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Michael Fitzmaurice Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2230. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if a brother-in-law of a person receiving long-term care in a nursing home can be named as a family successor (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19814/25]
Michael Cahill Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2231. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will expedite an appointment in respect of a Kerry patient (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19819/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2232. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of care hours that were cancelled in 2023 and 2024 and the associated saving to the HSE, per integrated healthcare area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19827/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2233. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of care hours provided, per integrated healthcare area, in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19828/25]
Pat Buckley Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2234. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health to confirm if Midleton, County Cork, is in the catchment area for early intervention psychosis service; if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19829/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2235. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total number of BowelScreen invitations issued, by county, in 2024; the corresponding number of people, per county, who returned a completed faecal immunochemical test in 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19830/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2236. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her views on the proposal to postpone the labelling of alcohol products with health warnings, which is due to come into effect in May 2026; if she will commit to implementing this public health measure as per the agreed timeline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19831/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2237. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the rationale for the permanent ban on donating blood for persons who previously contracted gonorrhoea and subsequently recovered following treatment; if she is aware of the United Kingdom’s deferral policy in this regard (details supplied); if the State’s current lifetime ban will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19832/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2238. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the basis for the four-month blood donation deferral policy in respect of pre-exposure prophylaxis; if this policy will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19833/25]
Michael Cahill Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2239. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene to provide the necessary staff, open the essential additional beds in West Kerry Community Hospital and bring the hospital’s original intended capacity up to 72 beds, as a matter of priority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19838/25]
Michael Murphy Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2240. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health how individuals over the age of 60 who are at a high risk from diabetes, and thus not suitable for the Pfizer vaccination, can access Novavax. [19839/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2241. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently on the waiting list in each county for occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and psychology, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19843/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2242. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health what the average waiting time to access occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and psychology is in each county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19844/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2243. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health the number of children who received an appointment for occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and psychology in each quarter of each year from 2023 to March 2025, by length of wait and by age, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19845/25]
Liam Quaide Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2244. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the establishment of the ‘Non-Statutory Inquiry into the Licensing and Use of Sodium Valproate in Women of Child-Bearing Potential in the State’; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19856/25]
Liam Quaide Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2245. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health when she will commence S.I. No. 752/2024 Data Protection Act 2018 (Control of Data for the Inquiry into the Historical Licensing and Use of Sodium Valproate) Regulations 2024. [19857/25]
Cathy Bennett Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2246. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health if women will be provided backdated payments for HRT arising from the scheme being delayed since January; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19858/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2247. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will outline the capacity of public orthodontic care in County Clare at this time; to confirm if there have been any recent retirements of orthodontists in County Clare and how the HSE proposes to replace these retirees; to provide a commentary on current wait times for public orthodontics in County Clare; and her plans to address the long waiting lists i…
Cian O'Callaghan Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2248. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health to examine the case for additional mental health services in Clontarf (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19881/25]
Cathy Bennett Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2249. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health the status on the MRI scanner in Cavan hospital; if it has been out of service or seen reduced capacity; the number of scans carried out since January 2024, by month, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19883/25]
Réada Cronin Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2250. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health when the secondary infertility scheme will commence as part of the HSE fertility scheme; if it will be extended to parents with one child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19891/25]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2251. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to address the lack of general practitioners across Dublin north city and county, in particular given the rapidly growing population; if he plans to provide further primary care centres across this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19907/25]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2252. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health when funding will be provided for a community neurorehabilitation team for central and north Dublin, as promised in 2019, and in line with the Programme for Government commitment and recent calls (details supplied), given the ongoing disadvantage faced by patients discharged from national centres who currently have no access to such a service locally; and i…
Cathal Crowe Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2253. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the average ambulance response times to purple echo and red delta calls nationally by the National Ambulance Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19910/25]
Brian Brennan Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2254. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Health if she will consider recognition of ulcerative colitis as a long-term chronic condition and include it under the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19912/25]