1011. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently on waiting lists for initial assessments for mental health services in the Roscommon-Galway constituency; the average waiting time for these assessments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61465/25]
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1012. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting for follow-up appointments or ongoing treatment in mental health services in Roscommon-Galway; the average duration of these waits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61466/25]
1013. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the measures being implemented to reduce hospital waiting times in the Roscommon-Galway region, particularly at Portiuncula and Roscommon University Hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61470/25]
1014. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health if her Department has conducted a review of ambulance response times in rural areas of Roscommon and Galway; the actions being taken to improve emergency response efficiency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61471/25]
1015. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of children in Galway and Roscommon that have missed critical developmental checks in the past 12 months; whether her Department has assessed the long-term impact; the plans in place to ensure timely access to these checks going forward; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61472/25]
1016. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the efforts being made by the HSE to recruit staff for the home support services being delivered in Carlow and Kilkenny; the estimated number of extra staff required to fulfil all of the demands on the service; the number of frontline staff directly employed by the HSE in the service; the number of agency staff employed for each of the past three years; if a …
1017. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of dental services to medical card holders as thousands of medical card holders across the country cannot currently afford to attend a dentist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61551/25]
1018. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health her views on the need to provide additional supports to persons attempting to quit vaping; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61568/25]
1019. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if she will allocate additional funds to the mental health budget. [61569/25]
1020. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if an urgent CT scan will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in St. James's Hospital. [61597/25]
1021. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of an application for medication by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61600/25]
1022. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if she will roll out the inclusion of a test for spinal muscular atrophy by November 2025, the second anniversary of the announcement that it would be added (details supplied). [61601/25]
1023. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if she will address the issue that a national transfer system does not exist for health and social care professionals only for clerical and management grades; when the need for fair mobility across the system will be available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61633/25]
1024. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive the treatment at Cappagh Hospital; if she will ensure that the necessary treatment is expedited for this patient; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61634/25]
1025. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the baseline budget for Local and Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Forces in each year 2023 to 2026; the breakdown of the core LDATF funding; the additional community-based drug services funding allocated via the Drugs Initiative budget; and temporary or non-baseline allocations. [61646/25]
1026. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the €1.7 million additional community-based funding allocated in Budget 2025 has been incorporated into the 2026 baseline for Local Drugs and Alcohol Task Forces; and if not, the reason. [61647/25]
1027. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the way in which Budget 2026 achieves 'no reduction' in Local Drugs and Alcohol Task Force funding when the overall allocation for the drugs initiative has fallen from €11.6 million to €8.7 million. [61648/25]
1028. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the funding per capita for Local Drugs and Alcohol Task Forces operating in high-risk areas including Finglas-Cabra, Ballymun, the Canal Communities, Tallaght and the North Inner City; and to compare this with 2008 levels. [61649/25]
1029. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reason Budget 2026 contains no emerging needs allocation for Local Drugs and Alcohol Task Forces, despite clear evidence of new patterns of drug use for example, crack cocaine and increased demand for harm reduction services. [61650/25]
1030. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the way in which her Department reconciles its claim of 'no reduction in allocations' to Local Drugs and Alcohol Taskforces with the 25% variation between Budget 2025 and Budget 2026 reported publicly. [61651/25]
1031. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the level of foresight or future planning that operates within her Department; who is responsible for long-term planning; the input these individuals or teams have into Departmental policy and practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61664/25]
1032. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her plans to maintain special leave with pay for healthcare workers injured on the frontline during the pandemic; if not, if she still plans to end this arrangement at the end of 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61672/25]
1033. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an application for continuous glucose monitoring technology submitted to the primary care reimbursement service by the patients diabetes nurse specialist (details supplied) St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny, will be reviewed and approved as a matter of urgency. [61678/25]
1034. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health for an update on an urgent appointment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61690/25]
1035. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health for an update in regard to a person awaiting an operation (detail supplied). [61696/25]