565. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will address concerns that women are still waiting an average of six months for a mammogram at the BreastCheck Eccles Unit, Dublin 7; if she is aware that the majority of women seeking to access this service either have or had breast cancer; if she will clarify whether the results of mammogram testing at this location are generally shared with local HSE hea…
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566. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason medication (details supplied) is not free and available to stage 4 cancer patients; if she will take steps to improve access to these medicines for persons who cannot afford to pay for them as happens in the UK’s NHS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67593/25]
571. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the reason a person (details supplied) who made an appeal to the treatment abroad scheme on 16 June 2025 has yet to receive an update; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67626/25]
618. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2018 of 4 November 2025, the number of counselling sessions provided by a service (details supplied), by unplanned pregnancy calls and post-abortion clients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67918/25]
619. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 134 of 7 May 2025, the criteria used to classify calls to a service (details supplied) in the previously referenced categories of "Counselling" "Information" and "Listening support"; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67919/25]
491. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the actions that will be taken in terms of the ongoing health impact of infrasound noise from wind turbines on residents in Stonestown, Cloghan, County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66822/25]
947. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will direct each HSE community healthcare organisations and hospital group to provide information with regard to HSE clinicians undertaking overseas training or observerships related to complex termination of pregnancy care where such training overseas has been approved and undertaken from 2020 to date in 2025; if she will direct that such information will …
946. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will assist in the scheduling of a chemotherapy appointment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62722/25]
995. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 894 of 14 October 2025, if she will direct the HSE to provide an answer to the question; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62944/25]
996. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists currently offering services to medical card holders in County Offaly; the number of dentists that have exited from the scheme offering dental care to medical card holders in Offaly in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62945/25]
997. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will address concerns that the incidence rate of tuberculosis is increasing among the general population; if she will provide data on the number of reported cases in each of the years 2021 to date in 2025; her views on the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control Tuberculosis Surveillance and Monitoring that the incidence level of TB is likely to …
1649. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will assist in the case of a person seeking home care supports (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57879/25]
1715. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will assist in the case of a child (details supplied) needing a wheelchair; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58115/25]
2018. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the amount of money that has been used to fund MyOptions, in the categories of staff salaries, advertising, and other costs by year from 2019 to date in 2025, in tabular form; the amount of this expenditure that has been used to fund post-abortion counselling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59684/25]
2019. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of communications received by HSE MyOptions from women seeking post-abortion counselling from 2020 to date, by category (phone or webchat), by month, in tabular form; the number of counselling sessions provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59685/25]
223. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will assist in the provision of a new wheelchair for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57616/25]
739. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of recent remarks by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls (details supplied), who formally spoke out against the practice of surrogacy at a UN General Assembly event; if she is aware of and will respond to the concerns outlined in the Special Rapporteurs report presented on 10 October 2025 before the UN General …
843. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the details of all reports, including consultancy reports commissioned by her Department from 1 January 2024 to date in 2025, that could be categorised as not for external publication or marked for internal use only; the cost of each report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57293/25]
335. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene to secure a wheelchair for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56145/25]
362. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of children habitually resident in Ireland that have travelled to the United Kingdom for HSE-referred transgender-related healthcare since the start of 2020; the locations and names of the services to which they travelled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56268/25]
363. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide details on the training provided by the HSE from 2019 onwards to medical staff involved in carrying out late term abortions; if HSE medical staff have travelled abroad to receive such training since 2019; if so, to provide details of same, and the expense incurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56269/25]
364. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the work of the HSE’s National Office for Human Rights and Equality Policy with respect to the drafting of terms of reference for use in developing national guidance on mixed sex accommodation in hospitals; to provide an update on the working group established to examine best practice in other jurisdictions, and any local policies that have…
294. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if a podiatry clinic will be included in the new Birr primary care centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55629/25]
826. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene in an urgent case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54730/25]
894. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide details of all contracts entered into by the HSE for the purchase of property or land in County Offaly from 2021 to date in 2025; the total value of such contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55357/25]