1285. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will engage with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, in regard to utilising HSE buildings and lands across County Kerry for housing, that are no longer being utilised and are surplus to requirement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29067/25]
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1286. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown, by county, of the number of children who underwent hip dysplasia surgery at Temple Street and Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospitals between 2010 and 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29079/25]
1287. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene to ensure the continuation of home help support at a location (details supplied) where service users have been informed that this support will cease at the end of June 2025, following a decision by the HSE; if he will outline the rationale for this decision and confirm whether an alternative plan is being developed to maintain essential …
1288. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health when a new cancer medication (details supplied), which has been approved by the European Medicines Agency, will be approved in Ireland and included in the HSE reimbursement scheme; the reason for the delay in including this medication in the reimbursement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29101/25]
1289. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently on CAMHS waiting lists, by area; and the number who have been waiting longer than 12 months in each area. [29105/25]
1290. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if her Department has assessed the comparative cost to the State of early CAMHS intervention versus crisis-driven responses, including accident-and-emergency visits, ambulance callouts, Garda involvement, and inpatient psychiatric care. [29106/25]
1291. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the average daily cost of a bed at CAMHS inpatient units (for example, Éist Linn, Linn Dara, Merlin Park); and the total cost per admission. [29107/25]
1292. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the percentage of CAMHS referrals currently being accepted for assessment and treatment, by area; and her plans to address the high rate of rejected referrals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29108/25]
1293. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she will introduce a national triage timeframe target for CAMHS referrals, such as a maximum of 12 weeks from referral to assessment. [29109/25]
1294. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if her Department has examined the potential fiscal savings from eliminating CAMHS waiting lists through investment in early-intervention services. [29110/25]
1295. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health to outline the current staffing levels in CAMHS West Cork (Dunmanway), including the number of funded but unfilled positions. [29111/25]
1296. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the community-based mental health supports available to children waiting over 12 months for CAMHS appointments; and if these are standardised across the State. [29112/25]
1297. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if her Department has undertaken any assessment of the long-term developmental, educational, and economic impacts of prolonged delays in accessing CAMHS. [29114/25]
1298. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that current mental-health service provision for children is compliant with the State’s obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. [29115/25]
1299. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the support her Department provides for children and families who are unable to access CAMHS; and whether these are monitored for adequacy. [29116/25]
1300. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if her Department has considered creating a statutory right to timely mental-health care for children under 18. [29117/25]
1301. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health her views on recent data showing over 4,200 children on CAMHS waiting lists, with over 620 waiting longer than one year; and the policy changes she intends to pursue. [29118/25]
1302. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE is providing free GP visits to members of Roma communities, protection applicants and undocumented migrants only; the numbers of clinics being provided; the cost of these services; the means testing carried out for access to these free GP services as Irish citizens are subject to means-testing for free GP services; the reasons these communit…
1303. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for speech and language services from primary care centres in Dublin from the date of referral; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29126/25]
1304. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she has engaged with the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to discuss the promotion of bilingual food labelling in Ireland; if so, the outcomes of that engagement; and if not, whether she will commit to such coordination to ensure that future discussions on EU food labelling policy reflect the State’s obligations in respect of…
1305. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will reconsider the remit of the inter-departmental group on the Food Information to Consumers Regulation to include the issue of bilingual labelling, in light of the State’s legal obligations to promote the Irish language under the Constitution and the Official Languages Acts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29129/25]
1306. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will support the inclusion of bilingual labelling as part of Ireland’s national position on future revisions to the EU Food Information to Consumers Regulation, even if such provisions are not currently included in the draft EU proposal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29130/25]
1307. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if surgery performed on a person (details supplied) was necessary; whether there will be any examination of surgeries performed on children prior to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29135/25]
1308. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health to confirm, in view of the fact that the renal dialysis unit in Letterkenny University Hospital (LUH) is running at maximum capacity for a long time, the cost of out-sourcing additional demand for dialysis to NHS hospitals in the north of Ireland (inclusive of both transport and dialysis costs) in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 for patients from…
1309. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health to confirm, in view of the lack of capacity in the laboratory department in Letterkenny University Hospital, the cost of outsourcing routine blood samples to private laboratories from January 2025 to date. [29146/25]