1095. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the fact that public health nurses in some counties are permitted to work four-day weeks, while others are not allowed any leeway in terms of working hours; the reason for this discrepancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8137/26]
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1096. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in each county who are currently on sick leave; and the number of whom are citing stress as the reasoning for their leave. [8138/26]
1097. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurse vacancies in each health centre; the number of weeks they have been vacant, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8139/26]
1098. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of regular general nurse positions vacant in each health centre nationwide; and the number of weeks for which they have been vacant, in tabular form. [8140/26]
1099. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the amount paid out by the HSE to agencies to provide agency staff to cover vacant RGN and PHN positions in health centres nationwide in each of the past five years. [8141/26]
1100. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the age in months of the oldest child to receive a 21-24 month developmental check in each county; and if she is aware of any region which is experiencing a delay in conducting such developmental checks. [8142/26]
1101. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of home care hours currently waiting to be released in each county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8144/26]
1102. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been approved for home care hours but have not received those home care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8145/26]
1103. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the total number of sick days taken by staff in her Department for each of the years 2022 to 2025; the average days lost per employee for each year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8165/26]
1104. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health for an update on the development of a primary care centre at An Spidéal, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8171/26]
1105. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health for an update on the development of a primary care centre at Inisboffin, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8172/26]
1106. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health for an update on the development of a primary care centre at Oughterard, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8173/26]
1107. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health for an update on the development of a primary care centre at Clifden, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8174/26]
1108. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health for an update on the development of a primary care centre at Claregalway, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8175/26]
1109. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health for an update on the development of a primary care centre at Oranmore, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8176/26]
1110. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a person with a disability who holds a long-term illness card, and whose prescribed medications are covered under the long-term illness scheme, is entitled as part of that scheme to have those medications dispensed in clinically required blister packs to enable safe administration in a home-care setting; if this service has been funded by the State to dat…
1111. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health if the forthcoming National Drug Strategy will outline alternatives to the current local and regional drug and alcohol task forces. [8232/26]
1112. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the rationale for the proposed establishment of regionals structures under the National Drugs Strategy; to clarify the governance, funding and accountability arrangements for these structures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8233/26]
1113. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the way in which population-based planning, that will be used for new National Drugs Strategy structures, will address deprivation and local need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8234/26]
1114. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the consultation which has taken place with local drug and alcohol task forces and communities ahead of the proposed regional structures under the National Drugs Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8235/26]
1115. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the way in which the independent, community-led nature, and preventative role, of task forces will be protected in the new proposed regional structures under the National Drugs Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8236/26]
1116. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health her plans to extend the scheme for healthcare workers who contracted long-Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8239/26]
1117. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health for an update on the status of a paediatric neurology appointment for a child (details supplied) awaiting assessment in Sligo University Hospital; if steps can be taken to expedite the appointment given the clinical circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8242/26]
1118. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner practices in receipt of the social deprivation practice grant in each of the years since its introduction, by health region, and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form; the total amount provided in each year; the average grant awarded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8252/26]
1119. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason a proposal to implement a new social deprivation practice grant has not been progressed (details supplied); her plans to implement this proposal; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8253/26]