772. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of the annual reports from the Special Rapporteur on Child Protection (details supplied) who was appointed in January 2023; when each annual report will be published and laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas given the importance of this independent role in identifying developments in child protection law and practice bo…
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773. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of persons on waiting lists for home care and for additional home care hours in counties Roscommon and Galway; and the average waiting time for each waiting lists in each county, in tabular form. [25966/25]
774. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current staffing vacancies within each of the children's disability network teams in New Ross, Enniscorthy, Wexford and Gorey in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26008/25]
775. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of occupational therapists currently employed as part of the children's disability network teams in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26010/25]
776. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the breakdown CDNT data for County Wexford teams to date in 2025 regarding staff numbers, positions filled, positions vacant and the caseload, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26020/25]
777. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on plans to regulate home care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25967/25]
778. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a special chair can be provided for a person (details supplied). [25096/25]
779. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a replacement set of special footwear prescribed for a person (details supplied) can be provided immediately. [25127/25]
780. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a much-needed urology appointment at Cork University Hospital. [25149/25]
781. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health in light of concerns across the Iveragh Peninsula, if an urgent intervention can be made to ensure the opening of two hospice beds in Cahersiveen Community Hospital, County Kerry, which are vital to the entire region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25154/25]
782. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the fact that a number of new medicines are being made available through private healthcare providers, while public patients are made to wait for these to become available (details supplied); if she will instruct her Department to ensure that lifesaving medication is made available to all patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter.…
783. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that a home support package is put in place for a person, as a matter of urgency, and if a public health nurse can call to assess this person’s needs (details supplied). [25165/25]
784. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25166/25]
785. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if her Department will examine and intervene in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25176/25]
786. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason a specialist helmet was turned down for a child (details supplied) by his CDNT; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25197/25]
787. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans to add Ozempic and Saxenda to the list of medications available under the drugs payment scheme for weight loss programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25199/25]
788. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health to examine concerns in correspondence (details supplied) and outline the measures she is taking to address these. [25210/25]
789. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health for an update on her engagements with representatives of pharmacists in relation to the free HRT scheme; if she will consider raising the dispensing fee for each HRT item (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25211/25]
790. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health if she can provide any detail in respect of the Taoiseach’s statement in the Dáil on 2 April 2025 that getting overseas occupational and speech and language therapists’ qualifications recognised by CORU is an issue that is being pursued by Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25224/25]
791. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 235 of 2 October 2024, her views on whether funding earmarked for new medicines was spent on existing medicines; whether she will issue a directive to the HSE to ensure all funding earmarked for new medicines is spent exclusively for that purpose; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25228/25]
792. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if she will consider advocating for changes at EU level in the revision of the tobacco tax Directive such that the law will facilitate, rather than prevent, generational bans, as some countries are considering such generational bans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25230/25]
793. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when orthopaedic surgery in Letterkenny University Hospital will take place for a patient in County Donegal (details supplied), which was cancelled twice; if all and every avenue has been explored; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25235/25]
794. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health which local health authorities have a reimbursement scheme offering an ESB rebate in lieu of the excess electricity costs incurred by running a home oxygen generator/machine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25236/25]
795. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of the number of personnel who have retired from the National Ambulance Service in each county in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [25241/25]
796. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health whether there is any provision within the National Ambulance Service's recruitment framework specifically aimed at targeting staffing needs in the west and north-west regions. [25242/25]