383. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department will take to ensure a fair deal applicant (details supplied) can receive long-term care in a location that best caters to their needs and ensures cohesion with their family. [27855/25]
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780. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a much-needed urology appointment at Cork University Hospital. [25149/25]
364. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the engagement by her Department and the HSE regarding the establishment of a Jigsaw youth mental health service in Waterford; and to set out the steps being taken to progress the delivery of this much-needed service. [21937/25]
2267. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if it is the policy of her Department and the HSE that home care workers directly employed by the HSE must retire on reaching 70 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20018/25]
2280. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if it is her intention to deliver pay equality for workers in Section 39 organisations to bring their remuneration in line with their counterparts working in the public service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20057/25]
2281. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if home care workers employed by community and voluntary sector organisations and registered charities will be included in any moves to deliver parity between workers in this sector and their counterparts in the public service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20058/25]
2309. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at University Hospital Waterford in 2024 and to date in 2025; and the nature of future refurbishment works scheduled to be carried out at the hospital over the next 18 months. [20193/25]
2310. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for paediatric ophthalmology services nationwide. [20194/25]
2311. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthodontists and specialist orthodontists working within HSE dental services in Waterford for children from 2022 to date in 2025, by location, in tabular form. [20195/25]
2312. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE-funded hydrotherapy pools available for public use; and the locations of these pools, in tabular form. [20196/25]
2313. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that have used each of the HSE fertility hubs in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [20197/25]
2314. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing funding to the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetic and Genomic Medicine Ireland by 50%. [20198/25]
310. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the total monies paid out or committed by her Department to each local authority in respect of building social houses and apartments; and home purchase for each year 2014 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16398/25]
737. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the current number of vacancies in Waterford mental health services, Waterford CAMHS and University Hospital Waterford department of psychiatry, including the details and durations of each vacancy, in tabular form. [15275/25]
760. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the reason there are no publicly funded routes to access diagnostic services in the southeast for autistic and ADHD adults, especially as public diagnostic services are seen elsewhere in the country, and private diagnosis can cost thousands of euro; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15373/25]
761. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the plans to ensure that neurodivergent adults can access public healthcare no matter which county they are from and live in; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15374/25]
762. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the plans to ensure that medical professionals receive an adequate amount of experience and training with neurodivergent persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15375/25]
775. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that a patient (details supplied) is urgently afforded access to an appointment with a psychiatrist. [15554/25]
736. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health why a transgender man and his wife are being treated as a same-sex couple for the purpose of fertility treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13604/25]
775. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health to examine the case for the reinstatement of medical cards for persons (details supplied). [13773/25]
71. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health her views on the worry and deep frustration of families and individuals in County Waterford and across rural Ireland about the shortage of GPs and the consequent difficulties being experienced by many patients accessing timely GP care, especially in rural communities. [10113/25]
90. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she is concerned about ongoing delays in approving the application for a Jigsaw youth mental health service in Waterford city; and her views on whether it acceptable that Waterford is the only city in the State, and the south east the only region, without such a service. [10828/25]
351. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the current status of the psychiatry position at Dungarvan Community Hospital; if a vacancy occurs at present; the total period of time from 1 January 2024 to date that the position has been vacant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6949/25]
352. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the total number of positions comprising the mental health team at Dungarvan Community Hospital; the number of these positions that are currently vacant; the duration each current vacancy has occurred, by position and number of vacancies, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6950/25]
353. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of suicide crisis assessment nurse positions that currently pertain to Waterford; the number of positions that are currently vacant; the duration each current vacancy has occurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6951/25]