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John McGuinness Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2527. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the reason for the inordinate delay in providing an appointment for an urgent facial procedure for a person (details supplied) at St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46565/25]
John McGuinness Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2542. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of checks each year by BreastCheck (details supplied); if BreastCheck prioritises the persons missed in year one for screening in year two; the way in which BreastCheck rations the resources; the way in which and when the glitch in the register came to light; if BreastCheck has a formal protocol for contacting women who need further investigation o…
John McGuinness Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2544. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she will respond to queries in correspondence regarding scoliosis correction and the correction of hip dysplasia (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46680/25]
John McGuinness Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2750. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she will provide for standardised breast density reporting for women who have mammograms in Ireland; her response to the campaign by an organisation (details supplied) on the issue; if the National Screening Advisory Committee has made any recommendations to her arising from the submissions it received; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4185…
John McGuinness Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Health
553. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she will outline the treatment pathways available to women with endometriosis; the location of specialised treatment clinics or hospitals with the appropriate professionals to support and care for women diagnosed with endometriosis; her plans to develop the services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40443/25]
John McGuinness Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Health
554. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a surgery appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40446/25]
John McGuinness Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Health
555. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the process by which HSE employees suffering long-Covid can engage with senior officials to determine their future pay and conditions or sick pay entitlements prior to the termination of the current Covid scheme; if the HSE will proactively engage with all affected employees to ensure a uniformed national response to ease the anxiety and uncertainty being expe…
John McGuinness Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Health
556. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she will provide the funding to roll out the provision of allergy kits including EPI pens and anapens at locations throughout the country accessible to the public to include schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40450/25]
John McGuinness Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Health
557. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the appropriate level of home care hours will be provided for persons (details supplied). if she will expedite a review of the case and substantially increase the home care hours to ensure a sustainable plan of care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40451/25]
John McGuinness Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Health
896. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the high tech medication repatha will continue to be provided by way of prescription through St. Lukes Hospital, Kilkenny, to patients that are already on the drug prescribed while under the care of the retired consultant (details supplied); if it is the responsibility of St. Lukes, Kilkenny, to resolve the problem and issue a prescription to a person; and …
John McGuinness Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Health
903. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if hip surgery will be arranged at WUH as a matter of urgency for a person (details supplied). [38930/25]
John McGuinness Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Health
982. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the medical ulcer service at St. James’s Hospital, Dublin is still available to patients that have been treated there in the past; if she is aware of a funding issue relative to this service that has caused senior posts and other positions to remain vacant; the number of outpatients that availed of the service and if they have been referred elsewhere; and i…
John McGuinness Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Health
988. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a procedure to deal with a dislocated hip will be arranged at University Hospital Waterford will be expedited as a matter of urgency for a person (details supplied) [39590/25]
John McGuinness Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Health
993. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be admitted to Beaumont Hospital to undergo back surgery, and if she will expedite the matter. [39618/25]
John McGuinness Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Health
1548. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health further to previous Parliamentary Questions on this issue, the status of the HSE pension entitlements of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30117/25]
John McGuinness Written 27 May 2025 · to Health
584. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she will ban the use of hexahydrocannabinol vapes in Ireland; if she will outline her plan to regulate or ban vapes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26759/25]
John McGuinness Written 21 May 2025 · to Health
166. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health to arrange for a meeting room to be made available in a facility (details supplied), for use by local organised groups whose members are recovering from major life changing health issues, such as acquired brain injury or stroke; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26162/25]
John McGuinness Written 20 May 2025 · to Health
778. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a special chair can be provided for a person (details supplied). [25096/25]
John McGuinness Written 20 May 2025 · to Health
779. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a replacement set of special footwear prescribed for a person (details supplied) can be provided immediately. [25127/25]
John McGuinness Written 20 May 2025 · to Health
878. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health her plans to provide adequate funding for the current services and supports available to those with an acquired brain injury, including the funding of an organisation (details supplied); the amount of funding allocated in each of the past five years to the organisation; her plans to add to the services currently available; if each CHO area will be funded to su…
John McGuinness Written 20 May 2025 · to Health
880. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the status of a public consultation process relative to establishing a master plan for the development of community facilities on the land owned by the HSE at Lacken, Dublin Road, Kilkenny; the number of submissions made; if a draft report is available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25926/25]
John McGuinness Written 15 May 2025 · to Health
316. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she will outline the number of agencies or quangos established by her Department in each of the past ten years and the cost to the State of funding each one. [24936/25]
John McGuinness Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1023. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 335 of 25 April 2024 if she will now expedite the urgent aftercare required by a person who had cataracts removed under the national treatment purchase fund (details supplied). [23372/25]
John McGuinness Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1024. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an operation triaged as urgent will be arranged immediately under the national treatment purchase fund (details supplied). [23376/25]
John McGuinness Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1025. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an appointment to attend CAMHS, Kilkenny, will be arranged for a person (details supplied). [23432/25]