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Grace Boland Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
164. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health if it is the case that only patients on waiting lists under the care of the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital will be referred to the Swords surgical hub when it opens later this year for their procedures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24047/25]
Pa Daly Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1050. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of waiting lists at University Hospital Kerry, broken down by speciality, in each of the years 2015 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23535/25]
Johnny Mythen Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1109. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the number of patients on the public waiting list for cataract surgery as at the end of April 2025, male or female, age, and how long they have been waiting on the list for the CHO 5 area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23806/25]
Brian Stanley Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1128. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the length of the waiting list in Crumlin Childrens Hospital dental section; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24066/25]
Colm Burke Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1188. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently awaiting diagnosis for sleep apnoea in Ireland, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24360/25]
Shane Moynihan Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1200. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the number of 5A waiting list patients seen in the CHO7 area under the HSE orthopaedic treatment waiting list initiative in 2024. [24384/25]
Michael Cahill Written 1 May 2025 · to Health
358. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of women waiting for outpatient gynaecology services and appointments in the Cork/Kerry region for 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21875/25]
Liam Quaide Written 1 May 2025 · to Health
371. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to reports that chemotherapy procedures for children are being delayed and-or cancelled due to IT failures, specifically WiFi issues, at Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin; her plans to address the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21962/25]
Séamus McGrath Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
1986. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health how many cataract surgeries have taken place in Cork county in the years 2022, 2023, 2024, and the target number for 2025; the current waiting list for such surgery in Cork county; and the up-to-date average waiting period for patients to receive treatment. [18547/25]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2019. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to deal with bariatric surgery waiting lists for people suffering with chronic conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18792/25]
Willie O'Dea Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2065. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene in the case of a baby (details supplied) with Hirschsprung's disease who is in urgent need of an operation in Crumlin Hospital that should have taken place over two months ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19066/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2092. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting an appointment at the breast clinic at Letterkenny University Hospital, broken down by the time they have been waiting, in tabular form; how these numbers compare with the numbers from 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19230/25]
Emer Currie Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2194. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health to provide details of current waiting lists for public PrEP services at (details supplied); the average waiting time for new patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19653/25]
John Lahart Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2202. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the current average wait time for scoliosis-related orthopaedic appointments at Cork University Hospital; if the hospital is following its own published guidance around early intervention and regular monitoring in mild scoliosis cases; the steps being taken to ensure that children in rapid growth phases receive timely care; and if she will make a statement on the…
Michael Cahill Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2231. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will expedite an appointment in respect of a Kerry patient (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19819/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2310. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for paediatric ophthalmology services nationwide. [20194/25]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2363. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health what is being done to address the length of time it is taking to get a GP referral blood test appointment in Saint James’s Hospital, given that in some cases, there is a six or seven weeks’ waiting period for blood tests. [20490/25]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 10 Apr 2025 · to Health
400. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the rheumatology waiting list in Tallaght Hospital; and the steps she is taking to help reduce waiting times. [18217/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Health
981. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Health the plans on how her Department will reduce surgical wait times for patients in the public health service. [17301/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Health
1012. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting longer than two weeks to be seen by BreastCheck following an urgent referral, by site, in tabular form. [17506/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Health
1013. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if there has been any change to the two-week maximum wait time for BreastCheck urgent referrals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17507/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Health
1014. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for a mammogram, by site, wait time and referral type (details supplied), in tabular form. [17508/25]
Michael Cahill Written 3 Apr 2025 · to Health
312. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person in County Kerry (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16416/25]
Liam Quaide Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Health
698. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists at Cork University Hospital for CT, MRI and ultrasound scans, in each quarter from 2022, to date in 2025; and the average time each patient spends on the waiting list in respect of the same. [15015/25]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Health
710. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health if there are plans in place to reduce the current waiting list (details supplied) to attend the ophthalmology outpatient's department of University Hospital Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15063/25]