2456. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the reason unlicensed products are available for 50 mg patch but are not currently covered on GMS scheme, which results in patients having to pay privately for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21119/25]
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2457. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health her plans to add Addison’s disease to the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21120/25]
2458. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health if the HSE National Ambulance Service will provide an ambulance service on Inis Meáin, Aran Islands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21123/25]
2459. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding any plans to provide on-site health care in IPAS facilities; the actions she is taking to ensure that adequate GP facilities are available for IPAS residents while not removing existing services from any community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21142/25]
2460. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health if the drugs payment scheme can be extended to allow for the availability of the medication Ozempic for conditions other than approved indication of diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21146/25]
2461. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if she has engaged with an organisation (details supplied), a service for individuals and families affected by cancer, concerning funding and supporting their need to purchase the building from which they operate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21161/25]
2462. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in each local health centre and primary care centre in the CHO7 area with a month-by-month breakdown of the total from 1 January 2023 to 1 January 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21162/25]
2463. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health the immediate steps she and her senior officials are taking to ensure that public health nursing staffing levels in the Dublin 12 area are returned to a level that can meet demand and deliver child health and development assessments again; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21163/25]
2464. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health if her Department will revise the current means testing system for medical cards to formally include the "cost of disability" as an allowable expense category in determining eligibility for the medical card. [21164/25]
2465. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the actions she is taking to ensure that adequate dental facilities are available for IPAS residents while not removing existing services from any community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21167/25]
2466. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken to routinely collect data on addiction service waiting lists, ensuring that services are adequately resourced to meet demand. [21169/25]
2467. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a full report on the current status of podiatry services in Cork city and North Cork; the number of staff currently working in podiatry services in these areas, including administrative and clinical roles; the number of staff currently on maternity leave, sick leave, or other forms of extended leave; the number of vacant posts across both area…
2468. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if provision can be made for people living with lifelong disabilities, including polio survivors, who face unavoidable costs that are not currently recognised as allowable expenses in the medical card means test; and the steps proposed to reflect these realities in eligibility assessments. [21183/25]
2469. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide transport for vulnerable patients who lack personal support networks when travelling to Northern Ireland for medical treatment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21190/25]
2470. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if her Department will review the case of a person (details supplied) and expedite this appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21191/25]
2471. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if she will review and revise the medical card means-testing system to assess income after deduction of essential disability-related expenses, in order to more accurately reflect disposable income and improve fairness in eligibility decisions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21215/25]
2472. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health to review the policy of public fertility service provision and include preimplantation genetic testing for monogenic disorders (PGT-M) within this service provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21216/25]
2473. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a former piggery site in Grenagh, County Cork that was demolished before the discovery of asbestos (details supplied); if she will confirm that her Department will provide extra resources if needed to Cork County Council and the HAS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21230/25]
2474. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the issues surrounding the lack of GP services in Enfield, County Meath; the steps her Department is taking to resolve these issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21245/25]
2475. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to introduce an automatic annual adjustment of medical card income thresholds in line with changes to core social welfare payment rates and or inflation. [21246/25]
2476. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE radiographers, by grade, working in a hospital (details supplied) in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; if this number will be further increased later this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21258/25]
2477. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the amount of capital funding allocated by the HSE to a hospice (details supplied) in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21262/25]
2478. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychiatry of later life teams within CHO9 in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21263/25]
2479. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE secretaries working with each consultant neurosurgeon at Beaumont Hospital in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21264/25]
2480. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to expand community lymphoedema and lipoedema services at Beaumont Hospital Cancer Centre of Excellence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21265/25]