Parliamentary questions

437. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health her views the adequacy of publicly available information related to the provision of partially State funded podiatry care; if an advertising campaign in HSE clinics and GPs will be considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62340/25]

438. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when home support hours will commence for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal which were approved in September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62353/25]

439. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the progress to date on the provision of a new emergency department at Beaumont Hospital; when it is envisaged construction will begin; the planned timeline for completion; when the new department will be operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62371/25]

440. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will commit to increasing core funding for the existing female genital mutilation (FGM) treatment service; the steps she is taking to assist the service in meeting the substantial growth in demand for FGM treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62376/25]

441. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been brought to a model of care (details supplied); if she will engage with stakeholders to establish a nationwide framework for female genital mutilation (FGM) treatment services; if there are plans to create a network of FGM clinics; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62377/25]

442. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 609 of 23 September 2025, to clarify if a group were excluded from the costing for the free hormone replacement therapy (HRT) scheme; if so, to outline how, given the details of an internal communication in relation to the basis for the costing (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the ma…

443. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 817 of 14 October 2025, if radiation therapists have an explicit agreement with respect to incremental credit and agency work (details supplied); if not, the reasons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62382/25]

444. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the amount the HSE has spent on Holter monitors between the years 2020 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62384/25]

445. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the shortage of Holter monitors and the wait lists and times for individuals to get access to a Holter monitors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62385/25]

446. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her plans to reduce Holter monitor wait times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62386/25]

447. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the plans regarding special leave with pay for Covid-19; and the number of people who will lose this payment at the end of the year and transition to the public sector sick leave scheme. [62413/25]

448. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation plan for the 2019 National Oral Health Policy, Smile agus Sláinte; if this implementation plan will be published before the end of 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62423/25]

449. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the plans her Department has to roll out primary care services in Clare to assess children for autism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62434/25]

450. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the status of orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied); if she will ensure that the person secures orthodontic treatment as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62435/25]

451. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the specific training in the area of dementia and Alzheimer's that is provided to primary care staff in the healthcare system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62445/25]

452. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently waiting for BreastCheck screening in counties Wicklow and Wexford; the length of time they have been waiting; the number of patients carried over on the waiting list from 2024 who were not seen on time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62450/25]

453. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the provisions which have been made to ensure that agencies, organisations and charities funded by her Department will meet their obligations under the new AE scheme. [62477/25]

454. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of every agency, not-for-profit organisation, charity or service provider directly funded by her Department; and the details of each specific directly funded post in each body. [62480/25]

455. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to recognising Covid-19 as an occupational illness for social workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62483/25]

456. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if she will reconsider the ending of the long Covid scheme in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62484/25]

457. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1632 and 1633 of 4 November 2025, whether healthcare providers must indicate eligibility/ineligibility for the free HRT scheme on the prescriptions transmitted to pharmacists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62489/25]

458. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the additional staff, in particular nursing staff, will be provided to allow for the overdue opening of beds in West Kerry Community Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62491/25]

459. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the additional staff, in particular nursing staff, will be provided to allow for the overdue opening of beds in Kenmare Community Hospital, County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62492/25]

460. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the additional staff, in particular nursing staff, will be provided to allow for the overdue opening of the new Killarney Community Hospital and the closed beds in West Kerry Community Hospital and Kenmare Community Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62493/25]

461. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason Kerry patients continue to be transferred to community hospitals and nursing homes in Cork and Limerick and as far away as County Offaly while the brand-new Killarney Community Hospital remains closed and beds remain closed in West Kerry Community Hospital and Kenmare Community Hospital; her views on whether this is acceptable; an…