390. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in her Department; the AI technologies the Department uses, the purpose and function of said technology in the context of the work of the Department, and the associated costs of the licensing or use of AI by the Department in the past 12 months, in tabular form. [38620/25]
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89. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that vapes are being advertised and displayed alongside children’s toys in shops; if so, the steps he is taking to ensure the practice is curtailed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33165/25]
382. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health her views that labelling regulations would apply to all alcohol sold in the State, not merely alcohol produced in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33469/25]
169. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health if her Department is making or will make provisions on continuing and expanding schemes aimed at reducing period poverty at the policy as well as at local level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33154/25]
1545. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health whether she is considering including hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) in the long-term illness scheme, as it is a lifelong condition which requires medication throughout the lives of sufferers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30108/25]
2113. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health the number of contracts currently held by her Department with a company (details supplied); the details of contracts currently held by the Department with the company; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19347/25]
2337. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health when the formalisation of the relevant data regulations required for the non-statutory inquiry into the Historical Licensing and Use of Sodium Valproate in Women of Child-Bearing Potential in the State to be formally commenced will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20269/25]
2338. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health when she anticipates the non-statutory inquiry into the Historical Licensing and Use of Sodium Valproate in Women of Child-Bearing Potential in the State to be formally commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20270/25]
2340. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health to provide details on her meeting with the head of the World Health Organization during her St Patrick’s Day visit to New York; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20286/25]
2341. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health whether an increase in funding from Ireland or the EU for the World Health Organization was raised in her meeting with the head of the World Health Organization during her St Patrick’s Day visit to New York; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20287/25]
2342. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on her meeting with a women’s delegation from Afghanistan during her St Patrick’s Day visit to New York; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20289/25]
2344. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health if all IT systems used by her Department can utilise the síneadh fada; where this is not the case, to provide the list of systems which do not accept or facilitate the use of the fada, in tabular form; the steps being taken to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20303/25]
1010. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health if her Department has any vacant or derelict buildings in Dublin-Rathdown; to provide the addresses of these buildings and details on the length of time they have been derelict, in tabular form; and her plans to bring any vacant or derelict buildings back into use. [17480/25]
796. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health for an update on the issue of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) medication shortages; the steps her Department is taking to address these shortages and mitigate the disruption to those who need HRT medication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13900/25]
797. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health if women using hormone replacement therapy (HRT) will be reimbursed for costs incurred due to the delay of the free HRT scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13901/25]
371. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health if she will consider making available a PCRS-funded primary care scheme, whereby appropriately trained GP teams and community pharmacies would be enabled to provide these services directly to people who require them, on a similar basis to the scheme for long-acting reversible contraception; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8644/25]
574. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health the steps his Department has taken to provide support to Palestinian children in need of medical treatment to access treatment in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4807/25]
706. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health if her Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence, AI, within the Department; if any section of her Department currently makes use of AI; the purposes it is utilised for, and costs associated with same; and if she has consulted with any consultancy firms in respect of the use of AI. [4812/25]
707. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to reimburse women affected by the delay to the rollout of the free HRT scheme which was due to begin in January 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4819/25]
1269. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health the number of routine hospital treatments between September 2024 and December 2024 that were delayed as a result of high flu and respiratory cases in hospitals, by hospital, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3287/25]
1270. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health the number of routine cancer treatments in hospitals between September 2024 and December 2024 that were delayed as a result of high flu and /respiratory cases in hospitals, by hospital, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3288/25]
1271. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health the number of advanced paramedics on call each day between September 2024 and December 2024, by CHO, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3289/25]
1272. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health the number of advanced paramedics on call each day between September 2024 and December 2024 in CHO 6, by local health area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3290/25]
1273. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the shortage of paramedics and advanced paramedics in the health service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3291/25]
1274. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health when the free hormone replacement therapy scheme announced under budget 2025 will come into effect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3292/25]