Parliamentary questions

3044. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of minor procedures room currently in use at Tipperary University Hospital. [25527/26]

3045. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the services available in Kerry for persons that suffer with trichiasis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25533/26]

3046. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of life threatening calls that the National Ambulance Services attended within 19 minutes in County Kerry in 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25534/26]

3047. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time to see a consultant ENT surgeon at University Hospital Kerry for a first appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25535/26]

3048. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the ENT waiting list in University Hospital Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25536/26]

3049. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health whether oral immunotherapy will be made available for patients who suffer with a sesame allergy through the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25540/26]

3050. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health her Department's position on oral immunotherapy as a food allergy treatment; whether the pilot programme in Cork will be expanded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25541/26]

3051. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the grants available to a parent who currently would be forced abroad to ensure their child with a sesame allergy could receive oral immunotherapy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25542/26]

3052. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health if she will review the dental treatment services scheme given reports that the fees paid under the scheme often do not cover the cost of providing treatment, leading to dentists withdrawing from the scheme and reducing access for medical card patients; and if she will outline any planned reforms. [25545/26]

3053. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health the measures she is taking to ensure continued access to dental care for medical card holders in light of the increasing number of dentists leaving the dental treatment services scheme due to financial unsustainability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25546/26]

3054. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the rising operational costs faced by general dental practices, estimated at approximately €170 per hour before income is earned; if she will consider supports similar to those available to GPs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25547/26]

3055. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the current number of vacant GP posts, including GMS and non-GMS contracted positions, in the counties of Longford and Westmeath; to provide a breakdown of these vacancies by primary care area, town, or practice where applicable; to detail the length of time each vacancy has remained unfilled; to set out the measures currently being undertake…

3056. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health whether the National Dementia Strategy will be updated; the status of the National Dementia Strategy in relation to the Model of Care for Dementia; whether a full-term review is intended to be published following the 2018 Mid-Term Review; whether the National Dementia Strategy Monitoring Group are presently active; and if she will make a stateme…

3057. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health when an eye test centre will be approved in Laois (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25565/26]

3058. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 572 of 5 March 2026, the engagements she has had with the Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government regarding funding for the Integrated Homeless Services Hub in Cork city (details supplied); the way in which this project is being funded; the timeline for submission of the proposal seeking sec…

3059. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene with the HSE to ensure that immediate action is taken to resolve the recruitment and retention crisis affecting radiographer practice tutors, including the allocation of additional funding needed to resolve issues relating to staffing, workload and pay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25588/26]

3060. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason for the particularly high volume and long waiting times for children on paediatric respiratory medicine and ophthalmology waiting lists at Children's Health Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25593/26]

3061. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to adding Crohn's disease, which is life-changing and life-long, to the long-term illness scheme; if not, if this will this be considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25599/26]

3062. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the WTE allocated to the National Ambulance Service in Monaghan, by role, the duration of any vacancy, by year for the years 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25622/26]

3063. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the WTE allocated to the National Ambulance Service in Cavan, by role, the duration of any vacancy, by year for the years 2020 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25623/26]

3064. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health to outline all available pathways for children under the age of three, who are deaf or hard of hearing to access cochlear implants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25626/26]

3065. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if she will seek feedback on a call made to the National Ambulance Service (details supplied) and information given by operator to the caller; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25637/26]

3066. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken nationally to progress the Tobacco Produce Directive at European level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25659/26]

3067. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if progressing the revised Tobacco Products Directive will be a priority during Ireland's hosting of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25660/26]

3068. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the use of the drug fampyra with regard to treating of ataxia within other EU member states; if consideration has been given to facilitating similar usage within Ireland; if so, the current status of any such considerations; the steps that a person can take to access fampyra for such treatment; and if she w…