1460. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health when James Connolly Memorial Hospital will be used to give a dental service to those who need specialist care under general anaesthetic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29752/25]
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1461. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently on waiting lists for specialist dental care under general anaesthetic, in tabular form. [29753/25]
1462. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the number of anaesthesiologists will be working in James Connolly Memorial Hospital to reduce the two year long waiting list for treatments requiring general anaesthetic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29754/25]
1463. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if recruitment of public dentists is still facing an embargo due to HSE budget constraints; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29755/25]
1464. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the plans she is putting in place to expand or invest in the dental schools in UCC and Trinity College Dublin to train enough dental practitioners to meet patient demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29756/25]
1465. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if her Department is aware of an academic study (details supplied) that shows increased public health benefits, including increased vaccine coverage rates, in France, following the decision of the French government to legislate for the HPV vaccine to be administered in pharmacies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29789/25]
1466. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health for an update on her plans to implement the Programme for Government commitment to investigate new methods for earlier reimbursement of certain treatments, including early access schemes for rare diseases and cancer medicines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29790/25]
1467. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if she is concerned by the latest data from the EFPIA Patient Wait Indicator 2024, indicating an average wait time of 645 days for access to new medicines in Ireland, which constitutes a further disimprovement on last year's figures; to outline what plans are underway to improve the structures and speed of the system, in line with the Programme for Government comm…
1468. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if the 34 new whole-time equivalent positions for the agencies involved in the HSE's medicines pricing and reimbursement system, as initially prescribed in February 2023 by the then-Minister for Health, have now been successfully filled; whether they have commenced their engagement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29792/25]
1469. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health for an update on the development of a vaccine alliance, aimed at boosting the uptake of childhood vaccines and reducing vaccine hesitancy, which was first launched by the then-Minster for Health in September 2019 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29793/25]
1470. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health her views on the findings of a report (details supplied) in relation to the development of a system of transferable exclusivity vouchers; whether she is supportive of the introduction of such a system at Irish and EU level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29794/25]
1471. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if she has replied to correspondence from a representative organisation (details supplied); the steps she will take in response; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29798/25]
1472. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of new Collinstown Clondalkin primary healthcare centre in Rowlagh, Dublin 22; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29808/25]
1473. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health the number of days outpatient services were suspended in Nenagh Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29809/25]
1474. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently intervene and open the two hospice units at St. Anne's Community Hospital, Cahersiveen, County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29810/25]
1475. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if Roscommon University Hospital is providing ultrasound scans for patients in receipt of medical cards. [29811/25]
1476. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if she will provide details of the progress of the vaccine damage solidarity scheme; if the scheme has been considered by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform; to provide a timeframe for the scheme to become operational; how an individual might engage with the scheme; and if she will make a statement…
1477. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the possibility of undertaking a medical evacuation of a person (details supplied)), to reconsider the possibility of implementing a formal medical evacuation system for people in Gaza; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29827/25]
1478. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to fill the role of the senior dental surgeon (special needs) post in the north Tipperary area which has been vacant for over two years. [29828/25]
1479. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health to outline the availability of estradot in Ireland, and if an alternative to this drug can be funded as part of the free HRT programme. [29831/25]
1480. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has concluded her consideration of the new National Rare Disease Strategy; the timeline she is working towards for publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29833/25]
1481. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in commencing the inquiry into the historical licensing and use of sodium valproate; the work carried out to date; the timeline for formal commencement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29835/25]
1482. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health in relation to the independent panel review into osteotomies in CHI at Temple Street and NOHC, if all patients who received this operation so-called less invasive innominate osteotomy will be included, including those who had their operation before 2010. [29851/25]
1483. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if parents will be fully consulted and involved in relation to the establishment of the independent panel review into osteotomies in CHI at Temple Street and NOHC. [29852/25]
1484. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the reason medical card holders in Westmeath only qualify for an eye test every two years through the medical card system, while card holders in other counties, for example Offaly qualify for an annual eye test through the medical card. [29864/25]