201. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a detailed breakdown of the total number of children and young people in Ireland who have received MAGEC rod implants, in tabular form; the number that currently have MAGEC rods left to fuse in situ; and the number that have aged out of paediatric care with MAGEC rods still in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24703/25]
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202. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will publish the clinical rationale for the approach of leaving MAGEC rod implants in situ beyond the two-year implantation period recommended by the manufacturer in the December 2021 field safety notice (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24704/25]
203. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if Children’s Health Ireland obtained explicit, informed consent from each family prior to a clinical decision being made to leave MAGEC rods in place to fuse in situ; if this consent process included the provision of written information outlining the known increased risks of adverse events associated with prolonged implantation beyond two years as required (deta…
204. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the use of MAGEC rods left to fuse in situ beyond two years in patients under the care of Children’s Health Ireland (CHI), contrary to the manufacturer’s instructions for use, was treated as off-label use under EU Medical Devices Regulation (MDR) 2017/745; if CHI ensured that a documented clinical justification was made; if families received written informatio…
205. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if any cases involving the off-label use of MAGEC rods were reviewed by clinical governance structures, ethics committees, or hospital risk management teams within Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) (details supplied); if not, if she will now require CHI to carry out a retrospective audit of these cases to ensure regulatory and ethical compliance; and if she will ma…
206. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) routinely monitors blood levels of titanium, cobalt, and chromium in patients with MAGEC rods left to fuse in situ, in light of CHI's own findings (details supplied); if she will publish CHI's clinical policy for the follow-up and monitoring of patients who have aged out of paediatric care with MAGEC rods still in place, includi…
207. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of vigilance reports or device-related incident notifications which have been submitted by Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) or the HSE to the Health Products Regulatory Authority in relation to MAGEC rods since the implementation of EU Medical Devices Regulation (MDR) 2017/745; if she will publish a breakdown of the nature of adverse events or faults re…
208. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason MAGEC rods remain unapproved for general use in Ireland and are only accessible under compassionate grounds; if she will publish the clinical and regulatory rationale for this continued restriction, including any safety concerns identified by the Health Products Regulatory Authority or other regulatory bodies; the steps being taken to assess the safety…
209. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if Children’s Health Ireland and associated paediatric spinal services record and report deaths of children and young people following scoliosis surgery using internationally recognised postoperative timeframes, including 30-day and 90-day mortality and in-hospital death; if she will publish all available data on postoperative mortality following scoliosis surger…
210. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the number of applicants to the Medical Cannabis Access Programme in each year since 2017; and the number of successful applicants to the scheme in the same period, in tabular form. [24716/25]
211. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the total number of ambulances that were awaited handover in hospital for a period exceeding one hour in each of the past five years; the number of instances where a patient had died subsequent to 999 call being made but prior to handover at hospital in each of the past five years; the average waiting time for ambulance arrival in each of the past five years, brok…
212. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for an all-island defibrillator registry (details supplied); if so, the timeline for same; the engagement she has had with her counterparts in Northern Ireland in respect of this project;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24720/25]
213. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been rejected as a patient by CAMHS; if she will ensure they are admitted into the CAMHS system as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24756/25]
214. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide the current number of referrals to adult primary care OT service; the number of vacancies within the adult primary care OT service; the number of persons on a waiting list for the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24757/25]
215. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the establishment of an ambulance base in Conamara and the timeline for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24758/25]
216. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a home support application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal to allow discharge from Letterkenny University hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24759/25]
217. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the accumulated deficits of each voluntary hospital in the country as reported to her Department and/or the HSE as of 1 January 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24771/25]
218. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if a voluntary acute hospital (details supplied) carried out a review of services to align them with available funding in 2024; the outcome of any such review; which services, including patient services, were reduced to align with the available funding; the time period for such reduction in services applied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2477…
219. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the reason the policy around funding for diabetes glucose monitors was changed in 2023 to only cover those with type 1 diabetes; if she is considering extending this funding to any other cohort, in particular those with CFRD (cystic fibrosis related diabetes); the estimated amount it would cost to extend this funding to those with CFRD; and if she will make a …
220. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the way in which her Department intends to respond to evidence that households with disabilities face substantial additional healthcare and medication costs; if she will expand medical card eligibility, reduce prescription charges, or provide other forms of support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24813/25]
221. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will increase the provision of disability aids and appliances, improve access to therapies and personal assistance services, and address existing backlogs for supports such as wheelchairs, hearing aids, and home modifications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24814/25]
222. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health to outline the interdepartmental efforts being made to develop a comprehensive strategy to address the health-related aspects of the cost of disability; if she will commit to ensuring access to medically necessary services and equipment without financial hardship; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24815/25]
223. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will review and reinstate dedicated transport supports such as the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant; if she will outline measures to ensure that the cost of transportation does not prevent people with disabilities from accessing essential services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24816/25]
224. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the status of a fair deal application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24824/25]
225. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the current status and recent developments in the public provision of dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) services across Ireland, including any expansion of DBT teams, training initiatives, data on the availability of individual and group therapy, and support for families and carers over the past year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24832/25]