900. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the NTPF suspending all insourcing work with a public hospital since 11 April 2025; the name of the hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32618/25]
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901. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that there are 3,000 patients waiting for dermatology appointment in Sligo University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32619/25]
902. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that no orthopaedic surgeries have taken place in Sligo University Hospital since January 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32620/25]
903. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if he will extend the special leave with pay for people who continue to suffer from long Covid and cannot return to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32625/25]
904. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if HIQA gives advance notice to nursing homes and residential care centres prior to a visit and inspection.. [32631/25]
905. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the costs incurred by her Department and bodies under its aegis from contracts awarded to communications and PR firms in 2024; the name of the contractor and a description of the work undertaken in each case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32642/25]
906. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health to examine the case of a person requiring a new leg prosthesis fitting (details supplied); to advise when they will be supplied with same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32662/25]
907. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if she will consider running a pilot orphan drug early-access programme in order that children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy can access givinostat; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32665/25]
908. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to assess all playing fields, whether owned by sports organisations or part of national or secondary schools, for their suitability for the landing of emergency helicopter flights when accidents occur at a distance from a hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32688/25]
909. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the way in which the Government’s legislative response to the rise in vaping intends to be future proofed and cater for novel products such as nicotine pouches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32691/25]
910. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to providing QUIT campaigns with free NRT products to people addicted to vapes and nicotine pouches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32692/25]
911. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the date on which her Department was alerted to potential financial irregularities in relation to National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) funded insourcing work at another public hospital, separate to Children’s Health Ireland; if she will identify which hospital the NTPF has suspended all insourcing work with since 11 April 2025; and if she will make a statement…
912. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if a speech and language therapist will be appointed at a school (details supplied) for the duration of a period of leave. [32703/25]
913. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the current number of authorised officers currently available for assisted admissions within the health service in Waterford city and county; if she considers this an adequate number; the steps she will take to ensure there an adequate number of authorised officers available in Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32711/25]
914. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the current number of authorised officers currently available for assisted admissions within the health service for each county, and for each CHO, in tabular form. [32712/25]
915. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of assisted admissions, by county and by CHO, for each of the past ten years, and to date in 2025, in tabular form.. [32713/25]
916. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a geographical breakdown of the 174 authorised officers currently appointed under the Mental Health Act 2001; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32724/25]
917. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health to outline the current status of the two translabial scanners at Cork University Hospital and Holles Street; whether they are currently in use; whether trained staff are available to use them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32725/25]
918. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on mesh centres, including outlining specifically the amount the translabial scanners have cost.. [32726/25]
919. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health her views on whether women who have suffered from mesh injuries should be automatically entitled to a medical card. [32727/25]
920. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health her views on whether women who have suffered from mesh injuries should be entitled to compensation for necessary travel to mesh centres established under the mesh pathways. [32728/25]
921. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she agrees that there should be a redress scheme for women who have suffered from mesh injuries. [32729/25]
922. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health to outline the status of the report of the National Vaginal Mesh Implant Oversight Group; whether the report has been completed; and her views on whether the report is objective given the fact that no representatives of women suffering from mesh injuries were included in the process of compiling it. [32730/25]
923. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if she is considering an early access programme to givinostat (details supplied) for Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients in Ireland, similar to that provided in Scotland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32733/25]
924. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if she is considering providing access to fivinostat for non-ambulant Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients in Ireland in addition to ambulant patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32734/25]