1165. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the estimated total cost to build and fit out the new National Maternity Hospital; and the estimated total square metre cost to build and fit out the new National Maternity Hospital. [47852/25]
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1166. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if the new National Maternity Hospital cost more than the National Children's Hospital to build and fit out, per square metre; and the like-for-like, comparative square metre cost of the two projects. [47853/25]
1167. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of mechanical and electrical contractors tendered for works on the new National Maternity Hospital; if the fact that there was only one mechanical and electrical contractor tendering for works on the new National Maternity Hospital mean that there was no competition on price or quality; and her views on whether this will increase the cost of the proj…
1168. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if she will postpone the awarding of contracts for the National Maternity Hospital given concerns over burgeoning costs at the hospital; and if the reason that costs have increased so much will be investigated. [47855/25]
1169. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of both newly qualified paramedics and advanced paramedics within the National Ambulance Service (details supplied); the actions she will take to address these concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47856/25]
1170. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the way in which a person with chronic pain due to arthritis can avail of a prescription for medicinal cannabis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47859/25]
1171. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the current position in relation is to appointing an optometrist in south Tipperary to assist with the backlog that has been building since the retirement of a doctor (details supplied); if a business case has been submitted for this position; if so, the position in relation to same; when an optometrist will be appointed; the position in relation to the newly …
1172. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for admission to Beaumont Hospital for spinal surgery; if all options are being considered including referring to another hospital both inside and outside the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47873/25]
1173. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Health whether funding has been allocated by her Department, or by bodies under its aegis, for research on new treatments for triple negative breast cancer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47897/25]
1174. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if she will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [47930/25]
1175. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will examine issues outlined in correspondence (details supplied); if she is aware of the gap in service provision caused by the vacant consultant orthodontist post in the Navan/Dundalk area; if she considers the situation acceptable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47933/25]
1176. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 552 of 17 July 2025, and her Department’s reply of 23 July 2025 indicating that a successful candidate for the ophthalmologist post in Clonmel would commence duty in August 2025; the reason that no ophthalmologist is currently in place; the steps being taken to immediately fill this critical vacancy; the interim measures b…
1177. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47974/25]
1178. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances which operate out of each ambulance station nationwide on a daily basis, Monday to Sunday; and the breakdown of this on an hourly and daily rota basis. [47975/25]
1179. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health when the completed 50-bed community nursing unit at Glenconnor, Clonmel will be opened; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47979/25]
1180. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health when the vacant post of ophthalmologist, providing a service at the county clinic, Clonmel will be filled; when the successful applicant will take up duty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47980/25]
1181. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health to initiate a review into the quality and usability of prosthetics currently provided in the health service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47983/25]
1182. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if HSE services were involved with the child concerned in the Donabate case; if there was communication with Tusla regarding the child's welfare; and if she will provide details of any inter-agency engagement. [47993/25]
1183. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the issuance of letters of authorisation to practice, in the case of recently qualified paramedics, have been disrupted (details supplied); if so, the reason if this is the case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47998/25]
1184. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when recently qualified paramedics and advanced paramedics graduates will formally be able to practice and receive letters of authorisation to practice, in the case of paramedic classes (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47999/25]
1185. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the number of people currently eligible for BreastCheck screening who are waiting for their first mammogram in the Dublin northwest HSE area of Dublin 7, 11, and 15; the number of individuals currently awaiting follow-up appointments in the same area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48004/25]
1186. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the details of the current operational status of a BreastCheck mobile unit (details supplied); the number of women screened on a monthly basis since it opened; the number of women currently awaiting breast screening appointments at this mobile unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48005/25]
1187. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the actions her Department is taking to reduce waiting times and increase capacity of a service in Dublin (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48006/25]
1188. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will consider adding the incurable, life-long skin condition known as hidradenitis suppurativa to the list of health issues and diseases that her Department considers as part of the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48009/25]
1189. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of members of an organisation (details supplied) related to the need to increase funding in counselling and psychotherapy with the aim of establishing universal access to therapeutic services; if this is under review within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48011/25]