Questions

201. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she will sanction a HIQA review on the effectiveness of continuous glucose monitoring for type 2 diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6793/26]

202. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when she will launch the ‘Diabetes Services and Policy Review’ report; if new funding will be made available to implement its recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6794/26]

203. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health which of the new eating disorder teams that are being set up will cover the children of Westmeath. [6795/26]

204. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken to improve diagnosis times, treatment pathways, and specialist supports for women with endometriosis; the steps planned to expand accessible endometriosis care nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6800/26]

205. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can be considered under the National Treatment Purchase Fund. [6801/26]

206. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide details on the services currently provided for adult patients with epilepsy at University Hospital Waterford; the number and grade of staff that are currently attached to this service at this site; the number of current staff vacancies within this service; the number of epilepsy patients currently registered with this service; the number of patients…

207. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the funding situation in terms of pay parity with HSE equivalents and proper funding generally for section 39 organisations, including the restoration of pay parity between section 39 workers and their counterparts in State-run services; if it can be guaranteed that such parity will be maintained in future, including wage increases and to a…

208. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will assist in the provision of an appointment for an urgent surgical procedure for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6813/26]

209. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the current provision of staffing in the HSE substance misuse services in Louth; the locations in which clinics or drop-in services operate, and their frequency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6814/26]

210. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant consultant posts, by speciality, currently at CHI Temple Street; when each of those consultant posts, by speciality, will be filled, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6815/26]

211. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the dates in 2025 when she visited Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; the purpose of each visit, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6816/26]

212. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE senior counselling psychologist posts filled within CHO8 Mental Health Services in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6817/26]

213. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the hospitals that currently use pathfinder services; the hours the service is available, per hospital, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6818/26]

214. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when a psychologist will be in place at St Mary's Mental Health services in Thurles following the departure of a psychologist last year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6825/26]

215. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of ophthalmologists, optometrists and dispensing opticians providing services to medical card patients under the community ophthalmic services scheme in each of the years since 2019, by county and town/region, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6836/26]

216. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the planned statutory inquiry into the care of children with spina bifida and complex scoliosis in Children’s Health Ireland; the progress that has been made in appointing a facilitator to consult with advocacy groups regarding the terms of reference; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6837/26]

217. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if a new agreement with respect to the pricing and supply of medicines contains any provisions which would see the procurement and use of pharmaceuticals manufactured by a company (details supplied) discontinued where alternatives exist; if not, to state whether this agreement will lead to an increase in the procurement of pharmaceuticals manufactured by this com…

218. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of each of the recommendations from the National Review of Adult Specialist Cardiac Services in Ireland; the work carried to date in implementing each, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6839/26]

219. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she plans to develop a new national cardiovascular health plan following publication of the EU’s Safe Hearts Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6840/26]

220. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of her Department’s review of the Primary Care Centre Programme; the aims of this review; if work has commenced; the timeline she is working towards for completion of the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6841/26]

221. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if the primary health care centre in Arklow has been leased to the HSE for a 30-year period (details supplied); the process by which primary care providers may lease space within the centre; if she will assist in progressing an expression of interest submitted by a primary care provider who has sought to lease space but has been unable to secure a resp…

222. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health he process that is in place to support a woman with a high-risk pregnancy who cannot access a GP due to closed waiting lists; how such an individual can access the maternity and infant care scheme in these circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6890/26]

223. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list in Naas Hospital, County Kildare from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6983/26]

224. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to reduce the number of those on a waiting list in Naas Hospital, County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6984/26]

225. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there are free training courses for forklift licenses; if there are arrangements with employers that may permit trainees to obtain free training to secure a forklift licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6727/26]