165. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health the plans there are to provide and expand services at existing primary care centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28463/26]
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218. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health the status of the national treatment purchase fund for 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28464/26]
2994. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health the steps that can be taken to bring Ireland in line with other European countries for the treatment of Friedreich’s ataxia (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25231/26]
3128. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of ambulance response times for both purple and red categories in County Roscommon and County Galway, broken down by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26033/26]
3129. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health the number of calls the Ambulance Service received in Roscommon and Galway, broken down by county for each of the years from 2021 to 2025 inclusive. [26034/26]
3130. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health the average ambulance handover times at hospitals and emergency departments serving County Roscommon and County Galway, broken down by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26035/26]
3131. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health the number of calls attended by the Air Ambulance Service in counties Roscommon and Galway; the associated response times, for each of the years from 2021 to 2025, inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26036/26]
67. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health if she will consider designating long-Covid as an occupational illness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17792/26]
82. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health given the growing population in County Wicklow, the plans being made to increase GP services across the county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17793/26]
570. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health the action being taken to resolve the situation in south Kildare and west Wicklow, where the health service is operating with a staffing vacancy rate of 44%, there is insufficient capacity to meet current clinical demand , and a routine referral to see a physiotherapist in south Kildare and west Wicklow is currently a 77-week waiting time; and if she will make …
83. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to expand resources in mental health services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5036/26]
84. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health the number of operations completed for complex laparoscopy for severe endometriosis to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64607/25]
147. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health if work will be carried out to exclude land gifted to a grandchild from the current situation where it is included in the fair deal assessment with no time limit or no option to be included as part of the loan arrangement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55033/25]
126. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health the number of medical graduates at all clinical levels who graduated since 2020 and who are currently employed in the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52552/25]
207. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health to consider automatic qualification (removal of means test) for a medical card for lung fibrosis patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52553/25]
2669. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive neurological endovascular or stroke care therapy. [47476/25]
885. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health the expected waiting time for a hip replacement and for further information to be supplied to a patient (details supplied) and this Deputy. [37836/25]
46. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health if she plans to roll out hospital transport services for patients attending regular hospital appointments who are not cancer or dialysis patients. [34975/25]
119. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health her plans for service expansion in the Baltinglass and Blessington primary care centres in County Wicklow. [34974/25]
172. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health when the commitment in the Programme for Government to provide a progressive career pathway for healthcare assistants will be implemented; the plan for achieving this across the healthcare sector both public and private; the funding that has been allocated to support this initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26237/25]
173. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made with the HSE in implementing a progressive career pathway for healthcare assistants; the reason the HSE does not support the participation of its healthcare assistants in the advanced healthcare assistant practitioner apprenticeship programme (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26238/25]
177. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health the actual expenditure on mental health in 2024; the planned expenditure for 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24516/25]
792. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health for an update on the vacant health centre in Donard, which the community would like to bring the building into use as a heritage or cultural centre; if the premises has been sold, been transferred to another State body or will be going on the market; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13890/25]
132. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health if all receipts from pharmacies can contain a breakdown of individual medicine costs and any other costs in the interest of transparency, competition and consumers. [9740/25]
1623. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health the number of staff based at the primary care centre in Baltinglass, County Wicklow, both part-time and full-time; and what their roles are. [1836/25]