Questions

1121. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if a decision was taken at Department of Health and HSE level, prior to the abortion law changing in 2019, to adopt an approach to pregnancy counselling services, such as including the withholding of public funding from any pregnancy counselling agency not prepared to engage in abortion referral under the new legal regime proposed in 2018; and if she will make a …

1122. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the figure of 10,021 payments for completed medical abortions (details supplied) represents the number of payments to general practitioners, family planning clinics and women's health clinics in 2023, but not to medical abortions provided in hospitals for women between 9 and 12 weeks' gestation; the number of such hospital medical abortions in 2023; the estima…

1123. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the way in which a reported figure of 10,021 early-pregnancy abortions in 2023 (details supplied) can be reconciled with a figure of 9,876 early-pregnancy abortions in the Department of Health abortion report for the same year, given that the figure of 9,876 includes early-pregnancy abortions in hospitals but the figure of 10,021 does not; the number of early-pre…

1124. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health her views on whether the current system of reporting abortion numbers based on abortion notifications from general practitioners, family planning clinics and women’s health clinics is seriously inadequate, with a large number of notifications being received late or not at all, and many of those that are received being incomplete; to undertake to change the system…

1125. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will include HSE abortion payment data for 2024 in the Department of Health abortion report due to be published end June 2025, specifically the number of payments of €300 to general practitioners, family planning clinics and women's health clinics in 2024, and the number of €100 payments to these same providers for post-hospital medical abortion patients w…

435. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to confirm that all Ministers of State within her Department have had their ministerial powers delegated to them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22134/25]

472. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason there is no availability for the provision of respite care for elderly patients in Offaly; the reason elderly persons in need of such care continue to have to travel out of the county to access such services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22271/25]

476. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE operates a national reporting system in relation to adverse outcomes specific to medication used in the provision of termination of pregnancy services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22311/25]

503. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken, or have been planned, to fulfil the recommendation in the 2023 Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 that "the HSE, in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, including the RCPI, should develop specific guidelines for comfort (hospice) care for the short duration of the life of b…

504. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the policies and procedures that are in place for communication of information on perinatal palliative care, by the HSE and management of maternity hospitals, to ensure that parents who are considering terminating their pregnancy at a later stage when their baby could be born alive are informed and able to avail of perinatal palliative care; and if she will make a…

510. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the proposal to prohibit the sale or purchase of flavoured vapes; if she is aware of industry concerns that such a ban may contribute to persons returning to smoking cigarettes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22470/25]

352. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason chiropody services in general practice for people with diabetes have been discontinued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21851/25]

353. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if an impact assessment was carried out prior to the decision of the HSE to withdraw chiropody services in general practice for people with diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21852/25]

2110. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19323/25]

2222. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason the relevant data regulations have yet to be signed off on which would finally enable the formal commencement of the non-statutory inquiry into the historical licensing and use of sodium valproate in women of childbearing potential in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19786/25]

2449. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will recognise fibromyalgia as a long-term disability for the purposes of healthcare, in line with a recent decision taken on this matter in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21038/25]

939. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health for details on ultrasound scans by private services contracted by the HSE, for the purposes of dating start of pregnancy for women considering abortion within the 12-week limit; to summarise total expenditure per year, in tabular form, from 2019 to present; to provide the current cost or range of costs per individual scan; the qualifications are held by staff oper…

940. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs reimbursed (PCRS) for the year 2024 and Q1 in 2025, in tabular form, for first and second consultations for terminations of pregnancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16954/25]

1566. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the incidents reported to the State Claims Agency which related to the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, per year from 2019 to 2024, in tabular form, specifically incidents causing harm (broken down by severity); other reported incidents (including near miss); the number of complaints by service users/patients; and if she will make a state…

1567. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the numbers of claims settled by the State Claims Agency which related to the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, per year, from 2019 to 2024, in tabular form; the number of ongoing claims; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10967/25]

408. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will support funding for a self-powered wheelchair for a person (details supplied) with significant mobility issues and who is financially unable to access one from his own resources; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10341/25]

635. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total number of full and part-time staff employed by the HSE in each year from 2020 to 2024; the total cost of the gross salaries paid to these staff in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8967/25]

636. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time or part-time HSE staff who have received written requests from the HSE seeking repayments of amounts purportedly overpaid to them in each year from 2020 to 2024, inclusive; the breakdown of these staff, by gross salary bracket; the total amount of repayments which were sought in each year; the amounts received or written off; the total over…

843. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to review the case of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7226/25]

719. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if her Department or bodies under the aegis of her Department received funding support for projects of any kind from the United States of America International Development for the period 2016 to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5651/25]