Questions

556. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the number of children who were scheduled for scoliosis treatment or surgery in either Britain or the US for the period of January 2025 to November 2025; and the number who are scheduled for such treatment or surgery in either Britain or the US over the next three months. [67530/25]

557. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health if her Department has provided any resourcing or staffing to HSE to support expanded infectious disease screening at ports of entry. [67531/25]

558. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE secretaries filled working within the neurology department of Beaumont Hospital in the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [67532/25]

1072. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the amount raised through parking charges at car parks in hospitals across the State from 2023 to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form. [63279/25]

1112. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the options available to a person (detail supplied) to have an assessment to get correct medication. [62123/25]

1113. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) is moved to a location as soon as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62124/25]

168. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the current capacity of the HSE to deliver bone anchored hearing aid services; the number of individuals awaiting BAHA's; and the number of surgeons who deliver this procedure within the State. [60243/25]

169. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the number of new critical care beds delivered in 2024 and to date in 2025, by site, in tabular form. [60244/25]

175. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that funding for a multidisciplinary FND team (MDT) is made available in the Mater and Beaumont hospitals and beyond to ensure that patients (details supplied) have full access to the same services that are provided in St. James’s Hospital. [60292/25]

1735. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied) regarding the provision of blood tests. [58202/25]

820. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the amount each local and regional drugs and alcohol task force will be receiving from Budget 2026; and the way in which this compares with Budget 2024 and Budget 2025. [57124/25]

822. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health to provide the Abridged Estimates Volume for Budget 2026 for Vote 38 including the provisional sub-head and programme level allocations. [57133/25]

332. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that the consultant psychiatrist of a person (details supplied) will be permitted to diagnose them with ADHD and prescribe appropriate medication if necessary. [55819/25]

342. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE social workers, by grade posts that were actually filled within the primary care system in CHO9 in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [49396/25]

343. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrists posts that were actually filled in Swords CAMHS in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [49397/25]

344. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the amount of revenue generated through public car-parking charges at Beaumont Hospital in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [49398/25]

1146. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the progress made in the preparation and publishing of a formal national position on cannabis regulation following engagement with other countries and health professionals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47806/25]

1147. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the progress made in the introduction of legislation to require those found in possession of illegal drugs for personal use to attend educational or treatment programmes. [47807/25]

1148. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken with international bodies on drugs policy, including the British-Irish Council, the European Union, the new drugs agency, and the Council of Europe to ensure strategic alignment of policies on drug use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47808/25]

1149. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health if she has increased funding for harm reduction measures targeting a reduction in drug-related harm and deaths, including initiatives to provide a rapid response to the threat of synthetic drugs; and to outline where this increased funding was allocated, in tabular form. [47809/25]

1156. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health whether she increased core funding for addiction services; the services that benefited from this funding increase, in tabular form; the way in which her Department has expanded drug services in the community, developed new services for young people facing drug dependency and mental health issues and expanded provision and support for individuals in recovery. [4783…

1157. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health if she launched or plans to launch, a major awareness campaign to raise awareness about the significant challenges that illicit drugs pose to our society. [47833/25]

1158. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health if her department increased core funding, as opposed to funding for pilots, one-off pieces of work or research, for local drug and alcohol taskforces; and to confirm the amount of the increase for each task force, in tabular form. [47834/25]

1159. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health if she has considered mobile medically supervised injecting facilities in areas of need, building on the ongoing work at Merchant’s Quay. [47835/25]

1160. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health if she has increased the availability of naloxone-trained individuals on its use and equipped gardaí with naloxone to carry on the beat. [47836/25]