887. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the reason some GP surgeries are implementing charges on medical card holders for various tests such as blood tests, urine sample testing and changing of dressings as an example; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37876/25]
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888. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health in which month the new 96-bed block in UHL will be open to patients. [37878/25]
889. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health if Veoza, aimed at women who are not suitable for HRT, will be covered under the free HRT scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37881/25]
890. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health if an organisation (details supplied) will be funded by the HSE to eliminate the cost barrier of exercise for older people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37882/25]
891. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she will meet a group representing parents (details supplied) affected by the hip dysplasia scandal at Children’s Health Ireland; if she will issue a detailed response to their correspondence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37902/25]
892. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people covered by medical cards in each year 2011 to 2025, in tabular form. [37931/25]
893. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people covered by GP visit cards in each year 2011 to 2025, in tabular form. [37932/25]
894. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure the use of the Crumlin Hospital site for key worker housing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37934/25]
895. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of equipment and machinery, such as CT and MRI scanners and linear accelerator machines, which have reached their end of life, across each statutory and section 38 hospital, in tabular form; to be requested from each hospital as required; the date at which they reached end of life; the breakdown rate of these machines; the productive hours lost as …
896. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the main CT scanner for radiation oncology at St. Luke’s is within or beyond its end of life; if there is a concern whether this machine will not be operational if it is turned off, and as such if it is left turned on 24 hours a day; her plans for replacing all equipment at St. Luke’s which is beyond or nearing end of life; the budgetary requirements for sa…
897. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the extent and cost of radiation therapy outsourcing to private providers, by hospital, in tabular form; and the details of total payments to private providers per instance of service provided. [37937/25]
898. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health the measures the Government is taking to address the unacceptable delays in accessing public psychological and speech and language therapy services for children; if a scheme will be introduced to reimburse families who are forced to pay for the provision of assessments and therapies due to the public system’s inability to meet demand; and if she will make a state…
339. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on agency and recruitment agency by the HSE for the provision of home care services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36874/25]
340. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting on HSE panel for recruitment for home care support in Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36875/25]
341. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting on HSE panel for recruitment for home care support in Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36876/25]
342. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken and the progress made in relation to filling the vacant occupational therapist posts in primary care in County Laois, as there has been no occupational therapists in the service for several years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36678/25]
343. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if she is considering and investigating the use of Al-powered sensors to keep older adults safer and healthier in their own homes (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36697/25]
344. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for children aged 2-6 to access speech and language therapy services in each health region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36706/25]
345. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the total cost to name the new children’s hospital in Dublin the “National Children’s Hospital Ireland”; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36708/25]
346. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if she allow for Mounjaro to be accessed on the medical card (details supplied). [36712/25]
347. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the reason the continued suspension of the transvaginal tape sling procedure for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence in women, which is clinically supported procedure, is still unavailable in Ireland more than six years after the pause was implemented; and the options women have now, who have not yet had a family and who have already tried and failed …
348. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1495 of 10 June 2025, the breakdown of weekly and weekend activity, by ordinary rostered hours compared to extra-contractual hours funded via NTPF or other insourcing funding streams, in tabular form. [36726/25]
349. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of all acute hospital-related NTPF spending for the period 2020 to 2025, inclusive, by spending type by hospital, and by year, in tabular form. [36731/25]
350. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the pre-budget 2026 submission of an organisation (details supplied); if she will engage with this organisation in advance of budgetary negotiations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36744/25]
351. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health her views on whether existing support networks for families of people with Alzheimer’s disease are sufficient; the actions she will take to improve these facilities as much as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36745/25]