Parliamentary questions

1076. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health if additional rapid response vehicles would help reduce ambulance response times in Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7873/26]

1077. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health the position regarding endometriosis care in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7874/26]

1078. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the dental screening programme in Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7875/26]

1079. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the orthodontist programme in Cavan and Monaghan. [7876/26]

1080. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the implementation of screening for spinal muscular atrophy as part of the National Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme (heel prick test); the specific milestones that have been set for its rollout; the body, agency or individuals responsible for delivery; the reasons for delays in reaching these milestones to date; the act…

1081. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the reason low-dose atropine (0.05%) eye drops for myopia control are difficult to obtain or totally unavailable (details supplied); if she will make provision for this medicine to be sourced for children who need them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7918/26]

1082. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or any body under its remit has any contracts with an organisation (details supplied); or has contracted work from that organisation within the past two years. [7932/26]

1083. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or any body under its remit has any contracts with an organisation (details supplied); or has contracted work from that organisation within the past two years. [7950/26]

1084. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant and filled psychologist posts respectively, with the HSE, in County Mayo; the measures her Department is taking to increase such jobs in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8022/26]

1085. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if there is a clinical psychologist currently assigned to the CAMHS team serving Mullingar; and the number of WTE posts filled and vacant. [8053/26]

1086. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to enhance early-intervention protocols within youth mental health services, specifically regarding the identification of individuals exhibiting early signs of severe psychiatric distress; the supports for families to navigate these critical periods; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8055/…

1087. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the guidance or training which has been provided to primary care and mental health professionals concerning the assessment and management of patients whose psychotic symptoms may be interwoven with extremist ideological content online; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8056/26]

1088. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has had an appointment cancelled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8065/26]

1089. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health if her Department has carried out research on the effect of privatisation in the home care sector on the pay and conditions of workers in the sector as well as the overall quality of service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8080/26]

1090. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of a strategy (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8125/26]

1091. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health the measures in place to ensure timely access to appropriate treatments for patients with von Hippel-Lindau disease, given the risk of irreversible deterioration where treatment is delayed; how such cases are managed while reimbursement processes are underway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8126/26]

1092. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurse positions in each county. [8134/26]

1093. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses who have resigned in each county over the past five years, in tabular form. [8135/26]

1094. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of agency nurses working as public health nurses in each county, in tabular form. [8136/26]

1095. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the fact that public health nurses in some counties are permitted to work four-day weeks, while others are not allowed any leeway in terms of working hours; the reason for this discrepancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8137/26]

1096. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in each county who are currently on sick leave; and the number of whom are citing stress as the reasoning for their leave. [8138/26]

1097. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurse vacancies in each health centre; the number of weeks they have been vacant, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8139/26]

1098. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of regular general nurse positions vacant in each health centre nationwide; and the number of weeks for which they have been vacant, in tabular form. [8140/26]

1099. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the amount paid out by the HSE to agencies to provide agency staff to cover vacant RGN and PHN positions in health centres nationwide in each of the past five years. [8141/26]

1100. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the age in months of the oldest child to receive a 21-24 month developmental check in each county; and if she is aware of any region which is experiencing a delay in conducting such developmental checks. [8142/26]