2034. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the steps she will take to ensure that givinostat is available at the earliest opportunity to sufferers of Duchenne muscular dystrophy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20013/26]
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6. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health her views on whether gender-based violence should be ground for disqualification of a medical professional; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17502/26]
140. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health to report on her efforts to improve medical training to counter gender bias in the medical profession; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17501/26]
510. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health to consider the reintroduction of paid special leave for those public sector workers suffering from long-Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10739/26]
888. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if she will consider expanding the chronic disease management programme to include epilepsy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16850/26]
478. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health her current plans to ensure that those on the standard public service sick leave scheme due to contracting Long Covid can gain access to other HSE schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15670/26]
1060. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2610 of 8 September 2025, the reason none of the urgent recommendations of the private psychiatry needs assessment a person (details supplied) was asked to supply by the HSE has not been implemented yet; if she will recognise the urgency of the situation, take steps to resolve it; and if she will make a statement on the ma…
1061. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions No. 2610 of 8 September 2025, the reason four safeguarding reports have yet to be acted upon relating to a person (details supplied) who is in need of access to social work and OT; and if her Department will take urgent steps to correct this in light of the seriousness of the concerns raised in the reports and the time this p…
1062. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if she will meet with a person (details supplied) who has been awaiting support for access to mental health services, occupational therapy and social work to resolve and help progress the situation. [14935/26]
1130. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 11 of 22 January 2026, the date of and the matters discussed in the meeting with pro-life groups she referred to in the response; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8318/26]
266. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health when a person will be given a date for a marriage of convenience interview (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5087/26]
507. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health her plans to improve the current waiting list for marriage of convenience interviews, given issues that have been raised (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3186/26]
162. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health her views on a fundraiser relevant to her Department where concerns have been realised (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2601/26]
2231. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if she will engage with a service (details supplied) in relation to its 2025 funding allocation; if she will intervene to address the funding gap; if she will provide a multiannual funding plan to cover the real cost of delivering its vital services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74752/25]
2298. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if an organisation (details supplied) is advising pharmacists participating in the free HRT scheme to investigate if their patients are transgender where they suspect the gender marker on their medical records differs from their sex assigned at birth; if so, by what means pharmacists are being advised to identify such cases and obtain this information; the leg…
2302. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health to consider aiding in the medical evacuation of a person from Gaza (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75015/25]
2310. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health to consider the Labour Court recommendation to extend special leave with pay to workers with long Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75062/25]
2330. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health to consider implementing a reimbursement programme for patients who have been forced to undertake private healthcare for endometriosis due to a lack of public options; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75167/25]
2331. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the immediate supports and timeline for implementation of the new Endometriosis Framework; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75168/25]
944. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health to implement specific protocols on IVF clinics handling gametes from patients with blood-borne viruses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71598/25]
945. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health to consider providing funding to allow IVF clinics to provide separate facilities and equipment for handling gametes from patients with blood-borne viruses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71599/25]
946. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health her plans to allow patients living with HIV or hepatitis C to gain access to IVF given current issues around this have been raised (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71600/25]
1057. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health in light of the recent updated statement by the World Health Organisation on the necessity and cost of medication that treats obesity, if she will consider the inclusion of weight loss injections in the drug payment scheme for all those who suffer from obesity. [70174/25]
525. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health to consider providing funding for free blister packaging for patients from pharmacies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66968/25]
586. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 457 of 13 November 2025, if all valid prescriptions for HRT products, which are for the time being on the reimbursement list, are eligible for the free HRT scheme regardless of the reason they were prescribed; if not, the way in which pharmacists are expected to ascertain the reason a prescription was made when there is no …