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Claire Kerrane Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Health
1475. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if Roscommon University Hospital is providing ultrasound scans for patients in receipt of medical cards. [29811/25]
Rose Conway-Walsh Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Health
1476. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if she will provide details of the progress of the vaccine damage solidarity scheme; if the scheme has been considered by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform; to provide a timeframe for the scheme to become operational; how an individual might engage with the scheme; and if she will make a statement…
Ruth Coppinger Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Health
1477. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the possibility of undertaking a medical evacuation of a person (details supplied)), to reconsider the possibility of implementing a formal medical evacuation system for people in Gaza; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29827/25]
Alan Kelly Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Health
1478. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to fill the role of the senior dental surgeon (special needs) post in the north Tipperary area which has been vacant for over two years. [29828/25]
Shane Moynihan Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Health
1479. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health to outline the availability of estradot in Ireland, and if an alternative to this drug can be funded as part of the free HRT programme. [29831/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Health
1480. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has concluded her consideration of the new National Rare Disease Strategy; the timeline she is working towards for publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29833/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Health
1481. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in commencing the inquiry into the historical licensing and use of sodium valproate; the work carried out to date; the timeline for formal commencement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29835/25]
Paul Murphy Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Health
1482. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health in relation to the independent panel review into osteotomies in CHI at Temple Street and NOHC, if all patients who received this operation so-called less invasive innominate osteotomy will be included, including those who had their operation before 2010. [29851/25]
Paul Murphy Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Health
1483. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if parents will be fully consulted and involved in relation to the establishment of the independent panel review into osteotomies in CHI at Temple Street and NOHC. [29852/25]
Robert Troy Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Health
1484. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the reason medical card holders in Westmeath only qualify for an eye test every two years through the medical card system, while card holders in other counties, for example Offaly qualify for an annual eye test through the medical card. [29864/25]
Colm Burke Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Health
1485. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health when the new major trauma helipad at Cork University Hospital will be completed and ready for full usage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29872/25]
Paul Lawless Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Health
1486. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for cataract surgery as they are visually impaired and their condition is impacting on their quality of life; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29873/25]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Health
1487. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of young people born with Down syndrome each year for the last five years by county, in tabular form. [29880/25]
Liam Quaide Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Health
1488. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans to expand the provision of dialectical behavioural therapy services by the HSE, particularly in areas where waiting lists are longest or services are not currently available; to outline funding commitments and time frames relating to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29887/25]
Michael Cahill Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Health
1489. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to provide a bed in West Kerry Community Hospital as a matter of urgency for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29897/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Health
1490. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on long awaited legislation to ban flavoured nicotine inhaling devices and restrict the packaging design and advertising of nicotine inhaling devices. [29901/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Health
1491. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the planned ban on disposable nicotine inhaling devices. [29902/25]
David Cullinane Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Health
1492. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she will outline the health Acts as passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas where sections of the Acts have not yet commenced since 2005, broken down by year, by Act, by section and a brief explanation as to the reason the section has not yet been commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29921/25]
David Cullinane Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Health
1493. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of osteotomies carried out on children from 2010 to date, broken down by year and, by hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29922/25]
David Cullinane Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Health
1494. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of osteotomies carried out on children on a Saturday in Temple Street, Crumlin and Cappagh, from the years 2010 to date, broken down by the number of surgeries, by day and, by hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29923/25]
David Cullinane Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Health
1495. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital appointments including surgeries and procedures carried out in CHI hospitals on a Saturday from 2015 to date, broken down by appointment or procedure, by month and, by hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29924/25]
David Cullinane Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Health
1496. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total payment made to consultants for carrying out appointments, procedures or surgeries on weekends as part of waiting list initiatives at CHI from 2010 to date, broken down by year, by hospital and by amount earned, by consultants in each year in bands (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29925/25]
David Cullinane Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Health
1497. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount of money earned by public consultants worrying at weekends on waiting list initiatives including ones funded by the NTPF from 2010 to date, broken down by year, by hospital, by speciality and by amounts earned in each year in bands (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29926/25]
David Cullinane Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Health
1498. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total capital funding allocated to each Model 4 Hospital from 2011 to date, broken down by hospital, by each capital allocation amount, by year and the total allocation cumulatively over the time period covered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29927/25]
Michael Lowry Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Health
1499. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the hours during which Shannon Doc operates in Roscrea, County Tipperary; if she will provide a breakdown of each day that the Shannon Doc service did not open during its advertised opening hours between 1 January 2024 and 31 May 2025; the reasons no service was provided on each of those days; what efforts are being made to ensure that a full service is being p…