1525. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the current suspension of developmental checks for babies, other than newborns, in the Killester and Milmount area, due to reported staff shortages among public health nurses; if she will outline the steps being taken to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30017/25]
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1526. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 550 of 29 May 2025, for an update on the number of clinical nurse coordinator posts currently filled nationwide; the number of posts affected by the current HSE recruitment freeze, including posts that were approved but subsequently withdrawn or delayed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30011/25]
1527. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE still allocates a general practitioner for patients who cannot find a GP and have had three GPs decline to take them on as patients; whether this applies to medical card holders as well as doctor visit card holders; the measures the minister will undertake to alleviate the problem of patients being unable to find a GP, if the scheme is not current…
1528. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30020/25]
1529. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a list of addresses of all properties under the ownership or control of the HSE which have been lost due to adverse possession since 1 January 2015. [30026/25]
1530. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the measures that can be taken to ensure that a person (details supplied) can be allocated a residential care home placement in the mid-west region preferably in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30034/25]
1531. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the vacancies that exist in dermatology services at Letterkenny University Hospital; when any vacancies will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30042/25]
1532. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health for an update on the capital submission for the proposed mother and baby unit at St Vincent's Hospital. [30051/25]
1533. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health for an update on the feasibility study for the proposed mother and baby unit at St Vincent's Hospital, scheduled to be completed in quarter one 2025. [30052/25]
1534. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health her views on claims made in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30054/25]
1535. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if she has received correspondence regarding the 171 clinicians that are concerned about the failure to locate a surgical hub at Letterkenny University Hospital; if she will meet with representatives of these clinicians; when the meeting will take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30055/25]
1536. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if she will urgently meet with a delegation from the 171 doctors in Donegal who have requested this meeting to discuss their calls for a surgical hub to be located at Letterkenny University Hospital. [30056/25]
1537. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the number the number of beds for the western region in residential addiction services currently and in each quarter of 2025 and 2026; if beds will be available for the western region from September 2025; the work being carried out to expand access to addiction services in the west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30061/25]
1538. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide a detox unit in the west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30062/25]
1539. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of times the roadmap for service improvement oversight group has met; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30086/25]
1540. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the actions that her Department will take to ensure that medication is made available to persons who need it (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30092/25]
1541. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies there are within CAMHS in County Donegal, by area; the length of time the roles have been vacant; the action that has been taken to ensure vacancies are filled; if there is a date for any vacancies to be filled, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30094/25]
1542. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30100/25]
1543. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that there is a shortage in supply of the ADHD medication concerta in pharmacies; the measures being taken taking to resolve the issue; if there are suitable alternatives available for users of concerta; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30104/25]
1544. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health if a psychiatric bed will be made available in the Mater Hospital for an individual (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30107/25]
1545. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health whether she is considering including hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) in the long-term illness scheme, as it is a lifelong condition which requires medication throughout the lives of sufferers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30108/25]
1546. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if, in light of a recent Mental Health Commission report that has confirmed that general emergency departments are failing people in a mental health crisis every day, he will support the development of a mental accident-and-emergency departments to support people who is in a mental health crisis such as that seen in the NHS; and if she will make a stateme…
1547. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the procurement and roll out of the new national immunisation system which will be used to record all vaccine programmes offered by the State and to support their delivery. [30113/25]
1548. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health further to previous Parliamentary Questions on this issue, the status of the HSE pension entitlements of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30117/25]
1549. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health when a child in Cork will receive an appointment with CAMHS (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30120/25]