Parliamentary questions

1890. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for full implementation of Sláintecare’s community-based care model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58997/25]

1891. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the details of all contracts that a company (details supplied) have or have had with the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) since 2022, including when each contract commenced; the details of the services being provided; when each contract is due to expire; the amount paid on each contract to date, in tabular form; and if she will …

1892. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the actions she will take to combat the ongoing misuse of the oncology car park by non-oncology patients in HSE hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59059/25]

1893. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to source a suitable long-term care solution for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59068/25]

1894. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, County Meath, in particular to confirm the current status of its emergency department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59110/25]

1895. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health if funding will be made available for a new ambulance base in County Meath to improve emergency response times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59111/25]

1896. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on respite care services, retirement homes, and living facilities for pensioners in County Meath; and whether additional respite beds and developments will be made for the rest of 2025 and 2026. [59112/25]

1897. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health if she has any plans to upgrade services in the emergency department in Our Lady's Hospital, Navan County Meath over the next two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59113/25]

1898. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health her views on cancelled scheduled appointments for surgery for a person (details supplied), due to a shortage of beds in Beaumount Hospital. [59120/25]

1899. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the measures her Department is taking to support individuals with polycystic ovary syndrome; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59121/25]

1900. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the measures her Department is taking to expand IVF schemes to those that do not currently meet eligibility criteria's; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59122/25]

1901. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently examine concerns raised by the Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59146/25]

1902. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of adults waiting for counselling, by county and length of time, in each of the years 2015 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59152/25]

1903. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 442 of 8 May 2025, for an update in respect of the status of orthodontal treatment for a child (details supplied); if she will ensure that the child secures the orthodontal treatment needed as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59153/25]

1904. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the reason the national transfer list exists for some grades within the HSE but not for health & social care professionals, including speech and language therapists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59154/25]

1905. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the actions her Department and HSE are taking to address internal employment mobility barriers for those within the HSE; if she will advise the means to avoid a barrier (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59155/25]

1906. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the rationale for restricting the free contraception scheme to women aged 17–35; if she will outline the evidence base used to determine these age limits; and if she will set out a timeline for the scheme’s extension to all women. [59163/25]

1907. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a cost–benefit analysis has been undertaken to assess the financial and public health impact of extending the free contraception scheme to all women, including those aged 36 and above. [59164/25]

1908. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she has sought legal or equality advice regarding whether the current age restrictions on the free contraception scheme could constitute age discrimination under equality legislation. [59165/25]

1909. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department has undertaken an equality impact assessment under the public sector equality and human rights duty in relation to the free contraception scheme; if she will outline the outcome of that assessment; and if she will address concerns that the current age-based eligibility criteria may constitute indirect discrimination on the gr…

1910. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department has examined whether restricting access to free contraception to women aged 17–35 is compatible with the Equal Status Acts and the public sector equality and human rights duty. [59167/25]

1911. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health if a policy decision will be taken that when a young person is transferring out of CAMHS services to adult mental health services, the person will be given a date for an appointment with a named consultant or lead care staff member, to give them certainty in terms of the transition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59181/2…

1912. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her views on the confirmation that the Director of the National Ambulance Service is in receipt of an advanced paramedic allowance (details supplied); if this is in breach of the criteria for claiming the allowance, given that a 2009 HSE circular states that advanced paramedics must ‘continue to practice advance paramedic skills in the HSE am…

1913. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to publish the attendance rate of advanced paramedics to clinical status 1 calls (RED and PURPLE) from 2015 to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form, in line with a 2012 HIQA recommendation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59185/25]

1914. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total number of PURPLE, RED, ORANGE and YELLOW calls from 2020 to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and the number that received an intermediate care vehicle response. [59186/25]