1385. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health for an update on her consideration of the request made to her and to the Taoiseach by an organisation (details supplied) and the victims and survivors of a former doctor with whom they work, to consider the establishment of a Commission of Investigation into the actions of the former doctor and related matters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29467/…
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1386. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the services currently on offer in the postnatal hubs already established; if there are plans to expand these services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29474/25]
1387. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the actions being taken to address the inconsistency in breastfeeding advice being given to women across the healthcare service; if any consideration has been given to standardising breastfeeding advice in order that women can rely on the information being given at a vulnerable time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29475/25]
1388. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the kind of oversight and regulation there is currently on the breastfeeding advice given by private lactation consultants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29476/25]
1389. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health if any consideration is being given to providing a reliable breastfeeding support service where women can access midwife-led support if they require it 24 hours a day; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29477/25]
1390. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to providing some pelvic-floor rehabilitation as a matter of course, not just for those suffering birth injuries, such as that provided in France; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29478/25]
1391. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health for an update on plans for respite services in the District Hospital in Killarney; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29481/25]
1392. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her plans for the external independent panel of surgeons with expertise in developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) surgery, following publication of the DDH Audit by Children’s Health Ireland and the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Cappagh; if this panel will be made up of surgeons from different jurisdictions; the timeline being worked towards in establishing t…
1393. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason the external independent panel of surgeons with expertise in developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) currently being established following the publication of the DDH Audit will not review cases prior to 2010; if such surgeries took place in Temple Street Hospital before 2010; if so, the number of surgeries that took place, and the period these surger…
1394. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will conduct a review of the system of clinical directors (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29490/25]
1395. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if any private companies have been contracted to answer calls to the information line established for families whose children have been identified for follow-up following publication of the developmental dysplasia of the hip audit by Children’s Health Ireland and the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Cappagh; if it is exclusively specialist developmental dysplasia …
1396. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if any surgeons are contesting the findings of the developmental dysplasia of the hip audit by Children’s Health Ireland and the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Cappagh; if any of the 14 surgeons whose cases were audited have been placed on leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29492/25]
1397. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of abolishing all prescription charges under the general medical service scheme. [29493/25]
1398. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of reducing the drugs payment scheme threshold to €72, €50, and €0 respectively. [29494/25]
1399. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the cost to the State to fully subsidise the cost of all prescribed inhaled asthma medications and related devices. [29495/25]
1400. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health for an update on the review of the long-term illness scheme included as part of a review of the current eligibility framework carried out under commitments within the Sláintecare Implementation Strategy; to provide a timeline for the publication of the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29496/25]
1401. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 783 of 27 May 2025, if she will consider providing funding for pilot programmes in select primary care centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29502/25]
1402. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the current and known upcoming vacancies at Cavan and Monaghan Hospital group; the dates on which the vacancies arose or will arise and the dates when vacancies are expected to be filled, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29507/25]
1403. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Health to reply to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29508/25]
1404. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the intentions of the HSE with regard to a nursing home (details supplied); if this facility will continue under the control of the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29516/25]
1405. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of children experiencing delayed discharge due to a delay in accessing paediatric homecare packages, both funded and those who are waiting on funding, by hospital, in tabular form. [29517/25]
1406. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of children who experienced delayed discharges due to a delay in accessing paediatric homecare packages in March of each year from 2019 to 2025, by hospital, in tabular form. [29518/25]
1407. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the status of the Hereditary Cancer Model of Care in Ireland; the funding that has been provided for this initiative and the plans for future funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29534/25]
1408. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health if genetic testing is yet available to close relatives of those diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in order to detect genetic mutations and aid in early diagnosis and prevention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29535/25]
1409. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health if staffing levels of public health nurses have increased in the past twelve months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29543/25]