2306. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the reason there has been such long delays commencing the non-statutory inquiry into sodium valproate (epilim) licensing and prescribing; when this inquiry will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20169/25]
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2307. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied) who is awaiting dental surgery on broken crowns, is nonverbal, is in pain and has been told he must wait nine months for the procedure.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20171/25]
2308. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the reason the data regulations have yet to be signed off on which would finally enable the formal commencement of the Inquiry that was given Cabinet approval to establish an inquiry into the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate in Ireland after many years of delay on the part of successive Governments despite the various assurances th…
2309. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at University Hospital Waterford in 2024 and to date in 2025; and the nature of future refurbishment works scheduled to be carried out at the hospital over the next 18 months. [20193/25]
2310. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for paediatric ophthalmology services nationwide. [20194/25]
2311. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthodontists and specialist orthodontists working within HSE dental services in Waterford for children from 2022 to date in 2025, by location, in tabular form. [20195/25]
2312. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE-funded hydrotherapy pools available for public use; and the locations of these pools, in tabular form. [20196/25]
2313. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that have used each of the HSE fertility hubs in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [20197/25]
2314. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing funding to the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetic and Genomic Medicine Ireland by 50%. [20198/25]
2315. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if her Department will include breast density notification in the BreastCheck screening; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20200/25]
2316. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a breakdown, by Department or office, of the percentage of employees who have disclosed a disability for the past ten years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20203/25]
2317. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health in light of National Cancer Registry Ireland reports of increased age-adjusted incidence of HPV-related cancers in Ireland (details supplied); the reason the HPV vaccine is not offered for free outside the HSE School Vaccination Programme and the Laura Brennan HPV Catch-up Vaccination Programme for under-21s; her plans to expand access to the vaccine; an…
2318. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of current vacancies and the number of assigned posts for public health nurse positions for CHO7; and the number of public health nurses required by population, as projected by Sláintecare guidelines, categorised by area, in tabular form. [20217/25]
2319. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for psychology, speech and language therapy and occupational therapy in primary care, in CHO7; the corresponding waiting time in weeks, by area, in tabular form. [20218/25]
2320. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to approve the transfer of a patient in County Kerry (details supplied) as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20225/25]
2321. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department or the HSE have any plan to make resources available to the South Doc services Blackpool, Cork city to have an out of hours doctor available and to recruit further staff for the facility. [20227/25]
2322. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Health to respond to the correspondence (details supplied) regarding a consultant neurologist for the midlands regional hospital Portlaoise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20232/25]
2323. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 791 of 1 April 2025, to provide the following data for the Model 4 hospitals (The Mater University Hospital, Tallaght University Hospital and University Hospital Waterford) for the 2024 calendar year, in tabular form: the number of patients presenting at the emergency department (ED); the number of those patients presenting at…
2324. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health if melatonin will be made available under the medical card scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20242/25]
2325. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the policy changes her Department plans to implement to increase the number of GP services available in Dublin 3,5, 9, 13, and 17. [20244/25]
2326. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant vascular surgeons based at University Hospital Limerick in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [20245/25]
2327. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of optometrists registered with the community optometry scheme in each of the past three years ,in tabular form. [20246/25]
2328. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Health the current number of home helps employed, the nuance of vacancies, if there are plans to hire additional numbers, her views on the optimal number to be employed in this critical service, in each CHO region, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20258/25]
2329. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Health the current number of home helps employed by the HSE that are on permanent contracts, and the number on non-permanent contracts, in each CHO region, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20259/25]
2330. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Health the current number of home helps employed on contracts of less than 18.5 hours per week, in each CHO region, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20260/25]