920. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an urgent appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71486/25]
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929. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person in Kerry can be examined (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71542/25]
573. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health which diagnostic classification standards her Department recognises for the assessment of gender dysphoria or gender incongruence in children and adults, including whether DSM-5, ICD-11, or other criteria apply; and whether national diagnostic criteria or clinical guidelines have been approved for use pending completion of the new Model of Care. [71076/25]
459. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health when her Department last assessed unmet need for chronic pain treatment in adults aged over 65, in light of TILDA Wave 6 findings that two-thirds of older adults with moderate to severe chronic pain receive no medication; and the actions taken following this assessment. [68703/25]
476. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the formal mechanisms her Department has in place to obtain assurance that the HSE is monitoring governance, audit, and compliance issues in voluntary hospitals; the process by which her Department is notified of any significant governance risks or failures identified by the HSE in those hospitals; and the actions her Department takes when such risks or failures a…
477. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the procedure within her Department for responding to serious governance concerns in voluntary hospitals when such issues are escalated by the HSE; and the criteria her Department uses to determine when further action or intervention is warranted. [68738/25]
485. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the dates and findings of any facility, safety, hygiene or environmental inspections carried out by or reported to her Department in relation to the Orchid Centre at Cork University Hospital in the past eighteen months, including issues of overcrowding, ventilation, temperature control, accessibility and maintenance of basic patient supplies; the actions taken by …
487. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to list all hospitals that provide chronic pain services, to identify which of these have a dedicated multidisciplinary pain service including psychology, physiotherapy and occupational therapy, to confirm the number of whole-time equivalent pain consultants assigned to each service, and to outline which regions do not have a local chronic pain service. [68780/25]
497. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the process by which the HSE monitors vacancy-related impacts on pay expenditure; and the reporting mechanisms used by hospital groups and community health organisations to notify the National Finance and Procurement Division. [68813/25]
868. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing an application for a person (details supplied) under the Northen Ireland Planned Healthcare Scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65608/25]
880. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently expedite assistance for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65701/25]
1077. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 8 of 26 June 2025, if she has clarified whether her position as Minister precludes her from making a complaint to the Medical Council of Ireland (details supplied); if so, to identify the relevant legislative provisions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63346/25]
1103. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to clarify if a statement is correct (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63609/25]
1104. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has received a copy of the “snapshot” referred to at a meeting of the Oireachtas Committee on Health earlier this year (details supplied); if so, if she will provide a copy of this data; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63610/25]
1150. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) given the circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63997/25]
1954. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the measures that can be taken to ensure that a person (details supplied) can be allocated a residential care home placement in the mid-west region, preferably County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59352/25]
1955. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health to intervene to ensure that a person (details supplied) receives the medical care they require as a matter of urgency. [59361/25]
2052. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received an MRI; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59989/25]
339. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to making certain medications for the treatment of cystitis and urinary tract infections available without prescription, in recognition of the impact of recurrent infections on women’s health and in order to ease the current pressure on GP services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54420/25]
132. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she will agree to a statutory inquiry into possible malpractice at Children's Health Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52559/25]
160. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she will hold a statutory inquiry into orthopaedic surgery at Children's Health Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52560/25]
588. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will urgently intervene in an extremely difficult case (details supplied), and allow for CAR T-cell therapy to be provided at the earliest possible date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49673/25]
329. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a date for surgery in the department of vascular surgery WUH has been arranged for a person (details supplied); and if the matter will be expedited. [49324/25]
380. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49547/25]
1303. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that blood donors are being asked if they are still the same sex that was assigned at birth; if she is aware that some donors are refusing to answer this question that has no basis in science and are then not being allowed to donate blood; if she has carried out any research as to the number of people refusing to answer this ideological question…