1053. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the funding available from her Department to support small businesses in the provision and installation of defibrillators; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70103/25]
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97. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if she intends to expand eligibility for funding for diabetes glucose monitors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64219/25]
335. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Health when the procedure mid-urethral mesh sling will be available in Ireland for patients who currently have to travel abroad for the procedure. [64071/25]
970. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the policy for funding of automatic wearable blood glucose monitors (BGM), which is currently not available to any type 2/3C rated diabetes patients, can now be urgently reviewed by way of rapid health technology assessment (HTA); if the policy can be amended to allow funding in cases (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62800…
444. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the amount the HSE has spent on Holter monitors between the years 2020 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62384/25]
445. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the shortage of Holter monitors and the wait lists and times for individuals to get access to a Holter monitors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62385/25]
446. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her plans to reduce Holter monitor wait times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62386/25]
918. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of holter monitors and cardiac event monitors currently available at Beaumont Hospital; the number of patients awaiting the use of a holter monitor and cardiac event monitor; and the average wait time to access these monitors from the hospital. [60967/25]
1033. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an application for continuous glucose monitoring technology submitted to the primary care reimbursement service by the patients diabetes nurse specialist (details supplied) St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny, will be reviewed and approved as a matter of urgency. [61678/25]
1037. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health to outline the current eligibility criteria for access to continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices for people living with diabetes; the number of people currently waiting for a CGM device, disaggregated by age group and CHO area; the average wait time for device approval; and whether he will commit to ensuring equitable access to CGM devices for all diabete…
1038. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the reason people with Type 1 diabetes, who are clinically entitled under national guidelines to access continuous glucose monitoring devices, continue to face prolonged waiting periods; the steps currently being taken to address these delays; and the date by which she expects waiting times to be brought within acceptable clinical standards. [61705/25]
1039. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health whether the Department or the HSE has commissioned or plans to commission a health technology assessment for the use of continuous glucose monitoring devices for people living with Type 2 diabetes; if not, the rationale for the delay; and if so, to provide a timeline for commencement, completion, and implementation of findings. [61706/25]
168. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the current capacity of the HSE to deliver bone anchored hearing aid services; the number of individuals awaiting BAHA's; and the number of surgeons who deliver this procedure within the State. [60243/25]
174. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health for an update on the pause on the use of mesh for the surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence that has been in place since July 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60277/25]
1696. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will consider fully subsidising maintenance and reliever therapy inhalers, recognised as the new gold standard in asthma treatment, on a phased basis to improve adherence, reduce hospitalisations, and support better outcomes for people living with asthma; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58082/25]
1715. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will assist in the case of a child (details supplied) needing a wheelchair; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58115/25]
2016. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the reasons 917 applicants were not approved for reimbursement support for CGM sensors between 1 December 2023 and 31 December 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59662/25]
223. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will assist in the provision of a new wheelchair for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57616/25]
742. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the current capacity of the HSE to deliver bone anchored hearing aid (BAHA) services; the number of individuals awaiting BAHA's; the numbers who received BAHA's from 2020 to 2025; the number of surgeons who deliver this procedure in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56560/25]
743. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her plans to expand bone anchored hearing aid services in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56561/25]
748. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health when the Medtronic Simplera device will be provided to a Type 1 Diabetes patient (details supplied) who already uses a continuous glucose monitoring system under the long-term illness plan. [56595/25]
335. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene to secure a wheelchair for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56145/25]
828. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health if she will consider extending State-subsidised access to dexcom to a person (details supplied) who was prescribed this treatment following the correction of their diagnosis from type 2 to type 1 diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54759/25]
850. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health the specific paediatric prosthetic devices which are currently funded by the HSE; if these include activity-capable and sport-appropriate components; and if not, the reason. [54906/25]
851. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health the average and longest current waiting times for children to receive prosthetic limbs and subsequent upgrades or replacements; and the steps being taken to reduce these delays. [54907/25]