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Marie Sherlock Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Health
1247. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of fillings that took place under the dental treatment services scheme in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026. [64803/26]
Marie Sherlock Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Health
1248. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of extractions that took place under the dental treatment services scheme in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026. [64802/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Health
1251. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 691 of 28 May and 723 of 14 July 2026, to specify the stakeholder and advocacy group representatives who fed into the work led by the HSE Quality Improvement Lead on the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services consultant post concerned; and to confirm whether any external advocacy input, as distinct from documented clini…
Marie Sherlock Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Health
1252. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of approved treatments that took place under the dental treatment services scheme in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026. [64805/26]
Marie Sherlock Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Health
1253. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of dental cleanings that took place under the dental treatment services scheme in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026. [64804/26]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Health
1254. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of a case (details supplied); if there is a comprehensive explanation for the significant delay in emergency service availability to the child following the accident; and what, if any, efforts are ongoing to ensure such delays do not occur in the future. [64834/26]
Mark Wall Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Health
1256. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure urgent access to welireg (belzutifan) for people with von Hippel-Lindau disease. [64863/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Health
1257. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the details of any contracts in place between her Department and agencies under her remit with a company (details supplied) known to have provided material support to the IDF in Gaza, which the Government considers to be guilty of genocide, since 2023. [64859/26]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Health
1263. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the reason the company which has the contract for printing medical cards has been unable to do so for over a month; the reason medical card holders are being asked to download the HSE application in lieu of a physical card; when the printing of medical cards will resume; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64916/26]
Mark Ward Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Health
1264. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health for an update on staffing numbers in the primary care centre in Cherry Orchard; the number of vacancies per post; the waiting times for child psychology, child occupational therapy and child physiotherapy; and the number of children waiting for each of these services, by month, in tabular form. [64589/26]
Mattie McGrath Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Health
1266. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of specialised coronary care beds provided in UHG, CUH, UHL, the Mater, St. James's and St. Vincent's hospitals that have real-time telemetry monitoring connected at bed to a live critical care unit, CCU, monitoring station. [64881/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Health
1267. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 3446 of 28 July or [56368/26], the total number of nursing and midwifery staff recruited internationally by HSE services outside the national frameworks in 2023, 2024 and 2025, given the reply's own caveat that framework data does not capture direct international recruitment by services. [64878/26]
Claire Kerrane Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Health
1268. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health when personnel in the National Ambulance Service, including paramedics, will receive the agreed pay increase and back pay that is due. [64879/26]
Niamh Smyth Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Health
1269. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health If she will provide an update on the construction and refurbishment works at St. Christopher's Hospice, Cavan; and if she will confirm the expected completion date and opening timeline. [64890/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Health
1270. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 3446 of 28 July 2026, the specific measures in place to ensure that the domestic supply of nurses and midwives is expanding at a rate sufficient to replace the fall in international recruitment, including the projected domestic graduate output for each year to 2028. [64877/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Health
1271. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 761 of 28 July 2026, the assessment her Department has made of the impact of this reduction on nursing and midwifery staffing levels, including any effect on vacancy rates and safe staffing frameworks. [64875/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Health
1273. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2320 of 9 June 2026, of the consultants recorded as being on POCC23 terms, the number who are new appointees; and the number who transferred from a previous contract, in each year since the introduction of the contract. [64873/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Health
1274. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2320 of 9 June 2026, the evidential basis for attributing the change in outpatient and day case activity to the public-only consultant contract; to confirm whether elective inpatient discharges fell by 8.3% between 2019 and 2025, as reported; and, if so, the reason for that reduction. [64872/26]
Denise Mitchell Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Health
1275. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health her plans to ensure that the reduction of income to public maternity hospitals as a result of the ending of private maternity care will be offset and not result in a reduction in hospital budgets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64946/26]
Barry Ward Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Health
1276. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the actions she will take to support women seeking alternative menopause treatments due to them being unable to take HRT for medical reasons, specifically in relation to the significant financial burden the cost of these treatments place on them. [64941/26]
Barry Ward Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Health
1277. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of women seeking alternative menopause treatments due to them being unable to take HRT for medical reasons, specifically in relation to the significant financial burden the cost of these treatments place on them. [64940/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Health
1278. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 43613/26 of 12 August 2026, the number of patients recorded on trolleys in each year from 2019 to 2025 and to date 2026; and if the public-only consultant contract has been assessed against trolley numbers, given that the reply did not refer to trolley numbers at any point. [64871/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Health
1279. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2320 of 9 June 2026, if any formal evaluation of the effectiveness of the public-only consultant contract has been undertaken or commissioned; the title, author, date and terms of reference of any such evaluation; and to confirm, if none exists, that no evaluation of the contract's effectiveness has been carried out. [64870/2…
Denise Mitchell Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Health
1280. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the progress made on a national care pathway to help those diagnosed with Huntington’s disease; the additional resources and staffing that will be made available to support patients diagnosed with this disease; when it is expected a national care pathway for this disease will be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64955/26]
Barry Ward Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Health
1281. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health her views on the merits of financially supporting alternative menopause treatments for women who cannot take HRT for medical reasons. [64939/26]