562. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of people who presented to accident and emergency departments, per level four hospital, but leave before they are fully assessed in the years 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form and by number and percentage of total presentation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52974/25]
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563. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of people who presented to accident and emergency departments, per level four hospital, where the presentation might have been more appropriate at another service, the number of presentations that were considered inappropriate for accident and emergency, in the year 2024 and to date in 2025, by number and percentage of total presentation, in tabular …
564. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the measures which will be taken to ensure access for a person (details supplied) to occupational therapy without further delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52977/25]
565. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if her Department plans to provide for the delivery of free cardiovascular health checks in pharmacies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52994/25]
566. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the current policy with respect to the national screening of newborns for spinal muscular atrophy and severe combined immunodeficiency; if her Department intends the full addition of testing for both conditions as part of the Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme; the reason testing for spinal muscular atrophy in particular is not yet carried out consistently…
567. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health the cost of installing bike shelters at a hospital (details supplied), including the date of installation, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52999/25]
568. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health the cost of installing bike shelters at a hospital (details supplied), including the date of installation, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53000/25]
569. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health the cost of installing bike shelters at a hospital (details supplied), including the date of installation, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53001/25]
570. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health the cost of installing bike shelters at a hospital (details supplied), including the date of installation, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53002/25]
571. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health the cost of installing bike shelters at a hospital (details supplied), including the date of installation, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53003/25]
572. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health the cost of installing bike shelters at a hospital (details supplied), including the date of installation, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53004/25]
573. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [53005/25]
574. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health for an update on what section within the HSE is responsible for the purchase and evaluation of insulin delivery systems; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53015/25]
575. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health to outline the evaluation process for insulin delivery systems within the HSE to ensure the best possible product is made available to each patient; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53016/25]
576. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Health for an update on a project (details supplied); what is the timeframe for finalising it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53017/25]
577. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting lists for paediatric hip surgeries at CHI in Crumlin over the past five years; the average waiting time for children waiting for paediatric hip surgeries at CHI in Crumlin over the past five years; the number of cancelled appointments paediatric hip surgeries at CHI in Crumlin over the past five years; and if she will mak…
578. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health for an update on the status of Mullinavat Health Centre, County Kilkenny; to confirm the capital works that are in the pipeline for this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53027/25]
579. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Health if legislation is being considered, similar to that set to be introduced in the UK, that will create a smoke-free generation by banning the sale of tobacco to anyone born on or after 1 January 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53039/25]
580. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Health if the forthcoming Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine-Inhaling Products) (Amendment) Bill will prohibit all e-liquid flavours, bar tobacco, or will other flavours be permitted under the new legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53040/25]
581. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if she will consider the matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53041/25]
582. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she will examine the case of a child (details supplied), with spina bifida and autism, whose occupational therapist recommended and fitted her for a specialised car seat to ensure her safety during travel, but whose application for HSE funding for this equipment has been refused; if she will outline the policy and criteria used by the HSE in respect of fundi…
583. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Health her plans to update the long-term illness scheme to include asthma or eosinophilic asthma; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53045/25]
584. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health for an urgent update on the business case that has been submitted for an optometrist in South Tipperary; to provide details on when this was submitted; the reason for the delay in approving this post; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53048/25]
585. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health to outline the number of candidates that applied for the consultant ophthalmologist post in South Tipperary; the number of candidates placed on a panel for this position; the reason a new recruitment campaign must now be completed; the reason the next candidate cannot be selected from the panel; if this recruitment campaign will be fast tracked; and if she will…
586. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of children from South Tipperary who have been given appointments with the ophthalmology services via the University Hospital Waterford ophthalmology department; the waiting times for children’s ophthalmology appointments in Waterford for patients from South Tipperary; the criteria used for patients from South Tipperary to be seen by the ophthalmolog…