383. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she intends to revise the fee paid to optometrists under the medical card scheme; if so, the status of these plans; the timeline for its implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18169/25]
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384. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she intends to increase the scope of practice for optometrists (details supplied); the work being undertaken in her Department with respect to this proposal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18170/25]
385. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the regulations being developed under section 23 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18178/25]
419. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the HIQA review into the use of surgical implants and medical devices at Children's Health Ireland; the date on which she expects this report to be presented to her; if she will commit to publishing the report thereafter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18322/25]
980. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the UK government's Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation recommendation that a targeted vaccination programme should be initiated for the prevention of gonorrhoea (details supplied); if a similar vaccine programme is being considered by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee; and if she will make a statement on …
1012. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting longer than two weeks to be seen by BreastCheck following an urgent referral, by site, in tabular form. [17506/25]
1013. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if there has been any change to the two-week maximum wait time for BreastCheck urgent referrals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17507/25]
1014. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for a mammogram, by site, wait time and referral type (details supplied), in tabular form. [17508/25]
1015. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total paid to each private diagnostics provider under the GP access to the community diagnostics scheme in each of the years since its launch in 2021 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17509/25]
1016. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the timeline she is working towards in extending the bowel cancer screening programme to people aged 50 to 74 years; if she is still committed to completing this programme expansion by 2026 [17510/25]
1017. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the integrated financial management system project; the timeline she is working towards for completion and operation of the new system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17511/25]
318. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time agency posts converted to HSE posts in 2024 and to date in 2025, by staff category, in tabular form. [16454/25]
275. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE on agency staffing and private recruitment firms, from 2019 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the services to which these payments relate; and the amount paid to each agency and firm. [15863/25]
283. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the progress on implementation of the radiation therapy advanced practice pilot programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15917/25]
284. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of people currently waiting to attend each radiation oncology unit in Ireland, by waiting time period, in tabular form (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15918/25]
285. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps that need to be finalised to fund clinical practice tutors for radiation therapists to expand the number of training places for radiation therapy at Trinity College Dublin and University College Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15919/25]
286. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the expected number of radiation therapy graduates in 2025; the number of relevant posts available for such graduates within the hospital setting upon graduation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15920/25]
287. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the last time the staffing model for radiation therapists was updated; if there are plans to review the current staffing model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15921/25]
288. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the date at which the National Cancer Strategy 2024 implementation report will be made public; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15922/25]
289. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to the lymphoedema model of care to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15923/25]
290. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her plans to expand community lymphoedema and lipoedema services in cancer centres of excellence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15924/25]
292. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for home care packages, by CHO and LHO, in tabular form. [15997/25]
343. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been brought to the findings of the Mental Health Commission in respect of compliance with national standards in the acute mental health unit at Cork University Hospital; the steps being taken to address the issues identified, in particular staff shortages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16300/25]
344. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of staff in the acute mental health unit at Cork University Hospital from the year 2019 to date in 2025, by staff category, in tabular form. [16301/25]
345. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE on agency staffing in each of the years from 2019 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in the acute mental health unit at Cork University Hospital; and the staff categories these relate to, in tabular form. [16302/25]