633. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the reason for the continued failure to approve and purchase the drug selpercatinib as a targeted treatment for medullary thyroid cancer and small cell lung cancer for patients in Ireland; the number of patients undergoing treatment for these forms of cancer who would benefit from such treatment; the cost of providing it; if she will ensure the approval and …
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879. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if blister-packing of medications by pharmacists will be charged for in the near future (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65697/25]
899. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health when a person will finally get an assessment in order that they can be seen by CAMHS (details supplied). [65871/25]
1034. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health for an update on an urgent appointment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61690/25]
1053. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.1626 of 4 November 2025, the reason for the delay in her receiving the report from the National Hearing Care Plan Working Group which was supposed to have been with her in Q2 2025, and that now is expected in Q1 2026. [61770/25]
1054. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the steps she has taken to ensure that the delay in the publication of the National Hearing Care Plan Working Group and the subsequent implementation of its recommendations and the current delay in treatments is not further exacerbating the hearing issues of thousands of people. [61771/25]
1055. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the current waiting list for audiology services, by age cohorts, hearing assessments and procedures, and length of time on the list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61772/25]
1676. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health to outline the work to date and the progress of the Working Group on the National Hearing Care Plan; and if she is aware that any delay could further exacerbate the hearing issues of thousands young and old. [58035/25]
1677. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health when she received the report from the Working Group on the National Hearing Care Plan, which was due earlier in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58036/25]
1678. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that a charity (details supplied) for deaf and hard of hearing people has stated that any prolonged delay in implementing a national hearing care will result in placing thousands at risk of dementia, depression and social isolation, and that an increased investment in audiology services delivers a return of €16 per €1 on top of the often lif…
1990. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health whether the appropriate proportionality assessment was carried out by her or the Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board of CORU ahead of its adopting of the 2023 draft Standards and Criteria for Counsellors and Psychotherapists to ensure that the potential unintended consequences of any proposed regulatory changes, takes account of workforce ca…
1992. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to address the current laws on fertility treatment, egg freezing, IVF and surrogacy in Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59567/25]
1993. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to provide financial support or coverage for medically necessary fertility preservation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59568/25]
2062. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the reason the waiting list to access the free HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) remains high or growing despite a Government pledge to eliminate new HIV transmissions in Ireland by 2030, with PrEp playing a key role in the strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60039/25]
136. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health when she will introduce a proper disposal of unused medicines scheme as required by EU law since 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52119/25]
837. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the status of an application for occupational therapy and respite for a person (details supplied); when the person's file will be transferred from Limerick to Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51141/25]
2575. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the growing concern re the shortage of salbutamol. [40971/25]
2795. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the reason octenisan is not included on the general medical scheme for those with medical cards and for whom this product is prescribed. [42003/25]
3032. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if she aware of instances where people diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome subsequent to a previous diagnosis for ADHD were reported by health authorities as Asperger’s syndrome having replaced their ADHD diagnosis rather than as having a dual diagnosis; the number of such instances that have been reported; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42…
3286. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the divisions and officials in her Department that had a role in discussing or deciding the naming and branding of the new national children’s hospital. [44316/25]
530. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if there will be sufficient car parking spaces in the new Children’s Hospital and the associated Ronald McDonald House to cater for the demand of spaces from the parents of in-patients, those at the paediatric accident and emergency department and those children who must attend as out-patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40296/25]
729. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health to list all the public services contracts worth €10 million or more, which have been granted by herself or the forerunner for her Department, or other State bodies in the past five years; the value of each contract; the length of term of each; the expiration date of each contract; and whether any contract was discontinued during its term and for what reason.…
795. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the expected start and completion dates of the St. James's Hospital annexe planned for the new children's hospital's works depot on Davitt Road, Dublin 12; to detail the various medical, administrative and residential components; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35756/25]
796. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the progress and expected completion date of the planned Curlew Road primary health care centre in Dublin 12; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35757/25]
797. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health her plans for a premises (details supplied) on Davitt Road in Dublin 12; the expected commencement date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35758/25]