Questions

725. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the administration of the auto-enrolment scheme for an organisation grant-aided by the HSE (details supplied), who were advised that the costs associated with the scheme would be funded by the State/HSE however, no reimbursement or additional funding has been provided. [70482/26]

219. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health if she will provide clarity on recent changes to home support services; if it is correct that new home support packages are now only being approved for people in critical or urgent need and those receiving palliative or end-of-life care; whether home support packages are now being capped at 14 hours per week; and if complex care funding, including nursing support…

220. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that home support services are vital in enabling people to remain safely in their own homes; and if she will outline the rationale for the measures. [52061/26]

221. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the specific measures that will be put in place to protect vulnerable individuals who will be unable to access necessary support, including people who require assistance with essential daily activities such as washing, dressing and eating, as well as younger people with disabilities who depend on home support to live independently. [52062/26]

913. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health if she will advise on the pathways available to a person (details supplied); and if she will advise on the possible routes to registration, provisions, appeals, or alternative recognition processes, under the transitional arrangements for social care workers. [49615/26]

263. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health for clarification regarding the policy or administrative basis for excluding pelvic gynaecological MRI scans from GP visit card coverage; whether this exclusion is consistent with Sláintecare’s commitment to universal, equitable access to healthcare; whether her Department or the HSE has assessed the financial and clinical impact of this exclusion on GP visit car…

946. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health whether she, or appropriate senior management staff from her Department, will meet with a person regarding issues experienced using the redress medical card programme (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37617/26]

366. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the status of her Department's plans regarding reimbursement of a medication for a rare, progressive neurological condition (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22734/26]

367. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure the HSE recognises the time-critical nature of Friedrich's Ataxia during current price negotiations with a prescription drug manufacturer. [22735/26]

368. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health how the commitments in the National Rare Disease Strategy 2025-2030 and the 2026 IPHA Framework Agreement, particularly the 180-day decision timeline, are being applied to the case of patients with Friedrich's Ataxia to prevent further delay in addressing a clear unmet need for treatment and reimbursement. [22736/26]

1919. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health if she can assist in the case of a person (details supplied) regarding their urgent need for a mobility scooter.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19510/26]

529. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health whether statistics are held by her Department regarding the number of residents in Ireland diagnosed with Tourette's syndrome; and the number of adults and minors respectively. [17933/26]

554. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health further to the publication of the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026–2029, to outline the proposed governance, funding flows and accountability arrangements for the regional structures within the HSE health regions; whether local drug and alcohol task forces will retain independent governance and decision-making authority over locally delivered programmes; and if…

555. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the way funding will be allocated within the proposed regional structures under the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026–2029; whether deprivation, social exclusion and patterns of entrenched drug-related harm will be formally weighted alongside population in determining resource allocation; and if she will publish the criteria to be used by HSE Health Regions in m…

556. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the specific measures she will be put in place to protect the independent, community-led role of local drug and alcohol task forces under the proposed regional governance arrangements in the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026–2029; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17999/26]

557. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health whether, under the proposed regional structures in the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026–2029, all public funding for community-based drug services, including local drug and alcohol task forces, will be pooled at HSE Health Region level; the safeguards which will be put in place to prevent dilution of funding to areas of high deprivation; and if she will make a …

1007. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the rationale for the proposed establishment of regional structures under the National Drugs Strategy and to clarify the governance, funding and accountability arrangements for these structures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7601/26]

1008. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the way in which the population-based planning, that will be used for new National Drugs Strategy structures, will address deprivation and local need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7602/26]

1009. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the consultation that has taken place with local drug and alcohol task forces and communities ahead of the proposed regional structures under the National Drugs Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7603/26]

1010. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the way in which the independent, community-led nature, and preventative role, of task forces will be protected in the new proposed regional structures under the National Drugs Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7604/26]

1056. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health for assistance in the case of a person (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6128/26]

935. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the HSE’s plans for the Weir Home for Nurses in Dublin 8; and whether it can be converted into a museum for Irish nurses and midwives and a community cultural space, as nursing trade unions are interested in a partnership to preserve and develop it. [3723/26]

654. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health for assistance in relation to a hospital discharge (details supplied). [73430/25]

124. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the way in which her Department plans to keep Irish residents safe and healthy in the face of other large, populous countries which have recently backed away from science-based medicine and disease/virus prevention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56731/25]

161. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health if her Department plans to recommend that visitors from large, populous countries that have recently reduced their vaccination requirements for illnesses such as measles, mumps, rubella, and influenza obtain these vaccinations before visiting Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56730/25]