882. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychologists by grade based at Kilnamanagh/Tymon primary care centre in each of the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69163/25]
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883. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE occupational therapists, by grade based at Killinarden health centre in each of the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69164/25]
884. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant rheumatologist based at Tallaght University Hospital in each of the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69165/25]
899. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of people diagnosed with dementia in each of the last 5 years, broken down by age group, gender and county. [69326/25]
963. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the governance, referral and decision-making framework that operated when Irish children and young people were sent abroad for gender-identity assessment or treatment, including the basis on which the Tavistock Gender Identity Development Service and University College Hospital London were used; and the policy reviews undertaken following the closure of Tavistock.…
964. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of children and young people referred abroad for gender-identity assessment or treatment in each year since 2009, including the number referred; the number seen; age at referral and sex at birth; and if her Department holds any clinical outcomes or follow-up information arising from these referrals. [69428/25]
965. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the clinical guidelines, national policy instructions or formal agreements that applied to the use of puberty-suppressing medication for minors assessed overseas; and to specify whether any safeguarding, clinical-risk or budgetary assessments were carried out before these treatments were facilitated under the treatment abroad scheme. [69429/25]
981. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to identify which body holds national waiting-list data for children and young people seeking gender-related assessment or treatment, in circumstances where the HSE’s treatment abroad scheme has stated that it does not hold or have access to waiting-list information; the oversight arrangements the Department has in place to ensure national visibility of demand and…
982. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the Department’s governance framework for paediatric referrals for gender-related treatment abroad, including the criteria used by the Department to assess clinical safety, safeguarding, and public-expenditure implications, in circumstances where applications for gender-affirming surgery abroad are automatically approved once an MDT report and referral letter are …
983. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the Department’s oversight of public expenditure on gender-related treatment abroad for children and young people since 2020, including pre-assessment costs, multidisciplinary-team costs, travel-related costs and surgical costs; the arrangements in place to monitor value for money; and whether any expenditure controls or budget ceilings apply. [69540/25]
985. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department will establish a single national reporting structure for all paediatric gender-related referrals, approvals, outcomes and costs, in order to ensure transparent oversight and policy accountability; and the expected timeline for such a structure. [69542/25]
986. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding any ongoing engagement her Department is having with an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69548/25]
992. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the protocols currently in place to enable families, GPs and safeguarding teams to raise concerns about repeated harmful alcohol deliveries to a vulnerable person; if these protocols are adequate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69617/25]
1024. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of hospitals, per county, which provide in-person menopause clinics that are in operation, and those that are not. [69919/25]
420. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists, occupational therapists and psychologists, both adult and paediatric, working in Ballyboden Primary Care Centre in each of the past three years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68614/25]
423. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of people on ophthalmology waiting lists in all hospitals offering ophthalmology services by length of time on such wait lists, and the average wait time someone can be expected to be seen in each of those hospitals if a referral is put in now, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68542/25]
426. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health the number of paramedics and ENT's, including advanced paramedics in counties Monaghan and Cavan, respectively, in each of the years 2019 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68558/25]
427. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health the average ambulance response time in County Monaghan in each of the years 2019 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68559/25]
432. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the current national and regional data on delayed recall appointments within the HSE including appointments issued to patients following hospital discharge for X-rays, ultrasounds, and consultant-requested follow-up assessments; the average waiting time for such recall appointments; and the steps the HSE is taking to reduce delays that can negatively impact patie…
446. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on taxis and minibuses by the HSE (details supplied) in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [68659/25]
453. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding her Department has allocated to drug addiction prevention initiatives in 2024, and to date in 2025. [68684/25]
458. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to chronic pain services in 2023, 2024 and 2025; the planned allocation for 2026; and whether additional funding will be ring-fenced to support older adults identified as having untreated chronic pain. [68702/25]
461. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of applications from persons aged 70 years and over that were refused any form of card, including a GP visit card, in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and the recorded reasons for refusal. [68706/25]
462. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of appeals lodged by persons aged 70 years and over following the refusal of a medical card or GP visit card in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and the number of appeals upheld. [68707/25]
465. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of over-70s whose applications for a medical card were reclassified to GP visit card awards due to marginal threshold exceedance since 2020, broken down by year. [68710/25]