2281. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if home care workers employed by community and voluntary sector organisations and registered charities will be included in any moves to deliver parity between workers in this sector and their counterparts in the public service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20058/25]
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2282. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health when additional resources will be provided to improve health services in Cavan General Hospital, to reduce delays in patients accessing cardiology services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20077/25]
2283. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the status of the inquiry into the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20079/25]
2284. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the status of the inquiry into the historical licencing and prescribing of sodium valproate in Ireland; when the inquiry began; if any interim reports have been published to-date; when it is expected to conclude; when the findings will be published; the terms of reference of the inquiry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20080/25]
2285. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 5 March 2025, if the information on staffing shortfalls at the HSE Galway community audiology service can now be provided; if the posts have now been filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20082/25]
2286. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for audiology services by community health organisation, local health office and length of time waiting, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20083/25]
2287. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the staffing shortfalls in audiology services by community health organisation and local health office, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20084/25]
2288. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health when an elderly person who lives alone (details supplied) will receive an appointment given their referral has been marked as urgent by their doctor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20086/25]
2289. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the reason the data regulations have yet to be signed off on to enable the formal commencement of the inquiry into the historical licensing and use of sodium valproate in women of child-bearing potential in the State (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20090/25]
2290. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a petition in respect of the use of sodium valproate in women (details supplied); and the steps she will take on foot of the petition. [20095/25]
2291. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if, given the escalating crisis in GP access in the Raheny area of Dublin Bay north where countless persons are unable to register with a GP or secure timely appointments, particularly those managing chronic conditions such as asthma, she will outline the specific, targeted measures being implemented to address this shortage. [20105/25]
2292. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if blood tests carried out at GP clinics for medical card holders are provided free of charge, or if it is at the discretion of individual GPs to apply charges for this service. [20113/25]
2293. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay to the introduction of free HRT medication which was to be available from January 2025; when it will be freely available; the process for accessing this medication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20122/25]
2294. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the outcome of the Health Service Executive review of demand and capacity for the national counselling service referred to at Action 19.6 of the Action Plan for Survivors and Former Residents of Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions. [20134/25]
2295. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if she will publish the Health Service Executive review of demand and capacity for the national counselling service referred to at Action 19.6 of the Action Plan for Survivors and Former Residents of Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions. [20135/25]
2296. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on the 'health research on the future needs of former residents' referred to at Action 19.5 of the Action Plan for Survivors and Former Residents of Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions. [20136/25]
2297. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health the expected timeline for introducing a standardised breast density measurement within the BreastCheck Screening Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20137/25]
2298. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to confirm whether prescriptions can be issued for a six-month period, or longer, under current legislation (details supplied). [20139/25]
2299. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Health whether there are plans to introduce a standardised breast density reporting protocol as part of the national breast screening programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20141/25]
2300. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant neuroradiologists based at Beaumont Hospital in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [20143/25]
2301. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health how the additional €2 million will be spent in 2025 on the implementation of National Oral Health Policy. [20144/25]
2302. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of cataract procedures carried out at Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [20145/25]
2303. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided for stroke services in 2023, 2024 and 2025 as part of the National Stroke Strategy 2022-2027. [20146/25]
2304. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE emergency medicine registrars based at Mullingar Regional Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [20147/25]
2305. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and an appointment expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20156/25]