Parliamentary questions

569. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health when a facility (details supplied) will officially open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67615/25]

570. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health for an update regarding consideration of the shingles vaccine for inclusion in the national immunisation schedule for those aged 65 and over; if her Department has undertaken any further assessment of the cost-effectiveness of adding the vaccine since the HIQA review in 2024; and if she will outline any planned timelines for revisiting th…

571. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the reason a person (details supplied) who made an appeal to the treatment abroad scheme on 16 June 2025 has yet to receive an update; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67626/25]

572. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health `the number of WTE radiographers, by grade that were filled at National Orthopaedic Hospital in the years of 2024, and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [67627/25]

573. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the average ambulance turnaround time within the accident and emergency department of the Mater Hospital; the steps being taken to reduce the turnaround time for ambulances; in each of the first 11 months of 2025, in tabular form [67628/25]

574. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of operating theatres currently at Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown; if each of those operating theatre are in full use at present. [67629/25]

575. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who has been waiting over 24 months for a knee operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67680/25]

576. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the rollout of National Clinical Practice Guideline Screening and Management of Domestic Violence in Pregnancy and the Early Postnatal Period; the number of staff that has received training to date; if GPs are included in this programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67688/25]

577. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) has not been placed on the waiting list for surgery abroad. [67689/25]

578. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health her plans for urgent prioritisation of SMA newborn screening implementation, delayed since the Ministerial announcement in 2023, with a clear time-bound commitment indicating when screening will finally commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67692/25]

579. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of funded speech and language therapist and occupational therapist posts that are currently in place in the Irish health and disability systems; the number of posts that are currently vacant; and the measures to ensure those posts are filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67693/25]

580. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of people for each local health area as of 1st November 2025 or latest date available, on the speech and language therapy initial treatment waiting list; the number waiting less than 4 months, 4-12 months, and the number waiting more than 12 months; the numbers for each category waiting aged 0-17 years (both CDNT and Primary Care Ser…

581. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of people as of 1st November 2025 or latest date available on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list; the number waiting less than 4 months, 4-12 months, and the number waiting more than 12 months; the numbers for each category waiting aged 0-17 years (both CDNT and Primary Care Services); and those aged 18 and above…

582. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of people for each local health area as of 1st November 2025 or latest date available, on the speech and language therapy further treatment waiting list; the number waiting less than 4 months, 4-12 months, and the number waiting more than 12 months; and the numbers for each category waiting aged 0-17 years (both CDNT and Primary Care…

583. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if her Department recognises the severe consequences of maintaining the dental treatment services scheme at its current level which is clearly underfunded; the other area of healthcare that expects practitioners to deliver treatment at a loss; if she plans for dentists to continue participating under such conditions; and if she will make a s…

584. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the reimbursement costs for all procedures under the dental treatment services scheme; the average actual costs of same treatments; if her Department has reviewed the average laboratory costs in relation to the payments made to dentists under the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67698/25]

585. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 896 of 20 September 2023, if she will outline all other medical procedures which medical card holders in CHO7 are not able to avail of at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67701/25]

586. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if adequate medical equipment could be provided to facilitate a dental operation for a full-time care hoist patient (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67708/25]

587. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health if she will review the eligibility criteria for the long-term illness scheme, with particular reference to the exclusion of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) from the list of qualifying conditions; if she will outline the basis on which CLL continues to be excluded, despite its nature as a long-term clinical illness; and if she will consider …

588. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the supports, schemes or financial assistance currently available to patients diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, given that they are not eligible for the long-term illness scheme; and if she will outline any alternative pathways through which such patients can access necessary medication and ongoing treatment supports. [67710/25]

589. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason newborn babies are not screened for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA); when SMA will be included in the newborn screening programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67711/25]

590. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total number of surgeries carried out by the HSE, outside of the NTPF, in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2025. [67716/25]

591. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health if her Department has assessed the health impacts of delays in providing accessible bathroom facilities for disabled and elderly citizens; the interdepartmental coordination that exists to prevent such situations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67725/25]

592. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the progress of the Working Group on the National Hearing Care Plan; if she has received the report from the Working Group that was due by end of Q2 2025 as per Terms of Reference; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67726/25]

593. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons prescribed the weight loss drug ozempic, by county from 2023 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [67730/25]