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Pádraig Rice Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
949. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 991 of 16 December 2025, if matters raised previously will be subject to a review in due course (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3889/26]
Cormac Devlin Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
956. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the steps taken to date to implement the guidance issued by an organisation (details supplied) on transparency of medicines pricing and pharmacy service fees, which took effect from 1 December 2025; and to provide an update on early compliance levels, including any monitoring data available to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3928…
Erin McGreehan Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
965. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the way in which the HSE intends to respond, in the context of County Louth, to the finding by an organisation (details supplied) that the greatest gaps in end-of-life care nationally are in level 2 community-based services rather than specialist services. [3946/26]
Erin McGreehan Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
966. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health whether she will provide interim funding or commissioning arrangements to ensure that people in County Louth can access timely, nurse-led end-of-life care in the community, pending the development of longer term service plans. [3947/26]
Niamh Smyth Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
1003. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if a review will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4186/26]
Michael Cahill Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
1005. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the length of time children in Kerry wait for orthodontic treatment, the number which are waiting six months, 12 months, 18 months, two years and so on; the measures being taken to address these waiting lists, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4208/26]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
1010. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health the circumstances in which a person’s next-of-kin would need to be consulted in relation to palliative sedation/midazolam in cases in which the person is at the hospital, clinic or nursing home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4228/26]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
1012. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health the funding available to patients with severe spinal canal stenosis to facilitate treatment in Northern Ireland or another EU state; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4230/26]
Pádraig Rice Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
1016. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will review the long-term illness scheme in light of the State’s commitments under the National Rare Disease Plan (details supplied); if the inclusion of many rare, genetic, and metabolic disorders which require lifelong and medically essential treatment is being considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4259/26]
Ann Graves Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
1021. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health if an orthodontic treatment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); the plans to tackle the extremely long waiting lists for orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4273/26]
Mattie McGrath Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
1038. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health , further to the response to Parliamentary Question No. 958 of 18 November 2025, the number of babies that were born alive after abortion procedures in cases where neither major congenital anomaly nor extreme prematurity, at 22 weeks or earlier, were involved; the protocols and actions or interventions which were followed to protect the baby's life and health;…
Mattie McGrath Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
1039. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health , further to the response to Parliamentary Question No. 958 of 18 November 2025, to provide a copy of the established national guidance documents mentioned as being followed when a baby is born showing signs of life after abortion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4314/26]
Ged Nash Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
1044. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if she will add inflammatory bowel disease to the list of conditions for inclusion in the long-term illness scheme; if she will describe the criteria deployed under the terms of the Health Act 1970 to include a condition within the ambit of the scheme; if she will agree that the typical experience of patients with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis allows for th…
Naoise Ó Muirí Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
1059. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to maintain continuity of care following recent changes to maternity services in hospitals; if consultants previously delivering private maternity services have a duty of care to patients under their supervision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4471/26]
Micheál Carrigy Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
1062. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health the current number on priority and routine waiting lists, across each care group awaiting initial assessment; the longest waiter per discipline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4486/26]
Claire Kerrane Written 15 Jan 2026 · to Health
556. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the supports in place, excluding the 5/6 weeks physio after cross-border directive surgery, for patients who are having health issues sometime after operations. [3113/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 15 Jan 2026 · to Health
557. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if the suspension of blind welfare allowance payments from the HSE until March due to errors in the HSE's set-up of a new financial system could be rectified sooner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3114/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 15 Jan 2026 · to Health
589. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if baby formula can be obtained from the UK through a scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3267/26]
Paul Murphy Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2058. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide any additional staff, a new location, or other resources to the National Gender Service. [73913/25]
Brian Stanley Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2059. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the total number of drug detox beds within the State public health system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73920/25]
Brian Stanley Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2060. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the number of public detox beds there are within the midlands integrated health area of Longford, Westmeath, Laois and Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73921/25]
David Cullinane Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2061. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of SMA newborn screening; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73923/25]
Martin Kenny Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2070. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason the Spinal Muscular Atrophy test has still not been added to the national heelprick test two years after the announcement that it was to be included; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73942/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2074. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has issued any written guidance, directions, circulars, or instructions to the HSE since 2018 concerning the automatic approval of gender-affirming surgical procedures under the treatment abroad scheme; and if not, how ministerial oversight is exercised over approvals that carry significant and rising Exchequer cost. [74020/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2075. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to set out, in respect of the years 2015 to 2019 inclusive, the total annual expenditure incurred by the HSE on gender-affirming surgical procedures funded under the treatment abroad scheme; the number of patients funded in each year; the average cost per patient in each year; the highest and lowest amounts reimbursed per patient in each year; and whether her Dep…