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Cathy Bennett Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Health
200. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health the timeframe in which she intends to deliver provision of MRI scans at Monaghan Hospital; and if she has considered providing for CT scans at Monaghan Hospital. [28450/26]
Conor Sheehan Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Health
201. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health if she will consider the provision of a sexual assault treatment unit in Limerick; and the reasons survivors of rape and sexual assault in Limerick, Clare and Tipperary are required to make a report to the Gardaí before they can access treatment at a SATU (sexual assault treatment unit); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28050/26]
Joe Neville Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Health
202. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Health given the current GP shortage, particularly in areas like north Kildare, if she will consider alleviating set up costs on new GP services to ensure new practices are established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28454/26]
Darren O'Rourke Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Health
203. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health her plans to increase the number of GPs in Ireland in view of a recent report (details supplied), and in particular in County Meath, which has the lowest number of GPs in the State per population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28367/26]
Liam Quaide Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Health
204. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the current level of investment in psychiatry of later life services in each HSE health region; the level of investment required in each such area to achieve the staffing and service targets envisaged in the 2019 Specialist Geriatric Services Model of Care, Part 2: Mental Health Service Provision; and to explain the shortfall between current investment and the inv…
Pa Daly Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Health
205. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health her plans to improve services at University Hospital Kerry. [28493/26]
Martin Daly Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Health
206. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health when additional primary care centres or services will be delivered in underserved areas of Roscommon-Galway. [28491/26]
Micheál Carrigy Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Health
207. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health for an update on the price negotiations regarding Skyclarys; the steps being taken to support those with Friedrich’s ataxia in the time critical interim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28226/26]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Health
208. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health for an update on capital projects at St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28344/26]
Naoise Ó Cearúil Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Health
209. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to restore staffing to the primary care children's assessment team in CHO7; the interim diagnostic pathways that are available to children who have been informed that no clinicians are currently available to carry out assessments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28368/26]
Aisling Dempsey Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Health
210. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health her plans for further reductions in the drugs payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28387/26]
Shay Brennan Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Health
211. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Health the mechanisms that are in place to ensure that high cost oncology medicines are prescribed in the most cost effective manner without compromising patient outcomes. [28353/26]
Sean Fleming Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Health
212. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health her plans to increase the number of consultants in emergency medicine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28356/26]
John Connolly Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Health
213. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health whether a design team have been appointed to design the two new blocks to be developed at University Hospital Galway as part of the masterplan project for the site of the hospital; the content and capacity of the new blocks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28220/26]
Michael Murphy Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Health
214. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reason no waiting list reduction targets have been set for orthodontic assessment and treatment in south Tipperary and the south-east for 2026 and 2027, despite waiting times of up to 82 months; whether she will now commit to introducing clear, time-bound targets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23517/26]
Séamus McGrath Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Health
215. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to expand acute bed capacity at Cork University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28380/26]
Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Health
216. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the reason the CAHMS teams in Wicklow and north Wexford are operating without a full team, noting that Lucena CAHMS is currently staffed between 62-63% and Wexford north currently has vacancies, with one post vacant for eight months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21271/26]
Brian Stanley Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Health
217. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the current plans regarding Erkina House, Rathdowney; the future plans the HSE has for the building; the use that is being considered for it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28401/26]
Edward Timmins Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Health
218. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health the status of the national treatment purchase fund for 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28464/26]
Brian Brennan Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Health
219. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for progress of the proposed primary health care centre for Gorey, County Wexford; if she will confirm that funding is available to progress this project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28456/26]
Jen Cummins Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Health
220. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health her plans to increase the number of public health nurses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27853/26]
Thomas Gould Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Health
221. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason for the continued failure to open the dementia unit in Heather House, and the crisis building in Cork’s nursing home waiting list. [28232/26]
Eamon Scanlon Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Health
222. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the reason the Model of Care for Women with Endometriosis has not yet been fully implemented nationwide; the funding and staffing commitments her Department will make in 2026 to ensure equitable access to advanced endometriosis services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28224/26]
Martin Daly Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Health
223. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of GP vacancies in Roscommon-Galway; and the incentives that are in place to recruit and retain GPs in rural communities. [28490/26]
Louis O'Hara Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Health
224. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health her plans to improve cancer care in the west of Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28154/26]