Parliamentary questions

2969. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the hospitals in which the HSE charges their employees, including all health care staff, for parking; the cost per day/per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25022/26]

2970. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Health if she accepts that the provision of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) to women with type 2 diabetes during pregnancy provides better glycaemic control than invasive blood glucose testing (finger prick testing) for both mother and baby over the duration of pregnancy; if she will make CGM available to women with type 2 diabetes dur…

2971. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Health her views on whether the cost of providing continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) to women with type 2 diabetes during pregnancy is cost neutral when compared to providing them with invasive blood glucose testing (finger prick testing) strips over the duration of pregnancy; if she will make CGM available to women with type 2 diabetes d…

2972. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Health if she will remove the specific criteria of "insulin initiation from the start" that is preventing 500-700 people with a clinical diagnosis of type 1 diabetes from accessing continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) which clinical evidence overwhelmingly supports as the first-choice glucose monitoring device for all people with type 1 dia…

2973. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health the number of civil and public servants in her Department and agencies under its remit who have received training in AI, data literacy, or digital skills in the past year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25037/26]

2974. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health whether compensation payments are being offered to victims of the 2021 cyberattack on HSE systems; whether all eligible recipients have been contacted or whether further are to be contacted; the qualifying criteria for payments; the overall structure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25044/26]

2975. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the current wait time for accessing adult mental health services for medical card holders. [25069/26]

2976. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the average number of patients on trolleys in each of the past 24-months in Tallaght University Hospital, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25081/26]

2977. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health her views on the merits of providing State subsidised food for people with a diagnosis of coeliac disease to reflect the significant financial burden placed on them due to the cost of purchasing specialist food; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25084/26]

2978. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health if any review has been carried out into the financial burden placed on people with a diagnosis of coeliac disease due to the cost of purchasing specialist food; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25085/26]

2979. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding any engagement she has had with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the high cost of purchasing specialist food for people with a diagnosis of this disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25086/26]

2980. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if patient information leaflets that have been developed as part of national clinical guidelines for reduced foetal movements, foetal heart rate monitoring and antenatal corticosteroids to reduce neonatal morbidity and mortality are available to all women in maternity hospitals and maternity units; and if not, the reason; and if she will ma…

2981. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the average monthly response time of the National Ambulance Service to call-outs from Rathfarnham, Dublin 14 in each of the last 12 months, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25128/26]

2982. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Health if she plans to introduce a free catch-up vaccine for children prior to 2016 who did not receive a vaccination for meningitis B given the recent outbreak in the UK; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25130/26]

2983. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure the consultants of a person (details supplied) in Crumlin and Beaumont will refer them to the centre of excellence of the NF Clinic, Guys Hospital in London for a prognosis on their NF1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25165/26]

2984. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive confirmation of eligibility for assignment of a social worker and for the preparation of a comprehensive discharge and support plan in advance of an upcoming discharge from hospital, particularly in the context of the person's recent diagnosis of type 1 insulin dependent diabetes and ongoing suppo…

2985. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to adding the drug skyclarys which is used in the treatment of Friedreich's ataxia to the drugs payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25182/26]

2986. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health whether the recommendations of the 2009 Vaccine Damage Steering Group report have been implemented; and if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25189/26]

2987. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the proposed provision of a helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) for the western region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25192/26]

2988. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health whether the operational base for the proposed helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) for the western region will be located in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25193/26]

2989. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health when the location of the operational base for the proposed helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) for the western region will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25194/26]

2990. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the opening times of the Mercy injury unit; and whether this is the time advertised. [25199/26]

2991. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health if working hours have been reduced for student nurses in University Hospital Limerick; if she will engage with the HSE to ascertain the reason these hours have been cut considering the constant levels of overcrowding in UHL; if these hours will be reinstated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25203/26]

2992. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health for an update on the establishment of an MS community worker in the Sligo-Leitrim area, which is currently the only region in the State without access to this community work service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25213/26]

2993. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of healthcare assistants employed in University Hospital Limerick in 2020 to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25227/26]