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Sorca Clarke Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
1001. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the percentage of ambulance crews available to respond within 20 minutes of emergency department handover at Mullingar Regional Hospital in 2025, in tabular form. [4175/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
1002. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time to see a consultant ophthalmologist at the Mater Hospital for the first time. [4176/26]
Niamh Smyth Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
1003. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if a review will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4186/26]
Niamh Smyth Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
1004. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the status of a place in a nursing home for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4205/26]
Michael Cahill Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
1005. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the length of time children in Kerry wait for orthodontic treatment, the number which are waiting six months, 12 months, 18 months, two years and so on; the measures being taken to address these waiting lists, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4208/26]
Michael Cahill Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
1006. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the length of time the most urgent cases of children in Kerry wait for orthodontic treatment; the number waiting one month, two months, three months, four months and so on; the measures being taken to address these waiting lists, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4209/26]
Michael Cahill Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
1007. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the length of time the most urgent cases of adults in Kerry wait for orthodontic treatment; the number waiting one month, two months, three months, four months and so on; the measures being taken to address these waiting lists, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4210/26]
Michael Cahill Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
1008. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the length of time the most urgent cases of adults in Kerry wait for orthodontic treatment; the number waiting six months, 12 months, 18 months, two years and so on; the measures being taken to address these waiting lists, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4211/26]
Jen Cummins Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
1009. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the dental supports available for persons recovering from addiction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4217/26]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
1010. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health the circumstances in which a person’s next-of-kin would need to be consulted in relation to palliative sedation/midazolam in cases in which the person is at the hospital, clinic or nursing home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4228/26]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
1011. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health the legislation and regulations that apply in relation to the dispensing of palliative sedation/midazolam; who should be consulted and in what circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4229/26]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
1012. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health the funding available to patients with severe spinal canal stenosis to facilitate treatment in Northern Ireland or another EU state; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4230/26]
Matt Carthy Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
1013. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals to CAMHS in Counties Cavan and Monaghan in the years 2019 to date; the number of which were rejected, by year and by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4231/26]
Matt Carthy Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
1014. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the current WTE allocated to CAMHS in Counties Cavan and Monaghan; those positions which are vacant; the length of duration of any such vacancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4232/26]
Barry Ward Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
1015. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of pharmacists in relation to the eligibility for the free HRT scheme; the actions she will take to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4235/26]
Pádraig Rice Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
1016. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will review the long-term illness scheme in light of the State’s commitments under the National Rare Disease Plan (details supplied); if the inclusion of many rare, genetic, and metabolic disorders which require lifelong and medically essential treatment is being considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4259/26]
Pádraig Rice Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
1017. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the Strategic Review of the Eligibility Framework which was due to be completed in 2025 (details supplied); the expected timeline for completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4260/26]
Paul Murphy Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
1018. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that the current professional regulatory framework adequately protects the public interest where systemic or organisational ethical breaches arise within health and social care services (details supplied). [4261/26]
Paul Murphy Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
1019. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reason there is no statutory or regulatory mechanism within CORU that allows ethically bound health and social care professionals to report systemic or organisational breaches of professional ethics, as distinct from individual fitness-to-practise complaints; her views on whether the absence of such a mechanism places the burden of ethical responsibility enti…
John McGuinness Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
1020. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health , further to previous Parliamentary Questions on the matter, when a person will be scheduled for a hip replacement procedure (details supplied); and if the matter can be expedited. [4268/26]
Ann Graves Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
1021. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health if an orthodontic treatment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); the plans to tackle the extremely long waiting lists for orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4273/26]
John McGuinness Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
1022. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a report that includes all maps and drawings on the findings and outcomes of the extensive public consultation process undertaken by the estates management section of the HSE (details supplied); the committee or entity that made the decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4274/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
1023. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health to provide a detailed cost estimate for the design, manufacture, delivery, installation and commissioning of a single-storey temporary modular unit intended for use as an emergency department mental health assessment space. [4276/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
1024. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the total annual expenditure on emergency mental health services within hospital emergency departments in each of the past five years, by staffing, infrastructure, agency costs and non-pay expenditure, in tabular form. [4277/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
1025. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the proportion of the overall mental health budget which is currently allocated to crisis assessment and intervention services. [4278/26]