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Liam Quaide Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2841. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the details of current staffing levels of the older persons community specialist team in the South Lee, Cork integrated health area; to outline the WTE provision of each discipline, including dietician, occupational therapist and speech and language therapist; and details of recruitment for each role, in each of the years 2022 to 2024 and to date in 2025. [42266/…
Micheál Carrigy Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2842. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the application for a primary medical certificate for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42282/25]
Albert Dolan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2843. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of speech and language therapy services in the Headford area of county Galway, in view of reports that no cover has been provided for a local speech language therapist that is on leave until July 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42288/25]
Sinéad Gibney Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2844. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health if she has engaged with public health experts on the health impact of the potential delay of the application of health warning labels on alcoholic beverages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42289/25]
Eamon Scanlon Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2845. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the reason individuals diagnosed with cancer in County Leitrim are now being referred to Galway instead of Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42317/25]
Robert Troy Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2846. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if she will expedite an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied). [42332/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2847. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health for the timeline regarding when the Assisted Human Reproduction Regulatory Authority will be fully operational; the staff appointed to date in 2025; if a budget line will be provided for it in Budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42384/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2848. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health for a timeline on the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) (Amendment) Bill; when does she expect to bring heads of bill to Cabinet; and if there will be a pre-legislative scrutiny process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42385/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2849. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health for a timeline regarding the commencement of S.232 of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024; have Court rules been changed to accommodate this new provision; are there any legal barriers to its commencement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42386/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2850. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health if she intends to engage with and meet groups representing parents and families of children conceived through surrogacy and assisted human reproduction, as part of the drafting process on the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) (Amendment) Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42387/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2851. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if frontline social workers in the public system have access to ongoing mental health supports; her plans to strengthen psychological support for staff experiencing vicarious trauma or burnout; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42390/25]
Thomas Gould Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2852. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of wards or beds not currently in use in each of the Cork hospitals. [42391/25]
Thomas Gould Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2853. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting ophthalmology appointments for cataracts in each of the past five years in Cork, in tabular form. [42392/25]
Robert Troy Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2854. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if she will outline the travel assistance schemes a person with a diagnosis of autism and Asperger's can qualify for. [42393/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2855. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will examine the possibility of appointing an Orthodontist (details supplied) in Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42394/25]
Sean Fleming Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2856. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Health the position regarding car parking facilities at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42405/25]
Sean Fleming Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2857. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Health the up-to-date position regarding the change in arrangements at a health centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42408/25]
John Brady Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2858. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health the advances her Department has made in expanding the screening process for newborn babies with rare diseases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42411/25]
John Brady Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2859. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health the diseases that are currently tested for in the screening process for newborn babies with rare diseases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42412/25]
John Brady Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2860. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health if she will consider expanding the screening process for newborn babies with rare diseases to test for additional tests, in line with other EU countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42413/25]
Alan Kelly Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2861. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the primary care centres within CHO3 that are currently under construction; when each of those projects will be completed; the services that will be provided at each PCC when they open, in tabular form. [42426/25]
Alan Kelly Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2862. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in respiratory medicine based at University Hospital Limerick in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [42427/25]
Aindrias Moynihan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2863. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure on the Cross-Border Directive for each of the years 2023 to 2024, and to date in 2025; the number of patients treated under the Cross-Border Directive in each of the years 2023 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42438/25]
Aindrias Moynihan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2864. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure on contracting out radiotherapy treatment for public patients to private providers in CH04 for each of the years 2023 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42439/25]
Aindrias Moynihan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2865. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health to consider the use of private out of hours services or private 24-hour access doctors to alleviate the long delays in medical card patients accessing appointments with their GP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42440/25]