615. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health for an update on the new licensing system for tobacco and nicotine products; if he is aware of concerns of smaller retailers of the impact these new fees will have on their businesses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4201/25]
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616. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of services that have been withdrawn from the Mary Mercer Health Centre, Jobstown, in the past 12 months; the reason those seeking to access services are instead being directed to a denominational service provider in Tallaght; the reason services have been withdrawn; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4202/25]
617. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health if she is considering any changes to the annual retailers licensing fees for those selling tobacco products or nicotine-inhaling products; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4203/25]
618. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason the training of advanced paramedics has ceased (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4217/25]
619. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health her plans, if any, to ensure the provision of one WTE diabetes specialist pump nurse in Wexford General Hospital, for patients with diabetes to have a greater chance to access insulin pump therapy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4219/25]
620. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health her plans, if any, to provide the appropriate diabetes staffing resources to provide access to the dose adjusting for normal eating programme for all persons with type 1 diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4220/25]
621. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Health the reason Cork University Hospital is taking up the beds needed for the dental treatment in Mallow General Hospital and subsequently dental services are being cancelled for patients with disabilities who require urgent treatment under general anaesthetic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4221/25]
622. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently add asthma to the long-term illness scheme, as it is a lifelong chronic illness that requires daily medication that is very expensive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4222/25]
623. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health if an afterhours doctor service can be provided in a town in Kildare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4223/25]
624. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health in respect of each Bill for which her Department had responsibility and that was initiated in 2024, or that was enacted in 2024, to specify in which House of the Oireachtas the Bill was initiated; the number of ministerial or Government amendments submitted at each legislative Stage of the Bill; if the guillotine was used on the Bill in either House of the …
625. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4265/25]
626. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health given the known shortage of radiation therapists in Ireland and their vital role in fighting cancer and given the financial impediments to students of radiation therapy (details supplied), if she and her Government colleagues have plans to extend financial assistance to radiation therapy students similar to that afforded to nurses in the later years of their training…
627. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health to examine the case of a person (details supplied) regarding IVF programme changes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4286/25]
628. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the total number of medical scientists employed at Cork University Hospital in 2022, 2023 and 2024; the number of hospital laboratories that are currently placed on their prospective risk registers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4287/25]
629. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if she intends on intervening on behalf of retired medical scientists who are currently excluded from pay parity with their colleagues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4288/25]
630. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of the new national rare disease strategy, given that the strategy is currently in draft form and awaiting publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4290/25]
631. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if she intends on expediting the review of the drug reimbursement process as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4291/25]
632. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on her efforts to establish a workforce planning expert unit, to work with the education sectors, regulators, and professional bodies to improve the availability of health professionals and reform their training to support integrated care across the entire health service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4293/25…
633. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the resourcing of the paediatric spinal surgery management unit and efforts to coordinate spinal services across all our hospitals; the number of patients awaiting paediatric spinal surgery at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4294/25]
634. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres delivered nationally in 2022, 2023 and 2024; the number that have encountered delays during that period; the number of primary care centres planned nationwide for 2025, 2026, 2027 and 2028; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4296/25]
635. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health to provide details of current difficulties with advancing the primary care centres in Glanmire, Blarney and Mayfield, Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4297/25]
636. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the plans, to reduce car parking charges at hospitals, particularly with cancer patients and their families in mind; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4299/25]
637. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if there are further plans to expand the provision of park and ride facilities to Cork University Hospital for staff and patients, in particular on the eastern approaches to the hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4300/25]
638. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the efforts made to appoint a new chief pharmacist to the Department; when she hopes to be in a position to make such an appointment; when she hopes to initiate a review on the pharmacy fee structure, given the urgency of the situation with a number of new Government lead initiatives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4305/25]
639. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health to provide details of any plans under consideration to further extend the BowelScreen cancer screening programme; if there are any plans to extend the BreastCheck screening programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4306/25]