Questions

1801. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health to report on the waiting times for appointments for existing type 1 diabetes patients and newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes patients at the Dundalk Clinic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12111/25]

1802. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if dose-adjustment-for-normal-eating carbohydrate counting courses are available for diabetes patients in Louth; if so, the average waiting time for patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12112/25]

1803. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the supports available at Louth County Hospital, Dundalk, for people living with type-2 diabetes; when the promised chronic disease hub will be opening there; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12113/25]

1804. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of patients in Louth, and specifically in Dundalk, with type 2 diabetes attending GPs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12114/25]

1805. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of hours in Louth County Hospital, Dundalk, allocated to the newly appointed endocrinologist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12115/25]

1806. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of diabetes specialist nurses/dietitians/chiropodists/psychologists presently working in Dundalk diabetes clinic; if these posts are specifically dedicated for people with type 1 and type 2 or other types of diabetes; if they are located exclusively in Dundalk; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12116/25]

1807. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the numbers availing of education courses on type 2 diabetes held at Dundalk Library; the numbers availing of the Living Well programme provided by public nurses in the Dundalk area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12117/25]

1808. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to open up a diabetes eye-screening location in the Dundalk area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12118/25]

1809. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if there is a community engagement programme or outreach programme for people living with diabetes in the Dundalk area; if so, the form that engagement takes; the number of people it reaches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12119/25]

373. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the range of specific financial supports or grant aid the HSE provides to not-for-profit organisations that operate emergency accommodation in cases where such bodies also provide medical supports such as supervised medication management, addiction supports and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8692/25]

389. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the reason the decision to close down the HSE’s heartwatch programme was taken; if she is aware that the programme’s closure is having a significant impact on those who depended on the programme to monitor their heart health, particularly those not in receipt of a medical card (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8730/25]

839. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health for an update on a matter (details supplied) from the Minister of State for Mental Health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7188/25]

237. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if she will provide details of any planned changes to remote working arrangements applying to staff in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6693/25]

266. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if the downgrading of emergency department services at Navan Hospital is impacting the growing numbers attending the emergency department at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, leading to overcrowding and long delays; if she plans to invest in upgrading and increasing capacity at the emergency departments in Navan Hospital and Our Lady of Lourdes in Drogheda; a…

626. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health given the known shortage of radiation therapists in Ireland and their vital role in fighting cancer and given the financial impediments to students of radiation therapy (details supplied), if she and her Government colleagues have plans to extend financial assistance to radiation therapy students similar to that afforded to nurses in the later years of their training…

1266. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the total value of the annual mileage claims for each Ministers of State assigned to her Department in 2023 and 2024 respectively; to provide a breakdown for each year of the individual claims; the annual cost of overnight allowances related to the civilian drivers of each relevant Minister of State in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. […

1267. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health to list the composition of her private office, inclusive of the grade and increment of each civil servant assigned to their office; whether they are located in the private or constituency office; the value of any allowance paid to those individuals and the purpose of each allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3271/25]

1483. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in commencing the free HRT scheme; when the scheme will commence for qualifying patients; if he will arrange for women who should have benefited from the scheme since 1 January 2025 to be reimbursed any expenses accrued up to the formal commencement of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1064/25]

1594. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health to request the HSE to address a serious matter (details supplied) in relation to diagnostic failures and the treatment implications for a person; the steps being taken to address these failures and to ensure that the woman concerned is receiving appropriate, effective and timely treatment; the steps being taken to ensure that any woman at risk of breast cancer recei…