226. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to identify the legislation or statutory instrument that will provide the Health Information and Quality Authority with the power to investigate specific individual complaints; if the necessary provision has been commenced; the timeline for implementation of these powers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34874/25]
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227. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the number of persons presenting at the emergency department of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, in the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34880/25]
228. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists, by grade, based at Louth County Hospital, Dundalk, in the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34881/25]
229. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the up-to-date position of her Department’s focused talks with a union (details supplied) on the community pharmacy contract and associated services and arrangements, including fees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34895/25]
230. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health if the shingles vaccine will be made available free to immuno-compromised individuals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34896/25]
231. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health if a rapid review will be carried out for inclusion of leqembi for the treatment of early Alzheimer’s disease on the drugs payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34897/25]
232. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health her views on the merits of implementing a ban on the sale of all nicotine inhaling products within a 500-metre radius of any primary or secondary school; if any research into this proposal has been carried out by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34946/25]
233. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding any research her Department has carried out into the health impact of smokeless tobacco products, including but not limited to, nicotine pouches; if consideration has been given to put the same level of restriction on these products that apply to cigarettes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34947/25]
234. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the new elective hospital for Glanmire, Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34948/25]
235. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the progress her Department has made in honouring the Programme for Government commitment that an early access programme for medicines would be established by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34949/25]
236. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health her Department's plans to increase funding and resources for a hereditary cancer model of care. [34960/25]
237. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the actions her Department is taking to establish oversight for the implementation of the hereditary cancer model of care. [34961/25]
238. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the actions her Department is taking to ensure the development of networked services and multidisciplinary teams, as recommended in the national cancer control programme in the hereditary cancer model of care, HSE national cancer control programme. [34962/25]
239. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the actions she is taking to ensure workforce development, as recommended in the national cancer control programme in the hereditary cancer model of care, HSE national cancer control programme. [34963/25]
240. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the actions her Department is taking to ensure there is patient information and supports for those under the hereditary cancer model of care. [34964/25]
241. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the actions her Department is taking to provide patient information and supports, as recommended in the national cancer control programme in the hereditary cancer model of care, HSE national cancer control programme. [34965/25]
242. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the actions her Department has taken to identify the IT infrastructure required to enable the implementation of this hereditary cancer model of care, including genetic counselling network and referral to national specialist genetics multidisciplinary teams. [34966/25]
243. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of virtual medical related appointments in the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and the number of prescriptions provided at these virtual appointments. [34967/25]
244. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 431 of 19 June 2025, if he will provide supplementary information in relation to highlighted matters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34577/25]
245. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total number of newly qualified dentists who qualified in Ireland, the number who were Irish/EU students and those who were non-EEA students but who qualified in Ireland, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34761/25]
246. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has engaged with all third level institutions with a view to increasing the total number of places available for the training of both dental nurses and dental hygienists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34764/25]
247. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department can make additional funding available to third level colleges which are providing dental training courses in order that they may increase the total number of places available for Irish students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34765/25]
248. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide details of the total number of Irish/EU students and the total number of non-EEA students who have qualified from University College Cork and Trinity College Dublin for each of the years ending 31 December 2020 to 31 December 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [347…
249. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail, agus Gaeltachta bhfuil sé mar riachtanas ag naíonraí atá ag feidhmiú trí Ghaeilge i gceantair Ghaeltachta go mbeidh tús áite ag páistí atá á dtógáil trí Ghaeilge, ó tharla gurb é sin an dea-chleachtas; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [34586/25]
250. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will provide funding for the Silvermines playground if an application is received from Tipperary County Council for such funding. [34771/25]