Questions

1002. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health in light of reports that individuals’ genomic data may be at risk when private companies responsible for generating and storing the data are in distress (details supplied), the reason the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetic and Genomic Medicine in Ireland makes no reference to either retaining genomic services in public ownership or bringing priva…

1003. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health in light of the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetic and Genomic Medicine’s commitment to building the genetics and genomics workforce for the future, for details of engagements with the Department of Further Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science regarding raising PhD stipends in the life sciences to the living wage and granting PhD st…

1193. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health her views on whether it is appropriate that there is no national skin cancer screening programme in Ireland at present; if there are any plans to establish such a programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24377/25]

1194. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health to estimate the costs of establishing a national skin cancer screening programme. [24378/25]

1195. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health to estimate the current annual costs to the Exchequer of treating skin cancer and related conditions. [24379/25]

1196. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if her Department or agencies under her remit have conducted any research or analysis on the cost to the Exchequer of delayed detection of skin cancers, in particular, any research or analysis which considers the contribution of the costs to patients of private screening to the delayed detection of skin cancers; and if she will make a statement on the ma…

1219. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene in the dispute between the HSE and healthcare workers in relation to the pay and numbers strategy; the discussions she has had regarding the planned industrial action by healthcare workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16064/25]

454. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if she will provide data on the number of people earning more than €100,000 per year from employment in the public sector including departments, agencies, State owned companies and semi-State companies, broken down by their employing public sector body and the value of the salaries. [23718/25]

493. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health for updates on the sodium valproate inquiry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22376/25]

2083. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the details of all services, grants, loans and payments available to individuals or households funded by her Department and agencies under her remit; the eligibility requirements and any conditionality for receiving the service, grant, loan or payment (details supplied); and the monetary value, or range of values, of the service, grant, loans or payment,…

2317. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health in light of National Cancer Registry Ireland reports of increased age-adjusted incidence of HPV-related cancers in Ireland (details supplied); the reason the HPV vaccine is not offered for free outside the HSE School Vaccination Programme and the Laura Brennan HPV Catch-up Vaccination Programme for under-21s; her plans to expand access to the vaccine; an…

1019. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if she has been in communication with the Department for Social Protection as part of the interdepartmental working group tasked with assessing the impact of a new, non-binary, category of gender on existing legislation; when he is planning the next meeting with the representatives from the Department for Social Protection to investigate legislative impl…

291. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in commencing the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Act 2024; what steps are being taken to deal with the delay; if she can give a date for the commencement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15995/25]

796. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if she will review a case concerning two Palestinian people (details provided) who have been evacuated from Gaza and are in receipt of a family reunification visa as their daughter is an Irish citizen; if she will acknowledge the trauma and terror these elderly people with medical conditions have faced and the fact that they had to leave with no possessio…

814. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health for her plans to outline her plans to reduce excessive waiting times for accessing genetic counselling services for individuals discharged from hospital care with a genetic diagnosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15747/25]

815. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health for what supports exist post-discharge for families dealing with complex medical conditions, particularly regarding feeding difficulties and early intervention; what plans there are to improve post-discharge services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15748/25]

69. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if she plans to meet the demands for pay restoration and pay parity for section 39 workers given the ballot for industrial action by section 39 workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10164/25]

97. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if she will immediately lift the pay and numbers strategy to ensure that all health services can be staffed to safe and adequate levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10163/25]

829. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if she will review the means test limits for a full medical card for those under 70 and for those over 70; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7126/25]

213. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if the companies from which the HSE buy services are obliged to be audited even if they are not-for-profit companies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6509/25]

809. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if enquiries will be made in relation to the case of a person (details supplied) whose operation was cancelled due to the fact that they were placed on the wrong list and will now have to wait a further nine months for the procedure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6223/25]

812. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if she will review the chronic illnesses that provide people with a medical card and a GP visit card to include those suffering from chronic heart failure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6265/25]

813. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if she will review the means test limits for a full medical card for those under 70 years and for those over 70 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6266/25]

234. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of all funding allocated for the year ahead or spent in the past fiscal year by his Department on artificial intelligence systems or artificial intelligence research; what programmes or Department operations are conducted using artificial intelligence tools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3710/25]

260. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the total number of on-the-road/operational staff working on emergency ambulances and intermediate care vehicles across the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3926/25]