838. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health whether she is satisfied that current reimbursement timelines for orphan medicines align with the commitments on timely and equitable access set out in the National Rare Disease Strategy 2025–2030; the measures that are being taken to address delays in cases where EMA-approved treatments, including those for Friedreich’s ataxia, remain unavailable to patients in …
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839. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the HSE provides any direct supports, allowances, or reimbursement schemes to assist families caring for persons requiring continuous electrically powered medical equipment such as oxygen concentrators in the home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31916/26]
840. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has carried out any assessment of the financial burden placed on households providing home-based care for persons dependent on electrically powered medical devices; if any policy proposals are under consideration to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31917/26]
841. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to funding the Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31918/26]
842. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 3408 of 14 April 2026, when a response will issue. [31925/26]
843. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether fair deal applications for persons currently in hospital can be fast-tracked. [31936/26]
844. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the safeguarding protections in place to prevent persons being discharged from hospital to unsuitable home condition [31938/26]
845. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychologists working in child and adolescent primary care mental health in each of the Cork primary care centres and the average waiting time for a first appointment in each of the centres, in tabular form. [31939/26]
846. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a surgery appointment (details supplied) will be expedited given the circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31959/26]
847. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the work underway to further increase medical card income limits as committed in the Programme for Government, given that income thresholds for people under 70 years have not been increased in over 20 years despite significant inflation and social welfare payment increases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31960/26]
848. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the weekly medical card thresholds for people in their 60s by €100.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31961/26]
849. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the basic weekly medical card threshold by €100.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31962/26]
850. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding free GP services to children up to 12 years-of-age, as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31963/26]
851. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding free GP care to the entire population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31964/26]
852. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the status of an application submitted in January 2026 (details supplied) under the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31968/26]
853. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health for assistance in relation to a psychiatric review and medication assessment for a person (details supplied). [31969/26]
854. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health if her Department plans to establish a rapid access pancreatic cancer diagnostic clinic to ensure assessment within two weeks of referral; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31971/26]
855. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to reduce delays in diagnostic tests for suspected pancreatic cancer and to standardise pathways nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31972/26]
856. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health if she will introduce a national awareness campaign on the early signs of pancreatic cancer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31973/26]
857. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of National Cancer Strategy commitments relating to rapid referral pathways for high mortality cancers such as pancreatic cancer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31974/26]
858. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to examine the special circumstances of a medical card applicant and issue a full card to them (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31977/26]
859. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health if she will expedite and accept the appeal of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31983/26]
860. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health given that the review of the operation of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Act 2024 was to be initiated by 17 April 2026; the terms of reference/parameters for the review and will they be published; who will conduct the review; the way in which the views of stakeholders will be incorporated; the timeline for initiation and comp…
861. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health given the investment by the State over decades in residential homes managed by St John of Gods Order, if she considers it appropriate that one of these properties in her constituency is for sale on the residential market, presumably to be sold to the highest bidder, when residential places for older people in need of care and respite are at such a premium; and if …
862. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a full breakdown of all expenditure incurred by the HSE in respect of the health performance visualisation platform and the integrated information service, system programme, by recipient or contractor, amount paid or committed and the function or purpose for which the payment was made, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the m…