750. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health to list the hospitals with the national acute oncology nursing service to assist patients undergoing active cancer treatment in avoiding attending emergency departments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27472/25]
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751. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the number of resuscitation bays within the accident and emergency department of Wexford General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27473/25]
752. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year costs to recruit three additional WTE senior genetic counsellors and three additional genetic counsellors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27474/25]
753. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of children that have been required to return to theatre due to post-operative infection following spinal fusion or growth rod procedures in Children's Health Ireland at Temple Street, CHI at Crumlin, and Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital, in each of the past five years, in tabular form (details supplied); and the number of children that required m…
754. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health routinely tracks and review cases involving multiple re-operations due to infection following spinal fusion or growth rod procedures; if these cases are subject to morbidity and mortality review or internal audit; the lessons, if any, that have been identified from these cases and the changes that have been implemented across sites to reduce the risk of infection…
755. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will publish any available findings from internal or external reviews conducted at Children's Health Ireland or Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital in relation to post-operative spinal infections and surgical site complications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27477/25]
756. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to confirm whether parents of children undergoing spinal fusion or growth rod procedures at Children's Health Ireland are informed of the relevant post-operative infection rates, either site-specific or national, as part of the surgical consent process; if this information is not routinely disclosed, to explain how this complies with the principles set out in nat…
757. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will consider purchasing a site that is for sale (details supplied) in order to preserve access to St. Michael’s Hospital, Dún Laoghaire from Crofton Road and to expand hospital operations; and if not, the justification for not purchasing the site. [27498/25]
758. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 330 of 20 May 2025, in which the Minister for Finance clarified that provision and regulation of private health insurance is a matter for the Minister for Health, if she is aware of the fact that sports insurance firms are not paying for upfront medical costs (details supplied); and if she will instruct her Department to inves…
759. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans to extend the long-Covid scheme for public health workers impacted by long-Covid past June 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27526/25]
760. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the protocols in place in relation to the use of anaesthesia during the performance of cervical biopsies, considering accounts of women who were not administered anaesthetic and who describe the procedure as extremely painful and traumatic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27528/25]
761. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health to provide information (details supplied) pertaining to Wexford women and BreastCheck, based on information available to 31 March 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27529/25]
762. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of midwifery-led clinics operational in Kildare at the moment, clinic staff levels and hours provided for and changes in the service, in the last five years. [27532/25]
763. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) can be expedited. [27535/25]
764. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health to detail the methods through which a general practitioner can issue a prescription to a patient; if a patient can insist the prescription is issued in written form and not via email directly to the pharmacy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27544/25]
765. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Health if a response will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27545/25]
766. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the eligibility criteria for accessing publicly funded IVF treatment in cases where a woman seeks to use the preserved sperm of her deceased husband, where full written consent was given prior to his death; if there are any protocols in place to support widows in this situation; and if she will consider amending current policy to ensure fair access to treatme…
767. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if urgent approval will be granted for vyloy (zolbetuximab) which is used for certain types of gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27575/25]
768. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if any assurances can be provided that the Lettermacaward Health Centre in County Donegal will not go without GP cover until the new GP takes up their position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27583/25]
769. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if she will consider for reimbursement the new treatment VYLOY (zolbetuximab), which is used for certain types of gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27585/25]
770. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when the Budget 2025 announcement relating to the expansion of the publicly-funded IVF scheme will take effect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27588/25]
771. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the status in progressing to phase 2 of the model of care relating to assisted human reproduction treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27589/25]
772. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she intends to review the criteria for eligibility such as BMI, to publicly funded assisted human reproduction services. [27590/25]
773. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health when her Department intends to begin the development of the next national cancer strategy, given that the current strategy is due to expire at the end of 2026; and to provide details on the process that will be followed, including any planned stakeholder engagement or consultation phases. [27593/25]
774. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to providing dedicated parking spaces at major hospitals in the State for vehicles transporting cancer patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27602/25]