623. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the number of security staff hired directly and through agency in Galway University Hospital; the number that are hired directly, and through agencies; the overall cost, from 2020 to 2024, per year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49925/25]
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364. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be considered for CAR T- cell therapy in St. James’s Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49487/25]
1345. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the establishment of an ambulance base in Connemara; and the timeline for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49006/25]
2638. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health to clarify when a person can expect a decision on a recent discretionary hardship application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41176/25]
3297. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if she has considered a publicity campaign on the need for donor breast milk for premature babies in NICUs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44397/25]
305. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect a decision on a recent discretionary hardship application for the purposes of ozempic injections; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40149/25]
977. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to change the fact that the same HIQA inspectors inspect the same nursing homes year-after-year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39513/25]
802. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if alternative public treatment options are available for a child (details supplied). [37379/25]
347. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the reason the continued suspension of the transvaginal tape sling procedure for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence in women, which is clinically supported procedure, is still unavailable in Ireland more than six years after the pause was implemented; and the options women have now, who have not yet had a family and who have already tried and failed …
750. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 771 of 24 June 2025, if she will clarify that “human application” does not mean the application of such organs/tissue to commercially driven research, and the definition used in the Bill refers to ‘extracorporeal applications’ which could include commercial driven research on ‘extracorporeal technologies’; and if she will …
74. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if she will acknowledge that the exclusion of inflammatory bowel disease IBD from the long-term illness scheme is a policy decision rather than a legal requirement, given that section 59(3) of the Health Act 1970 does not list specific qualifying conditions but permits the provision of supports to those with a permanent or long-term illness; if she will commit …
110. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the date by which the long-Covid payments for health care workers will cease; her plans in relation to the closure of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33617/25]
771. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health regarding the Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display Act (2024), to outline the guarantees in place that participants will only have their organ and tissue used for transplantation purposes, and not, for example, used as part of any commercially driven research; are there any sanctions are in place in the event that any abuse …
918. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the status of a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if the case will be re-examined and expedited. [34512/25]
905. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the costs incurred by her Department and bodies under its aegis from contracts awarded to communications and PR firms in 2024; the name of the contractor and a description of the work undertaken in each case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32642/25]
502. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if the approval of a drug will be expedited considering its urgent need by a person (details supplied). [31405/25]
298. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if she will provide the list of capital projects for IT services, by her Department or bodies under its aegis, which had contracts valued in excess of €1 million and which failed to reach completion; the value that was written off, for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30806/25]
299. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if she will provide the list of capital projects, by her Department or bodies under its aegis, which had contracts valued in excess of €5 million and which ran over cost in 2023, along with a description of the contract, the initial price and final price provided, in tabular form. [30824/25]
1537. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the number the number of beds for the western region in residential addiction services currently and in each quarter of 2025 and 2026; if beds will be available for the western region from September 2025; the work being carried out to expand access to addiction services in the west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30061/25]
1538. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide a detox unit in the west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30062/25]
1614. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the regulations in place on HHC vapes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30523/25]
1615. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the information campaigns available, specifically for young people, on HHC vapes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30524/25]
171. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the number of individuals who currently hold a medical card; the number who currently hold a discretionary medical card; and these figures for May, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [26207/25]
215. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the establishment of an ambulance base in Conamara and the timeline for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24758/25]
219. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the reason the policy around funding for diabetes glucose monitors was changed in 2023 to only cover those with type 1 diabetes; if she is considering extending this funding to any other cohort, in particular those with CFRD (cystic fibrosis related diabetes); the estimated amount it would cost to extend this funding to those with CFRD; and if she will make a …