587. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health the progress to date in the training and recruiting of therapy assistants by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53058/25]
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588. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health when individuals on the HSE recruitment panel for chiropodist (podiatrist) staff grade, established following interviews held in July 2025, will be called for appointment. [53074/25]
589. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the expected number of jobs, and timeframe expected, on the HSE recruitment panel for chiropodist (podiatrist) staff grade, established following interviews held in July 2025. [53075/25]
590. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the number of current vacancies for chiropodist (podiatrist) positions within the HSE, by region, in tabular form. [53076/25]
591. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total amount paid by HSE-run hospitals to debt collection agencies in each of the past five years, by hospital group; and to explain the Department's oversight role in approving or monitoring such expenditure. [53094/25]
592. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total amount of patient debt referred to debt collection agencies in the same period; the proportion of this debt that was successfully recovered; and whether her Department has conducted a cost-benefit analysis of this practice. [53095/25]
593. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health her Department's current policy on the use of private debt collection firms by public hospitals, including whether such arrangements require Departmental approval or follow centrally issued guidance. [53096/25]
594. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the safeguards in place to ensure that vulnerable patients, such as those on low incomes or with long-term illnesses, are not subject to aggressive debt-collection practices by HSE hospitals. [53097/25]
595. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has examined the approach in other EU countries with universal health systems in relation to pursuing unpaid hospital charges; and to indicate whether reforms are under consideration to reduce reliance on private debt collectors. [53098/25]
596. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department intends to publish an annual report detailing hospital debts, recovery rates and payments made to collection firms, in the interests of transparency and public accountability. [53099/25]
597. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department has assessed the implications for public health of requiring people to work into their late sixties, in particular regarding occupational health and chronic illness and if she will publish those assessments. [53106/25]
598. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health if she will support the national roll-out of Age Action’s care and repair scheme, as committed to in the programme for Government, if she will outline a timeframe for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53130/25]
599. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health to clarify if three children (details supplied) will be included in the next planned Gaza Medevac Initiative evacuation; when this evacuation will take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53131/25]
600. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health to clarify when, and the process by which, family members of evacuees under the Gaza Medevac Initiative, with specific reference to minor or adult children dependents, will arrive in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53132/25]
601. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if her Department is concerned regarding the rise in tuberculosis cases in the State, particularly drug-resistant strains; if she will commit to public funding of the National TB Centre and Clinical Team at St James’s Hospital and allocating resources to the Irish Mycobacterial Reference Laboratory at St James’s Hospital, given that Ireland is not meeting WHO minim…
602. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health for an update on when spinal muscular atrophy screening will be included in the new born heel-prick test; the implementation for roll out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53143/25]
603. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health for an update on the HIQA review of emergency services in the mid-west region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53163/25]
604. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health when the Nenagh community nursing home is due to open, especially now that the HSE have vacant possession of the building for the transfer of patients from a nursing home (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53164/25]
605. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health if the recruitment process of staff for the Nenagh community nursing unit has concluded; if all staffing positions have been filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53165/25]
606. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if a medication (details supplied) will be approved for the treatment of Von Hippel-Lindau disease in view of the fact that this medication has EU approval. [53172/25]
607. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health to ensure an individual seeking medical evacuation from Gaza (details supplied) is given a specific medical offer from CHI Crumlin, as all other prerequisites for medical evacuation have been met. [53179/25]
608. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the tuberculosis (TB) crisis in Ireland; if she will confirm funding for the National TB Centre and Clinical Team, and for the Irish Mycobacterial Reference Laboratory at St James's Hospital; the timeframe for implementing the Collaborative Tuberculosis Strategy for Ireland 2024-2030, in view of the 30% rise in TB incidence in 2…
609. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she will designate a liaison officer within the HSE to support survivors of industrial and reformatory schools in accessing community health and social care services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53214/25]
610. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an auditory brainstem response hearing test which the person was referred for in June 2023, or a timeframe as to they can expect to receive this appointment for this essential hearing test; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53218/25]
611. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if she will investigate the potential cost of extending the availability of glucose monitors to persons with diabetes, other than type 1 diabetes, including type 2 and type 3c diabetes, with a view to extending the availability of monitors to this cohort of patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53248/25]