225. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health her plans to address infrastructure and capacity deficits for cancer services as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28468/26]
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715. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health when the Government will set up the patient liaison service (health supports) for survivors of institutional abuse as committed to in the Department of Children, Disability and Equality Action Plan for Survivors and Former Residents of Mother and Baby County Home Institutions Third Implementation Report (details supplied). [28582/26]
2769. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health for an update on the approval of omaveloxolone for the treatment of Friedrich's ataxia. [24114/26]
3003. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied), the supports that are available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25284/26]
315. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the cohort of women who are unable to take HRT due to a history of breast cancer, but for whom the drug veoza provides essential relief from vasomotor symptoms associated with menopause; if she will consider the inclusion of veoza in the drug payment scheme (DPS) as some women are being forced to abandon its usage given the prohibitive …
334. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 370 of 5 February 2026, the way in which the HSE can also report that this vaccine did not meet its cost-effectiveness criteria, considering that even retrospectively it reports no ability to analyse the effectiveness of its decisions with respect to medicines procurement (details supplied) [22580/26]
868. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if she will guarantee additional funding for all Drug and Alcohol Taskforce-funded community organisations to cover their mandatory contributions towards employee superannuation under the pension auto-enrolment scheme, in line with similar funding provided by the Department of Social Protection and Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (detail…
1887. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health whether she will increase the supports for those in need of hearing aids in line with increased cost of those aids (details supplied). [19428/26]
38. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health her plans to ensure that every public hospital across the country has the appropriate number of staff and spaces in emergency departments to assess mental health emergencies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17635/26]
81. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health her plans to address staffing shortages in child and adolescent mental health services and eliminate lengthy waiting lists in the provision of vital care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17636/26]
876. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if she will consider making the drug Omaveloxolone available to the approximately 200 people in Ireland currently living with Friedreich's Ataxia, given the life-changing impact this drug can have; if she will reconsider her position that the drug is not ‘economically viable’, in light of the relatively small number of people whose lives can be changed by…
972. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the mechanisms which ensure that the Health Service Executive is informed promptly of prolonged or recurring wildfire or smouldering smoke incidents affecting residential communities; whether formal information-sharing protocols exist between the HSE, the Environmental Protection Agency, local authorities and emergency services; whether any review was und…
991. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of making the HPV vaccine available free regardless of age, gender, or student status. [14482/26]
367. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if she will investigate the reason an elderly woman (details supplied) who was scheduled for surgery at St. Michael's hospital, Dun Laoghaire; if she will urge the HSE to identify a slot for the person elsewhere as a matter of priority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10839/26]
1129. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health to provide details of all active interdepartmental, interagency, and department-agency working groups organised under her remit. [10157/26]
369. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the reason she did not approve the rollout of the enhanced influenza vaccine for rollout in 2025 (details supplied). [8821/26]
370. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health to estimate the cost to the health system of increased influenza cases, and more serious cases, which can be attributed to declining to approve the enhanced influenza vaccine for rollout in 2025 (details supplied). [8822/26]
371. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health to estimate the excess deaths attributable to declining to approve the enhanced influenza vaccine in 2025. [8823/26]
1082. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or any body under its remit has any contracts with an organisation (details supplied); or has contracted work from that organisation within the past two years. [7932/26]
1083. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or any body under its remit has any contracts with an organisation (details supplied); or has contracted work from that organisation within the past two years. [7950/26]
1036. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if consideration can be given to abolishing parking charges for cancer patients (details supplied). [5921/26]
1081. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to remedy the situation with a building (details supplied); if the building will continue to be used in the support of people with mental health illness; and to outline any future plans for the building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6271/26]
41. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health for an update on the national linear accelerators (linac) replacement programme, including details of replacement plans outside Dublin. [4990/26]
112. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health to address concerns that Pathfinder services for older people are being withdrawn in certain locations (details supplied). [4989/26]
967. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the rationale for refusing to allow foster parents (details supplied) pay privately for speech and language therapy for their foster child, who has already built a relationship with an existing speech and language therapist, and acknowledging that change is particularly traumatic for the child; if this particular case can be investigated with a view to pe…