525. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health if her Department will assess a medication (details supplied) for availability and reimbursement here as a viable treatment option for phenylketonuria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66346/26]
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526. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health whether she will introduce a no wait card for those with medical conditions requiring urgent access to toilets; and if so, when she expects that it will be available. [66345/26]
527. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied) who requires an MRI scan and has yet to receive this appointment. [66388/26]
528. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied) who has been referred to Croom Orthopaedic Hospital Limerick for knee surgery; and when the person will receive an appointment date. [66382/26]
529. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health if she will introduce a multi-annual funding framework for the health service that reflects demographic change, healthcare inflation, agreed pay costs and projected demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66395/26]
530. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE Pay and Numbers Strategy will be revised to take account of safe staffing requirements, projected patient demand and the workforce needed to implement new clinical programmes and Sláintecare reforms. [66397/26]
531. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health if she will develop and resource a national safe medical staffing framework for doctors working in HSE services, specifying the number and appropriate grade of doctors required for different clinical workloads; and the proposed timeframe for its introduction. [66399/26]
532. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health when detailed medical workforce projections will be published by speciality and Regional Health Area, taking account of population growth, disease prevalence, part-time working and anticipated attrition; and whether postgraduate medical training places will be expanded accordingly. [66400/26]
533. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health if she will publish quarterly reports on the net number of additional acute hospital, mental health, rehabilitation and community nursing beds opened, broken down by hospital and Regional Health Area. [66403/26]
535. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if outpatient surgeries were cancelled in St. James Hospital on 31 of August 2026; and if so, the number and the reason. [66420/26]
536. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health her views that regulation is needed to protect autistic people from unscientific and unregulated products / protocols that can cause serious harm, such as chlorine dioxide solution and chlorine dioxide enemas; and her views that marketing chlorine dioxide as a 'cure' to treat autism should be banned. [66423/26]
537. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health for an update on the proposed new 60-bed Community Nursing Unit in Cashel, County Tipperary; whether the site selection process and associated report, which remained in draft in January 2026, have now been completed; whether the HSE has concluded negotiations for the acquisition of any additional property required; whether a preferred site has now been selected…
538. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health if she will expand the Chronic Disease Management Programme to all adults with eligible chronic conditions, regardless of whether they hold a medical card or GP visit card; and the estimated cost and timeframe for implementing this expansion. [66409/26]
539. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health if she will increase and reform the dedicated funding available to GP practices serving remote rural communities and areas of urban deprivation; and if she will outline her plans in this regard. [66407/26]
541. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health if her Department will consider funding increased access to ICS-formoterol combination inhalers prescribed as maintenance and reliever therapy (MART) in Budget 2027, given the potential for improved asthma control to reduce exacerbations, emergency healthcare utilisation and associated healthcare-related carbon emissions. [66486/26]
542. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the current status of the HSE review of the Huntington’s Disease Care Pathway; when she expects the pathway to be approved; and whether she will provide the funding necessary for its immediate implementation across all health regions. [66462/26]
543. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of orthoptists employed in the acute hospital system and across all health services, respectively. [66518/26]
544. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of orthoptists employed In the primary care system. [66517/26]
545. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the efforts the HSE have made to deploy HSE owned buildings for the development and relocation of primary care services. [66515/26]
546. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the efforts the HSE have made to deploy HSE owned buildings for use for GP care. [66514/26]
547. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to provide details of all HSE owned buildings that are currently vacant. [66513/26]
548. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the plans the HSE has developed regarding HSE owned buildings that are no longer in use. [66512/26]
549. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied) to remain in Dingle Community Hospital, where the person has been a resident since March 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66493/26]
550. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the recruitment process for the vacant professorial consultant post associated with Cork University Hospital and University College Cork will take account of the need to maintain skin cancer surveillance capacity for existing at-risk patients; the interim arrangements in place to maintain that capacity pending the appointment; and if she will make a statement o…
551. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who were under skin cancer surveillance at Cork University Hospital at the time the service ceased; of that number, the number whose care was reviewed; the number transferred to another clinician; the number contacted directly in writing to inform them the service had ended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66528/26]