352. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health if training is mandated by the HSE for doctors and nurses on existing contracts to recognise signs of domestic, sexual, gender violence and coercive control in patients and family members; the details of the training; the number of times this training is required for an attendee; the number of persons which have attended this training per year since its inception…
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353. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health if training is mandated by the HSE for student doctors and nurses to recognise signs of domestic, sexual, gender violence and coercive control in patients and family members; the details of the training; the number which have attended the training per year since its inception; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64148/25]
2210. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health if a response will issue in relation to an ADHD diagnosis (details supplied). [45105/25]
3080. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric plastic surgeons based at CHI Temple Street in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [43133/25]
3081. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the optimum staffing allocation per clinical post in the orthopaedic department at St. James's Hospital; the current status of these posts; and how staffing levels compare to international standards. [43134/25]
3082. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE specialist periodontists based in CHO7 primary care system in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [43135/25]
3083. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at the Coombe Maternity Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025; and the future refurbishment works that are scheduled to be carried out at this hospital over the next 18 months. [43136/25]
3084. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that have attended the adult cochlear outpatient clinic at Beaumont Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [43137/25]
930. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health whether the shingles vaccine will be made available to the public; if so, when (details supplied). [39153/25]
1430. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health if assistance will be provided in the case of a person having difficulty obtaining a medical card (details supplied). [29612/25]
553. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) with a number of serious medical issues has been refused a medical card. [28581/25]
583. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the plans for a vacant/derelict HSE property (details supplied). [26757/25]
505. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health if she will provide the contact details for the office of the chief nursing officer for official purposes, as they do not seem to be readily available. [22433/25]
2051. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that the prescribed medication solpadeine is covered on the medical card but dissolvable solpadeine is not and dissolvable solpadeine is the only effective pain management medication for some patients, namely a person (details supplied); the reason this solpadeine product is not included in medical card coverage; if she will consider including it…
2052. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the hepatitis C home testing kits; the number of kits that have been dispatched; and if the scheme is proving successful. [18973/25]
2053. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant otolaryngologists based at St. James's Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [18974/25]
906. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that lipoedema (details supplied) is not recognised as a disability in Ireland even though it can severely impact mobility in patients as young as their early 20s; if plans to recognise lipoedema as a disability or if she would consider doing so, which would enable sufferers to qualify for social housing transfers with medical priority; and if she…
1630. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health if she will report on the details of future plans and timelines for the purpose and use of Crumlin children’s hospital in Dublin 12 once the national children’s hospital opens; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11374/25]
1644. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 797 of 18 February 2025, if the HSE is claiming ownership of a site in Dublin 8 (details supplied). [11405/25]
796. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the number of beds currently available for patients diagnosed with eating disorders nationwide, and in County Dublin; the number of beds that have been available for each year from 2014 to 2024 inclusive; the monthly rate of occupancy of these beds, from 2014 through February 2025; the services or facilities patients are referred to when one of these designated b…
797. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a site map of the Weir Home for nurses in Dublin 8 which is managed by the HSE, with site boundaries outlined in red; the list of parties that have submitted a formal expression of interest in purchasing Weir Home to date; the list of interested parties that have been granted access for examination of the property; and if permission to access …
697. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the number of advanced paramedics the National Ambulance Service has employed in each county in each year from 2014 through 2024 inclusive; the number of advanced paramedics the National Ambulance Service has trained in each county in each year from 2014 through 2024 inclusive, and for which specific service they are employed (National Ambulance Service, Dublin F…
698. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the number of advanced paramedics in the National Ambulance Service considered to be an appropriate and safe staffing level on a national basis; and the number of advanced paramedics considered appropriate and safe staffing levels per county, in tabular form. [4756/25]
699. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health her Department’s plans to internally hire and train advanced paramedics for the coming year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4757/25]
700. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health what the existing obstacles are to hiring and training advanced paramedics; how her Department plans to overcome these obstacles in detail; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4758/25]