Parliamentary questions

130. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the policy measures in place to ensure timely assignment of case managers or social workers for adults with complex needs who are identified as high clinical risk; if she will review current waiting list management for disability services to prevent prolonged delays; the safeguarding protocols which apply in cases where individuals live in non-…

131. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health the progress made on recommendation 21 of the Sharing the Vision Implementation Plan 2025-2027 proposal for the completion of a situational analysis of the current landscape of community-based provision for dual challenges in the areas of mental health and addiction, including the identification of current gaps/barriers, opportunities as well…

132. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health for an update on primary care psychology waiting lists and staffing levels, including vacancies in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63331/25]

133. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to address the unacceptable wait times for trans healthcare and to improve healthcare for trans people within the primary care system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64376/25]

134. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the opening hours of the minor injuries unit in Monaghan Hospital; and the latest time at which a person may present themselves for care. [64411/25]

135. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the National Rare Disease Strategy; the status of each recommendation; if the implementation oversight group has been established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63427/25]

136. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the measures her Department and the HSE are taking to recruit for the number of vacancies across all primary care roles in Balbriggan and Swords, including speech and language therapy, physiotherapy and psychology; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64562/25]

137. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the plans to provide mental health specialist nursing teams in the emergency departments of all model 4 hospitals out-of-hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64091/25]

138. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the measures her Department and the HSE are taking to address the long waiting lists for psychology appointments in primary care in the areas of Balbriggan and Swords; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64561/25]

139. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the Finglas primary care centre; the latest expected timeframe for construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64355/25]

140. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health the plans within her Department to increase the number of acute mental health beds within CHO2; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64326/25]

141. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health to outline the actions her Department is taking to improve ambulance response times in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64636/25]

142. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the status of the 60-bed community nursing unit for Youghal project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64583/25]

143. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health the number of people who died from lung cancer in the last full year for which statistics are available; how this compares to deaths from other cancers; the action being taken to improve survival rates; how our survival rates for lung cancer compare internationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64100/25]

144. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she anticipates that a full public statutory inquiry into the treatment of children with scoliosis and spina bifida will commence in the new year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64196/25]

145. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the status of the ambulance training base centre for Youghal project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64584/25]

146. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health her views on whether the leasing of primary care centres represents value-for-money. [63074/25]

147. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health if work will be carried out to exclude land gifted to a grandchild from the current situation where it is included in the fair deal assessment with no time limit or no option to be included as part of the loan arrangement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55033/25]

148. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason the expansion of the newborn bloodspot screening programme to include spinal muscular atrophy and severe combined immunodeficiency has still not been implemented, despite being approved in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64321/25]

149. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health her plans to establish a local nurse-led respite facility in Laois where children with complex medical needs, can access safe, medically appropriate overnight care, in line with the National Policy on Palliative Care for Children (2009), the National Needs Assessment (2013), and the Children’s Palliative Care: From Policy to Practice framework…

150. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health if financial advice can be provided to cancer patients to make them aware of entitlements available to them during and after treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64446/25]

151. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the resources that will be made available for the scanning of women with dense breasts, in whom cancer may not be detectable by mammogram; the protocols which would automatically refer such women for follow-up testing after a mammogram; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64319/25]

152. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health to consider adding the shingles vaccine to the national immunisation programme for over 70s; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64635/25]

153. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the up-to-date position on advancing the delivery of a day care centre at a building on the grounds of Macroom Community Hospital, Macroom, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64362/25]

154. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Health when the strategic review of general practice will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64095/25]