856. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reasons for the delay in expanding the National Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme (NNBSP) to include severe combined immunodeficiency; the timeline for introduction of screening for this condition in the NNBSP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51340/25]
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868. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health for an update on implementing spinal muscular atrophy screening in the national heel-prick test; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51453/25]
872. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the recommendations from the national clinical trials oversight group she plans to progress; the timeframe for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51472/25]
875. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the implementation of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) screening in the national newborn bloodspot heel-prick test, in view of the decision made in 2023 to include SMA in the programme alongside severe combined immunodeficiency; the reasons for the ongoing delay in its roll out despite the allocation of funding and the acknowledged urgency of…
876. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will support the calls of an organisation (details supplied) for the introduction of viable fees for public eyecare schemes (medical card and PRSI-estimated cost of €20m annually and the roll out of an over 8s national eyecare programme estimated cost €1.2m annually; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51505/25]
886. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that were on the drug alcarizax through the discretionary hardship arrangements; if patients were informed where they received this drug through these arrangements that such arrangements can be withdrawn pending a reimbursement decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51588/25]
887. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the arrangements that will be put in place for those who received the drug alcarizax through discretionary arrangements but cannot receive this due to a negative reimbursement decision, and who require completing this course of medication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51589/25]
893. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health her plans to allow those with a medical card for long-term illness to receive free blood tests from their GP's; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51741/25]
894. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health if she will consider a scheme to subsidise the cost of a prostate check for those in receipt of a State pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51742/25]
899. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the damage to public health caused by weeks of gorse fires at Ticknock (details supplied); if she will liaise with the appropriate authorities to take action to prevent a recurrence so as to protect families, children and older people from further heart, lung and neurological damage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51853/25]
900. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if she intends to allocate funding in the upcoming Budget for post-acute inpatient neurorehabilitation beds in the southwest, in line with the Programme for Government commitment to develop more specialist inpatient neurorehabilitation beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51855/25]
901. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health her plans to allocate funding in Budget 2026 for post-acute inpatient neurorehabilitation beds in the southwest in line with the Programme for Government commitment to develop more specialist inpatient neurorehabilitation beds. [51856/25]
922. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the steps she will take to allocate funding in Budget 2026 for post-acute inpatient neurorehabilitation beds in the southwest in line with the Programme for Government Commitment to develop more specialist inpatient neurorehabilitation beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51947/25]
939. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health for an update on the progress made to date on the Obesity Action Plan committed to in the Programme for Government; when specific actions are expected to flow from the plan; if she will conduct stakeholder engagement and consultation as part of her plans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52121/25]
170. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she intends to establish a national biobank office and introduce primary biobanking legislation, as recommended by the Irish Health Research Forum in 2023; if so, the timeline she is working towards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50613/25]
582. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health the current policy regarding access to CAR-T cell therapy for patients over the age of 26 with refractory acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; the rationale for the existing eligibility criteria; whether funding or pathways are available for patients to access this treatment abroad where clinically appropriate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49594/2…
609. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the costing provided for in a document included hormone replacement therapy prescribed to transgender women (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49826/25]
610. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if a women prescribed hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for the treatment of a condition can avail of the free HRT scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49827/25]
611. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her views on the apparently contradictory information produced by her Department in advance of the free hormone replacement therapy (HRT) scheme (details supplied); if pharmacists are expected to provide any clinical information to the HSE on patients availing of the scheme; if patients are required to provide any clinical information to pharmacists to avail of t…
624. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health her plans to expand the availability of free HRT products beyond the treatment of menopause symptoms to transgender people as part of gender-affirming healthcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49933/25]
366. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health if she will consider the introduction of a free shingles vaccine for older people, in particular those over 66 years-of-age, in line with best practice in other European countries; if her Department has carried out an assessment of the health and cost benefits of a national shingles vaccination programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49489/…
378. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health if a treatment will be made available for a person (details supplied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49532/25]
1153. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health whether she plans to include motor neurone disease in the long term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47821/25]
1312. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the status and timeframe for the delivery of a single point of access for families to enter into appropriate services for therapies that is primary care and CAMHS in County Cavan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48780/25]
1313. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if smoking cessation services also extend to the use of vapes or e-cigarettes [48822/25]