Parliamentary questions

405. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will review the case of the persons (details supplied); the reasons they were awarded GP visit cards rather than full medical cards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53976/26]

406. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if she will give detailed consideration to nudget 2027 proposals by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54016/26]

407. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if there are publicly funded health facilities in the State currently equipped, staffed and trained to provide inpatient trauma-stabilisation and specialist treatment for severe dissociative identity disorder; if not, the way in which the HSE clinically justifies the repatriation of a patient with this diagnosis from a healthcare facility…

408. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the clinical governance framework under which a local area management team is permitted to override and dismiss a formal specialist diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder (DID) made by an independent expert commissioned and funded by the HSE; the basis on which a diagnosis of DID can be dismissed when the State acknowledges it lacks …

409. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the procedure for when cross-border therapy funded by the HSE due to lack of expertise in this State is terminated before completion and a patient is repatriated; the way in which the HSE can then provide the care for this repatriated patient when the expertise does not exist here to treat the diagnosis; and if she will make a statement o…

410. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for additional permanent respite beds to become available in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54057/26]

411. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions undertaken to support women entering recovery from addiction journeys. [54084/26]

412. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health her views on ‘recovery colleges’; and whether there are plans to open one in Cork. [54085/26]

413. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of beds, by CHO for women seeking treatment for addiction. [54086/26]

414. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting an appointment by specialty in primary care in Cork in six monthly intervals, in tabular form. [54136/26]

415. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on primary care centres in Mayfield, Ballyvolane and Blarney to date; and when these will be delivered. [54137/26]

416. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the amount paid to a company (details supplied) in Cork in 2026 for the rental of primary care centres; and the amount paid in maintenance of these buildings. [54138/26]

417. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time carers in Cork over the age of 65. [54140/26]

418. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to CKCH for childrens and adults respite respectively in each of the years 2019 to date, in tabular form. [54142/26]

419. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the total number of people on the waiting list an ophthalmology appointment in Cork; the average waiting time for appointment, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54143/26]

420. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of medical posts in the emergency department at Naas General Hospital that are currently vacant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54205/26]

421. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department are taking to address the lack of staffing and medical professionals in Naas Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54206/26]

422. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the reason doctors in Naas Hospital are subject to issuing of rotas on a Wednesday before work is to commence on a Monday; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54207/26]

423. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if her Department is aware of annual leave requests submitted in Naas Hospital that have been left months unanswered; whether this is due to a lack of staffing in the hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54208/26]

424. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to improve workforce planning and the treatment of doctors in our hospitals so that experienced clinicians choose to remain in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54209/26]

425. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the reason the vascular medicine service at St James’s Hospital has been allowed to close; the reason no replacement consultant has been funded to re-open the service; the interim arrangements in place for patients requiring such care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54210/26]

426. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the reason patients previously under consultant care in the vascular unit of St. James’s Hospital are not being returned to those consultants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54211/26]

427. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the reason referrals correctly sent to consultants in the vascular unit in St. James’s Hospital are not resulting in scheduled appointments or initial in-person outpatient assessments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54212/26]

428. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals that have been returned or left without appointment scheduling in the vascular unit of St. James’s Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54213/26]

429. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the actions that will be taken to ensure public patients receive safe and timely consultant review in the vascular unit of St. James’s Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54214/26]