Questions

1375. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in emergency medicine based at the Mater University Hospital, Tallaght University Hospital, Beaumont Hospital, St. James’s Hospital, St. Vincent’s Hospital, University Hospital Galway, Cork University Hospital and University Hospital Waterford, in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [29431/25]

1376. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a breakdown, by regional health area, of the number and size, in weekly home support hours; her views on disparities in availability across regions, particularly in regional health areas covering Mayo, Galway and Roscommon; her further views in light of the commitments set out in the HSE National Service Plan 2025 (pages 24 and 77); and if sh…

1377. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Health if her Department will mandate standardised breast density reporting for women who have mammograms in Ireland, be they either public or private patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29436/25]

1378. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will confirm when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29439/25]

1379. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update in relation to funding for IVF; if she will reply to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29452/25]

1380. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the reason evorel patches, which are being dispensed in place of estradot due to an ongoing shortage, are not covered under the new free hormone replacement therapy scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29459/25]

1381. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure hormone replacement therapy (HRT) medicine alternatives such as evorel are included in the free HRT scheme, especially given the possible long-term unavailability of estradot; if her Department or the HSE plans to reassess the coverage of such alternative HRT medication under the free HRT scheme to ensure continuity of care; and i…

1382. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will review correspondence in relation to equal access to treatments for SMA adults (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29462/25]

1383. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to reopen as a matter of urgency the two hospice units in St. Anne’s Community Hospital in Cahersiveen, County Kerry (details supplied), as this is an incalculable loss to the people of Iveragh; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29463/25]

1384. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Health to outline details in relation to a hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29464/25]

1385. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health for an update on her consideration of the request made to her and to the Taoiseach by an organisation (details supplied) and the victims and survivors of a former doctor with whom they work, to consider the establishment of a Commission of Investigation into the actions of the former doctor and related matters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29467/…

1386. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the services currently on offer in the postnatal hubs already established; if there are plans to expand these services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29474/25]

1387. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the actions being taken to address the inconsistency in breastfeeding advice being given to women across the healthcare service; if any consideration has been given to standardising breastfeeding advice in order that women can rely on the information being given at a vulnerable time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29475/25]

1388. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the kind of oversight and regulation there is currently on the breastfeeding advice given by private lactation consultants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29476/25]

1389. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health if any consideration is being given to providing a reliable breastfeeding support service where women can access midwife-led support if they require it 24 hours a day; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29477/25]

1390. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to providing some pelvic-floor rehabilitation as a matter of course, not just for those suffering birth injuries, such as that provided in France; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29478/25]

1391. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health for an update on plans for respite services in the District Hospital in Killarney; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29481/25]

1392. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her plans for the external independent panel of surgeons with expertise in developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) surgery, following publication of the DDH Audit by Children’s Health Ireland and the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Cappagh; if this panel will be made up of surgeons from different jurisdictions; the timeline being worked towards in establishing t…

1393. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason the external independent panel of surgeons with expertise in developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) currently being established following the publication of the DDH Audit will not review cases prior to 2010; if such surgeries took place in Temple Street Hospital before 2010; if so, the number of surgeries that took place, and the period these surger…

1394. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will conduct a review of the system of clinical directors (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29490/25]

1395. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if any private companies have been contracted to answer calls to the information line established for families whose children have been identified for follow-up following publication of the developmental dysplasia of the hip audit by Children’s Health Ireland and the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Cappagh; if it is exclusively specialist developmental dysplasia …

1396. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if any surgeons are contesting the findings of the developmental dysplasia of the hip audit by Children’s Health Ireland and the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Cappagh; if any of the 14 surgeons whose cases were audited have been placed on leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29492/25]

1397. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of abolishing all prescription charges under the general medical service scheme. [29493/25]

1398. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of reducing the drugs payment scheme threshold to €72, €50, and €0 respectively. [29494/25]

1399. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the cost to the State to fully subsidise the cost of all prescribed inhaled asthma medications and related devices. [29495/25]