2885. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total number of dentists contracted to the dental treatment services scheme. [42569/25]
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2886. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists contracted to the dental treatment services scheme in each regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [42570/25]
2887. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total number of patients treated under the dental treatment services scheme, in 2024 and to date in 2025. [42571/25]
2888. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of children seen by the school dental screening service, in each regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [42572/25]
2889. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons employed by the HSE to deliver school dental screening in 2024 and to date in 2025, by grade, in tabular form. [42573/25]
2890. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the integrated financial management and procurement system for the entire health services; the timeline she is working towards in rolling this new system out; the locations this system will be deployed first; the date at which she expects this to be operational in HSE-run sites, section 38 hospitals and section 39 organisations; and if she will mak…
2891. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of children who have had to travel abroad for allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplants since the specialist bone marrow unit in Crumlin Children’s Hospital stopped providing the service in October 2024; the steps being taken to reopen the service; the number of posts required to recommence transplants; if the required posts have been advertised…
2892. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the review of the paediatric orthopaedic surgery service at Children’s Health Ireland (details supplied); the timeline being worked towards for finalisation and publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42576/25]
2893. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has reviewed a proposal sent to her in relation to endometriosis care in Ireland; if she will meet with the author of this proposal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42577/25]
2894. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if work has begun on a new national maternity strategy; the timeline she is working towards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42578/25]
2895. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the programme for Government commitment to examine the introduction of free pelvic floor physical therapy sessions for women after childbirth; the work undertaken by her Department to date; the timeline she is working towards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42579/25]
2896. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she is considering regulating the profession of healthcare assistants; if so, the work undertaken by her Department in respect of this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42580/25]
2897. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has any plans to expand the number of midwife-led maternity units in the State; if she is aware of the World Health Organization’s guidance from June 2025 calling for global expansion of midwife-led care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42581/25]
2898. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that alcohol is prioritised in the new national drugs strategy; if she will commit to conducting meaningful consultation with groups working in the area of alcohol-related harm and alcohol policy (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42582/25]
2899. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the timeline she is working towards in finalising and publishing the new National Drug Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42583/25]
2900. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will commit to implementing recommendation nine of the evaluation of the National Drug Strategy “Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery 2017-2025” (details supplied); the steps she will take in the forthcoming new National Drug Strategy to strengthen integration of alcohol within it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42584/25]
2901. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the work being carried out in her Department to prepare for Ireland assuming the Presidency of the Council of the European Union; the areas of health policy that she intends to prioritise; if this will include tobacco control policy, and in particular the need to revise the Tobacco Products Directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42586/25]
2902. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will conduct a full assessment of the financial impact of heart failure on patients, including recommendations on appropriate actions (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42587/25]
2903. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to reduce cardiac rehabilitation programme waiting lists, which can reduce death from heart disease by at least 20%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42588/25]
2904. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on implementation of the National Review of Specialist Cardiac Services; if she will commit to implementing all recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42589/25]
2905. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the annual cost to the health service of treating urinary tract infections in women, including GP visits, emergency presentations, hospital admissions and prescription medications; and to provide a cost breakdown by age cohort, in tabular form. [42594/25]
2906. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the HSE of managing repeat or chronic urinary tract infections in women; if any cost-benefit analysis has been undertaken to assess the savings from preventive care or early intervention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42595/25]
2907. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of hospitalisations due to urinary tract infections in women in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and the associated cost to the public health system, in each year. [42596/25]
2908. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of deaths in women in each of the past five years where urinary tract infection (UTI) was listed as a primary or contributory cause of death, in tabular form; and her views on mortality trends linked to untreated or recurrent UTIs. [42597/25]
2909. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of women over 65 who died as a result of urosepsis or complications arising from urinary tract infections in the past five years, in tabular form; if these deaths were reviewed under clinical audit or HIQA processes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42598/25]