614. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason for outsourcing a contract for non-emergency patient transport in the greater Dublin area to a private ambulance provider, given that the National Ambulance Service already operates a well-established and fully staffed intermediate care vehicle (ICV) service; the justification for this decision being taken without any meaningful consultation with staff…
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615. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will immediately review the decision of the National Ambulance Service (NAS) to outsource the contract for non-emergency patient transport in the greater Dublin area to a private ambulance provider; if she will commit to strengthening and investing in NAS resources rather than diverting public funds into private services; if she will ensure that meaningful…
616. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health to provide details on the services currently provided for adult patients with epilepsy at a hospital (details supplied); the number and grade of staff that are currently attached to this service at this site; the number of current staff vacancies within this service; the number of epilepsy patients currently registered with this service; the number of patients…
617. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health if she will consider the introduction of ring-fenced annual funding for radiotherapy equipment replacement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49888/25]
618. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health if she will consider the establishment of a national body with radiotherapy expertise to identify patient and technology specific needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49889/25]
619. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49890/25]
620. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health her views on the need to provide life-saving equipment in addition to AEDs and life rings; and her plans to issue new guidelines on appropriate life-saving equipment to provide to schools, sports clubs and other such bodies. [49896/25]
621. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that patients being prescribed concerta for the treatment of symptoms associated with ADHD by doctors in the CAMHS service have to leave that service and the prescribing element of that service at aged 18; if she is further aware that there is no adult clinic for ADHD for persons living in North County Dublin; if she will advise where a special…
622. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on Connolly Hospital’s engagement with the National Transport Authority regarding a plan to upgrade road infrastructure within the Connolly Hospital site; the expected timeline for the commencement of road improvements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49901/25]
623. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the number of security staff hired directly and through agency in Galway University Hospital; the number that are hired directly, and through agencies; the overall cost, from 2020 to 2024, per year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49925/25]
624. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health her plans to expand the availability of free HRT products beyond the treatment of menopause symptoms to transgender people as part of gender-affirming healthcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49933/25]
625. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting a home help package in Donegal, by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49937/25]
626. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE audiologists, by grade that were based within older persons services in Waterford in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [49945/25]
627. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE cognitive behaviour therapy posts that were actually filled at University Hospital Waterford in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [49946/25]
628. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE dentists and dental nurses, by grade based at Dungarvan primary care centre in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [49947/25]
629. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of persons within CHO5 awaiting podiatry appointments within primary care service on 12 September 2025. [49948/25]
630. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychologists, by grade based at Waterford primary care centre in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [49949/25]
631. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to extending the special leave with pay scheme (SLWP), and that some form of long term support will be put in place for these workers, particularly given that approximately 166 employees of the HSE are affected by long-Covid since 2020 as a result of working on the frontline during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a stateme…
632. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the reason a private operator has been chosen for non-emergency patient transport in the greater Dublin area while the National Ambulance Service already operates an ICV service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49968/25]
633. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health if her Department is considering classifying long-Covid an occupational illness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49973/25]
634. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she will confirm the amount of funding allocated to an organisation (details supplied); if speech and language therapy for down syndrome children is funded directly by her Department; if she will allocate funding to DSI on a national or regional basis to allow the organisation to source and pay for the cost of services required for individual down syndrome …
635. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Health for the make-up of audiology service provision in HSE Dublin and North East region, broken down by former LHO area, detailing the number of services provided by the HSE directly, the private sector and charities/voluntary organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49994/25]
636. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health to clarify if CAR T-cell therapy is available in Ireland (details supplied); if so in which hospitals; and if not, if she plans to introduce it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50005/25]
637. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the full-year cost to fund services for specialised pelvic floor physiotherapy following a referral from a general practitioner. [50009/25]
638. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant cardiologists that are only treating public patients at University Hospital Limerick in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [50010/25]