642. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing medical card threshold to the median income, for each household type, in tabular form; and the number of newly eligible households this would create.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28739/25]
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643. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the medical card basic threshold by €5,000, €10,000, €15,000, €20,000, €25,000 and €30,000 per annum, in tabular form; and the estimated number of newly eligible people and households. [28740/25]
644. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing medical card thresholds on par with GP visit card thresholds. [28741/25]
645. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing injury unit charges to €50. [28742/25]
646. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the drug payment scheme threshold in increments of €5 to €0, in tabular form. [28743/25]
647. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing prescription charges in increments of €0.50 to €0 for each cohort, in tabular form. [28744/25]
648. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of removing hospital car parking charges; the revenue raised by each HSE and section 38 hospital, for each hospital, to be requested from each hospital individually and collated in a single response, in tabular form. [28745/25]
649. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding the free contraception scheme to cover all women. [28746/25]
650. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the full list of schemes and options available for patients in the south to receive medical treatment in the North; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28751/25]
651. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the full list of schemes and options available for patients in the North to receive medical treatment in the South; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28752/25]
652. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of employees at University Hospital Waterford who are trained to conduct sign language; if hospitals are required to have this service; if this service is not available, the reason; when it will be available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28753/25]
653. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a care home (details supplied) is covered under the terms of the latest pay agreement for section 39 workers. [28754/25]
654. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of an inquiry into sodium valproate. [28755/25]
655. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the supports available to patients who, due to Crohn's disease, had dental implants in Türkiye that, due to the passage of time, now require removal and replacement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28761/25]
656. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to publish the findings of the Draft Lookback Review into the North Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service that was originally due to be published in March 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28768/25]
657. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if the difficulties people have of registering with GPs particularly those with medical and GP cards (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28773/25]
658. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the investigations she has initiated into alleged breached by businesses with HSE contracts of employment permit conditions in paying workers less than the permitted wage as in the case of a company (details supplied). [28775/25]
659. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the total number of children and adolescents on the primary care psychology waiting-lists in each regional health area; the breakdown of the total number of months and years waiting; and the longest wait-time as of 1 April 2025, in tabular form. [28784/25]
660. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the total number of children and adolescents on the CAMHS psychology waiting-lists in each regional health area; the breakdown of the total number of months and years waiting; and the longest wait-time as of 1 April 2025, in tabular form. [28785/25]
661. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will assist in the medical and therapeutic treatment of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28786/25]
662. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) who was urgently referred to St. Finbarr's Dental Hospital, Cork a number of years ago will receive an appointment for orthodontic treatment in view of the fact that it has been a long time since the initial referral was made, and the child in question is in urgent need of dental treatment; and if she will make a statement on the mat…
663. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the disparity that exists between the pay of diagnostic radiography tutors, when compared to colleagues in other allied health professions (details supplied); if she will take steps to address this discrepancy in pay scales for clinical tutors; if so, the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28800/…
664. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if she is considering the opening of mental health emergency departments across this State, staffed by specialist doctors and nurses, similar to the network being opened by the NHS across England. [28809/25]
665. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health where the five specialist teams working with people who have psychosis are located; if she will provide a list of the counties without a specialist team; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28810/25]
666. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if Children’s Health Ireland made her aware of a 2021 internal investigation (details supplied); if she has been provided with a copy of the report and its findings; if not, if she has requested a copy; if she will commit to publishing this report when she receives it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28812/25]