276. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if she will enact the recommendations relevant to her Department outlined in the Joint Committee on Drugs Use interim report published on 22 October 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13119/26]
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277. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health her Department’s position on the decriminalisation of drugs for personal use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13121/26]
278. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health when the public consultation on the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026-2029 will take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13123/26]
279. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an overview of her Department's responses to recommendations made in the report of the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13124/26]
280. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the reason that preservative-free cosopt eye drops have not been made available on the drugs payment scheme given that it is being prescribed to patients in Ireland; the reason that the licence for preservative-free cosopt drops was withdrawn by the Health Products Regulatory Authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13130/26]
281. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health if all funding has been allocated for the 2025-26 year under the social deprivation practice grant support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13148/26]
282. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Health the standard pathway of care when a person presents in an acute mental health crisis to an emergency department, GP out-of-hours service or other HSE service; whether this pathway is applied consistently across all hospitals; the target timeframe for assessment and referral to appropriate mental health services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13…
283. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Health the number of dual-diagnosis clinical nurse specialist and advanced nurse practitioner posts, dealing with co-occurring addiction and mental health needs, currently approved nationally; the number filled to date; the number vacant; the number allocated to each CHO in the west of Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13150/26]
284. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health for an update on an NMBI overseas recognition application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13151/26]
285. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will consider a recent report commissioned by an organisation (details supplied); if she will consider adding Crohn's, colitis and irritable bowel disease to the list of illnesses which qualify an individual for a long-term illness card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13169/26]
286. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health when the Chairperson of the Cannabis Access Review Committee will be appointed; when the committee is expected to commence its work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13170/26]
287. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health her plans to add Acarizax to the reimbursement list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13176/26]
288. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health if she is concerned that the proposal to ban flavoured nicotine inhalation devices could have a knock-on increase in the number of cigarette smokers; the actions she will take to address these concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13181/26]
289. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health to outline any research carried out by her Department into the potential risks of banning flavoured nicotine inhalation devices; whether the potential knock-on increase in people reverting to cigarette smoking was considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13182/26]
290. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (detail supplied) is waiting on a follow-up appointment in Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13183/26]
291. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health when it is intended to fully implement the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13186/26]
292. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health for an update on the review of the model of care for the treatment of eating disorders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13193/26]
293. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the efforts being made to develop mental health services in Beaumont Hospital; the number of beds at the Ashlin Centre in Beaumont; if there are plans to expand this centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13194/26]
294. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health the location and full staffing cohort of each Traveller healthcare project team; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13234/26]
295. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health if she plans to increase the remunerated hours for which staff within Traveller healthcare projects are employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13235/26]
296. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to tackle the issue of over-prescribing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13236/26]
297. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health when the ethnic identifier under the national Traveller health action plan will be in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13248/26]
298. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE refused funding under the National Treatment Purchase Fund to complete treatment for a patient (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13261/26]
299. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the current capacity of child occupational services operating from the Longford primary care centre; if the post of child occupational therapist at Longford has been vacant since November 2025. and the way in which children waiting to attend this service are being dealt with in the interim. [13262/26]
300. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if she will expedite a child occupational health appointment for a person (details supplied). [13273/26]