1139. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any equality or disability impact assessment has been undertaken in respect of the exclusion of pharmacist-prepared monitored dosage systems from State funding under the long-term illness scheme, having regard to obligations to provide reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities; and if not, when such an assessment will be initiated. [12153/26]
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1140. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the clinical or professional guidance her Department relies upon when stating that monitored dosage systems should be used only as a last resort; the source of that guidance; whether it has been formally adopted in Ireland; and if she will confirm whether any Irish clinical standard governs access to medication compliance supports for vulnerable patients living i…
1141. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health when the examination currently being undertaken by her Department into the use of monitored dosage systems will conclude; whether it will consider funding options where such systems are clinically indicated; and if she will commit to publishing a clear policy position with defined eligibility criteria and timelines. [12155/26]
1142. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she accepts that requiring patients with disabilities to privately fund essential medication compliance supports may undermine safe administration of prescribed medicines in home-care settings; and if she will outline the alternative State-funded supports are available to such patients where phased dispensing is clinically inappropriate. [12156/26]
1143. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health to detail her Department’s plan to expand access to urgent care for those experiencing a mental health emergency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12180/26]
1144. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when screening for spinal muscular atrophy, a rare genetic condition affecting approximately six babies born in Ireland each year, will be included in the national newborn bloodspot screening programme; if SMA screening will be implemented before the end of March 2026, as cited by a leading paediatric clinician in recent media coverage; the preparations curre…
1145. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the amount raised in respect of the partial sale of Baggot Street Hospital. [12192/26]
1146. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for home support in December from 2022 to 2025; the number of people receiving less than their allocated hours, broken down by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12193/26]
1147. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to open a sexual assault treatment unit in the mid-west region; the consideration that has been given to this by her Department and the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12196/26]
1148. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Crumlin Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12209/26]
1149. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a patient (details supplied) in County Donegal will transfer from Letterkenny University Hospital to the Mater Hospital, Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12213/26]
1150. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health for an update on funding (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12214/26]
1151. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health if she will provide the service history for all MRI machines here; how often they are serviced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12215/26]
1152. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health if she will provide the service history for all radiation therapy equipment in Ireland; how often they are serviced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12216/26]
1153. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health to respond to the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12217/26]
1154. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of people in third party residential care in the State supplied through a HSE contract; and the cost, per person, per year. [12222/26]
1155. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of psychologists and psychiatrists currently working with the adult disability services in each county; and if any of these are covering multiple areas. [12227/26]
1156. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when home help service positions will be filled in Donegal; the reason for additional staff not being able to take up positions given the long waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12229/26]
1157. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an operation in St. Vincent’s Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12233/26]
1158. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the current level of provision and staffing of acute mental health services for older adults (details supplied); the waiting times, broken down by health region and age range, for the counselling in primary care service, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12234/26]
1159. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the recruitment of interRAI care needs facilitators; the number currently in-post; the outstanding vacancies; the measures being taken to increase the number of interRAI assessments carried out for home support, in light of the lower than expected number of assessments completed in 2024 and 2025; and if she will make a statement on the m…
1160. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrists based at Ennis primary care centre as of 9 February 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12244/26]
1161. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the reason dietitian services for type 1 diabetes management are no longer available at Tipperary University Hospital, Clonmel; the contingency plans in place for high-risk diabetes patients; and when dietetic support and insulin pump access will be restored. [12256/26]
1162. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of operating theatres currently in use at Cork University Hospital, South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital and Mercy University Hospital; the hours each of those theatres are open in each of those hospitals, in tabular form. [12260/26]
1163. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE dentists, by grade, dental nurses, by grade and dental hygienists, by grade, post filled at each primary care centre and health centre within CHO4 as of 9 February 2026. [12261/26]