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James Geoghegan Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1663. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the publication of the AI for Care strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18278/26]
James Geoghegan Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1664. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to extending free family planning to the provision of vasectomy services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18279/26]
Shane Moynihan Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1665. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the preparation and expected publication of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) (Amendment) Bill 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18283/26]
Shane Moynihan Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1666. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health if provisions of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024, once amended, will provide full and equal legal recognition on a retrospective basis for families who have already accessed assisted human reproduction or surrogacy arrangements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18284/26]
Shane Moynihan Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1667. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the measures her Department are taking alongside other Departments to protect the legal rights and status of children whose parentage remains unresolved pending the full commencement of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024, as amended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18285/26]
Mark Ward Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1668. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the specific measures which he will put in place to protect the independent, community-led role of Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces under the proposed regional governance arrangements in the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026-2029; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18290/26]
Darren O'Rourke Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1669. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health number of additional consultant posts which have been approved for Our Lady's Hospital, Navan in each of the years of 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, by year, by speciality, in tabular form. [18307/26]
Darren O'Rourke Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1670. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric endocrinologists currently filled at CHI Temple Street . [18308/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1671. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant in emergency medicine and emergency medicine registrars based at Mercy University Hospital as of 1 March 2026; and the number as of 1 March 2023, in tabular form. [18328/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1672. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of vehicles that were clamped within public car parks of the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital in each of the years of 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [18329/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1673. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE suicide crisis assessment nurse posts filled within Cork as of 1 March 2026; and the number as of 1 March 2023, in tabular form. [18330/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1674. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant ENT surgeons within Cork University Hospital that are currently only dealing and treating public only patients. [18331/26]
Donna McGettigan Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1675. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health to reinstate the recruitment pathways for qualified PHECC paramedics within the National Ambulance Service; the reason pathways to permanent employment were changed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18332/26]
Donna McGettigan Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1676. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the amount of money which was spent on private ambulance services by the health service in each of the years from 2020 to 2025; the anticipated cost for 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18334/26]
Brendan Smith Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1677. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health the progress to date on developing and resourcing a national sepsis strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18349/26]
Ruth Coppinger Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1678. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the number of meetings which have taken place between her or officials in her Department and an organisation (details supplied) or bodies which are members of the organization in 2025; to provide a list of those meetings; the dates on which they took place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18351/26]
Ruth Coppinger Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1679. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of maintenance contracts using public funds that her Department or her agencies has where a company (details supplied) carry out works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18360/26]
Paul Murphy Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1680. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she will instruct her Department to review the current reimbursement scheme, making drugs such as vyloy available for reimbursement. [18372/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1681. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene to ensure that training paramedics promised a permanent post after successful qualification will receive one; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18379/26]
John Lahart Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1682. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health further to the publication of the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026–2029, to outline the proposed governance, funding flows and accountability arrangements for the regional structures within the HSE health regions; whether local drug and alcohol task forces will retain independent governance and decision-making authority over locally delivered programmes; and if…
John Lahart Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1683. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the way funding will be allocated within the proposed regional structures under the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026–2029; whether deprivation, social exclusion and patterns of entrenched drug-related harm will be formally weighted alongside population in determining resource allocation; and if she will publish the criteria to be used by HSE Health Regions in m…
John Lahart Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1684. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the specific measures that will be put in place to protect the independent, community-led role of local drug and alcohol task forces under the proposed regional governance arrangements in the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026–2029; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18389/26]
John Lahart Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1685. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health whether, under the proposed regional structures in the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026–2029, all public funding for community-based drug services, including local drug and alcohol task forces, will be pooled at HSE health region level; the safeguards that will be put in place to prevent dilution of funding to areas of high deprivation; and if she will make a s…
Ciarán Ahern Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1686. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health whether an application for the inclusion of a cancer medicine (details supplied) in the HSE reimbursement scheme has been received; if she will expedite its inclusion when and if received; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18391/26]
Barry Ward Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1687. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the report launched by a group (details supplied) in relation to the advertising of alcohol online and the potential impact on children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18392/26]