1473. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health if secondary legislation is ready to be placed before the Houses of the Oireachtas to facilitate promised free HRT products being made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1036/25]
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1474. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health if he will respond to claims by a union (details supplied) that there will be a significant lead-in times required to facilitate IT changes for the delivery of free HRT products; the way this can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1037/25]
1475. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health to list in full the range of HRT products proposed to be made available free of charge; if this has changed from the range originally announced in October 2024; whether there is scope to increase the range of products in amending legislation given that this has not yet been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1038/25]
1476. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when free hormone replacement therapy as announced in Budget 2025 will become available; if women who had to pay for products in January 2025 will be reimbursed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1047/25]
1477. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the date that HRT will become available free of charge, as proposed in Budget 2025; if this has now been delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1048/25]
1478. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the treatment and management of a rare disease (details supplied) is still being facilitated under the treatment abroad scheme for adults, and if not, the reasons why; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1051/25]
1479. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health to provide his policy regarding transvaginal tape sling procedure to treat urinary incontinence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1054/25]
1480. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Health the status of the promised provision of free HRT in January 2025; the reason for the delay; when free HRT will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1055/25]
1481. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the level of excess deaths that occurred in Ireland in each of the past ten years; and the details of the cases of the excess deaths for each year. [1059/25]
1482. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of the free HRT scheme; the reasons for the delay in its rollout; if he will consider reimbursing women for HRT costs incurred since the start of January 2025 due to the delay in commencement of the scheme. [1060/25]
1483. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in commencing the free HRT scheme; when the scheme will commence for qualifying patients; if he will arrange for women who should have benefited from the scheme since 1 January 2025 to be reimbursed any expenses accrued up to the formal commencement of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1064/25]
1484. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of assistant psychologist posts the HSE intends to recruit in 2025; and the location and estimated recruitment date of each post, in tabular form. [1066/25]
1485. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will make urgent representations for a child with the child and adolescent mental health services (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1078/25]
1486. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the provision of free hormone replacement therapy for women, which was due to be implemented on 1 January 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1084/25]
1487. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the reason students in fourth year children's and general integrated training courses are not receiving the €500 subsistence payment (details supplied); and if a commitment will be given to doing this. [1087/25]
1488. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the reason students in fourth year children's and general integrated training courses are not receiving the €500 subsistence payment (details supplied); and if a commitment will be given to grant the payment. [1088/25]
1489. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health the progress to date on the ban of on the sale of single-use disposable and flavoured vapes. [1095/25]
1490. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health when he expects the ban of on the sale of single-use disposable and flavoured vapes to come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1096/25]
1491. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if and when the recognition payment for health care workers, agency workers in Covid testing laboratories and many others working throughout the pandemic will be paid especially workers in a facility (details supplied) which was contracted by the HSE to conduct PCR testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1098/25]
1492. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health if he plans to change the criteria for the long-term illness scheme to include over-16s with a mental illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1100/25]
1493. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the rollout of the proposed free HRT scheme as outlined in Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1114/25]
1494. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of home support staff, personal assistants; the number of recipients of home support services and personal assistance services; the number of organisations that provide home support services or personal assistance services for older people that have exited the service in each CHO and composite LHO area, for each month in 2023 and to date in 2025, in t…
1495. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of home support staff, personal assistants; the number of recipients of home support services and personal assistance services; the number of organisations that provide home support services or personal assistance services for older people that have joined the service in each CHO and composite LHO area for each month in 2023 and to date in 2025, in ta…
1496. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1260 of 5 November 2024, if the response provided is an interpretation of the criteria by the National Ambulance Service (details supplied). [1122/25]
1497. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1260 of 5 November 2024, if he will further examine the request for information (details supplied); and if he will refer this request to the Data Protection Commissioner for determination. [1123/25]