690. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a lower limb prosthesis in the public hospital system. [4695/25]
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691. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health to provide greater clarity on the programme for Government’s commitment to roll out more early-age dementia supports and for increased funding for the fair deal scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4698/25]
692. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health her plans to increase the number of places for individuals who need 24/7 care due to suffering with early-onset dementia who are under 65 years-of-age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4699/25]
693. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if she will approve the new mandibular device used to treat sleep apnoea (details supplied). [4702/25]
694. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health whether promised interim funding for an organisation (details supplied) will be released; and to provide details of the funding amount and timeline for its release. [4724/25]
695. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health the status of the project to establish an elective hospital in Cork as of February 2025; if a site for this project has been identified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4732/25]
696. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the care of a person (details supplied) has been completely inadequate and that the lives of other persons have been put in danger; and if she will ensure that the necessary reform and funding of the system is put in place to ensure that this does not recur. [4733/25]
697. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the number of advanced paramedics the National Ambulance Service has employed in each county in each year from 2014 through 2024 inclusive; the number of advanced paramedics the National Ambulance Service has trained in each county in each year from 2014 through 2024 inclusive, and for which specific service they are employed (National Ambulance Service, Dublin F…
698. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the number of advanced paramedics in the National Ambulance Service considered to be an appropriate and safe staffing level on a national basis; and the number of advanced paramedics considered appropriate and safe staffing levels per county, in tabular form. [4756/25]
699. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health her Department’s plans to internally hire and train advanced paramedics for the coming year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4757/25]
700. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health what the existing obstacles are to hiring and training advanced paramedics; how her Department plans to overcome these obstacles in detail; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4758/25]
701. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health whether any patient deaths from 2014 through 2024 inclusive are attributed to the lack of trained advanced paramedics with the National Ambulance Service; in which county the patient lived and was treated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4759/25]
702. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if she intends to scrap parking charges for cancer patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4781/25]
703. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if she intends to make medical cards an automatic entitlement for cancer patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4782/25]
704. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that stem cell therapy is treated as an elective procedure for cancer patients and that this has a direct impact in terms of access to beds; if she will review this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4783/25]
705. 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. [4801/25]
706. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health if her Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence, AI, within the Department; if any section of her Department currently makes use of AI; the purposes it is utilised for, and costs associated with same; and if she has consulted with any consultancy firms in respect of the use of AI. [4812/25]
707. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to reimburse women affected by the delay to the rollout of the free HRT scheme which was due to begin in January 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4819/25]
708. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health if her Department still plans to bring forward legislation to amend the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024; the elements of the Act that the Bill will amend; when she expects the Bill to get Cabinet approval and be introduced in Dáil Éireann at second stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4829/25]
709. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the level of alcohol brand advertising broadcast on terrestrial television during the Six Nations Rugby Championship game between Ireland and England; if this contravenes the daytime broadcasting watershed under Section 19 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4835/25]
710. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that an alcohol brand was advertised in the middle of the field of play during the Six Nations Rugby Championship game between Ireland and England at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin; if this contravenes the restrictions on advertising during sporting events under Section 15 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; and if she will make a statement on the…
711. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health to review a case (details supplied) and escalate this referral; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4839/25]
218. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the case of a child (details supplied) who has been awaiting occupational therapy at Cherry Orchard Hospital, Dublin 10; when this child will be seen by an occupational therapist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3694/25]
219. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric occupational therapists allocated to Cherry Orchard Hospital, Dublin 10 and or its network; the current waiting list size for paediatric occupational therapy at Cherry Orchard Hospital and its network; the average wait time for paediatric occupational therapy patients in this network who have received a referral; the wait times target for…
220. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health for clarification on the Government's policy towards the farming of hemp, particularly in light of a number of cases of licensed hemp farmers being monitored and raided by An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3906/25]