Parliamentary questions

105. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the waiting lists for primary care psychological services at each RHA from 2021 to date; the plans there are to deal with the backlogs, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63423/25]

106. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the action being taken to ensure the opening of all residential beds for older people in community units in Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64093/25]

107. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the details of any plans to expand the list of conditions qualifying a person for the long-term illness scheme; and if she will consider including individuals who do not have a qualifying condition, but who have a combination of non-qualifying conditions whose cumulative impact on an individual’s health is equivalent to a qualifying lo…

108. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she will commit to a definite date for delivery of 24/7 cardiac care at University Hospital Waterford; and when the people of the South East can expect such a service to be available to them. [64344/25]

109. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if she will consider revising plans in place to modify standards for registration as a counsellor or psychotherapist currently under consideration by CORU, in order to reflect the concerns raised by members of an organisation (details supplied). [64595/25]

110. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the elective hospital in Cork city. [63075/25]

111. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Health the plans to ensure that children in Offaly and Laois can access local primary care occupational therapy services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64084/25]

112. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the current status of the new emergency department at Beaumont Hospital. [64413/25]

113. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if she will provide details of plans for vaccination roll-out for the forthcoming influenza season; the additional measures, compared to previous years, that will be in place to help keep members of the over-65 population safe; if HIQA and NIAC advice supporting enhanced vaccines for the over-65 population has been considered and will be acted u…

114. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the progress made on the provision of additional GPs around Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64153/25]

115. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the up-to-date position on the MCAP review; the way in which and when the membership was constituted; the frequency with which they have met; and when they are due to report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64361/25]

116. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Health if she will consider including restrictions on nicotine pouch products in the public health (nicotine inhaling products) Bill when presented; the current regulations in place to ensure harmful and unregulated ingredients are not used in these pouches; and if she will consider proposing legislation which will prevent the free distribution of …

117. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health if she will report on the provision of breast cancer services in County Monaghan. [64519/25]

118. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health for an update on the approval status of the drug givinostat; if officials from her Department have been in contact with their counterparts in the North of Ireland to examine the possibility of children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy accessing treatment in the North as an interim measure; if not, to outline the barriers to them doing so; and if…

119. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if she will consider the introduction of a free vaccination for shingles; and if she will consider adding coverage for shingles vaccination to the medical card, discretionary medical card, GP visit card or drug payment scheme card. [64594/25]

120. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health if a permanent psychologist position at Athenry primary care centre will be reinstated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63328/25]

121. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to improve staff morale at St. Michael’s Hospital, Dún Laoghaire. [64598/25]

122. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health for an update on additional inpatient capacity she intends to create for people with severe eating disorders who require hospital admission; the number of additional beds she intends to create; the location and a time-frame for their delivery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64549/25]

123. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health for an update on the rollout of Regional Health Authority in Dublin north-east; the date on which issues with referral pathways between primary care and CDNTs will be resolved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63332/25]

124. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the way in which her Department plans to keep Irish residents safe and healthy in the face of other large, populous countries which have recently backed away from science-based medicine and disease/virus prevention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56731/25]

125. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health to report on the progress of the development of the community nursing unit, Midleton Community Hospital, Midleton, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64356/25]

126. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of children who were scheduled for scoliosis treatment or surgery in UK, the US and in private facilities in Ireland for the period January 2025 to October 2025; and the number who are scheduled for such treatment or surgery in the UK, US and in private facilities here for the next six months. [64373/25]

127. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the capital investment promised for Belmullet Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64581/25]

128. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address ongoing shortages in dental services in Cork northwest, including long waiting times for dental treatment under the dental treatment services scheme, and difficulties in accessing HSE dentists in towns such as Macroom, Millstreet, Mallow and Kanturk; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64082/25…

129. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the current waiting list figures for a first assessment in child and adolescent mental health services; the number of children waiting longer than 12-months; and the accountability measures that have been introduced for the senior HSE management responsible for the ongoing service failures and spiralling waiting lists. [64448/25]