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Niamh Smyth Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
2052. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received an MRI; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59989/25]
Erin McGreehan Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
2053. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health if she will include all ostomy products under the long-term illness scheme, given their essential role in daily patient care. [59990/25]
Erin McGreehan Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
2054. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health if she will consider introducing a medical card specifically for ostomy patients to ensure access to necessary supplies. [59991/25]
Erin McGreehan Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
2055. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health if she will remove the prescription requirement for ostomy products due to the financial burden and access issues it creates for patients. [59992/25]
Sean Fleming Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
2056. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time staff currently at work in positions (details supplied) in Portlaoise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59999/25]
Niall Collins Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
2057. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health if she will review correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60009/25]
Naoise Ó Muirí Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
2058. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists working in the school dental scheme in County Mayo; the plans to expand the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60022/25]
Naoise Ó Muirí Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
2059. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the number of children in national schools across County Mayo that are waiting to access the school dental scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60023/25]
Naoise Ó Muirí Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
2060. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the number of students in schools across Mayo that haven't had access to the School Dental Scheme for their first screening examination between 3rd and 6th class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60024/25]
Naoise Ó Muirí Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
2061. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to alleviate the backlog for students in Mayo who are waiting for access to dental treatment in primary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60025/25]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
2062. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the reason the waiting list to access the free HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) remains high or growing despite a Government pledge to eliminate new HIV transmissions in Ireland by 2030, with PrEp playing a key role in the strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60039/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
2063. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if the external expert panel review, established following the audit (details supplied) of hip surgeries in Children's Health Ireland (CHI), is commissioned and overseen by the HSE independently of CHI; and if CHI retains control over its remit, administration, or communications with families. [60040/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
2064. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if all children who underwent pelvic or acetabular osteotomy procedures under the CHI orthopaedic service between 2010 and 2024 are included in the EEPR process, regardless of diagnostic category for example both 'stable' and 'dislocated' developmental dysplasia of the hip; and if not, the clinical or governance grounds on which exclusions were made. [60041/25…
Peadar Tóibín Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
2065. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the specific role Children's Health Ireland holds in the EEPR; if CHI staff are providing administrative, data or liaison support; and the way in which the independence of the panel is safeguarded in practice. [60042/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
2066. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if the EEPR will include examination of governance, consent and decision-making processes leading to surgery, as stated in the CHI FAQ of 15 October 2025; and, if not, if it is confined solely to radiological and technical threshold review. [60043/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
2067. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the way in which families will be informed about their inclusion or exclusion from the EEPR; and if each family will receive a written outcome from the review, given that many have received contradictory information about their child's status. [60044/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
2068. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if any separate processes are being established by the HSE or her Department to examine systemic governance failures in CHI's orthopaedic services, distinct from the technical clinical review of X-rays and operations under the EEPR. [60045/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
2069. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health when the terms of reference, membership and final report of the EEPR will be published; and if those documents will be made available to families whose children are directly affected. [60046/25]
Liam Quaide Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
2070. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the management structure above the director of nursing in Cobh Community Hospital; if it is the same line of management over Midleton Community Hospital; if these services come under the integrated healthcare area management and regional executive officer of the South West Regional Health Area; and the names of the managers in question. [60069/25]
Johnny Guirke Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
2071. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of vacancies in primary care in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60074/25]
Johnny Guirke Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
2072. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the shortage of GP’s accepting medical card patients in County Meath; the steps she is taking to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60075/25]
Johnny Guirke Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
2073. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Meath on waiting lists for a new home care package; and additional hours under current home care package, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60076/25]
Johnny Guirke Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
2074. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for home care and for additional home care hours in county Meath; and the average waiting time for each waiting lists, in tabular form. [60077/25]
Johnny Guirke Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
2075. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs registered in County Meath. [60078/25]
Johnny Guirke Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
2076. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of dental practices currently accepting new medical card patients in County Meath and at the same point in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60079/25]