333. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if the forensic intensive care rehabilitation ward in Central Mental Hospital is operational; if not the reason; when will it be open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50887/25]
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334. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health her plans to provide funding for a fully staffed adult multidisciplinary functional neurological disorder clinic in St James Hospital, Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50892/25]
335. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health her plans to develop a national funding pathway for FND with multi annual funding including regional teams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50893/25]
336. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of all the HSE owned buildings in counties Longford and Westmeath that are currently for sale or going through a defined process to facilitate a sale. [50910/25]
337. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health to provide funding through the HSE to a charity (details supplied) who provide an invaluable service to public hospitals and other medical facilities for vital medical materials on an out-of-hours service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50911/25]
338. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if her Department will commit to the swift rollout of SMA screening as part of the heel prick test for newborns, as noted in the National Rare Disease Strategy 2025-2030; if her Department will publish a timeline for when this will happen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50913/25]
339. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of SMA screening in the newborn heel prick test. [50959/25]
340. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the financial support options open to a person (details supplied) to access a costly vaccination for shingles; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50962/25]
341. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the shortage of pathologists in the mid-west region of Limerick, Clare, and part of Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50965/25]
342. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to provide details on a meeting regarding lyme disease (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50966/25]
343. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the reason oncology patients cannot get a medication (details supplied), even though it has been licenced in Ireland (details supplied). [50968/25]
344. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the difficulties in transitioning from paediatric disability services and adult disability services, particularly the lack of transition planning; if she has any plans to implement an automatic referral scheme for people transitioning from paediatric to adult disability services; her plans to provide a comprehensive outreach service to dis…
345. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health to consider adding Ehlers–Danlos syndrome to the long-term illness card as the drugs payment scheme will not cover the drug Ozempic, which is reputed to improve the condition of sufferers. [50993/25]
346. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to examine the case for urgent approval of capital funding for a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50995/25]
347. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 31 January 2025, if she will review the question asked and the response issued by the National Ambulance Service dated 19 January 2024; if a request submitted by a patient’s GP for an ambulance service to transport a seriously ill patient to appointments in a Dublin hospital will be approved as a matter of urgency(d…
348. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health to consider approving the use of CAR T-cell therapy in Ireland for those over the age of 26; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51002/25]
349. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she has been advised of the HSE/ University Hospital Waterford proposal to discontinue coronial post mortem's at University Hospital Waterford with effect from the 01 January 2026, which if implemented will result in there being no coronial post mortem service in the south east; if the unilateral decision taken by the HSE/University Hospital Waterford will …
350. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if she has met with an organisation (details supplied); her plans to meet with the organisation; her plans to improve diagnostic and treatment services for Sjogren’s sufferers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51054/25]
351. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of orthopaedic surgeons within Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) who are able to perform surgeries on children with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC); the qualifications, sub-specialities and fellowships of each; the experience or qualification of each which provides assurance to CHI that each have specialism in limb reconstruction; the total numbe…
352. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the reason hearing aids for persons who are deaf require them to make a very significant personal payment in view of the fact cochlear implants are free and both are equally important for different groups of deaf people; if she will consider if more can be done to lessen the cost of hearing aids for persons who are deaf; and if she will make a statement on th…
353. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of applications received for a nursing post recently advertised for a hospital in west Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51072/25]
354. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health to consider increasing the income threshold for the over 70s medical card in view of the cost of living/inflation increases which gave rise to small pension increases over the past few years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51073/25]
355. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health her plans to deal with the delays in completing coronial autopsies caused by the severe shortage of pathologists in the mid-west; her plans to deal with the proposed withdrawal of coronial autopsies from the end of 2025 in the south east; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51082/25]
356. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that the public health nurse service in the Sligo-Leitrim area is being reduced, with a move to a priority status service and will no longer deliver child health and development services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51092/25]
357. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on the flu vaccine for each of the last three winter periods; to outline any plans to expand the scope of the flu vaccine for the upcoming winter period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51093/25]