2167. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health her Department’s policy for evaluating international clinical guidance prior to alignment with national healthcare frameworks; the assessments carried out by her Department on the WPATH Standards of Care between 2018 and 2023; and the timeline for completing a formal review of those standards in light of the Cass Review. [74398/25]
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2301. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74987/25]
2331. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the immediate supports and timeline for implementation of the new Endometriosis Framework; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75168/25]
2365. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health if she will consider measures to address the additional cost people using incontinence products face due to increased waste disposal costs, beyond the existing entitlement to free incontinence pads; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1115/26]
2379. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason there is only one oxygen supplier under the DPS scheme; if she is considering approving more suppliers to improve competition and access to the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1216/26]
2380. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the electronic reimbursement system for oxygen will be introduced; the reason oxygen reimbursement is still lagging other medical services under the DPS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1217/26]
2381. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who are currently unable to get reimbursement for oxygen due to the fact that payments can only be made by cheque; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1218/26]
2399. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when the national hearing care plan will be published; if the working group has considered bone-anchored hearing aid services in its considerations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1366/26]
2402. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the date on which her Department first became aware of concerns relating to governance, oversight or patient safety in paediatric orthopaedic services at Children’s Health Ireland, and the source of that awareness. [1389/26]
2403. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the statutory, contractual or administrative powers that were available to her Department or the HSE to intervene once such concerns had been identified. [1390/26]
2404. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health whether any interim patient-safety measures were introduced once concerns were identified; and if not, the reason such measures were not implemented. [1391/26]
2413. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); if she will address the questions raised in correspondence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1435/26]
2451. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if funding for the lymphoedema and lipoedema model was provided for in Budget 2026; if not, whether consideration would be given to providing funding for same, considering that international studies show that the cost to treat patients could be reduced by 87%, if comprehensive lymphedema services were introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16…
2454. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Health if she will review the long-term illness scheme; if she will examine the case for including hypothyroidism as a qualifying condition, given its lifelong nature, the ongoing medical monitoring required and significant cumulative healthcare costs involved; and if she will outline any plans her Department has to modernise the scheme. [1690/26]
2540. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health based on her Department’s strategy statement 2023 to 2025, to outline progress, including clear data, as to improvements to equitable access to healthcare services across regions and socioeconomic groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2346/26]
2541. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the key performance indicators or performance metrics in place where partnership frameworks are established involving her Department, the HSE, other Departments or agencies and public, private and charitable service providers; what formal evaluation measures of those KPIs or metrics occur; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2347/26]
658. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health if phased dispensing will still be provided free of charge for patients at the request of their physician; whether the HSE expects this to take place for many existing patients; when the approved list of medications will be provided in these cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73443/25]
660. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 264 of 3 December 2025, if measures will be taken with the changes in prices of blister packs from January 2026 to counter the impact for vulnerable patients (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73451/25]
667. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2883 of 29 July 2025, if she stands by her statement that alcohol health information labelling will be implemented in 2028; how this tallies with recent reports (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73489/25]
668. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the development of a new model of care for trans healthcare; the timeline for same; the consultation and collaboration taking place with the trans community and relevant stakeholders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73491/25]
670. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if she will address the concerns regarding the treatment of women with endometriosis raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73493/25]
671. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if she will address the request for reimbursement of costs incurred for endometriosis treatment raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73494/25]
717. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she considers it appropriate that elective, non medically indicated circumcision procedures may be authorised in public hospitals in the absence of any national policy, national ethical framework, or centrally issued clinical guidance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73636/25]
721. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department has assessed the consistency of regional decision making on elective, non medically indicated circumcision procedures with national consent policy, child safeguarding standards, and international best practice; and if not, whether she intends to initiate such an assessment. [73640/25]
722. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she intends to develop or commission a national policy governing the provision or refusal of elective male circumcision procedures in public hospitals where no medical indication exists; and if not, to set out the reasons. [73641/25]