Parliamentary questions

1247. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on plans to add further condition to the heal prick test for newborn babies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33391/26]

1248. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if there are national policies or additional resources being considered to support towns like Clonmel experiencing a rise in visible drug activity; if there is scope for legislative or policy changes to better address persistent public drug use and protect residential areas; if there are examples of successful interventions in other towns t…

1249. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health to clarify whether AEDs are covered under the drugs payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33443/26]

429. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will issue a public apology to the children young adults in north and south Kerry, who were harmed and who received substandard care while under the care of the HSE (details supplied). [31635/26]

430. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the details of the Government model of care for people with dementia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31499/26]

431. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the delivery of the model of care for people with dementia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31500/26]

432. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding any plans to provide medical cards to people with a diagnosis of dementia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31501/26]

433. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding any plans to provide medical cards to people with a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31502/26]

434. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the support mechanisms in place for the over 4,000 people in Ireland that have early onset dementia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31503/26]

435. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the status of a dementia registry which would plot where the demand for dementia services is at a national level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31516/26]

436. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if she will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [31524/26]

437. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of additional funding and staff for PrEP services in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31525/26]

438. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health for an update on waiting times for PrEP services, and details of waiting times, by CHO, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31526/26]

439. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health to examine the case of a person who has been a patient at the long-Covid clinic at Beaumont Hospital for a number of years (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31544/26]

440. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if hospitals are fined if a patient does not have a bed within 24 hours of being bed booked; if so, the number of fines that have been paid; the value the fines amount to; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31558/26]

441. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health when brensocatib, although approved will be made available in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31571/26]

442. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 25 June 2025, the anticipated timelines for new resources to be recruited and operational within the Mater Hospital’s pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) unit; whether funding for these roles has been formally allocated within the HSE service plan and budget for 2026; the engagement or consultat…

443. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total spend by the HSE in each of the years from 2020 to 2025 and to-date in 2026 on translation and interpreter services for patients who do not have English as their first language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31617/26]

444. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time in accident and emergency departments for patients that had received a serious brain injury due to RTA or other reason in 2018. [31619/26]

445. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the percentage of the HSE medicines budget that is currently spent on 'non-oncology medicines for rare diseases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31631/26]

446. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to award a full discretionary medical card to a person (details supplied) [31637/26]

447. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to develop a Lyme disease test centre at University Hospital Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31645/26]

448. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently examine a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31657/26]

449. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to consider developing a Lyme disease specific Department in University Hospital Kerry, for the detection, treatment and research of this debilitating condition, as testing methods currently being carried out in Ireland are perceived to be not accurate, with the majority of suspect Irish Lyme disease patients travelling annually to Germany a…

450. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if surgery will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31667/26]