526. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2647 of 29 July 2025, if any further professional bodies have been asked for representatives for the HSE gender programme; and the professions which are currently represented. [67339/25]
Parliamentary questions
Questions
TDs ask ministers questions to get answers on the record, most of them in writing. Here is every one asked in the 34th Dáil, by the department it went to and the subject heading it was filed under. How questions work
Browse the questions
731 questions match, newest first.
527. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the involvement of trans-representative groups in the HSE gender programme. [67340/25]
528. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the position regarding adding spinal muscular atrophy to the national heel prick test (details supplied). [67350/25]
529. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the action she will take to ensure a person (details supplied) receives the diagnostic testing they need promptly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67352/25]
530. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health when newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) will commence; the reasons for the more than two-year delay since the decision to add SMA to the national heel-prick programme; and if he will provide a definitive implementation date. [67355/25]
531. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health if her Department has reviewed the latest European data showing that most EU countries implemented SMA newborn screening within 10-18 months, with 80% of European babies already screened by September 2025; and how Ireland's ongoing delay is being justified in that context. [67356/25]
532. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the remaining operational, laboratory, or procurement barriers to the implementation of SMA newborn screening; the work underway to resolve these; and the expected timeline for completion. [67357/25]
533. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health if her Department has assessed the clinical risk posed by continued delays in SMA newborn screening, given that infants diagnosed after symptom onset face irreversible neuromuscular deterioration and poorer lifelong outcomes; and to publish any related risk assessments. [67358/25]
534. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the governance structures in place to oversee the introduction of new conditions to the national newborn screening programme; and the way in which accountability is being ensured in relation to the delayed implementation of SMA screening. [67359/25]
535. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of children on South Tipperary primary care waiting lists for OT, SLT, psychology and physiotherapy; the breakdown of therapists available on primary care teams across South Tipperary, by primary care team location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67361/25]
536. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of patients being seen by an organisation (details supplied) in Clonmel; the frequency of clinics in Clonmel; the numbers waiting for mental health supports in South Tipperary; the plans to increase the frequency of clinics in South Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67364/25]
537. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of people on the occupational therapy first time assessment waiting list for each local health area as of 1st November 2025 or latest date available; the number waiting less than 4 months, 4-12 months, and more than 12 months; and the number for each wait category aged 0-4 years, 5-17 years, 18-64 years and 65 plus years, in tabular form. [67386/25]
538. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for adults special care needs GA waiting list for routine dental care in each hospital, in tabular form. [67394/25]
539. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for children GA waiting list for routine dental care in each hospital, in tabular form. [67395/25]
540. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient surgeries cancelled at University Hospital Limerick during the years 2020 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67424/25]
541. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of outpatient surgeries cancelled at University Hospital Limerick during the years 2020 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67425/25]
542. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health the status of future plans for the former health centre located in Kilsheelan, County Tipperary; the reason the building has remained vacant for over twelve months; if she will engage with the local community regarding proposals for its reuse, including its potential development as a centre for circular economy initiatives or as a small-scale residential facili…
543. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the type of training provided to staff within her Department in the use of, or understanding of artificial intelligence; if a programme is planned for all staff on their obligations under the EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67465/25]
544. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.185 of 9 July 2025, the costs of electricity and gas for the same period for each hospital, in tabular form. [67486/25]
545. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of children travelling to Britain for paediatric haematopoietic stem cell transplant surgery, by year, from 2015 to date in 2055. [67495/25]
546. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the cost to the State of sending a child to a British hospital for paediatric haematopoietic stem cell transplant surgery. [67496/25]
547. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the supports which are available to families from the HSE having to travel to Britain for paediatric haematopoietic stem cell transplant surgery. [67497/25]
548. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the actions her Department has taken to encourage CHI to adopt the findings and advice of the repatriation of paediatric haematopoietic stem cell transplant services to Ireland: a Health Technology Assessment – February 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67498/25]
549. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to publish all correspondence between her Department and CHI relating to the implementation of the findings and advice of the repatriation of paediatric haematopoietic stem cell transplant services to Ireland: a Health Technology Assessment – February 2023. [67499/25]
550. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the financial supports and logistical supports which are available to families upon the death of a child family member at a health facility abroad, for whom that child had been referred to treatment by health services in Ireland. [67500/25]