Questions

811. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of pulmonary function laboratories nationwide; and the number of laboratories with vacancies for respiratory physiologists, per laboratory, in tabular form. [33974/25]

882. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to further roll out the free HRT scheme to men and others who use HRT for medical reasons. [32518/25]

1317. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of CT scanners, MRI scanners and PET scanners available for use at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, in 2024 and to date in 2025; and the number of days per week each scanner operates, in tabular form. [29173/25]

1318. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the types of procedures that will be carried out at the new north Dublin surgical hub due to open later this year; and the number of medical and nursing staff that will take place in this new surgical hub. [29174/25]

1319. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant gastroenterologists based at the Mater Hospital in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [29175/25]

136. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if there is an embargo on hiring radiotherapists with working experience for the HSE; the reasoning for such an embargo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26074/25]

137. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if there is a policy to recruit only graduates for radiotherapists positions; and how this has been analysed in terms of best outcomes for patient care and safety. [26075/25]

138. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the reason her Department has not made available requisite funds to hire qualified persons with experienced for radiotherapy positions in the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26076/25]

1172. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE secretaries working with each consultant paediatric dermatologist based at CHI Temple Street in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [24287/25]

1173. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the locations of primary care centres where intravitreal injections for age-related macular degeneration currently takes place. [24288/25]

1174. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant ophthalmologists working in the public health service; her plans to expand this number; and the international recommended best practice ratio for ophthalmologists to population and current ratios. [24289/25]

1175. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE community nurses based in CHO7 in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [24290/25]

2435. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if she will address the urgent need to formally include preimplantation genetic testing for monogenic disorders (PGT-M), specifically for Huntington’s disease, in the publicly funded fertility care pathway (details supplied). [20902/25]

2436. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [20908/25]

2437. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the type of cardiothoracic surgeries that were carried out at the Mater Hospital in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [20909/25]

2438. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health to list all the hospitals that currently use the Da Vinci surgical system, in tabular form. [20910/25]

2439. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff grade podiatrist and senior grade podiatrist aligned to the chronic disease management team within CHO9 in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [20911/25]

2440. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of high-dependency beds and intensive care beds opened and staffed in each hospital part of HSE Dublin and north east health regions as of 22 April 2025; and if she will provide same figures as of 30 April 2021, in tabular form. [20912/25]

327. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the staffing budget allocation to CHI Temple Street and CHI Crumlin in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and the amount of that budget allocation that was spent in 2023 and 2024. [16488/25]

328. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a list of dual diagnosis services in CHO9. [16489/25]

329. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that have attended the eye emergency department at the Mater Hospital in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if there are plans to restore this service to a walk-in facility. [16490/25]

330. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a list of dentists within CHO7 that are currently accepting new medical card holders, also to include the addresses of same, in tabular form. [16491/25]

780. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE health promotions and improvement officers, and senior health promotions and improvement officers, employed by the HSE that are based in CHO7, in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [13855/25]

781. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that attended the migraine outpatient clinic at Beaumont Hospital in 2024 and to date in 2025; the frequency with which this clinic is held; and if a consultant neurologist is always present during these clinics. [13856/25]

784. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if she visited any medical facility during her visit to New York for St. Patrick's Day events. [13862/25]