872. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health her plans to encourage Irish businesses to provide food information bilingually to promote the Irish language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25886/25]
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873. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health the reason bilingual labelling will not be part of the agenda of the cross-Government working group, given the inclusion of the option to provide food information bilingually on a voluntary basis within Ireland’s transposition of the FIC Regulation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25887/25]
874. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the number of collisions requiring ambulance dispatch in Kildare for 2023 and to date in 2025; and the average time of dispatch, in tabular form. [25891/25]
875. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance paramedic staff assigned to the Kildare area in 2023 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [25892/25]
876. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the reason surgery has not be scheduled for a person (details supplied) as of 13 May 2025, despite his passing his pre-surgical assessment and being told that he is ready for surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25898/25]
877. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she would detail the public nursing homes available for older people in each LHO area, in tabular form. [25900/25]
878. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health her plans to provide adequate funding for the current services and supports available to those with an acquired brain injury, including the funding of an organisation (details supplied); the amount of funding allocated in each of the past five years to the organisation; her plans to add to the services currently available; if each CHO area will be funded to su…
879. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the reason neurodivergent and neurodiverse people are not automatically qualified for the vulnerable persons register; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25906/25]
880. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the status of a public consultation process relative to establishing a master plan for the development of community facilities on the land owned by the HSE at Lacken, Dublin Road, Kilkenny; the number of submissions made; if a draft report is available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25926/25]
881. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the level of funding provided for tobacco cessation services from 2014 to 2024, and to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25936/25]
882. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of smoking to the State in terms of health spending; if her Department will be conducting an updated 2025 report assessing the economic cost of smoking, following on from the 2016 ICF international report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25937/25]
883. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of retail outlets registered to sell tobacco on the National Register of Tobacco retailers in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25938/25]
884. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the number of orthopaedic surgeons currently working at Tallaght University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25950/25]
885. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting orthopaedic surgery in each hospital, in tabular form; and the measures planned to alleviate waiting lists for surgery under this speciality. [25951/25]
886. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to help the recruitment crisis in the National Ambulance Service nationwide; the plans in place to recruit staff in north Tipperary, seeing that only one ambulance was operating in the whole of north Tipperary last night; the plans in place to retain staff currently operating in the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25954…
887. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of approved speech and language therapist posts, by grade and clinical site, in tabular form; the number of permanent full-time and part-time posts; the number filled on a temporary, locum or agency basis; and the number of vacant posts. [25998/25]
888. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of permanent full-time speech and language therapists hired by the HSE from 2019 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [25999/25]
889. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of permanent speech and language therapists hired by the HSE on a part-time basis from 2019 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [26000/25]
890. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists hired by the HSE on a temporary basis from 2019 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [26001/25]
891. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to establish meaningful pathways to career progression for speech and language therapists in the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26002/25]
892. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she will investigate the admission policies and practices at an organisation (details supplied) following a reported incident in which a long-awaited residential admission was withdrawn on the day of arrival due to behavioural concerns, despite the client meeting all prior medical and governance requirements; if there is any oversight or appeals process availa…
893. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies for podiatrists in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26009/25]
894. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting to be seen by child and adolescent primary care psychology services nationally; the average length of time on the wait list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26011/25]
895. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting to be seen by child and adolescent primary care psychology services, and waiting time in months in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26012/25]
896. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Health the current wait list for persons under 18 years-of-age awaiting orthodontal treatment in County Wexford; the number of persons waiting 24, 36 and 48 months and longer, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26019/25]