2447. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health her plans to expand the haemoglobin genotype testing more widely accessible and affordable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1583/26]
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2448. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of people in County Donegal waiting for home support in December from 2020 to 2025; and the number of people receiving less than their allocated hours, in tabular form. [1610/26]
2449. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the actions her Department has undertaken to meet the Programme for Government objective to ensure that the administration of dermal fillers is only undertaken by trained healthcare professionals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1623/26]
2450. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if regulatory inspections take place of facilities, practitioners, and/or businesses that are providing dermal fillers or botox to ensure that those who are administering such treatments are qualified and permitted to administer those treatments and to ensure that the products they are administered are licensed products with approval from the HPRA; and if she …
2451. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if funding for the lymphoedema and lipoedema model was provided for in Budget 2026; if not, whether consideration would be given to providing funding for same, considering that international studies show that the cost to treat patients could be reduced by 87%, if comprehensive lymphedema services were introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16…
2452. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of people who have availed of supports from the international recruitment and relocation package since 2023 and who have taken up employment within CAMHS; the grades and disciplines involved; the countries from which these staff were recruited; the total costs of these supports to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1668/26]
2453. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health to engage with a hospital (details supplied) in relation to patient and the lack of treatment for their illness. [1669/26]
2454. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Health if she will review the long-term illness scheme; if she will examine the case for including hypothyroidism as a qualifying condition, given its lifelong nature, the ongoing medical monitoring required and significant cumulative healthcare costs involved; and if she will outline any plans her Department has to modernise the scheme. [1690/26]
2455. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if it is the case that a service is no longer operational in Cork University Hospital (details supplied); if so, the reason; if there are plans to reinstate the service; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1692/26]
2456. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if it is the case that a service is no longer provided in Cork University Hospital (details supplied); if so, the reason; if there are plans to reinstate this clinic; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1693/26]
2457. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her plans to introduce an abdominal aortic aneurysm screening programme for men; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1697/26]
2458. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the audit into governance and equity in patient access and waiting list management at Children's Health Ireland (CHI), which she previously told the Oireachtas Committee on Health that she expected audit be published in December 2025; the reason for the delay; the revised timeline for publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16…
2459. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason no hospital patient safety indicators reports for the South/South West Hospital Group have been published since June 2025; the timeline for publication of the remaining monthly reports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1699/26]
2460. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if she is considering progressing the two specific actions outlined in correspondence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1700/26]
2461. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the reason more than 70,000 HPV vaccines were left to expire in 2024 instead of being diverted to a catch-up programme for people up to age 25 or to women with CIN1 or CIN2+ lesions as recommended by NIAC; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1767/26]
2462. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the price paid per HPV vaccine vial in each of the years 2015-2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1768/26]
2463. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health the date on which a supplementary estimate or supplementary estimates was sought in respect of her Department’s Vote for each of the past ten years, and to the date in 2026; the gross and net amount involved in each case; and the Vote subheads to which each supplementary estimate related. [1797/26]
2464. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health the value of expenditure originally allocated in the Estimates to specific programmes or staffing measures that could not be spent as planned within the year for each of the past five years; and whether such underspends were surrendered, carried forward, or reallocated to other areas within the Vote. [1818/26]
2465. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health when the proposal to provide a new healthcare facility will progress to the next stage (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1880/26]
2466. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health the progress to date in developing a service in Cavan-Monaghan similar to such provision in the north west (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1881/26]
2467. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of new critical care beds delivered in 2025; the number of replacement critical care beds delivered in 2025; the total current number of operational critical care beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1892/26]
2468. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the inclusion of SMA in the national newborn screening programme and to implement the heelprick test; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1914/26]
2469. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if a more urgent hospital appointment will be offered to a person (details supplied). [1926/26]
2470. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 2533 and 2534 of 8 September 2025 and No. 3368 of 29 July 2025, the total number of children diagnosed with DMG and DIPG over the past ten years; and the total number of children diagnosed with DMG and DIPG who have undergone biopsies over the past ten years. [1927/26]
2471. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 2533 and 2534 of 8 September 2025 and No. 3368 of 29 July 2025, the percentage of children diagnosed with DMG and DIPG who have undergone biopsies over the past ten years. [1928/26]