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Erin McGreehan Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Health
3231. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the funding currently provided for community-based family support organisations working with families affected by addiction, broken down by county and by organisation. [55328/26]
Erin McGreehan Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Health
3232. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the measures in place to support frontline addiction workers experiencing secondary trauma and burnout, including access to clinical supervision and specialist trauma training. [55331/26]
George Lawlor Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Health
3233. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists and speech and language therapist posts by grade that were filled at Wexford General Hospital as of 14 July 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55346/26]
George Lawlor Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Health
3234. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year costs to recruit three additional clinical specialist podiatrists and three additional podiatrists managers for the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55347/26]
Shay Brennan Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Health
3235. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Health when the HSE representative for the Local Community Safety Forum for Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council will be appointed. [55373/26]
John Connolly Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Health
3236. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health if she will examine the need for increased and sustained funding for personal assistance services, PAS, to support people older people to live independently in their communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55377/26]
James Geoghegan Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Health
3237. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55382/26]
Colm Burke Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Health
3238. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if her Department is examining the case for increased investment in preventive diabetes technologies, such as continuous glucose monitoring as a means of reducing future demand on acute and chronic care services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55388/26]
Jen Cummins Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Health
3239. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health her plans for patients to access belzutifan (welireg) for patients living with von hippel-lindau disease in Ireland. [55391/26]
Colm Burke Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Health
3240. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding that has been allocated to implementing the hereditary cancer model of care in each of the years since its launch, including 2023 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55393/26]
Colm Burke Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Health
3241. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the actual number and the percentage of electronic referrals from a GP to lung rapid access clinics, by hospital, in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55394/26]
Colm Burke Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Health
3242. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of electronic referrals from a GP to prostate rapid access clinics by hospital in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55395/26]
Niamh Smyth Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Health
3243. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the supports available for a person (details supplied); the way in which they can access counselling on a medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55402/26]
Colm Burke Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Health
3244. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of electronic referrals from a GP to urgent symptomatic breast disease clinics by hospital in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55404/26]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Health
3245. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the total number of registered CAMHS inpatient beds; the number of those beds currently in operation; the number of beds not currently operational; the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55405/26]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Health
3246. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the number of young people currently awaiting access to a CAMHS inpatient bed; the average waiting time for admission; the number of young people waiting to access admission for longer than 3 months, 6 months and 12 months, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55406/26]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Health
3247. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the number of young people in paediatric beds in hospital settings due to lack of CAMHS inpatient capacity; the number of young people remaining in such settings while awaiting a CAMHS bed for more than 7, 14 and 21 days, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55407/26]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Health
3248. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health her plans to address the situation of children and young people remaining in hospital settings while awaiting CAMHS inpatient support; the interim measures that are in place for individuals and families experiencing this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55408/26]
Paul Lawless Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Health
3249. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if she will urgently intervene in the case of a person (details supplied); if a review of the case will be expedited in light of the serious risks. [55411/26]
Carol Nolan Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Health
3250. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health her views on whether the current regulatory framework governing minimum benefits under the Health Insurance Act 1994 provides sufficient flexibility for older or vulnerable policyholders who do not require maternity or addiction related mental health cover (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55417/26]
Carol Nolan Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Health
3251. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will consider initiating a review of the minimum benefit regulations to assess whether mandatory maternity and mental health cover should continue to apply uniformly to all policyholders, including elderly customers who have no realistic prospect of availing of such benefits (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55418/26]
Carol Nolan Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Health
3252. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if her Department has received any representations from private health insurers regarding the need for greater flexibility in the application of minimum benefit requirements, particularly in cases where policyholders can demonstrate that certain benefits are unnecessary or unused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55419/26]
Carol Nolan Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Health
3253. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of concerns that older policyholders may be effectively paying for benefits they neither need nor use due to rigid minimum benefit rules (details supplied); the steps she intends to take to ensure that consumers are not subject to inadvertent mis-selling or inappropriate product bundling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55420/26]
Carol Nolan Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Health
3254. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will engage with the Health Insurance Authority to ensure that stronger consumer protection measures are in place to prevent situations where policyholders feel they are being charged for benefits that do not reflect their actual healthcare needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55421/26]
Carol Nolan Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Health
3255. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the recourse that is available to policyholders who believe they have been mis-sold or incorrectly assigned benefits within their health insurance plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55422/26]