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Paul Lawless Written 20 May 2025 · to Health
822. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if there is a revised timeframe for the publication of the national framework on endometriosis care, in light of previous delays; the current status of the framework; and when it is expected to be released. [25448/25]
Paul Lawless Written 20 May 2025 · to Health
823. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the way in which the recently announced additional funding for endometriosis care will be allocated; and the details of what specific services, personnel or infrastructure this funding will support. [25450/25]
Paul Lawless Written 20 May 2025 · to Health
824. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if persons with severe endometriosis may be eligible to qualify for disability supports; and the process by which a person with endometriosis could apply for and access disability benefits, including how eligibility is assessed in such cases. [25451/25]
Paul Lawless Written 20 May 2025 · to Health
825. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to support the mental health of young carers given they are five times more likely to suffer from depression than their peers. [25452/25]
Paul Lawless Written 20 May 2025 · to Health
826. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the number of psychologists employed by CAMHS in the Kildare area; the number of psychologists working in CAMHS in the Kildare area; the size of the waiting list for access to CAMHS services in the Kildare area; the average time waiting to secure an appointment with a psychologist in the Kildare area; and the average waiting time to access CAMHS services in the K…
Mattie McGrath Written 20 May 2025 · to Health
827. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health her plans for the future of a health centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25470/25]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 20 May 2025 · to Health
828. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if he will make the freestyle libre 2 system available on medical card to those using both metformin and insulin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25471/25]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 20 May 2025 · to Health
829. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the current state of play of the HSE's plan to develop a primary care centre at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25476/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 20 May 2025 · to Health
830. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide a list, of any meetings including dates and headline details related to or featuring issues related to termination of pregnancy from January 2025 to date, in tabular form. [25500/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 20 May 2025 · to Health
831. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health whether she was aware that there are very few dentist offices that are available in Ireland to wheelchair users who have a medical card; the actions being taken to address this issue as it has come to this Deputy's attention that many are being sent to Newry for treatment, obviously this is a very long travel for people with mobility issues; and if she will make…
Carol Nolan Written 20 May 2025 · to Health
832. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide data on the number of self-harm presentations to hospital emergency departments from 2020 to date in 2025; if her Department provides funding to maintain the National Self-Harm Registry Ireland, operated by the National Suicide Research Foundation, NSRF; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25569/25]
Frankie Feighan Written 20 May 2025 · to Health
833. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health if she will meet with a group (details supplied) to discuss services in Ireland for women with ovarian cancer; if she will comment on the illumination of Leinster House that took place on 8 May 2025 as a message of hope and care that marked World Ovarian Cancer Day; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25581/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 20 May 2025 · to Health
834. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a list of PET scanners available in the public health system; the number of days per week each scanner operates, the number of scans carried out by each machine, for the past 24 months, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25636/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 20 May 2025 · to Health
835. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of any arrangements to lease-rent, on a temporary or permanent basis, PET scanners in the public system to the private health system; where this leasing-rental is taking place; the number of hours, if any, spent training private sector staff to operate the scanner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25637/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 20 May 2025 · to Health
836. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if she will provide details of any income derived from the rental of PET scanning equipment by hospitals, HSE and voluntary, for the previous 24 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25638/25]
Michael Collins Written 20 May 2025 · to Health
837. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health to provide a complete list of all stakeholders represented temporarily or long-term at the termination of pregnancy Data Governance Group, established following the 2023 Review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25639/25]
Michael Collins Written 20 May 2025 · to Health
838. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the purpose and remit of the work of the TOP Data Governance Group; the number of meetings it has held to date, in tabular form; to outline its tasks and or work streams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25640/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 20 May 2025 · to Health
839. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the status of the ongoing procurement process for the provision of a primary care centre at Gorey, County Wexford; if the current status of that process precludes meetings with elected representatives to discuss the ongoing delays in that process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25641/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 20 May 2025 · to Health
840. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the average time it takes from conception to completion of a primary care centre; and if the fifteen years to date involving the planned primary care centre at Gorey, County Wexford represents the longest period of any such process. [25642/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 20 May 2025 · to Health
841. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25676/25]
Michael Cahill Written 20 May 2025 · to Health
842. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a surgery appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); who has been deemed suitable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25698/25]
Liam Quaide Written 20 May 2025 · to Health
843. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of cost overruns stemming from HSE capital projects that were in excess of €100,000 at original cost projection and overran by 20% or more from 2020 to 2025, detailing the name of the project, the original cost projection and the latest cost projection, to include projects that are planned, in train or completed for the years in question, in tabula…
Liam Quaide Written 20 May 2025 · to Health
844. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health for the average monthly cost to the HSE of a full-time agency staff psychiatrist, clinical nurse specialist, staff nurse, psychologist, social worker and occupational therapist; and to ask for a comparison of average monthly salary costs to the HSE for a staff member who is directly employed by the HSE across the same disciplines, in tabular form. [25712/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 20 May 2025 · to Health
845. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has plans to extend the chronic disease management programme to include epilepsy; if so, the timeline she is working towards; if not, the rationale for continuing to exclude this condition from the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25713/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 20 May 2025 · to Health
846. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 375 of 1 May 2025, when a reply will issue (details supplied). [25716/25]