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Pearse Doherty Written 7 May 2025 · to Children
401. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for the number of children on CDNT waiting lists in Donegal, in tabular form, broken down by team and by length of time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22533/25]
Albert Dolan Written 7 May 2025 · to Children
402. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department aggregates or compiles quarterly prompt payment reporting data submitted by public bodies and agencies under its remit, in accordance with Government Decision S29296 of 19 May 2009, 2 and 8 March 2011, and 28 March 2017; if so, to provide the compiled data or summary tables for the years 2022, 2023, and 2024 to date; i…
Albert Dolan Written 7 May 2025 · to Children
403. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to confirm which public bodies under the aegis of her Department are required to submit quarterly prompt payment reports in accordance with Government Decision S29296 of 19 May 2009, 2 and 8 March 2011, and 28 March 2017, regarding the 15-Day Prompt Payment Commitment; to provide a comprehensive list of those bodies; and to specify whic…
Mark Wall Written 7 May 2025 · to Children
404. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the Department has made a decision on publishing its jointly commissioned research into gender recognition for young people aged under 16 years of age, and her views on the rationale behind the several-year-long delay in publication. [22684/25]
Eoin Hayes Written 7 May 2025 · to Children
405. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if an audit of childcare availability in south Dublin has been conducted; if so, the actions being taken by her Department to increase the availability of local childcare places in the area, especially given the recent announced closure of a facility (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22691/25]
Eoin Hayes Written 7 May 2025 · to Children
406. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures her Department are putting in place to ensure Ireland's compliance with the recent European Court of Justice ruling in a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22702/25]
Paul Murphy Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
407. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she will provide €1.5 million increased funding to services (details supplied) in the next budget. [22567/25]
Eoin Hayes Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
408. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Health if any review has been carried out on the fair deal scheme, its effectiveness in providing care to the elderly and infirm, the assessed value for money of the scheme and any gaps in the scheme, such as where it affects the future or current care needs of another individual in the family, that she plans to address; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22…
Eoin Hayes Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
409. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has investigated the costs associated with providing the student population with free HIV rapid testing and PrEP on-campus; if she intends to provide this service to students and the costs associated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22788/25]
Eoin Hayes Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
410. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has investigated the costs associated with providing the student population with free HIV rapid testing and PrEP on-campus; if she intends to provide this service to students and the costs associated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22788/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
411. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if her Department will assist in ensuring that a person (details supplied) who is due to age out of CAMHS in July, receives a clear transition plan as a matter of urgency. [22024/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
412. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health for an update on a primary care centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22026/25]
Eoghan Kenny Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
413. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health if there are plans for €1.4 million in additional annual funding on a rolling basis for St. Lukes Home, Cork CLG; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22040/25]
John Brady Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
414. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to carry out an inquiry into the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate; if so when this inquiry will be carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22044/25]
Catherine Connolly Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
415. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health in relation to home care assistants providing home support services, the official policy of the HSE in relation to home care assistants providing assistance with eating and drinking to clients with physical limitations on feeding; when, in what circumstances and on what terms, such assistance may be provided within each individual CHO, in tabular form; the …
Paul Murphy Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
416. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a case in which a death certificate has not been issued to the family of the deceased over a year after their passing (details supplied); if she will instruct her Department to investigate the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22060/25]
Christopher O'Sullivan Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
417. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if it has been brought to her attention that the dispensing fee for HRT is less than that allocated to the contraception scheme (details supplied); to consider increasing the HRT to match the contraception scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22066/25]
Paul Murphy Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
418. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 19 February 2025, if the Gender Healthcare Programme considers that there may be a conflict of interest given previous advice given by its staff outside the context of programme to GPs, and if so how they plan on managing that conflict. [22070/25]
Paul Murphy Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
419. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 447 of 6 March of 2025, that given it has been previously stated that there's no requirement for the Gender Healthcare Programme to be aligned with the approach of any particular organisation, the reason the model described for prescribing gender hormone therapy for adults is that of just one particular organisation of the man…
Paul Murphy Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
420. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 806 of 1 April 2025, given that hormone levels can guide dosage increase treatment decisions, would advising GPs to not monitor hormone levels for their trans patients make it difficult for their prescribing clinicians to make treatment decisions. [22072/25]
Paul Murphy Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
421. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 858 of 1 April 2025, the reason the Gender Healthcare programme chose the consult model for engagement, rather than discuss or collaborate. [22073/25]
Paul Murphy Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
422. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1576 of 17 January 2023, for an update on the design of the Gender Healthcare Programme's stakeholder engagement plan. [22074/25]
Paul Murphy Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
423. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health for the current status and timeline of the National Gender Service moving to a new location. [22075/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
424. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if she will examine an application by a person (details supplied) for a ACC device; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22076/25]
Michael Cahill Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
425. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently approve home help hours in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22096/25]