685. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons with a special interest in knee and hip replacement surgery based at St. James's Hospital in the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [50379/25]
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3041. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if her Department or the Health Service Executive have engaged with the Department of Justice in relation to the immigrant investor programme (IIP) funding that was committed to a project (details supplied); if her Department has urged the IIP to release the balance of funding committed in order that the building project can be completed; and if she will mak…
3044. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists across CHO7 that are trained in manual lymphatic drainage therapy for lymphedema patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42948/25]
3045. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the number of recruitment campaigns that St. James's hospital took in the United Kingdom to attract Irish trained nurses, doctors, speech and language therapists and so on, to work at the hospital in the years 2023 to 2024 and to-date in 2025; the number of jobs offered per recruitment campaign, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter…
238. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if she will carry out a full assessment of the financial impact of heart failure on patients with recommendations on appropriate actions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39813/25]
239. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health her plans to alleviate high levels of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by heart failure patients by increasing access to psychological support which only a fraction of heart failure patients can currently access; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39814/25]
240. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if she will seek a reduction in waiting lists of up to two years for cardiac rehabilitation programmes, which reduce death from heart disease by at least 20%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39815/25]
241. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking towards the removal of barriers preventing cardiac and stroke patients from returning to work on a phased basis without losing their social welfare entitlements; if he will encourage equal treatment in terms of benefits for people living with other lifelong conditions and disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39…
20. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health for a report on Sharing the Vision: A Mental Health Policy for Everyone' Implementation Plan 2025 - 2027; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34708/25]
68. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the capital investment being made in mental health for 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34707/25]
141. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if she will address concerns outlined in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32876/25]
778. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychologists based at Newbridge primary care centre in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [31962/25]
779. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the WTE staff, by job title, at the minor injuries unit at Naas General Hospital; the number of vacancies, by job title, currently at the MIU; and the estimated timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular form. [31963/25]
780. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the current and capital funding required for the purchase of an additional helicopter for the HSE helicopter emergency medical service. [31964/25]
781. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE occupational therapists based at Athy primary care centre in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [31965/25]
1332. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the number of staff (full-time equivalent) employed by the HSE MyOptions service, broken down by year and by category, as qualified nurses, qualified counsellors, and other staff; to outline the training they are currently required to take before advising callers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29255/25]
814. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 177 of 18 May 2022, when voretigene neparvovec luxturna will be added to the reimbursement list in line with the Health Act 2013 and the national framework agreed with the pharmaceutical industry under which a company must submit an application to the HSE to have a new medicine approved; and if she will make a statement o…
122. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for building four new elective hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24131/25]
196. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health her plans to develop more regional inpatient rehabilitation beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24130/25]
1092. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if she will urgently consider the case of a person (details supplied), aged 51-years-old and suffering with MS, who is currently awaiting assessment by a neurologist as to whether they have Friedreich's ataxia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23667/25]
1093. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who is suffering from a chronic neurological disorder and enduring constant debilitating pain has not got the benefit of a multidisciplinary team or, indeed, any continuous provision of support and-or therapies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23668/25]
344. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE emergency medicine registrars based at Naas General Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [21795/25]
345. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for home support in CHO7 for longer than one month, longer than three months, longer then six months, in tabular form. [21796/25]
346. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the number of beds which will be available to the paediatric critical care unit in the new National Children's Hospital; and the number of beds currently available to this unit across CHI sites. [21797/25]
347. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the total number of people who attended a pigmented lesion rapid access clinics nationwide including the number who were offered an appointment within the recommended timeframe in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025. [21798/25]