Parliamentary questions

293. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of patients in County Louth on primary care and community services waiting lists, by service type, age group, and length of wait, in each of the years from December 2022 to 2025 or latest comparable date, in tabular form. [10583/26]

294. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Louth waiting for home support each year from December 2022 to 2025, or latest comparable date, and the number of people receiving less than their allocated hours, in tabular form. [10584/26]

295. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of people in County Louth waiting for CAMHS, by length of wait, on a quarterly basis for each of the years 2022 to 2025, in tabular form. [10585/26]

296. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Louth waiting for an appointment with an organisation (details supplied) by length of wait, on a quarterly basis for each of the years 2022 to 2025, in tabular form. [10586/26]

297. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Louth waiting for diagnostic tests, including MRI, CT, ultrasound and endoscopy, at the latest available data point, in tabular form. [10587/26]

298. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the capacity and access to public dental services in County Louth, including DTSS participation, claims activity, and waiting lists for dental, orthodontic, and dental surgery services, for quarter 4 2024 and quarterly in 2025, in tabular form. [10588/26]

299. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs and GPs providing GMS services in County Louth, by local health area and per 10,000 population, as of 1 December for each of the years from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [10589/26]

300. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of people resident in County Louth waiting for a first outpatient appointment at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda in each of the years 2023 to 2025 and to-date in 2026, by specialty; and the median and longest waiting times. [10590/26]

301. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting orthopaedic outpatient appointments and orthopaedic procedures via Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for each of the years 2023 to 2025 and to-date in 2026; and the waiting times by urgency category where available. [10591/26]

302. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting ENT (ear, nose and throat) outpatient appointments via Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for each of the years 2023 to 2025 and to-date in 2026; and the median and longest waits. [10592/26]

303. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting cardiology outpatient appointments and diagnostics in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda catchment for each of the years 2023 to 2025 and to-date in 2026; and the waiting times involved. [10593/26]

304. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Louth awaiting home support for each of the years 2023 to 2025 and to-date in 2026 including numbers approved but not yet commenced; hours approved vs delivered; and average waiting times. [10594/26]

305. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of applications from County Louth awaiting decision/placement under the nursing homes support scheme for each of the years 2023 to 2025 and to-date in 2026; and the average time from application to funding decision. [10595/26]

306. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of children in County Louth awaiting HSE public dental services including special needs dentistry for each of the years 2023 to 2025 and to-date in 2026; and to provide waiting times and staffing levels. [10596/26]

307. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Health if her Department will provide the current timelines for orthodontist wait lists in the HSE for primary school children in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10607/26]

308. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Health if her Department will provide the current timelines for orthodontist wait lists in the HSE for primary school children in Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10608/26]

309. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure urgent access to welireg (belzutifan) for a young adult with von Hippel-Lindau disease in County Kildare (details supplied) where clinicians advise that delay risks irreversible loss of neurological and functional ability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10622/26]

310. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if there is provision of funds to provide for future medical malpractice lawsuits that may be taken against the Government as a result of children having undergone irreversible gender transition surgery. [10623/26]

311. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if she will address the serious issues raised in correspondence relating to the shingles vaccination (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10632/26]

312. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health the office or authority which withdrew the 2017 HSE Position Paper Wind Turbines and Public Health; if, the Office of the Chief Medical Officer and the National Director of Public Health were notified of this withdrawal; if so, the dates of same; if and when the Department of Housing; Local Government and Heritage was similarly notified; and …

313. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied) as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10646/26]

314. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health to expedite a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10652/26]

315. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Health Service Executive has completed, or is in the process of completing, any National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics Rapid Review, Health Technology Assessment, or other formal evaluation for tirzepatide (mounjaro) and semaglutide (wegovy) for obesity or weight management; the date on which each assessment commenced; the current st…

316. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Health Service Executive or her Department has prepared, commissioned, received, or reviewed any cost-effectiveness analysis, budget impact analysis, or economic model relating to the use of GLP-1 receptor agonist medicines for obesity or weight management, including semaglutide and tirzepatide; whether any such analysis includes mo…

317. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to outline the policy or decision framework used by the Health Service Executive when considering prevention-based outcomes, including reductions in the future incidence of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, in medicines reimbursement decisions under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013; and whether the Department …