Parliamentary questions

305. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to outline the Department’s safeguarding and clinical governance standards for gender identity services for minors; and to confirm whether these standards require full psychiatric assessment, developmental history, autism screening, and differential diagnosis before any medical intervention is considered. [70458/25]

306. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to set out the Department’s policy on the collection, verification and publication of data relating to gender identity services for children and young people, including referral numbers, diagnostic profiles, comorbidities and treatment outcomes; and to confirm the timeline for establishing a national dataset meeting international evidence stand…

307. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department has reviewed the 2014 Irish prevalence study by a person (details supplied) and colleagues regarding suspected or confirmed gender dysphoria in adults; and to detail how such prevalence data inform planning, service capacity and risk assessment for youth services. [70460/25]

308. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the efforts underway to promote shared mobility transport options for HSE staff and other health service employees, including initiatives to reduce reliance on private vehicles for commuting and work-related travel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70510/25]

309. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health if her Department and HSE would consider working with or partnering with commercial shared-mobility operators as a means of expanding shared transport options for public-sector employees, including for work trips; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70511/25]

310. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the main policy achievements of her Department since 22 January 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70526/25]

311. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health when an appointment will be made for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70535/25]

312. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health for an update on plans for a primary healthcare centre in the Belmayne/Clongriffin area of north Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70536/25]

313. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the Government agency or body responsible for the regulatory oversight of private companies contracted by the HSE to provide in-home care (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70539/25]

314. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the €770,000 funding her Department has provided for the development of the transgender model of care for 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70563/25]

315. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the details of the membership of the cross-speciality clinic advisory group; the number of times it has met to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70564/25]

316. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied); the reasons this person was refused the treatment referenced in the correspondence; the options available to them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70569/25]

317. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the reason Wexford General Hospital's diabetic department does not currently provide insulin pump therapy for patients in County Wexford (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70573/25]

318. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of people on the waiting list to receive a diabetic pump; the waiting times, broken down per county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70574/25]

319. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if she will approve a 20-bed demountable unit for Wexford General Hospital, noting the serious need for such following ambulance delays reported on 3 December 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70579/25]

320. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health when routine specialist dental services will be reinstated for a school (details supplied); if she will review the long waiting lists for specialist dental procedures for children with special needs, to ensure timely access to care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70597/25]

321. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [70600/25]

322. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if she will examine the introduction of a subsidy or exemption for medical card holders and older patients using monitored dose systems, given pharmacies will continue charge privately from January 2026. [70617/25]

323. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the inclusion of all ostomy products on the long term illness scheme; if she will remove the need for a prescription for these products; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70636/25]

324. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health if she will review the current list of conditions covered under the long-term illness scheme, which has remained unchanged for over 50 years, with a view to including inflammatory bowel disease, given the significant financial burden of ongoing medication and treatment for patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70637/25]

325. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost to the State of extending the long-term illness scheme to include IBD; the cost-benefit analysis undertaken in relation to expanding the scheme to cover additional chronic conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70638/25]

326. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the supports currently available to patients with IBD who do not qualify for the long-term illness scheme, including access to the drugs payment scheme and discretionary medical cards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70639/25]

327. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if an appointment can be offered to a person (details supplied) at a more convenient location. [70643/25]

328. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the exact number of representatives with direct lived experience who are on the working group for the National Clinical Programme for Gender Healthcare. [70648/25]

329. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of all interim care options being considered by the HSE while the HSE's transgender model of care is being developed. [70649/25]