1946. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the funding streams available in her Department to family resource centres for capital projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59324/25]
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290. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the procurement reforms expected at her Department as announced in Budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55590/25]
291. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health if she plans to publish a national eyecare strategy in view of current high ophthalmology waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55591/25]
683. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health whether her Department will include a medication (details supplied) in the drug payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53695/25]
708. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health to outline the progress to date on the Programme for Government commitment to make eye care services more accessible to everyone; and to review the National Clinical Programme for Ophthalmology; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53924/25]
709. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health whether data is currently compiled to track the number of patients currently travelling to Northern Ireland for cataract surgery; if that data is published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53925/25]
710. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health if her plans to build national capacity for clinical genetic testing includes the establishment of a public sector-run national genomics laboratory; if so, the anticipated timeline for this development; the level of funding required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53930/25]
711. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health her plans to introduce and expand access to medical retinal procedures within the public health system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53931/25]
712. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the Irish public hospital laboratories that are accredited to ISO 15189:2022 standard to deliver for clinical genetic tests; if she will specify the clinical genetic tests for which they hold this accreditation; and if she will outline the average turnaround times for these laboratories in delivering results back to the requesting clinician and patient. [53932/25]
713. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health if she will address the current fragmented approach to ordering clinical genetic tests in Ireland; her plans to build national capacity to avoid the unnecessary practice of patient blood samples being sent abroad; the timeline for this capacity to be built; if it will be public sector centred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53933/25]
714. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health if she will consider issuing national clinical genetic testing guidance to clinicians, similar to the guidance provided for medicines and medical technologies, advising which ISO 15189:2022 accredited commercial and public clinical genetic laboratories in Ireland are recommended, competent and appropriately accredited to conduct tests in-country and abroad, in the…
715. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health in view of 20,000 clinical genetic tests being sent to laboratories abroad, if she will clarify the way in which patient data is handled by each laboratory provider, in the interests of transparency and good governance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53935/25]
716. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health if she agrees with the HSE’s practice of using Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) as a postal conduit for a significant proportion of the approximately 20,0000 patient blood samples requiring genetic testing, particularly given that these samples are ultimately dispatched abroad to laboratory service providers in countries such as UK, Germany and Finland; if she will…
717. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health her plans to drive cost efficiencies in view of the fact that 20,000 clinical tests are sent to laboratories in Germany, Finland, Spain, the UK, and the USA; if the HSE utilises existing capacity of Ireland-based accredited commercial clinical genetic testing laboratories for patients blood samples, including neurology, ophthalmology, and nephrology genetic tests;…
134. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health if she will consider the introduction of a free shingles vaccine for older people, in particular those over 66 years-of-age, in line with best practice in other European countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52175/25]
166. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the strategies in place to reduce response times for ambulances in the Dublin metropolitan area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52176/25]
846. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health for an update on the removal of graffiti on the bridge outside Connolly Hospital; if estate management have contacted Fingal County Council’s bridges engineers to resolve questions surrounding the ownership of the bridge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51247/25]
938. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health to clarify the definition of 'specialist stores' that will be permitted to sell vaping products under new legislation currently being prepared by her Department; if these stores will include retailers registered under the retail licensing system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52120/25]
939. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health for an update on the progress made to date on the Obesity Action Plan committed to in the Programme for Government; when specific actions are expected to flow from the plan; if she will conduct stakeholder engagement and consultation as part of her plans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52121/25]
940. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the plans to introduce and expand access to medical retinal procedures within the public health system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52123/25]
941. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health if she will consider establishing a National Ophthalmology Audit, similar to those in orthopaedics, ICU, and dementia care, given that cataract surgery is the most common elective procedure in Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52124/25]
942. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health if she will consider requiring cataract surgery providers to share clinical outcome and complication data with the HSE and insurers, in line with best practice in other jurisdictions, to ensure accountability and value for patients and the health system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52125/25]
943. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the most recent figures on the number of patients on ophthalmology waiting lists in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52127/25]
944. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently on ophthalmology waiting lists are awaiting cataract surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52128/25]
945. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on ophthalmology waiting lists which have been waiting longer than 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52129/25]