1354. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of people who had surgery for breast cancer and the percentage of patients seen within NCCP target surgery timeframes, as outlined in the National Cancer Strategy, in each of the years 2017 to 2024 and to date in 2025. [49062/25]
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1355. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of people who had surgery for lung cancer; the percentage of patients seen within NCCP target surgery timeframes, as outlined in the National Cancer Strategy, in in each of the years 2017 to 2024 and to date in 2025. [49063/25]
1356. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of people who had surgery for prostate cancer; the percentage of patients seen within NCCP target surgery timeframes, as outlined in the National Cancer Strategy, in each of the years 2017 to 2024 and to date in 2025. [49064/25]
1357. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of people who had surgery for pancreatic cancer; the percentage of patients seen within NCCP target surgery timeframes, as outlined in the National Cancer Strategy, in each of the years 2017 to 2024 and to date in 2025. [49065/25]
1358. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if she will consider establishing a national radiotherapy equipment replacement programme featuring ring-fenced annual funding to support a planned ten-year replacement cycle (details supplied) guided by international best practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49082/25]
1359. Deputy Marie Sherlock 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. [49083/25]
1360. Deputy Marie Sherlock 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. [49084/25]
1361. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking 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. [49085/25]
1362. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she will address concerns raised by a group (details supplied), that delays in replacing outdated radiotherapy equipment are resulting in poorer outcomes for patients, poorer access to clinical trials; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49086/25]
1363. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will review correspondence (details supplied) and address the concerns raised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49088/25]
1364. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person will be urgently addressed (details supplied) and a hospital appointment expedited, in light of the severe pain this person endures daily; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49089/25]
1365. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if she will consider establishing a national radiotherapy equipment replacement programme featuring ring-fenced annual funding to support a planned ten-year replacement cycle (details supplied) guided by international best practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49127/25]
1366. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health to outline all work carried out to date in the drafting of the proposed Public Health (Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill; to outline a clear timeline for its legislative progress and enactment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49139/25]
1367. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health to explain the reason a recent decision was made to award a contract for non-emergency patient transport in the greater Dublin area to a private ambulance provider when NAS ICV resources are already available; the safeguards in place to ensure that this is not the beginning of a wider privatisation agenda within pre-hospital emergency care; if she will c…
1368. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of ongoing funding issues regarding low vision aids within the midlands region (details supplied); in view of the funding shortfall, the steps she will take to provide emergency funding to each of the counties mentioned for the rest of the year; and if she will ensure that the funding for each of these counties is increased going forward. [49143/2…
1369. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of a body regarding a decision (details supplied); the actions she will take to address these concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49144/25]
1370. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health if the drug cemiplimab is available in Ireland; if it is covered under the medical card scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49145/25]
1371. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health if additional resources will be provided to support workplace well-being initiatives for employees with disabilities, including continued access to well-being training and regular visits from social workers, as successfully implemented by a charity (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49163/25]
1372. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the screening target for the BowelScreen Programme, and the number of individuals who have received screening between the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49165/25]
1373. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the number of cases which occurred in which a baby was born alive following a termination of pregnancy by gestational age, cause of termination, place of termination, and outcome, in each of the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49168/25]
1374. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to clarify the medical and legal definition of born alive as applied in termination of pregnancy cases; to confirm the point at which a baby is regarded as a living human being entitled to care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49169/25]
1375. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the reporting obligations on medical practitioners when a baby is born alive after a termination of pregnancy; if these cases are reported to the coroner, An Garda Síochána, or Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49170/25]
1376. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if each of the 12 cases reported in 2022 in which a baby was born alive after a termination of pregnancy complied fully with the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 and with Ireland’s obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49171/25]
1377. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the legal rights and protections afforded under Irish law to a child who survives a termination of pregnancy; if there is a statutory obligation to provide full life-sustaining treatment in such cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49172/25]
1378. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the medical protocols in place for the care of a baby born alive after a termination of pregnancy; if neonatal resuscitation and intensive care are mandatory in such cases where there is a prospect of survival; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49173/25]