286. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for dental and orthodontic treatment, by age, CHO and wait time, in tabular form. [5197/25]
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287. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to outline the rates for each treatment under the dental treatment service scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5198/25]
288. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she intends to replace the Dentists Act 1985; if so, the timeline for same; if, in the interim, she intends to bring forward amendments to the 1985 Act to address the immediate concerns of the Dental Council (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5199/25]
289. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the average patient wait time for admission to an emergency department in each quarter in each year from 2019 to 2024, nationally and by emergency department; and the average for patients aged 65 to 74 and 75 or older, in tabular form. [5205/25]
290. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients who were waiting 0-6 hours, 0-9 hours, 9-24 hours, and 24+ hours for admission to an emergency department in each quarter in each year from 2019 to 2024, nationally and by ED, in tabular form. [5206/25]
291. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on implementation of each of the recommendations from the report of the strategic workforce advisory group on home carers and nursing home health care assistants, in tabular form. [5207/25]
292. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of her Department’s work in respect of establishing a funding model for a statutory right to home care; the options being considered; the timeline she is working towards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5208/25]
293. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide a detailed update on implementation of the new HSE health regions; the status of CHOs and hospital groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5212/25]
294. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for primary and community healthcare services at the end of each year from 2019 to 2024, by service, CHO, age and wait time, in tabular form (details supplied). [5213/25]
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]
575. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the fact that those suffering from Duchenne muscular dystrophy are currently not able to get treatment in the State and are forced to travel to the United States; if she will ensure that these people receive treatment in Ireland and if in the interim her Department will cover this procedure under the treatment abroad scheme. [395…
576. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health her views on the need for workforce planning in respect of radiation therapists; her plans to engage with the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science on this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3967/25]
577. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the position in relation to the national review of cardiac services; if she is in possession of a copy of this review; if she will publish the document; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3982/25]
578. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the timeline for implementing the recommendations arising from the national review of cardiac services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3983/25]
579. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the compensation and additional supports that will be provided to employees of companies currently involved in stocking and servicing self-service tobacco and vaping vending machines, who are at risk of losing their jobs when the ban under the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2024 takes effect on 31 August 2025; and if she will make a …
580. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to include hexahydrocannabinol, HHC, as a controlled drug under the misuse of drugs regulations; if he will outline plans to regulate the sale and supply of HHC, including to children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4000/25]
581. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if she has concerns in relation to the sale and supply of hexahydrocannabinol, including to children; the plans she has to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4001/25]
582. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when an appointment will be made for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4008/25]
583. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when an appointment will be made for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4009/25]
584. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health to provide confirmation of required documentation for an S1 application (details supplied). [4010/25]
585. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when an appointment will be made for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4011/25]
586. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she agrees that radiation therapy students should be paid during their summer clinical placement, and that an unpaid placement presents a financial obstacle to completing a degree in a vastly understaffed field in the health service; whether they will end the practice of unpaid placements in the health service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40…
587. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health why medical alert dogs are not recognised under legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4021/25]
588. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health if the same provisions shared by the various support dogs recognised under legislation can be extended to medical alert dogs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4022/25]
589. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health if she would consider utilising community audiologists to serve HSE medical card holders, who already provide care to PRSI contributors through the treatment benefit scheme as this would drastically reduce the waiting list for adult-onset hearing loss, free up HSE audiologists' resources for children and adults, whose hearing loss relates to illness or injury…