651. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to delays in providing an occupational therapy assessment for a person (details supplied); and the actions she will take to ensure that this is progressed. [70385/26]
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652. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the provision of an additional CAMHS team for north Wexford; if accommodation for this team has now been identified in Gorey; if the team will ultimately be located in the planned new primary care centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70370/26]
653. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if she will allocate €120 million in Budget 2027 for the establishment of dedicated Mental Health A&Es, separate from general Emergency Departments, given concerns raised by communities including Ballinasloe following recent tragedies and in light of the limited national coverage of the Suicide Crisis Assessment Nurse (SCAN) service; and if she will make a …
654. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 68120/26, for an update on the work of the National Clinical Lead for Eating disorders, Dr Art Malone, and Professor Rosie Gowran, Clinical Lead National Clinical Programme for People with Disability (details supplied), to establish a national ARFID pathway for children and young people. [70341/26]
655. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health for an update on the school immunisation programme; the number of vacancies in the Dublin area for the school immunisation team; to comment on the cancellation of junior infant vaccines MMR and Tdap boosters scheduled for the school (details supplied); and the steps that are being taken to address this. [70215/26]
656. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that families in Cork have been informed that the Specialist Neurodevelopmental Pathway (SNAP) Ballincollig service is being discontinued and that children currently attending or awaiting assessment through SNAP are being referred back to their local CAMHS service, including North Lee; if this is the case, the reason for the decision; the date on w…
657. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of Irish citizens that graduate annually from medical schools in Poland and elsewhere in the EU, and subsequently seek Irish internship posts. [70403/26]
658. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of Irish graduates of Polish medical schools that have been unable to participate in the Irish intern matching process because their final-year centile ranking was not available by the HSE deadline. [70407/26]
659. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if a later centile submission date will be used for medical schools whose academic calendar does not allow the final ranking to be available by the standard Irish deadline for graduates seeking intership posts. [70411/26]
660. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if her Department has considered allowing final-year students from EU medical schools with later examination calendars to apply provisionally and submit their final centile once their examinations are completed. [70410/26]
661. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if the requirement for Irish graduates of Polish medical schools for the final centile ranking to be available by the deadline a statutory/regulatory requirement or an administrative requirement of the HSE matching system. [70408/26]
662. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the status of a medical card appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and the timeframe in which a decision will be made. [70438/26]
663. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the way in which she will ensure better pathways for patients with suspected autonomic disorders to receive appropriate investigations, including standing/orthostatic testing and tilt-table testing where clinically appropriate. [70436/26]
664. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health if her Department is working to develop access to a medical device for Irish patients (details supplied). [70434/26]
665. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total capital expenditure incurred by the HSE and her Department on the development of day-surgery centres and elective hospitals in each year from 2020 to date, by site; the estimated final project cost for each completed, active and planned facility; and the expected opening date of each facility. [70432/26]
666. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the capital and current expenditure incurred by the HSE in relation to community mental health centres, mental health hubs and other dedicated mental health facilities in each year from 2020 to date, by facility and county; the projected expenditure for projects currently in planning, design or construction, in tabular form. [70431/26]
667. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health whether it is reasonable that when a child attends A and E, without the benefit of a GP referral letter because they could not physically access an appointment, that they be charged an A and E charge given that the child received treatment in A and E that could not be provided in the community. [70423/26]
668. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the status of an application submitted (details supplied) in June for reimbursement under the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme. [70420/26]
669. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health whether she is aware of concerns that some people living with Friedreich’s ataxia may face significant delays in accessing a drug (details supplied) despite its reimbursement from 1 October 2026 due to capacity constraints at the Combined Ataxia Clinic at Tallaght University Hospital; the estimated timeframe within which all eligible patients will have com…
670. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if a supplementary or reserve matching process for Irish medical internship posts will be established for otherwise eligible graduates whose centile becomes available after the normal deadline at universities in the EU. [70412/26]
671. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of children and young people currently awaiting access to CAMHS in each county, at the end of September 2026; the average waiting time for first-time appointments in each county; and the longest wait time, in tabular form. [70466/26]
672. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of concerns that some people living with Friedreich’s ataxia may face significant delays in accessing skyclarys (omaveloxolone) despite its reimbursement from 1 October 2026 (details supplied); the estimated timeframe within which all eligible patients will have commenced treatment; if additional resources will be provided to support treatment ini…
673. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health the advice that she can provide to a person (details supplied) resident in Monaghan who has contacted every GP in the county and has been unable to register with a GP for them and their child. [70459/26]
674. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will outline if a policy document (details supplied) will be considered as part of the current decision making process of the Mid-West Health Planning Board. [70529/26]
675. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Health if she will review the fairness of the drug payment scheme threshold, particularly the application of the same monthly cap to widowed/single-person households and to couples or families. [70527/26]