Parliamentary questions

1019. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently in hospital in County Louth experiencing a delayed discharge while awaiting provision of home support service; and the length of time these discharges have been delayed by. [63058/25]

1020. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for home support service in County Louth from the initial application to provision of same. [63059/25]

1021. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if there has been a formal change in HSE policy in recent years regarding the preference for home-based care over residential or nursing home placements for elderly patients; and if this shift is linked to capacity constraints or resource limitations in nursing homes. [63096/25]

1022. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has issued any guidance to hospitals or community care teams regarding the management of appointments for elderly or incapacitated patients who cannot physically attend clinics; and her views on whether it is acceptable practice to remove such patients from waiting lists under these circumstances. [63097/25]

1023. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if there is a monitoring or appeals mechanism in place to ensure that elderly patients who are unable to travel for medical appointments are not effectively denied access to care or specialist services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63098/25]

1024. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken to improve coordination between hospital consultants, community health teams, and families to ensure elderly patients receive appropriate, consistent, and compassionate care planning. [63099/25]

1025. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the average wait times for routine scans in each public hospital in the Dublin and midlands health region in each of the past three years and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63101/25]

1026. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the measures her Department is taking to expand access to IVF for individuals with a condition (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63104/25]

1027. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if a group (details supplied) holds any official authorised role to collect, process, or manage patient data on behalf of the Women’s Health Framework, the Department of Health, or the HSE; and if so, to outline the legal and administrative basis for such an arrangement. [63105/25]

1028. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she will publish the governance structure, data protection impact assessment and data protection processes associated with any collection or storage of patient information under a project (details supplied) or any related element of the Women’s Health Framework. [63106/25]

1029. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of adults waiting to see a psychologist through primary care services, by CHO and by wait times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63108/25]

1030. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health the estimated expenditure required over a two-year period to provide liaison psychiatry staffing within the emergency department at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise in County Laois, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63116/25]

1031. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to improve mental health services for young people in County Laois; the details of additional resources to be made available for mental health service delivery in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63117/25]

1032. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health the number of National Ambulance Service paramedics per 100,000 nationally, by health region; the number of critical care ambulances and rapid response vehicles, per health region, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63118/25]

1033. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of WTEs in the National Ambulance Service (NAS), per grade codes, in the CH08 region, from 2020 to 2025; the annual level of activity delivered by the NAS for the same period, by HSE region, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63119/25]

1034. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to address the shortage of dentists that will accept medical card holders in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63120/25]

1035. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health her plans to develop a national pathway and specialist multidisciplinary functional neurological disorder clinic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63121/25]

1036. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health the number of medical card holders currently waiting for dental appointments in County Laois, by age and waiting time, for end of October 2024 and end of October 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63122/25]

1037. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE community orthoptist posts filled within CHO8, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63123/25]

1038. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health to report on the changes to the organ donation framework; the number of those opting out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63124/25]

1039. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will run an international recruitment campaign to recruit suitably qualified senior dental surgeons, with an interest in special needs, for the CHO8 area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63125/25]

1040. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if she will urgently reconsider the decision to cease the phased dispensing reimbursement service for certain medications in community pharmacies (details supplied); if she is aware that this decision has caused huge concern in community pharmacies, and among the families of vulnerable customers who have previously been availing of this scheme…

1041. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health the number of conditions currently screened for in the National Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63150/25]

1042. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health her plans to expand the number of conditions that are currently screened for in the National Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63151/25]

1043. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health to provide all recommendations from the National Screening Advisory Committee since 2019 regarding the expansion of the National Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63152/25]