398. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health to provide, notwithstanding any limitations relating to staffing levels, geographical coverage, or service maturity, the recorded activity data for each Community Neurorehabilitation Team (details supplied), including: the number of persons accessing each team per month since commencement of each service; the total number of persons who have accessed each team; t…
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399. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health her plans to expand the conditions covered under the long-term illness scheme; if consideration is being given to the inclusion of Crohn’s disease and other inflammatory bowel diseases due to their lifelong nature and ongoing treatment requirements. [74950/26]
400. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE's service level agreement with SouthDoc specifies approved methods for collecting patient fees; whether doctors providing services through SouthDoc are permitted to accept payments into personal accounts, including Revolut; what financial recording, auditing and accountability arrangements apply to such payments; whether SouthDoc is required to pro…
402. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when the HSE will appoint specialist lactation consultants who are on a panel awaiting appointment. [74983/26]
403. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health when a discretionary medical card for a person (details supplied) will be processed. [74982/26]
404. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will facilitate a meeting (details supplied) to address concerns regarding alleged inaccuracies and omissions in records held by University Hospital Galway; when a formal response to the complaint can be expected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74980/26]
405. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if she will request the HSE and University Hospital Galway to confirm that all medical records relating to a patient (details supplied) have been released under data protection legislation; whether outstanding documentation, including records relating to neurology treatment on 30 September 2025, has been identified; and if she will make a statement on the matter.…
406. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of concerns raised by a patient (details supplied) and their family regarding alleged inaccuracies in medical records provided by University Hospital Galway following treatment for serious injuries sustained in August 2025; whether a review of the accuracy of those records will be undertaken; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74978/…
431. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE sets a minimum mileage or travel reimbursement rate that home support providers approved under the authorisation scheme must pay to carers who use their own vehicles; if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75236/26]
432. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a routine developmental check from a public health nurse in the areas of Kildare, Newbridge, Monasterevin and Athy at the latest available date, in tabular form. [75002/26]
433. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for an initial public health nurse developmental assessment in the areas of Kildare, Newbridge, Monasterevin and Athy at the latest available date, in tabular form. [75000/26]
434. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of sanctioned public health nurse posts; and the number currently filled in the areas of Kildare, Newbridge, Monasterevin and Athy, in tabular form. [74999/26]
435. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant public health nurse posts in the areas of Kildare, Newbridge, Monasterevin and Athy, in tabular form. [74998/26]
436. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurse visits to newborn babies that were conducted within the recommended timeframe in the areas of Kildare, Newbridge, Monasterevin and Athy in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [75001/26]
437. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the list of all HSE hospitals and whether they have or have not got a changing places toilet, by hospital and the number of changing places/toilets, in tabular form. [75233/26]
438. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the number of times the Health Products Regulatory Authority detected illegal sales of prescription medications; if they were animal or human medications; where they were coming from, in each of the past 12-months, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75232/26]
439. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of children in the areas of Kildare, Newbridge, Monasterevin and Athy who did not receive routine developmental checks from a public health nurse due to service capacity constraints, for each of the past five years, in tabular form. [74997/26]
440. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 50574/26, whether, of the 525 compliance audits of home support providers under the authorisation scheme examined travel time or mileage payments to carers; the number of providers found to be non-compliant on those terms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75231/26]
441. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health If an appointment can be expedited for a constituent (details supplied). [75012/26]
442. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether home support providers contracted by the HSE are required to pay carers for travel time and mileage from their home to their first call of the day and from their last call back home; whether the HSE monitors compliance with this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75227/26]
443. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has assessed the gap between mileage paid by home support providers and the actual fuel and running costs carers incur on rural routes, where a carer covering about 100 km a day may receive a small fraction of the cost; whether the national hourly rate paid to providers includes a component for carers' travel costs; and if she will make a statement…
444. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE sets a minimum mileage reimbursement rate that home support providers approved under the authorisation scheme must pay to carers who use their own vehicles to travel between clients; if not, whether such a minimum is under consideration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75223/26]
445. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health her currents plans to address issues regarding parents who are transgender not being recognised as the parents of their children. [74995/26]
447. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health to address the gaps in the assisted human reproduction legislative framework that continue to affect LGBTQ+ families, including the lack of recognition for international surrogacy arrangements, the exclusion of some same-sex female couples from parental recognition pathways, the limited routes available to gay men seeking to become parents, and the absence of d…
448. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the number of publicly funded DEXA scans carried out in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025 and to date in 2026; and the current waiting times for access to such scans, by hospital; in tabular form. [75052/26]