 2022, April 2023 and April 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18127/25]
369. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance call-outs in County Monaghan, for each month since January 2020, and the average arrival time for each month, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18128/25]
370. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a home support package, which was approved six weeks ago, will be put in place for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18136/25]
371. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her plans to introduce publicly available gender affirming surgery here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18146/25]
372. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the total number of people who attended a prostate rapid access clinic and the proportion who were offered an appointment in the Mater Hospital within 20 working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral in the cancer office in each quarter from 2016 to 2024, in tabular form. [18149/25]
373. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the total number of people who attended a lung rapid access clinic and the proportion who were offered an appointment in University Hospital Galway within ten working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral in the cancer office, broken down by quarter from 2016 to 2024, in tabular form. [18150/25]
374. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the total number of people who attended a prostate rapid access clinic and the proportion who were offered an appointment in University Hospital Galway within 20 working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral in the cancer office, broken down by quarter from 2016 to 2024, in tabular form. [18151/25]
375. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the current arrangements for a GP practice based in Kildare (details supplied). [18155/25]
376. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health if she has received representations from voluntary hospitals and Section 38 service providers about historic financial deficits for these organisations; the scale of any historic deficits in the sector made known to her Department; her plans for dealing with this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18157/25]
377. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of weeks each child listed as suspended on Children’s Health Ireland’s spinal service waiting list has been waiting, by category (details supplied), in tabular form. [18161/25]
378. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her views on a matter (details supplied) raised by an organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18162/25]