868. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the main policy achievements of her Department since 23 January 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38757/25]
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356. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health when HSE staff (details supplied) can expect to be contacted by the HSE regarding their future in the organisation as a result of recent changes; if they will be offered new positions within the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36779/25]
256. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will instruct the HSE to cease plans to move all high-protein oral nutritional supplements to list B (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36459/25]
79. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the HIQA review into access to emergency care in the midwest region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34749/25]
85. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on new capital investments and major new equipment purposes and new healthcare initiatives that will be rolled out in County Clare across 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34750/25]
757. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will extend the long-Covid scheme for healthcare workers who are unable to return to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33604/25]
142. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if her Department has any plans to reduce the five-day stay-at-home requirement for those with Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32886/25]
739. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the status of her plans to resolve the ongoing recruitment issues within primary care services (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31797/25]
741. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health when the medication known as givinostat will be made available in Ireland, given its potential role in the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31801/25]
855. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health why nurses are currently not entitled to bereavement leave (details supplied) that is comparable to other public servants; if she proposes to rectify this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32378/25]
880. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she and her Department will consider expediting the approval of givinostat to assist in the treatment of those who have Duchenne muscular dystrophy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32513/25]
1278. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will consider adding Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis to the long-term illness scheme to assist with the cost of medication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29025/25]
1570. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an overview of her Department's responses to recommendations made in the report of the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30240/25]
675. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health when senior management at Ennis Hospital were notified that the finance department within the hospital would cease to exist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28850/25]
391. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene to assist a patient (details supplied) who is in need of an urgent bed in a nursing home in Ennis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27970/25]
846. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 375 of 1 May 2025, when a reply will issue (details supplied). [25716/25]
1039. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if smaller and independent shopkeepers will be exempted from the hefty tobacco products licence fees, as per the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Act 2023, given that currently small shops are obligated to pay the same fees as a large-scale supermarkets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23513/25]
1097. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to expanding the long-term illness scheme to allow those living with Addison’s disease to be eligible for the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23712/25]
1184. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of over 70's medical cards in circulation at the end of April 2025, for each local health area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24340/25]
388. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter affecting pension payments (details supplied). [23119/25]
369. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the reason there are delays in introducing health information labelling of alcohol products; when labelling is likely to be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21957/25]
1978. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if early detection screening programmes for heart valve disease or structural heart disease will form part of the recommendations of the unpublished review of cardiac services in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18512/25]
2017. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of UK residents that attended emergency departments in Ireland in 2024 for free healthcare under the NHS/HSE reciprocal agreement. [18783/25]
2090. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the amount paid out in compensation to patients and patient families in UHL between 2015 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19222/25]
2091. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if there is a protocol in place in model 2 hospitals for the administration of epinephrine to patients who present at injury units with anaphylaxis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19223/25]