336. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health for a detailed table showing the hours of use for each MRI machine at University Hospital Limerick for 2023 and 2024; the weekly hours for Monday to Friday and the weekend; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8555/25]
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337. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health for a table identifying the number of unscheduled downtimes: < 24hrs, < 48hrs or > 48hrs, including the various reasons for downtime, such as maintenance, technical issues, staffing shortages, or any other relevant factors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8556/25]
338. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health to review the case or a person (details supplied); to outline the options for this patient; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8564/25]
339. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health the national position on wind turbine noise and shadow flicker from a health perspective, specifically the position of the Department of Health, and not the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8569/25]
340. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of people on the waiting list in the haemoglobin clinic in Naas Hospital from 2021 to 2024; the average waiting time of those on waiting lists; the steps being taken to reduce waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8613/25]
341. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health whether or not there are supports, including advocacy services, in the State for adults, many of whom are relatively young adults, who as children lived in health board and/or HSE/Tusla child/adolescent residential accommodation; to provide signposting information; and whether or not there are existing redress schemes or impending redress schemes to address the…
342. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the number of new ophthalmology posts approved as part of the budgetary process for each of the years 2021 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8631/25]
827. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health her plans for implementing the European Care Strategy with regard to unpaid carers. [7193/25]
828. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she would support pay priority for medical laboratory scientists (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8161/25]
829. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if she will review the means test limits for a full medical card for those under 70 and for those over 70; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7126/25]
830. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to assist a person (details supplied) who needs a residential placement, universally agreed by them and their family and all the medical and clinical professionals working with them. [7161/25]
831. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the help that can be provided for a child and their family (details supplied) who need to know where a surgery is to take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7163/25]
832. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the reason adults with type 1 diabetes attending Limerick University Hospital are still not offered insulin pumps as a treatment option despite the qualified staff required to initiate pump therapy and the administration support all being in place to commence the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7164/25]
833. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the expansion of eligible cohorts under the continuous glucose monitoring sensor reimbursement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7165/25]
834. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health the supports that are available to an individual diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and advised to acquire a CGM sensor (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7166/25]
835. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the reason benefit-in-kind is to be applied to first responders who bring their emergency vehicle home with them at night; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7172/25]
836. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if she will address staffing issues (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7183/25]
837. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure capital funding is provided for a project (details supplied) which will create a national centre for persons living with severe acquired brain injury; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7184/25]
838. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure a funding increase for an organisation (details supplied) to allow it to keep up with operating costs inflation, and to ensure it can implement the 12 recommendations put forward for the organisation by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7185/25]
839. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health for an update on a matter (details supplied) from the Minister of State for Mental Health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7188/25]
840. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the supports for Marfan syndrome sufferers in Ireland; the number of clinics in operation; the frequency of scanning for each patient; whether HSE funding has increased, stayed the same or reduced in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7200/25]
841. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health in relation to the awarding of medical cards to cancer patients; and if she is aware especially in recent months of the refusal by the HSE to award medical cards to some cancer patients who are experiencing stress and hardship because of these decisions. [7210/25]
842. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if there is proposed legislation to load an €1,800 annual licence on all shops to sell cigarettes and vapes (details supplied); if she will reconsider this proposal as it does nothing to discourage members of the public from purchasing cigarettes or vapes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7225/25]
843. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to review the case of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7226/25]
844. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if there have been any requests made of Cavan Monaghan Hospital group to provide a CT scanner at the Monaghan Hospital site; if she will direct the HSE to conduct a feasibility study for the provision of a CT scanner at Monaghan Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7233/25]