1156. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals made to CAMHS by CHO7 in the past 12 months; the number of those referrals rejected by CAMHS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20973/25]
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1157. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently address the infrastructure needs at University Hospital Kerry (details supplied). [15084/25]
1158. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the redress that has already been delivered and is further planned for patients and their families who were found to have suffered at the hands of the children and adolescent mental health services in Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20989/25]
1159. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if, given the HSE’s statement highlighting a link between telemedicine abortion and coercive control, she will commit to ending the practice of telemedicine abortion, given that it fails to adequately safeguard women in vulnerable situations. [15184/25]
1160. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the rights parents or guardians have to be consulted and involved in medical decisions during the decision-making representative application process; if supports are available to families struggling with legal costs regarding same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24215/25]
1161. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of people availing of the temporary scheme of paid leave for public health service employees unfit for work post-Covid-19 infection; if she will put in place a permanent solution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24216/25]
1162. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the steps that can be taken to ensure that a person (details supplied) can have the dental intervention they need, within a timeframe that allows them to avail of a discount for braces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24222/25]
1163. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of beds in adult mental health services in CHO7; the number of child and adolescent mental health service beds in CHO7; the average waiting time to access a bed in either service; the average occupancy rate of beds in either service; and the number of individuals currently waiting to access a bed in either service.; and if she will make a statement on t…
1164. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of beds in each private hospital nationwide are currently occupied by a patient who first presented to a public hospital, but was transferred by the HSE for taxpayer paid care, treatment or tests to a private hospital. [24249/25]
1165. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who received treatment in a private hospital in the State at a cost to the taxpayer in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025. [24250/25]
1166. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of private clinics currently operating in rooms in public hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24251/25]
1167. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health if she will consider the introduction of a regulatory framework for the currently unregulated role of physician assistants, enabling this role to be formally integrated into the healthcare system at a time when skilled staff are required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24252/25]
1168. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health if she will consider lifting the recruitment embargo to allow for the employment of physician assistants already in training or in clinical placements in hospitals here, at a time when skilled healthcare staff are required to be retained in the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24253/25]
1169. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of elderly people awaiting a home help package in Kerry, by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24254/25]
1170. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health to outline her plans to provide an alternative to accident and emergency for people experiencing a mental health crisis; if this will be included in her Department's plan 'Sharing the Vision: A Mental Health Policy for Everyone' Implementation Plan 2025 - 2027'; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24255/25]
1171. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health if her Department will ensure that mental health records of people presenting to accident and emergency experiencing a mental health crisis are immediately referenced upon arrival; her plans to ensure that they are secured and monitored once they have presented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24256/25]
1172. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE secretaries working with each consultant paediatric dermatologist based at CHI Temple Street in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [24287/25]
1173. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the locations of primary care centres where intravitreal injections for age-related macular degeneration currently takes place. [24288/25]
1174. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant ophthalmologists working in the public health service; her plans to expand this number; and the international recommended best practice ratio for ophthalmologists to population and current ratios. [24289/25]
1175. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE community nurses based in CHO7 in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [24290/25]
1176. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health to intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) who urgently needs a transfer of care to a medical consultant/team, a full-time healthcare assistant while in hospital and the medical equipment and nursing care to allow her to be cared for in their own home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24295/25]
1177. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health if she has considered the potential impact of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2024 on specialty vape shops from a ban on vape flavours; if she has quantified the potential burden that the point-of-sale display ban for vapes will have on small retailers, including in the forecourt and convenience sector; and if she will make a sta…
1178. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health to outline if her Department has fully examined the regulatory impact analysis of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2024, which warns of the potential for smokers to relapse if vape flavours are banned; if her Department has conducted any research into the estimated number of smokers that may relapse as a result of such measures; a…
1179. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health if her Department has examined the case of Sweden, who has reduced its smoking and cancer rates through the use of tobacco like vapes and nicotine pouches as a safer and more readily available alternative to cigarettes, in the context of the measures proposed in the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2024; and if she will make a stateme…
1180. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the possibility could be examined of amalgamating appointments (details supplied), as trying to get to all of the appointments in two different places will be very difficult and stressful on the family concerned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24317/25]