788. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding postpartum support for mothers; if she will consider extending the current six-week provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27648/25]
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789. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding postpartum support for mothers; if the service could be expanded to include 24-hour access to services for mothers; particularly for first time mothers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27649/25]
790. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health if she will consider providing a scheme targeted at new mothers to provide GP visits; similar to what is in place for newborn babies, to provide support postpartum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27650/25]
791. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health if she will set out the services available in the National Pelvic Floor Centre in St. Michael’s Hospital in Dún Laoghaire; her views on whether this service is adequate; her further views on whether there is scope for expanding these services in this location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27651/25]
792. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health her views on whether baby changing facilities should be mandatory for all publicly accessible building that have toilet facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27652/25]
793. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding any plan to standardise the advice on breastfeeding given to new mothers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27653/25]
794. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if the National Ambulance Service plans to make a submission for capital for a new NAS Education Centre in Ballinasloe, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27654/25]
795. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on re-filling the roster for advanced paramedics on the rapid response vehicle (RRV) as before in Roscommon; the efforts being made to provide 24/7 cover by an advanced paramedic on the RRV as committed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27655/25]
796. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the amount being saved daily, in monetary terms, since overtime to cover the rapid response vehicle on Thursdays in Roscommon was pulled. [27656/25]
797. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the reasoning for closing two hospice units without prior consultation with a hospital (details supplied); if she will reverse this decision without delay given the critical importance of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27662/25]
798. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health to accelerate, as a matter of urgency, an appointment for a person (details supplied) at St. James’s Hospital, Dublin. [27666/25]
799. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently address the dire situation of eating disorder treatment services in Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27667/25]
800. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if a drug will be made available to patients for certain types of gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancers under the HSE reimbursement scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27684/25]
801. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to respond to a recent poll into the attitudes of front-line ambulance staff towards the leadership of the National Ambulance Service (details supplied); if she has replied to correspondence from the representative organisation; the steps she will take in response; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27685/25]
802. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the reason vyloy, also called zolbetuximab, (details supplied) is not currently reimbursed by the HSE under the drug payment scheme despite being approved by the European Medicines Agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27689/25]
803. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if an urgent surgery appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [27693/25]
804. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if she has any plans to reinstate the two hospice units in St. Anne’s Community Hospital in Caherciveen (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27702/25]
805. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health for a fast-tracked review of vyloy (zolbetuximab), which is used for certain types of gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancers, for inclusion in the HSE reimbursement scheme. [27703/25]
806. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health for greater clarity and urgency in addressing access to approved cancer medications in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27704/25]
807. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he plans to deploy a person at the grade of assistant principal officer level, from within his Department, to be posted at the Irish Embassy London. [26695/25]
808. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount of funding allocated to the inclusive environment fund, in each year since its establishment, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26743/25]
809. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if framework-based procurement is included in his Department’s reporting of “tendered” procurement in its annual accounts; if so, to distinguish between contracts awarded via framework mini-competition, contracts awarded via direct drawdown from a framework without competition and frameworks run independentl…
810. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide a list of all framework agreements used by his Department or its agencies since 2022, by name and description of framework; if it was established by his Department, the OGP, or another central/sectoral body; if it is a single-supplier or multi-supplier framework; if drawdowns required mini-competi…
811. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if all drawdowns from frameworks by his Department or its agencies from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2024, valued over €25,000 were accompanied by publication of a contract award notice on the eTenders portal as required by Circular 05/2023; and if not, to list any known contracts where such publication did…
812. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on the work of officials within his Department in analysing alternative ways of funding third level education in lieu of the current 'student contribution' model. [27242/25]