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Seán Crowe Written 15 May 2025 · to Health
313. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the party responsible for the approval of CGM sensors, and if there is an appeals system in place for individuals who are unsuccessful in their application for such a device. [24919/25]
Paul Murphy Written 15 May 2025 · to Health
314. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has turned down requests to treat injured children from Gaza in Children’s Health Ireland, despite the fact that clinicians and surgeons have stated that they have the resources and theatre time available to do so; and if so, how many children have been turned down. [24920/25]
Paul Lawless Written 15 May 2025 · to Health
315. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive confirmation for a double hip surgery replacement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24921/25]
John McGuinness Written 15 May 2025 · to Health
316. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she will outline the number of agencies or quangos established by her Department in each of the past ten years and the cost to the State of funding each one. [24936/25]
Seán Crowe Written 15 May 2025 · to Health
317. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if there are established guidelines for GPs when presented with medical records from the British NHS; if such records of diagnosis are acceptable to receive treatment; and the criteria by which they would not be acceptable. [24949/25]
Seán Crowe Written 15 May 2025 · to Health
318. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) would be informed that an NHS diagnosis of endometriosis, backed by medical records, would not be accepted by their GP and the individual informed that they would have to obtain a diagnosis in the HSE system; and if this is standard procedure in such instances. [24950/25]
Carol Nolan Written 15 May 2025 · to Health
319. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide data regarding waiting times for cancer diagnostics, by CHO area, for 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24960/25]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 15 May 2025 · to Health
320. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the average length of time it takes for an ambulance call-out to arrive in Kilkenny; the number of call-outs; the average distance travelled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24961/25]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 15 May 2025 · to Health
321. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the average length of time it takes for an ambulance call-out to arrive in Carlow; the number of call-outs; the average distance travelled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24962/25]
Willie O'Dea Written 15 May 2025 · to Health
322. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if extra money has been allocated to the public orthodontic service, and her plans to improve the service. [24964/25]
Erin McGreehan Written 15 May 2025 · to Health
323. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health to outline the HSE guidelines that Breast Care clinics must follow when a woman in her 20s or 30s attends a Breast Clinic appointment after being referred by her GP with signs of breast cancer. [24957/25]
Paul Lawless Written 15 May 2025 · to Health
324. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the date for when legislation will classify hexahydrocannabinol, HHC, as a schedule 1 controlled drug under the misuse of drugs legislative framework, with a particular focus on its use in vaping and the risks of accessibility to minors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24971/25]
Claire Kerrane Written 15 May 2025 · to Health
325. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2211 of 29 April 2025, if a timeline or target exists for the provision of intravitreal injections for macular degeneration in a community setting; the specific steps which have been taken to date in actioning this recommendation from the 2018 Eye Services Review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24973/25]
Paul Lawless Written 15 May 2025 · to Health
326. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of public dentists who have retired in each county in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [24997/25]
Paul Lawless Written 15 May 2025 · to Health
327. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of public dentists who have been hired in each county in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [24998/25]
John Lahart Written 15 May 2025 · to Health
328. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health to outline the position with regard to access to medicines by pharmacists, as indicated at a recent conference; if she is satisfied with the supply chain for all drugs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25002/25]
Emer Currie Written 15 May 2025 · to Health
329. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health for an update on the roll-out of standardised labelling of alcohol products in Ireland; if alcohol products imported from EU member states will have to comply with these standards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25022/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 15 May 2025 · to Health
330. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the reforms she plans to put in place to improve Irish citizens’ access to their health records digitally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25041/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 15 May 2025 · to Health
331. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the extent to which the health system continues to operate on paper records rather than digital records; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25042/25]
Charles Ward Written 15 May 2025 · to Health
332. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health the extent to which the health system continues to operate on paper records rather than digital records; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25043/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 15 May 2025 · to Health
333. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason she will not extend the special scheme of paid leave for eligible public health sector employees suffering from long Covid; if she will replace this scheme with a long-term occupational illness scheme; the supports she will put in place for those who are on the special scheme, following its conclusion on 30 June 2025; and if she will make a statement o…
Pádraig Rice Written 15 May 2025 · to Health
334. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health with regard to the new nicotine inhaling products Bill, her plans in respect of flavours; if consideration has been given to people with allergies (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25052/25]
Edward Timmins Written 14 May 2025 · to Health
177. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health the actual expenditure on mental health in 2024; the planned expenditure for 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24516/25]
Seán Crowe Written 14 May 2025 · to Health
178. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if funding will be restored to an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24524/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 14 May 2025 · to Health
179. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of people diagnosed with liver disease in Ireland in each of the years, 2014-2024, by gender, in tabular form. [24526/25]