2582. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the percentage of and number of hospital admissions for children aged 13 and under attributed to tooth decay and dental issues in Ireland, per hospital, from 2015 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40994/25]
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2583. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of hospitalisations for children caused by tooth decay, broken down by hospital group, from 2014-2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40995/25]
2584. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 904 of 15 July 2025, if she will engage with a union (details supplied) to encourage the use of European-made medications wherever possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40998/25]
2585. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health who is eligible for evacuation from Gaza to Ireland on medical grounds; and if people requiring medical attention in Gaza are eligible for evacuation if they are first cousins of Irish citizens. [41011/25]
2586. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 855 of 8 July 2025, the number of early abortions provided through fully remote consultations, in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41018/25]
2587. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health if doctors are required to record the number of abortions they provide through fully remote consultations; if records are kept of the reason an in-person consultation was not done; the safeguards that were put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41019/25]
2588. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health the timeline of the full implementation of the statutory home support scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41025/25]
2589. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health the statutory home support scheme workstream that will be priority after the implementation of the new regulatory framework for home support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41026/25]
2590. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to expand the roll out of interRAI single assessments for home support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41027/25]
2591. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health if older and disabled people be given a legal entitlement to home care as part of the statutory home support scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41028/25]
2592. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health the funding models for home support are currently being considered for home support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41029/25]
2593. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health the average hours of home support delivered to older people in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41030/25]
2594. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for home support in HSE Dublin north city and west, Dublin north-west and Dublin north county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41032/25]
2595. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the gestation at delivery of all neonatal deaths and stillbirths following termination of pregnancy recorded in weeks plus days in perinatal death notification forms, which provide data for the annual perinatal mortality national clinical audit, in each of the years from the beginning of 2019 until the end of 2024 inclusive, in tabular form…
2596. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 972 of 25 February 2025, if she can she provide an update on the assessments for persons (details supplied), as the children continue to go without necessary assessments and assessments of need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41038/25]
2597. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Health the number of practicing dentists registered in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41039/25]
2598. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists in County Wexford registered with the dental treatment services scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41040/25]
2599. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the overall number and percentage of health care assistants working in HSE long-term residential care facilities currently that have the recommended QQI/FETAC level 5 qualification for health care assistants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41041/25]
2600. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health to provide the total number of grant payments issued by the Department in each of the past five years, along with the total value of those grant payments for each year, in tabular form; and to confirm whether these figures include all schemes and discretionary grant programmes administered directly by the Department or through its agencies. [41060/25]
2601. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Health if she will introduce a financial support system for people, especially children, who suffer from auditory process disorder; to outline her policy on this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41080/25]
2602. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she has engaged with her counterpart in the North to explore the potential for maximising access to new medicines while ensuring value for money through joint arrangements, such as for gavinostat for which there is a pricing arrangement in the North, but not in this State, but a lack of capacity to issue the treatment; and if she will make a statement on t…
2603. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of instances in which free nicotine pouches have been distributed by retailers and at music festivals throughout Dublin bay north and elsewhere, including to individuals who may be under the age of 18; if she will outline the current enforcement measures in place to regulate this practice; if new legislative or regulatory steps are being consid…
2604. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the growing availability and use of high-THC products, particularly among young people aged 12 to 17; if she will outline the current regulatory mechanisms in place to address the sale and distribution of these substances; if she will provide an update on measures being taken to respond to the health risks associated with high-potency THC pr…
2605. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the number of young people aged under 18 who have been referred to mental health services in each of the past five years where the primary or a contributing factor was the use of THC or cannabis-related substances; if she will provide this data, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41091/25]
2606. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health the number of dental positions in County Monaghan, including the number vacant, by quarter since 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41094/25]