251. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the current waiting time for children’s therapy services, speech and language, occupational therapy and physiotherapy under the primary care scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36444/25]
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252. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the amount of public funding that has been allocated to the NTP fund in 2024 and 2025; and the amount of that funding that has been used for outsourcing public patients to private hospitals. [36448/25]
253. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time, by hospital group and speciality, for inpatient and day-case procedures; and the five longest specialties in terms of average wait time. [36449/25]
254. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will accept the Labour Court’s recommendation to extend the special scheme of paid leave for certain eligible public health sector employees suffering from long Covid until 31 December 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36453/25]
255. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Health if she is considering including fibromyalgia as a long-term illness; if she will consider access for patients to GP visit cards/medical cards regardless of income; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36455/25]
256. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will instruct the HSE to cease plans to move all high-protein oral nutritional supplements to list B (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36459/25]
257. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital appointments, including surgeries and procedures, carried out in Tallaght University Hospital on a Saturday from 2022 to date in 2025, broken down by appointment or procedure per month, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36460/25]
258. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychiatrists, by grade, based at Springfield/Tallaght primary care centre in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36461/25]
259. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric ENT surgeons based at CHI Crumlin in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36462/25]
260. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE public health nurses based at Kilnamanagh/Tymon primary care centre in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36463/25]
261. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive support services of speech therapy, occupational therapy and psychology services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36466/25]
262. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if she will outline plans to improve the feeding, bathing and mobility facilities at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, for young children who have disabilities and additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36480/25]
263. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to outline details of the recent move of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee from the Royal College of Physicians to the Health Information and Quality Authority; the impact this development will have on the speed at which vaccines could be added to the national immunisation programme bearing in mind it currently takes on average six years; and if she …
264. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if there has been an increase in the budget and extra resources allocated to the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) arising from the recent move of NIAC from the Royal College of Physicians to the Health Information and Quality Authority as a consequence of this move; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36488/25]
265. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the National Immunisation Advisory Committee will remain an independent committee with the ability to define their own work programme, arising from the recent move of NIAC from the Royal College of Physicians to the Health Information and Quality Authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36489/25]
266. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health in view of the requirement for a GP referral to access services at the Balbriggan Primary Care Centre, the specific measures her Department is taking to improve access to services at the centre, particularly for patients facing barriers to GP access; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36490/25]
267. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE dental nurses and dental hygienists based at Coolock Primary Care Centre in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [36506/25]
268. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of surgeries cancelled at University Hospital Limerick, by surgery type and reason for cancellation, in tabular form, since January 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36580/25]
269. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health if her Department pays third-party ambulance providers such as St. John of God to deliver pre-hospital emergency care on behalf of the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36589/25]
270. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will implement the terms of a recent Labour Court recommendation to extend the temporary special scheme of paid leave for public health service employees unfit for work post-Covid-19 infection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36595/25]
271. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if an urgent case concerning a patient in County Kerry (details supplied) can be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36608/25]
272. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the recruitment of qualified radiographers from third level institutions in the State who have graduated in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36609/25]
273. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health that considering 31% of patients from an NAI survey reported waiting times of one to two years to see a neurologist, the measures she is taking to increase capacity and reduce waiting times; and the number of consultant neurologists there were in 2024 and to date in 2025. [36613/25]
274. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of people who have not been able to access community neurorehabilitation services over the past 12 months. [36614/25]
275. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of neurology nurse specialists in place; and the number by which she is going to increase this. [36615/25]