1111. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of individuals in receipt of respite services in Cavan and Monaghan in the years 2020 to date; the waiting list to access such services, by year and by respite service, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62120/25]
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1112. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the options available to a person (detail supplied) to have an assessment to get correct medication. [62123/25]
1113. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) is moved to a location as soon as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62124/25]
1115. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she has examined the recent findings reported by a newspaper (details supplied) that identified 35 private health insurance plans as offering poor value for money; if she will provide details of any reviews, investigations, or enforcement actions undertaken by the Health Insurance Authority arising from those findings; and if she will make a statement on the m…
1116. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken by the Health Insurance Authority to ensure that consumers are fully informed of the comparative value of health insurance plans before renewal; the way in which the authority monitors and reports on products identified as poor value; and her plans to strengthen consumer information requirements in view of a newspaper (details supplied) repo…
1117. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that the current regulatory framework governing private health insurance provides sufficient protection for consumers against low-value or duplicative plans; if she has sought advice from the Health Insurance Authority regarding the need for legislative amendments to improve price transparency and plan comparability; and the intended reforms o…
1118. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health for an update on the much-needed new ambulance and training facility base for Sligo; the stage the appraisal is at; when a design and planning application will be forthcoming; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62217/25]
1119. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason Children’s Health Ireland has not yet published its 2024 annual report; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that, according to the last annual report, it was sitting on €42 million and is currently marked as red by the Charities Regulator for having not filed its report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62228/25]
1120. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the provision of special needs dental services in Nenagh; if she is aware that the post of special needs dentist has been vacant for over a year, with no replacement appointed despite advertisements; the number of children, including those with autism, currently waiting for dental treatment under sedation or anaesthetic in the N…
1121. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of children on CAMHS waiting lists in Kildare, by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62239/25]
1122. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE paediatric speech and language therapist posts that were filled within the primary care system within the former CHO7 areas in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62244/25]
1123. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE paediatric psychologist posts that were filled within the primary care system within the former CHO7 areas in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62245/25]
1124. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the new community hospital will be opened in Killarney; when patients will be transferred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62266/25]
1125. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number and value of contracts that underwent post-award variations; the net value change as a percentage of original awards, by CPV/category; and the three most common drivers of variation identified, for 2022–2024. [60943/25]
1126. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide any available data on the proportion of graduates in each of the years 2000 to 2025 who emigrated within five years of graduation; and whether such data is gathered by the CSO Graduate Outcomes Survey or Revenue-HEA linkage. [60957/25]
1127. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of WTE qualified accountants working within her Department in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [60969/25]
1128. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); if the decision regarding this person’s SUSI application will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60994/25]
1129. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider making provision for the establishment of a third level course for early years education through the medium of Irish in a Gaeltacht service town to ensure an adequate supply of professionals in the naíonra sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61115/25]
1130. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated average cost to the State of training a medical student and a nursing student to graduation; and to itemise these costs by component, undergraduate education, clinical placement funding, intern training, postgraduate specialist training, and any State subsidy to hospital training sites, in eac…
1131. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total annual public expenditure on training medical, nursing, and midwifery students in Ireland, including grants to higher education institutions and payments to the HSE for clinical placements, for each year since 2010 to date in 2025. [61187/25]
1132. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated average public cost of training a primary teacher and a post-primary teacher to full qualification, including teacher education programme funding, teaching practice costs, and capitation grants to colleges of education, for each year since 2000 to date in 2025. [61191/25]
1133. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for a breakdown of all spending on external communications and media, by company, including the amount spent and purpose of spend, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [61215/25]
1134. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the documentation which is accepted by SUSI for persons who are ‘hidden homeless’ that is couch surfing in other people’s houses (details supplied) and unable to provide proof of address through a utility bill/lease; if exceptions will be made in these instances; and if he will make a statement on the matt…
1135. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will review the current SUSI grant assessment criteria, given that some parents are being penalised where a dependent child previously worked full-time but is now returning to full-time education, resulting in the loss of that income; if he will consider allowing this change in circumstances to b…
1136. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if any universities in Ireland have or currently receive funding from China and/or have been persuaded not to study certain subjects or topics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61291/25]