903. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if she will address the lack of public laboratory access for patients at a GP practice in Gorey; the reason University Hospital Waterford has refused access due to capacity while St Vincent’s Hospital cites catchment boundaries; if her attention has been drawn to families with chronic illnesses that cannot afford private blood monitoring; if she will c…
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347. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health to clarify which services listed by the HSE as being available through Arklow Primary Care Centre are physically delivered from the centre on a regular basis; the frequency with which each service operates from the facility; whether any listed services currently operate on a part-time, outreach or occasional basis only; and whether any listed services …
348. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of school-aged children in the Arklow area who received routine HSE dental screening and examinations in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number currently awaiting dental assessment or treatment; the average waiting times involved; the locations where children are being referred when services are unavailable in Arklow; a…
349. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the capacity and availability of children's early intervention services in Arklow Primary Care Centre; the number of full-time equivalent staff providing occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, physiotherapy and psychology services for children; the number of children currently awaiting assessment and treatment; the average waiting times inv…
350. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of children resident in the Arklow area who were required to attend appointments outside Arklow during 2025 and to date in 2026 for occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, physiotherapy, psychology, dietetic services, diagnostic investigations and other primary care services; the locations to which those children were referred, in…
351. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of services currently operating from Arklow Primary Care Centre, County Wicklow; the number of full-time equivalent staff assigned to each service, including occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, physiotherapy, psychology, dietetics and nutrition, dental services, diagnostic and radiology services; the numbe…
481. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health in light of the food safety recalls issued by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) to date in 2026, the number of recalls issued in 2026 and in each of the previous three years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54584/26]
482. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the reason for the apparent increase in food recalls from the market to date in 2026 compared with previous years; whether her Department is examining the causes of this increase and engaging with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54585/26]
555. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health whether a successful tenderer was notified in quarter two of 2026 for a care centre (details supplied); whether a timeline for the project is now available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54583/26]
807. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if her Department or the HSE have undertaken an assessment of disability service provision in Gorey and north Wexford, particularly given concerns regarding staffing shortages and the absence of specialist supports available in other areas; and if so, if the findings will be published. [53130/26]
1046. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health to provide data in relation to the extent of the alarming rise in coercive abortion in Ireland; and if she will outline plans to examine the problem, determine its scale and identify measures to help bring an end to this form of violence against women and their unborn babies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34205/26]
216. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the reason the CAHMS teams in Wicklow and north Wexford are operating without a full team, noting that Lucena CAHMS is currently staffed between 62-63% and Wexford north currently has vacancies, with one post vacant for eight months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21271/26]
896. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the primary care centre in Gorey, County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28723/26]
273. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of minors nationally that have been refused service by CAMHS, by area, for the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27695/26]
860. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of patients Lucena CAHMS have refused in the past five years; the reasons for refusal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21532/26]
861. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of patients Wexford North CAHMS team have refused in the past five years; the reasons for refusal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21533/26]
862. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the reason patients diagnosed with ADHD cannot access CAHMS services in counties Wicklow and Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21534/26]
863. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that are currently waiting to receive home care in North Wexford; the length of time they have been waiting; if her Department plans to increase the number of carer positions in that area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21535/26]
864. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that are currently waiting to receive home care in South Wicklow; the length of time they have been waiting for; if her Department plans to increase the number of carer positions in that area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21536/26]
865. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if a preferred location, site or building has been identified for a primary care centre in Gorey, County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21537/26]
553. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if she will engage with the National Ambulance Service (NAS) following reports that approximately 80 newly qualified paramedics received an email from the NAS instructing them to sign a 16-week contract extension in order to remain in employment long enough to apply for a permanent position; the reason no prior engagement or warning was provided to the…
237. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health when the ten-bed specialised community mental health unit will be delivered for County Wexford; if this unit will provide service to adults and minors; if this unit will specialise in mental health crisis care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17255/26]
284. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the current waiting list to see an orthopaedic surgeon in Ireland, per hospital, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17427/26]
553. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if funding will be made available via the mental health capital plan for a specific mental health crisis unit for County Wexford; if so, if she can outline a timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13564/26]
555. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the length of time the CAHMS vacancy for a psychologist for Gorey, County Wexford has been vacant for; the reason this position has not yet been filled; the amount of patients currently waiting to be seen by a member of CAHMS in the vicinity, including a breakdown per year of how long they have been waiting to receive care; and if she will make a state…