2557. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the total spend by her Department on external legal services in each of the past three years; the main areas of legal activity for which external advice was sought; if she will provide a breakdown by case or category; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40838/25]
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2558. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychologists based at Clogherhead health centre in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [40844/25]
2559. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the number of calls received at NorthEast Doctor on-call service based in Drogheda in 2024 and to date in 2025; of the calls received, the number that were necessary to have the doctor make a house call; and the number of doctors, nurses and administrative staff based at this service, in tabular form. [40845/25]
2560. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the number of dental nurses who are currently on panels awaiting a job offer. [40846/25]
2561. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health if she will give due consideration to expanding Ireland’s medical card scheme to cover psychotherapy, both short-term and long-term, through a reimbursement model for accredited private therapists, as currently medical card holders can access up to eight free counselling sessions via the HSE’s Counselling in Primary Care programme, which does not address those w…
2562. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will review the correspondence to address concerns raised by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40861/25]
2563. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on legal fees associated with litigation, advice and settlements in each of the past three years by her Department and agencies under its aegis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40882/25]
2564. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she will urgently intervene in the case of a child (details supplied) who has been refused access to incontinence products by the HSE on the basis of a blanket age threshold; if she will ensure discretion is exercised in such cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40890/25]
2565. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health to set out the current policy governing the provision of incontinence products to children with disabilities; the minimum eligibility age; and whether provision below that age is permitted on the basis of medical need. [40891/25]
2566. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health to outline the consultation undertaken with clinicians, families or disability advocates prior to the reported increase in the age threshold for incontinence product provision by the HSE. [40892/25]
2567. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown, by year and CHO area, of the number of children under four who have received incontinence products via the HSE in the past five years. [40893/25]
2568. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health whether she has assessed the additional financial burden on families of children with disabilities arising from limited access to incontinence products; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40894/25]
2569. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health to set out the processes available to families to appeal the refusal of incontinence supports for a child with complex or lifelong needs. [40895/25]
2570. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if she will remove child maintenance payments as income in the means test for medical cards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40896/25]
2571. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of all addiction step-down facilities currently operating in County Galway; who operates each facility; the public body or agency that holds responsibility for their regulation or oversight; and the range of supports available at each location including counselling, medical care and so on, in order to ensure that individuals recovering from add…
2572. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health if there is a centralised register or list of all addiction step-down facilities in the State; and the formal process by which such facilities are established or acquired including the criteria used to assess their suitability, the consultation or engagement required with local stakeholders, and the regulatory or quality assurance checks applied prior to approva…
2573. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Health to respond to correspondence (details supplied) regarding treatments for adults living with spinal muscular atrophy in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40959/25]
2574. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the work being undertaken by her officials and-or the HSE to establish real-time suicide reporting in Ireland and associated infrastructure; if she will outline any collaboration with An Garda Síochána in relation to data sharing in this regard and a timeline for the finalisation of data-sharing; the timeline for the establishment of a national system of real-tim…
2575. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the growing concern re the shortage of salbutamol. [40971/25]
2576. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1763 of 19 March 2025, the detailed breakdown of what precisely the amount of €145.5 million is spent on, in particular the costs related to fixed unit costs and other costs incurred as per the HSE Annual Report and Financial Statements 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40972/25]
2577. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason new payment arrangements have yet to be made to section 39 workers despite the fact that there is an agreement in place and approved by Government to do so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40974/25]
2578. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason incremental increases have not been paid to section 39 workers at all for 2025; the reasons for this delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40975/25]
2579. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health if a hip replacement surgery for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40976/25]
2580. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the way in which a person whose family member resided in a private nursing home can access their records. [40981/25]
2581. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists working in the public scheme in each CHO district from 2015 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40993/25]