909. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the way in which the Government’s legislative response to the rise in vaping intends to be future proofed and cater for novel products such as nicotine pouches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32691/25]
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910. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to providing QUIT campaigns with free NRT products to people addicted to vapes and nicotine pouches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32692/25]
534. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health if she will examine and expedite the approval of a new drug givinostat which has been approved in the UK and US for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31509/25]
314. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health when there will be equal access for spinraza treatment for adults with spinal muscular atrophy treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30952/25]
315. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health her views on age-based exclusion for adults with SMA and if she believes a fairer criteria is introduced to ensure all adults with SMA are treated equally under the healthcare system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30953/25]
1262. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health if she will follow the lead of the NHS in England in rolling out mental health accident and emergency departments and consider the same for Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28932/25]
1598. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health if she plans to reintroduce statutory schemes that ceased in 2012 to supplement the cost of existing or newly diagnosed patients with coeliac disease requiring gluten-free diets to supplement the cost of the diet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30415/25]
674. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health if weight-loss drugs such as ozempic and mounjaro will be made available to medical card patients; her views on whether they should; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28848/25]
860. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health when the new national drugs strategy will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25834/25]
396. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health for a list of all staff currently employed at the adult diabetes clinic in University Hospital Limerick, specifying the post held by each individual; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22960/25]
397. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health to outline the professional training provided to staff at University Hospital Limerick over the past two years in preparation for the introduction of dose adjustment for normal eating and insulin pump therapy for adults in the Midwest; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22961/25]
398. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the reason adults with Type 1 diabetes attending University Hospital Limerick are not yet offered insulin pumps as a treatment option, despite the presence of qualified staff to initiate pump therapy; the measures being taken to address this gap in service provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22962/25]
2326. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant vascular surgeons based at University Hospital Limerick in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [20245/25]
2327. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of optometrists registered with the community optometry scheme in each of the past three years ,in tabular form. [20246/25]
2347. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health when she will sign off on regulations (details supplied) to allow the enquiry to commence to investigate the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20314/25]
368. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health if she will consider the creation of State-run residential addiction treatment centres; if the money seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau could be used to fund such treatment centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14952/25]
397. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health her views on the co-location of Limerick University Maternity Hospital to the Dooradoyle University Hospital Limerick campus; to provide an expected timeframe for co-location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14805/25]
398. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the status of the home birth service in Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14806/25]
399. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health her views on whether the strategic infrastructure development planning process needs to be reformed; her views on whether the HSE should be able to submit planning applications directly to local authorities for hospital developments of over 100 beds; if the new planning and development Bill, when enacted, will address this; and if she will make a statement on th…
400. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health when the UL Hospitals Group will submit a planning application for an additional 96-bed unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14808/25]
401. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE vacant posts in the UL Hospitals Group, by job title; the cost of filling these vacancies; the estimated timeframe in which each of these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14809/25]
404. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the status of, and her views on, the interim HIQA briefing she received into emergency care capacity in the mid-west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14833/25]
677. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the work of the National Hearing Care Plan Working Group; when the group’s recommendations are expected to be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13304/25]
1525. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health if she has been made aware of problems with the Halcyon Radiation machine in University Hospital Limerick whereby the machine regularly breaks down leading to the cancellation of appointments for patients, many of whom have to travel long distances to receive their treatment; if she will engage with the HSE to find a timely solution to this issue; and if she wi…
404. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health to outline and list all the agencies and organisations she met in her first thirty days in office, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10320/25]