451. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that the HSE has refused to implement Labour Court Recommendation LCR 23209, issued in January 2026, which directed the restoration of the long-standing pay link between perfusionists and medical scientists with retrospective effect from 1 January 2024 (details supplied); the estimated total annual cost of restoring the pay link for all …
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452. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the supports and services that will be available to a school leaver (details supplied) if an adult day service placement has not been confirmed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46426/26]
453. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the reason the invalidity pension of a person (details supplied) is now being claimed by the HSE; the reason no notice was given to their spouse; and if consideration was given to the fact that they have a joint mortgage that cannot now be met. [46431/26]
454. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when the HSE working group established in 2023 to develop a national care pathway for lipoedema will complete its work; when the pathway is expected to be published; if there will be consultation with the public and advocacy organisations prior to its publication; if this pathway would include surgical and non-surgical intervention; and if she will make a state…
455. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the reason a medical card has been withdrawn from an Irish citizen (details supplied) who has lived and worked in Ireland for fifty years and was in receipt of a medical card prior to 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46439/26]
456. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if her Department has assessed the impact of overnight partner restrictions on postnatal anxiety, depression, breastfeeding, dignity, safety and maternal wellbeing; her views on whether blanket overnight restrictions on partners staying in maternity hospitals is acceptable; if exceptions will be considered for difficult births or for other issues; if she will c…
457. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health when selpercatinib (details supplied) will be made available here. [46451/26]
458. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or the HSE has assessed the impact of overnight partner restrictions on postnatal anxiety, depression, breastfeeding, dignity, safety and maternal wellbeing. [46462/26]
459. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health whether she considers blanket overnight restrictions after childbirth acceptable. [46463/26]
460. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health whether her Department will consider a national standard for family-centred postnatal care, including overnight partner support where the mother requests it.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46464/26]
461. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if she will undertake a review of the current graduation system in Northern Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46465/26]
462. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if she will undertake a review of the current system of (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46466/26]
463. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to assess and mitigate the impact of the US most-favoured-nation pharmaceutical pricing policy and related trade tariffs on patient access to innovative medicines and the competitiveness of the Irish pharmaceutical sector; the status of the planned inter-departmental or sectoral taskforce established to address these global p…
464. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the funding cut for the serious neurodevelopmental disability of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder; if this can be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46475/26]
465. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of midwifery-led clinics currently operational in Laois; the WTE staffing levels per clinic and the hours provided for each clinic, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46492/26]
466. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric urologists based at CHI Crumlin as of 9 June 2026, if she will provide the same figures as of the 30 June 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46493/26]
467. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the net cost of a 3% shift in favour of advanced nurse practitioners within the nursing workforce; the training costs and the number of nurses that it would relate to; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46494/26]
468. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE rapid response vehicles based in Laois and available for calls on a 24-7 basis as of the 9 June 2026; if she will provide same figures as of the 30 June 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46495/26]
469. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the current timeline for the completion of the reimbursement process for a drug (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46497/26]
470. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the weekly medical card threshold for people aged over 70 by €100; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46499/26]
471. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the reason a commonly prescribed diuretic water tablet has been removed from the list of medications covered under the medical card and/or drugs payment scheme (details supplied); the number of patients affected by this change; whether an impact assessment was carried out in advance of this decision, particularly in relation to patients with chronic conditions an…
472. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the current status of the reimbursement process for givinostat for children living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy; the steps being taken to ensure urgent access, clear timelines and no further delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46503/26]
473. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE employees with three or more years of service who have died in office without any HSE death-in-service gratuity then being paid for each of the years 2016 to 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46505/26]
474. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE employees under the age of 66 with 15 years or more of service that have not been offered access to a HSE pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46506/26]
475. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health whether exceptions will be considered for private rooms, caesarean sections, traumatic births, anxiety, breastfeeding difficulties, mobility issues or other clinical and emotional support needs. [46507/26]