1190. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health to review the current authorisation process for newly qualified paramedics, given issues that have arisen (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48019/25]
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1191. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if she will address the current lack of clarity, access, and governance in the provision of urgent ophthalmic care in the south-east and mid-west regions; and if she is aware of shortfalls in care provision in the region (details supplied). [48030/25]
1192. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure clear and consistent governance across ophthalmology emergency referral pathways; that no patient with suspected acute or sight-threatening pathology is turned away from hospital care and that regional equity is provided in order that patients in Thurles and surrounding areas have timely access to emergency eye services. [48031/2…
1193. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason a paediatric orthopaedic appointment in CHI Crumlin hospital was cancelled for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48034/25]
1194. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Health her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding mesh surgery and treatment options in Ireland; if she will clarify the options available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48035/25]
1195. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the urgent provision of a medical card will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied) to ensure continuous care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48036/25]
1196. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the current provision of prosthetics for children in Ireland, including access to advanced prosthetic options; and whether this provision is sufficient to meet the needs of children with complex injuries, such as a child (details supplied). [48039/25]
1197. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the specialist teams and services in place to support children requiring prosthetics alongside complex abdominal and stoma care; and whether the HSE has sufficient expertise and resources to deliver this care within Ireland. [48040/25]
1198. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health her plans to address the identified gaps in paediatric prosthetic services, including long-term rehabilitation and follow-up supports, to ensure families are not forced to seek treatment abroad. [48041/25]
1199. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if she will commit to a review of paediatric prosthetic provision in Ireland, with a view to ensuring that children such as a child (details supplied) can access the same standard of ongoing care and rehabilitation as they receive in acute and emergency care. [48042/25]
1200. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health her plans for the derelict HSE building in Pettigo, County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48056/25]
1201. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health her views on the request by an organisation (details supplied) to establish 20-bed inpatient neuro-rehabilitation unit to serve the Cork and Kerry region. [48098/25]
1202. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the daily 8am trolley counts for Cork University Hospital for each day of July–September 2025; the number of single-room isolation beds available and occupied each day in the emergency department and admission areas; the number of suspected or confirmed respiratory-virus patients cohorted in non-isolation areas; and the actions taken since 1 August 2025 to reduce…
1203. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants in emergency medicine, consultants in critical care and emergency medicine registrars on duty each night within the accident and emergency department of Beaumont Hospital between the hours of 8pm to 8am between 24 and 31 August 2025 inclusive. [48115/25]
1204. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in CHO9 awaiting home support services; and the average waiting time for such services. [48116/25]
1205. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to examine the example of the hospital appointments system in the Netherlands (details supplied); if such a system will be utilised in Irish hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48126/25]
1206. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to prioritise in the Budget 2026 the chronic shortage of respite beds in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48127/25]
1207. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to provide the staff and open the hospice beds in St. Anne's Hospital, Cahersiveen, County Kerry as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48129/25]
1208. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to reopen the two hospice units in St. Anne's Community Hospital Cahersiveen, County Kerry as a matter of urgency as this is an incalculable loss to the people of Cahersiveen, Iveragh and South Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48131/25]
1209. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to prioritise in Budget 2026 issues regarding senior citizens in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48134/25]
1210. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents on waiting-lists in primary care services for occupational therapy, physiotherapy, psychology, physiotherapy and speech and language therapy in excess of one year, two years, three years and so on, until the longest duration in years, by health region, in tabular form. [48155/25]
1211. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the grade and service location of primary care and secondary mental health posts, within each health region, in occupational therapy, social work, psychology, physiotherapy and speech and language therapy which were vacated in 2023 and 2024 that have yet been submitted for replacement and which have not yet received stage 3 approval, in tabular form. [48156/25]
1212. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if an appointment will be expedited. [48167/25]
1213. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to an organisation that provides addiction treatment for adults and young people (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48168/25]
1214. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Health the efforts being made to reduce the waiting time for children approved for public orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48173/25]