Questions

912. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the barriers currently faced by patients in Ireland living with lipoedema, including the absence of a published national HSE care pathway, limited access to conservative management such as compression therapy and manual lymphatic drainage, and delays or difficulties accessing treatment through the Cross-Border Healthcare Directive; the steps her D…

913. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE working group established in 2023 to develop a national care pathway for lipoedema has completed its work; when the pathway is expected to be published; whether patient advocacy organisations, including an organisation (details supplied), will be included in the development and implementation of this pathway; and if she will make a statement on the m…

914. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health if her Department intends to review the operation of private health insurers in relation to coverage for medically indicated liposuction procedures for lipoedema patients, in view of concerns regarding inconsistent decision-making, the use of criteria designed for lymphoedema rather than lipoedema and practices that may result in patients being forced to rely on the…

916. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the up-to-date position with the provision of Solas cafés in Waterford and Dublin; if they have been successful; if she will extend them to other locations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21804/26]

917. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the number of community detox places in the State; the plans to increase the number of places; the locations and timeframes involved in relation to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21805/26]

918. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the way in which the Keltoi dual diagnosis centre in St. Mary’s Hospital is progressing; the number of patients that have availed of the facility since it reopened; the number of beds in operation at this centre; if there are plans to increase the number of beds and or open further dual diagnosis centres across the county; and if she will make a statement on the mat…

919. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the procedure and pathway for an individual to access the dual diagnosis healthcare in the State; where can they avail of such a service; if there is a waiting list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21807/26]

920. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided to dual diagnosis treatment in each of the past three budgets; if the amount per year can be declared; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21808/26]

1738. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the number of people being refunded for payment of blood tests; the amount refunded for 2024 and 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18697/26]

1806. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE employed home helps who have retired in each of the last three years in the CH07 area; the number of home help employees hired by the HSE over this same three year period in the CH07 area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19012/26]

1807. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the number of private home helps who are working in the CH07 in each of the past three years; the number of private companies operating in the CH07 area offering home help; their names; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19013/26]

546. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health further to the publication of the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026–2029, to outline the proposed governance, funding flows and accountability arrangements for the regional structures within the HSE Health Regions; whether Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces will retain independent governance and decision-making authority over locally delivered programmes; and if sh…

547. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the way in which funding will be allocated within the proposed regional structures under the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026–2029; whether deprivation, social exclusion and patterns of entrenched drug-related harm will be formally weighted alongside population in determining resource allocation; and if she will publish the criteria to be used by HSE Health Region…

548. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the specific measures which will be put in place to protect the independent, community-led role of Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces under the proposed regional governance arrangements in the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026–2029; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17971/26]

549. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health whether, under the proposed regional structures in the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026–2029, all public funding for community-based drug services, including Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces, will be pooled at HSE Health Region level; the safeguards which will be put in place to prevent dilution of funding to areas of high deprivation; and if she will make a sta…

793. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health if she plans reduce the cost of the shingles vaccine for State pensioners and those who cannot afford the cost of the vaccine at the moment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16326/26]

971. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the amount of money paid to each agency the HSE used in 2025 to hire agency staff across all public nursing homes; the total number of agency staff used in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14298/26]

305. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the total number of agency staff employed by CHI in 2025; the total cost of this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13354/26]

306. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the amount of money paid to each agency the HSE used in 2025 to hire agency staff across all public hospitals; the total number of agency staff used in 2025 by each public hospital, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13355/26]

309. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure urgent access to welireg (belzutifan) for a young adult with von Hippel-Lindau disease in County Kildare (details supplied) where clinicians advise that delay risks irreversible loss of neurological and functional ability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10622/26]

1071. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances at each ambulance station in the state; the number for each of the past three years, including the location of each ambulance station, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9659/26]

1072. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for an ambulance in each CHO district; the average waiting time nationally; the average waiting times for each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9660/26]

1073. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the number of times a person ringing the national ambulance service has been told that there is no ambulance available; the number of times per ambulance station that this has happened; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9661/26]

1074. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the number of employees employed by the national ambulance service; the number per ambulance station; their rank; the number for the last three years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9662/26]

1058. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health if she will provide access to a medicine for the urgent case of a person (details supplied). [7780/26]