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Donna McGettigan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3061. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if she will implement responsive protocols for emergency medication management for postpartum women experiencing acute mental health symptoms, especially when specialist services are unavailable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43000/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3062. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if she will support GPs in providing interim mental health care by offering training and guidance in psychiatric medication management; if she will address standards of communication and responsiveness within perinatal mental health services to ensure vulnerable women are treated with empathy and urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4300…
Pa Daly Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3063. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the outsourcing of hospital services at university hospital Kerry broken down by department, procedure and cost in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43004/25]
Robert Troy Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3064. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if it can be ensured that necessary healthcare equipment is provided to a person (details supplied). [43056/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3065. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health when hexahydrocannabinol will be added to the list of controlled substances under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43066/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3066. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health if she will ban flavoured vapes, limit nicotine concentration levels and introduce plain packaging and mandatory health warnings on packaging of vapes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43067/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3067. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of people hospitalised, per hospital, due to vaping related illnesses or injuries in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43068/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3068. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health if her Department has allocated funding to any initiatives aimed at reducing the use of vapes, specifically among younger people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43069/25]
Ciarán Ahern Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3069. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors specialising in geriatric medicine in CHO7 and specifically in Dublin south west in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43085/25]
Ciarán Ahern Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3070. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors specialising in palliative care in CHO7 and specifically in Dublin south west in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43086/25]
Ciarán Ahern Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3071. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for elective surgery in Tallaght University Hospital; the average time spent on a waiting list for elective surgery in Tallaght University Hospital in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43088/25]
Ciarán Ahern Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3072. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the average wait times in the accident and emergency department in Tallaght University Hospital in each of the past five years; the steps she is taking to reduce wait times, overcrowding and understaffing in the Tallaght University Hospital accident and emergency department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43089/25]
Ciarán Ahern Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3073. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the average number of patients on trolleys in each of the past 24-months in Tallaght University Hospital, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43090/25]
Pa Daly Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3074. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the maximum length of respite care that a carer of an older person can apply for per annum free of charge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43094/25]
Pa Daly Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3075. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the percentage of carers in County Kerry that avail of the maximum length of respite care when caring for older persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43095/25]
Pa Daly Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3076. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the maximum amount of respite care that a carer (details supplied) of an older person can apply for per annum free of charge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43096/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3077. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been brought to a report (details supplied); the steps she is taking to address the five key challenges identified; if she will implement the report’s recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43111/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3078. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if a person who has a prescription for medication in one EU country is entitled to use that prescription in another EU state; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43112/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3079. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatients per annum in each hospital across the State in 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025, in tabular form. [43113/25]
Máire Devine Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3080. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric plastic surgeons based at CHI Temple Street in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [43133/25]
Máire Devine Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3081. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the optimum staffing allocation per clinical post in the orthopaedic department at St. James's Hospital; the current status of these posts; and how staffing levels compare to international standards. [43134/25]
Máire Devine Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3082. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE specialist periodontists based in CHO7 primary care system in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [43135/25]
Máire Devine Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3083. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at the Coombe Maternity Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025; and the future refurbishment works that are scheduled to be carried out at this hospital over the next 18 months. [43136/25]
Máire Devine Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3084. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that have attended the adult cochlear outpatient clinic at Beaumont Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [43137/25]
James Geoghegan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3085. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health the details of the capital funding programmes or grants which her Department or any body under her aegis has responsibility, for which sporting organisations are eligible to apply for; the details of any funding programme or grant that is currently open or the date when a subsequent prospective funding programme or grant is scheduled to be opened for which a …