Parliamentary questions

1039. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or the Health Service Executive uses any recognised international guideline, benchmark, or population-based standard to assess the adequacy of whole-time equivalent consultant staffing levels in chronic pain services; if so, to specify the guideline or comparator used; if not, to state how the adequacy of consultant capa…

1040. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health if there are sufficient GP services serving the South Kildare area; the number of GP vacancies currently in existence in Kildare and surrounding hinterland; the measures being taken to recruit and retain GPs locally; if she will improve access to primary care for patients in the Kildare area; and if she will make a statement on the …

1041. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she will provide details of the circumstances surrounding the removal, without notice, of the personal effects belonging to a resident (details supplied); if proper procedures were followed; if the person's family were informed of this significant change prior to any action being taken. [5935/26]

1042. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting on a cardiology appointment in Cavan General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6002/26]

1043. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health to review the case of a child (details supplied) and expedite an appointment for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6009/26]

1044. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health to provide an update in respect of a person (details supplied) in need of residential care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6023/26]

1045. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the current status of the lung health check pilot lung cancer screening programme; the number of participants invited and screened to date; the locations in which the pilot is operating; the interim findings available to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6035/26]

1046. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the evaluation framework for the lung health check pilot; the body responsible for carrying out the evaluation; the clinical and cost effectiveness metrics being assessed; the timeline for the completion and publication of the evaluation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6036/26]

1047. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health when she expects a decision to be made, following completion of the evaluation, on whether to recommend the establishment of a national lung cancer screening programme; whether any provisional timelines have been set for such a decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6037/26]

1048. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or the Health Service Executive has undertaken preparatory planning for a potential national roll out of lung cancer screening informed by the lung health check pilot, including consideration of capacity, resourcing and integration with primary care; if so, to provide details; and if she will make a statement on the mat…

1049. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.1024 of 12 November 2025, when a response will issue from the HSE; if it can be ensured that a person (details supplied) will receive the treatment required at Cappagh Hospital following an operation in November 2023; if it can be ensured that the necessary treatment for this patient is provided as a matter…

1050. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she intends to reinstate the paramedic and advanced paramedic supervisor grade within the National Ambulance Service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6097/26]

1051. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she intends to introduce a dedicated ICO/EMT supervisor grade within the National Ambulance Service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6098/26]

1052. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if a previously agreed ratio will be implemented in the National Ambulance Service (details supplied); the reason this has not been implemented to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6099/26]

1053. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of children on a waiting list for orthodontic treatment in the CHO7 area; the average waiting time; and the number of those waiting more than 12 months, in tabular form. [6105/26]

1054. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if a proposal will be progressed with respect to the work of supervisors within the National Ambulance Service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6118/26]

1055. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if she plans to introduce screening for prostate cancer via the PSA test; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6119/26]

1056. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health for assistance in the case of a person (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6128/26]

1057. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health the current position on the public waiting list for breast reconstruction surgery for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6129/26]

1058. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health whether a person (details supplied), who qualifies for breast reconstruction surgery under the Cross-Border Directive, may access this surgery in a private hospital within the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6130/26]

1059. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health when the 24-acute beds for Mallow General Hospital will be operational; if there are specific timelines or factors contributing to any delays in the commissioning of these beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6168/26]

1060. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently examine issues raised in respect of University Hospital Limerick and the HSE (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6206/26]

1061. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of children with an address in Cork on the CHI paediatric surgery waiting list for scoliosis who have been waiting longer than four months. [6208/26]

1062. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the approval and reimbursement status of the targeted immunotherapy zolbetuximab (Vyloy®) for the treatment of metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma (detail supplied). [6213/26]

1063. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to address the need for a fulltime South Doc service in rural County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6224/26]