407. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of people on occupational therapy waiting lists in Kerry, by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72971/25]
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408. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting dental appointments in Kerry, by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72972/25]
409. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to reform the fair deal scheme by reducing the five-year land or business transfer clause to three years to allow more farmers to benefit from the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72974/25]
410. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that funding for blister packing services will continue as this has been an important support for many people in ill health, as outlined in correspondence from persons who rely on this service to sort their medicine (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73036/25]
411. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health given the centralisation of surgeries to Dublin children's hospitals because of the anaesthesiologist issues with cranial paediatrics, if there is a plan in place to deal with increased surgical waitlists if they occur; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73063/25]
412. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will consider expanding the Shannon Doc Service in the mid-west region so that it would also include out of hours access to paediatric doctors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73068/25]
413. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health in light of the deferral of alcohol labelling to 2028, the additional funding that has been allocated to raising awareness and educate the public about the risk of prenatal alcohol exposure, specifically at this time of year, when alcohol consumption is known to increase; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73073/25]
414. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the full list of funding options available to Tiglin Lighthouse Project in Dublin north city, given the significant engagements it delivers each year and rising staff costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73074/25]
415. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the total number of vacant beds in each community hospital in County Donegal; the reason in each case they are vacant, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73075/25]
416. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if there can be an intervention to allow a person (details supplied) to remain in the care of the district hospital in Killarney; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73077/25]
417. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the concerns raised by an association (details supplied) regarding the recent statement of the Irish Medical Council on the prescribing and administration of Botulinum Toxin which asserts that this medicine may only be prescribed by a registered medical practitioner or dentist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73078/25]
418. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the legal basis, if any, for the Irish Medical Council to issue guidance that appears to restrict or contradict the prescriptive authority of Registered Nurse Prescribers as provided for under Regulation 5A of the Medicinal Products Prescription and Control of Supply Regulations 2003 to 2020 and related amendments (details supplied); and if she will make a stat…
419. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will confirm that the regulation of nursing practice including nurse prescribing and the scope of practice for nurses administering prescription only medicines such as Botulinum Toxin is a matter for the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland as the statutory regulator (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73080/25]
420. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs and other termination of pregnancy service providers reimbursed (PCRS) for the year 2023, in tabular form, for first and second consultations for terminations of pregnancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73081/25]
421. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the cost to fully restore the cuts made from 2010 to the DTSS and DTBS schemes and to the public dental service for children and people with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73084/25]
422. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the cost to equalise the treatment of PRSI contributors with that of medical card holders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73085/25]
423. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to ensure that a 2023 Workplace Relations Commission pay agreement is urgently implemented for staff employed by an organisation (details supplied); the engagements she has had with unions, the HSE and Caredoc to resolve this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73110/25]
424. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide further details with respect to the interim care options being examined for trans healthcare, which she referenced during a recent debate (details supplied); if consultation with the trans community will be carried out ahead of any options being implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73111/25]
425. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if, in relation to the interim care options being examined for trans healthcare, a proposal is being considered (details supplied); if so, to provide further details in respect of this proposal; if this would include youth services; if agreement from the trans community will be sought prior to progressing this proposal; and if she will make a statement on the mat…
426. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if pharmacists participating in the free HRT scheme have been advised on a matter by the PCRS (details supplied); if so, the legal basis on which this is done; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73113/25]
427. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 338 of 26 November 2025, the reason all areas within the National Ambulance Service are not offering overtime to a staff group to achieve minimal numbers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73114/25]
428. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if private ambulance companies are being tasked to emergency calls by National Emergency Operations Centre; if so, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73115/25]
429. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to establishing a timeline for the roll-out of oral immunotherapy services for the treatment of children living with allergies (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73116/25]
430. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health for an update on the progress of the initial participants in Cork University Hospital’s food oral immunotherapy programme; whether a timeline has been developed in respect of the development of new supra-regional specialty allergy clinics in Limerick and Clonmel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73117/25]
431. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to address the issue of access to oral immunotherapy for children with nut allergies; for an update in respect of the HSE senior leadership team’s decision on the medicine in question; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73118/25]