1254. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric gallbladder removal surgeries that were carried out in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [48406/25]
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1255. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health her plans to establish a national radiotherapy equipment replacement programme to ensure the timely upgrading of linear accelerator machines; the estimated timeline for its implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48412/25]
1256. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a breakdown of the current age profile of radiotherapy LINAC machines under the HSE; the replacement schedule in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48413/25]
1257. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure cancer patients have access to up-to-date radiotherapy comparable to international best practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48414/25]
1258. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she will address concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) that delays in replacing outdated radiotherapy equipment are resulting in poorer outcomes for patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48415/25]
1259. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric neurologists based at Cork University Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [48434/25]
1260. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant WTE nursing posts at Tipperary University Hospital; and the timeframe for filling each of the vacancies, in tabular form. [48435/25]
1261. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health the number of cases in County Longford which have been moved from disability services to primary care in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48454/25]
1262. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health the reason for transferring cases from disability services to primary care in County Longford in 2023 and 2024; the impact on waiting lists and service delivery for both disability services and primary care in the county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48455/25]
1263. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken to reduce current waiting times for children requiring orthodontic treatment, given reports that waiting times are now estimated at up to four years; her plans to introduce a specific initiative to address these delays; if she will confirm whether vacant dental and orthodontic posts are being actively recruited to; if agency staff are…
1264. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant ENT surgeons working in the public health service; her plans to expand this number; the international recommended best practice ratio for consultant ENT surgeons to population; the current ratio to population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48459/25]
1265. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of life-threatening calls that National Ambulance Service attended within 19-minutes in County Wexford in the first eight months of 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48460/25]
1266. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff that have had their positions made redundant as a result of the integrated financial management and procurement system (IFFS) implementation earlier in 2025; the number of affected staff still permanently employed by the HSE; whose responsibility it is to ensure they continue to be employed in a fit for purpose role; how much notice any a…
1267. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the up-to-date position on a medication being made available through the drugs payment scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48470/25]
1268. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health to provide details on the proportionality assessment completed by her Department relating to the standards and criteria implemented on 11 July, 2025, by CORU, regarding the standards of proficiency for counsellors and psychotherapists, and the criteria for education and training programmes for counsellors and psychotherapists adapted; and if she will make a sta…
1269. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health to outline the relationship the HSE has with an company (details supplied). [48500/25]
1270. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE social workers that were filled within primary care system CHO2 in each of the years from 2023 to date in 2025, by grade, in tabular form. [48512/25]
1271. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant interventional radiologists based at University Hospital Galway in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [48513/25]
1272. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE podiatrists, by grade, employed by the HSE working in older persons services within CHO2 in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [48514/25]
1273. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health the funding supports available to community groups (details supplied) seeking funding assistance towards the cost of a second-hand ambulance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48543/25]
1274. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health the funding supports available to community groups (details supplied) seeking funding assistance towards the cost of a new ambulance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48544/25]
1275. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health when the proposed tribunal to deal with cases of people who have been injured as a result of taking the Covid vaccines will be established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48547/25]
1276. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if she plans to increase the eligibility threshold for the medical card for those aged 70 years and over; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48558/25]
1277. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the reason that a medication (details supplied) for the treatment of diabetes insipidus has been removed from the long-term illness scheme; and her views on whether beneficiaries of the scheme should be informed of changes to approved medication rather than discovering this when renewing prescriptions. [48600/25]
1278. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health if medical card holders can recoup the cost of private dental work (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48606/25]