353. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if the new neurological rehabilitation beds proposed for Blarney, County Cork are now going to Mallow General Hospital; if so, whether there is a business case prepared for Mallow; if it will be funded in Budget 2026; if not, whether funding will be included in Budget 2027; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35179/25]
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354. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health for an update on the review of the mental health service for the deaf; when the review report is expected to be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35182/25]
179. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of community nursing home beds specifically available to individuals with Alzheimer's, per county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34579/25]
180. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health to provide clarity regarding the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Act 2024 on who will have the authority to make the decision on whether a person is brain dead or not; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34571/25]
181. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health whether a person (details supplied) can be transferred from their present nursing home to another location. [34574/25]
182. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken by her Department to increase awareness about sickle cell disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34575/25]
183. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the funding provided from the years 2020 to 2025 for the employment of HSE-salaried general practitioners, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34576/25]
184. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the 2025 funding allocation for the National Genetics and Genomics Office on a full-year basis; the 2025 funding allocation for the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetic and Genomic Medicine in Ireland 2022 on a full-year basis; the funding required to implement the strategy in full; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34580/25]
185. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34592/25]
186. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the recruitment of the six WTE public health nursing posts in the Dublin midlands region as allocated under Budget 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34593/25]
187. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health to clarify if it is considered best practice that all pancreatic cancer patients, regardless of family history, receive genetic testing to identify and detect a possible inherited predisposition to such cancer in close family relatives; if she will clarify the timeline between a referral for such testing and the actual test being conducted; and if she will mak…
188. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to concerns related to the disposal of used oestrogen gel packaging in pharmacies, many pharmacies will not take this packaging back for safe disposal and those that do, charge a fee; if this has been discussed with an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34675/25]
189. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health to provide details on the services currently provided for adult patients with epilepsy at a hospital (details supplied); the number and grade of staff currently attached to this service at this site; the number of current staff vacancies within this service; the number of epilepsy patients currently registered with this service; the number of patients currently awai…
190. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health to provide details on the services currently provided for paediatric patients with epilepsy at a hospital (details supplied); the number and grade of staff currently attached to this service at this site; the number of current staff vacancies within this service; the number of epilepsy patients currently registered with this service; the number of patients currently…
191. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health to provide details on the services currently provided for adult patients with epilepsy at a hospital (details supplied); the number and grade of staff that are currently attached to this service at this site; the number of current staff vacancies within this service; the number of epilepsy patients currently registered with this service; the number of patients cur…
192. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 16 of 29 February 2024, and given the continuing prevalence of the large, colourful and attention-grabbing tobacco price lists used in shops to highlight certain tobacco products, if she will examine providing for such amendment in the Bill to further regulate nicotine inhaling products, which is currently being drafted; i…
193. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health to clarify whether it is a legal requirement for all private medical insurance to include maternity, newborn and fertility sections on all policies, regardless of the age of the policyholder; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34693/25]
194. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the actions she is taking to increase the number of dentists practising in Ireland and increase the number participating in the dental treatment services scheme, given that number of practising dentists in Ireland in 2022 stood at 2,420 dentists, and Ireland is at the lower end or bottom quartile of the OECD countries for number of practising dentists, and the nati…
195. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if she has set a deadline for a design for the elective hospital for Cork in Sarsfield Court, Glanmire, to be finalised; whether she has set a deadline for the project to go to planning stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34698/25]
196. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if she will work with the HSE to provide additional funding and resources that are required for the pulmonary arterial hypertension unit in the Mater Hospital (details supplied) given the unit has not had any additional resources since 2003; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34700/25]
197. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if she will prioritise the Programme for Government commitment to investigate early access schemes for orphan medicines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34701/25]
198. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if she will support the establishment of a national clinical programme for pulmonary arterial hypertension, along with rare heart diseases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34702/25]
199. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if she will support the development of a national patient registry for pulmonary arterial hypertension in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34703/25]
200. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if she will consider linking with pulmonary arterial hypertension specialists in Northern Ireland for an all-Ireland strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34704/25]
201. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE endodontics within CHO3 primary care services in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [34729/25]