1006. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1568 of 19 March 2025, if she will review this case again where a child (details supplied) has been on a waiting list for orthodontic care since 2019 and has been advised that will likely to be 2027 before this child can get an appointment.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23224/25]
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1007. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the reason there is no permanent psychiatry expertise or consultants available on a 24-7 basis to address emergency psychiatry admissions of patients under 18 years at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, and to treat patients under 18 years in crisis who are referred by their GP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23243/25]
1008. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have an appointment with CAMHS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23248/25]
1009. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of times has the State Claims Agency paid the legal costs and-or compensation incurred by a private company such as a clinic (details supplied) in each of the past ten years; and amount that has been paid out by the State Claims Agency for legal costs and-or compensation for a private company in each of the past ten years. [23257/25]
1010. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of non-invasive pregnancy test providers that supply the Irish market; the number of these that are located abroad; the number of these that do not have a doctor who engages with clients; the number that do not have a nurse who engage with clients; the regulations in place to ensure that these non-invasive prenatal testing providers have a doctor who…
1011. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of prescription weight loss drug providers that supply the Irish market; the number of these that are located abroad; the number of these that do not have a doctor who engages with clients; the number that do not have a nurse who engage with clients; the number that provide a prescription on the basis of a website form; the number for which regulatio…
1012. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Health if any further steps are planned to resolve the impact vaping is having on our young people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23276/25]
1013. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of cases of spiking that have been reported in the past five years, per county; including reports to hospitals and gardaí, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23280/25]
1014. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide further details regarding the traction system referred to in HIQA’s review on governance of implantable medical devices at Children’s Health Ireland (CHI), including use of non-CE marked springs in surgery at CHI Temple Street (details supplied); the number of children it was used on; if it was CE marked; and if she will make a statement on the matter…
1015. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the timeline she is working towards in publishing the national treatment purchase fund review of the nursing home pricing system, given that the programme for Government commits to doing so in early 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23285/25]
1016. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she will explain the reason the shingles vaccine is not included in the national immunisation programme, despite overwhelming clinical evidence of its effectiveness in preventing a debilitating illness that disproportionately affects older people and immunocompromised individuals. [23307/25]
1017. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she acknowledges the severe cost barrier that currently exists, with Irish citizens forced to pay privately up to €500 for a two-dose shingles vaccine that is offered free of charge in numerous EU member states including the Netherlands, Germany, and France, as well as in the United Kingdom under the NHS. [23308/25]
1018. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to ask whether the Department has conducted or reviewed any health economic modelling on the long-term costs to the State in terms of hospitalisations, nerve damage, and complications from postherpetic neuralgia that arise due to lack of shingles vaccination access. [23309/25]
1019. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she accepts that the exclusion of the shingles vaccine from the national immunisation schedule represents a broader systemic failure of the Irish health service to provide preventative care on par with our European counterparts. [23310/25]
1020. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the specific steps she intends to take to address disparity as regards the shingle vaccine, including timelines for review by NIAC and whether she will commit to full public funding of the shingles vaccine for all persons over 50 or those clinically indicated. [23311/25]
1021. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she believes it is acceptable in 2025 in a developed EU member state that access to vital vaccines is determined not by public health need but by an individual’s ability to pay, despite the known physical, psychological, and financial toll shingles can take on older citizens and vulnerable groups. [23312/25]
1022. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the specific measures taken in her departmental offices and operations in reducing energy usage and to assist in Ireland meeting our climate targets for 2030; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23322/25]
1023. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 335 of 25 April 2024 if she will now expedite the urgent aftercare required by a person who had cataracts removed under the national treatment purchase fund (details supplied). [23372/25]
1024. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an operation triaged as urgent will be arranged immediately under the national treatment purchase fund (details supplied). [23376/25]
1025. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an appointment to attend CAMHS, Kilkenny, will be arranged for a person (details supplied). [23432/25]
1026. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals on the waiting list for primary care occupational therapy services in Carlow and Kilkenny; the steps being taken to reduce the unacceptable waiting time of 28 months; if she will provide funding to allow parents access a private service in Ireland or the EU; if she will examine a specific case (details supplied); and if she will make a…
1027. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she will commission a comprehensive national report on the prevalence and projected trends of obesity in Ireland, with particular reference to the growing strain it places on the healthcare system and its wider economic impact; if she will undertake a review of international best practices, including the recently proposed NHS model in the United Kingdom, which…
1028. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an HSE employee who was granted a career break in 2023 and sought to return to work in September 2024 will be approved to return immediately; if she will outline the process in such cases and the timeframe involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23437/25]
1029. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for funding and for a carer for HSE home support in each month of 2025, by RHA and IHA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23439/25]
1030. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [23445/25]