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Danny Healy-Rae Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2531. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if urgent consideration will be given to a query (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46592/25]
Matt Carthy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2532. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment to see a consultation at National Orthopaedic Hospital, Cappagh; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46597/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2533. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health for an update on plans to extend the cohort eligible for screening under the National Bowel Screening Programme, BowelScreen; when those age 74 years will be eligible for screening under the BowelScreen programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46598/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2534. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health if the BowelScreen programme has given consideration to extending the screening programme to those beyond 74 years-of-age, on a case-by-case basis; if not, if BowelScreen is keeping research supporting this under consideration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46599/25]
Paul Murphy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2535. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health when biopsies for DMG and DIPG gliomas began in Ireland. [46615/25]
Paul Murphy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2536. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of children diagnosed with DMG and DIPG since Ireland began carrying out biopsies on these particular tumours, broken down by year. [46616/25]
Paul Murphy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2537. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of children diagnosed with DMG and DIPG that have undergone biopsies since they began in Ireland, broken down by year. [46617/25]
Paul Murphy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2538. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of children who have received a place on a clinical trial since biopsies began in Ireland for DMG and DIPG, broken down by year. [46618/25]
Louis O'Hara Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2539. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the engagements she has had with the HSE since storm Éowyn this year to ensure that vulnerable people with medical conditions are supported during times of storm related electricity and water outages given many vulnerable people received minimal State support in the aftermath of storm Éowyn; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46624/25]
Séamus McGrath Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2540. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health to outline any possible funding sources to assist an organisation (details supplied) nationally to purchase equipment to digitise patient details and records. [46634/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2541. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will consider including Guillain–Barré syndrome as a long-term illness considering the disease presents similarly to other illnesses included on the list; if consideration has been given to re-examining the eligibility criteria for the long-term illness scheme to expand the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46636/25]
John McGuinness Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2542. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of checks each year by BreastCheck (details supplied); if BreastCheck prioritises the persons missed in year one for screening in year two; the way in which BreastCheck rations the resources; the way in which and when the glitch in the register came to light; if BreastCheck has a formal protocol for contacting women who need further investigation o…
Aisling Dempsey Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2543. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health if she will report on the work of the independent expert carrying out a comprehensive assessment of the physician assistant role internationally, with a view to making recommendations for standardisation, scope of practice, and appropriate deployment in Ireland; if the assessment has been commenced; if it has been completed; when it will be published; whether…
John McGuinness Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2544. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she will respond to queries in correspondence regarding scoliosis correction and the correction of hip dysplasia (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46680/25]
Emer Currie Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2545. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health her plans to introduce plain packaging for vaping products in the upcoming Public Health (Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill and if such as a proposal is permissible under the provisions of the EU tobacco products directive. [46694/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2546. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of chefs on the HSE Dublin north east region panel; When the panel will expire. [46699/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2547. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of staffing levels within the ophthalmology department of the Mater hospital. [46700/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2548. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of full and partial knee replacement surgeries carried out at Beaumont hospital in the years 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [46701/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2549. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners based within the accident and emergency department of Connolly hospital, Blanchardstown in the years 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and the days and hours of the week where the GP is available within A&E department. [46702/25]
Barry Ward Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2550. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the discrepancy in care provided to some people with type 1 diabetes (details supplied) compared to the treatment available in the UK and other EU countries; the actions she will take to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46710/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2551. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant posts by speciality that are vacant at the Mater hospital; and when those vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [46715/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2552. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE registrar's posts by speciality that are vacant at the Mater hospital; and when those vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [46716/25]
Pat the Cope Gallagher Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2553. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Health the number of public patients from 2021 to 2025 on waiting lists in Letterkenny University Hospital who have received care via insourcing activity; the extent to which this activity has reduced waiting lists, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46746/25]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2554. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if she will review the standards and criteria for a sector (details supplied); if she will ensure proper procedure has taken place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46759/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2555. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of dietitians recruited since 2019 that were 1.0 whole-time equivalent (WTE) and below, by year and WTE figure, in tabular form. [46776/25]