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Louise O'Reilly Written 14 May 2025 · to Health
180. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of people under the age of 40 years diagnosed with liver disease in Ireland in each of the years, 2014-2024, by gender, in tabular form. [24527/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 14 May 2025 · to Health
181. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of children on the priority 1 list for residential care in south Tipperary over the past three years; the number of children who have received residential care in the past three years from this priority 1 list; the number of children expected to receive residential care this year in south Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24…
Mattie McGrath Written 14 May 2025 · to Health
182. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the additional respite care services being provided in south Tipperary over the past three years; the plans to increase respite care services in south Tipperary for both adult and children services; the number receiving respite care monthly in south Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24548/25]
John Brady Written 14 May 2025 · to Health
183. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health the timeline for when the financial supports for HSE staff experiencing long-Covid will end; if this deadline will be extended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24551/25]
Michael Cahill Written 14 May 2025 · to Health
184. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason a person in County Kerry (details supplied) has not received any respite in Cunamh Iveragh, Cahersiveen, County Kerry, this family has not received respite in four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24553/25]
Ivana Bacik Written 14 May 2025 · to Health
185. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health her plans to financially assist persons who have anaphylactic food allergies to support them to purchase foods that are safe for their consumption; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24572/25]
Ivana Bacik Written 14 May 2025 · to Health
186. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if her Department sources IT equipment from companies named on the official boycott, divestment and sanctions list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24584/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 14 May 2025 · to Health
187. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health if she will incorporate nicotine pouches into the upcoming vaping legislation to restrict the use of flavours and the sale of nicotine pouches to under-18s; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24627/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 14 May 2025 · to Health
188. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health if she will issue health advisory guidelines to schools related to nicotine pouches while legislation is being developed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24628/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 14 May 2025 · to Health
189. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health the number of community pharmacies she has written to regarding the provision of free HRT; the uptake she has had on her offer to date, on a county-by-county basis, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24629/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 14 May 2025 · to Health
190. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has provided pharmacists with a full list of medications to be covered under the free HRT scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24630/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 14 May 2025 · to Health
191. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health whether appropriate IT systems are in place to allow for the free HRT scheme to be rolled out efficiently, and for individual pharmacies to be reimbursed by the State in a timely manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24631/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 14 May 2025 · to Health
192. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health if the free HRT scheme will have any impact on recipients of the drug payment scheme, in particular in instances where their selected pharmacy is not signed up to the free HRT scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24632/25]
Mark Wall Written 14 May 2025 · to Health
193. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the progress made to date on reducing hospital parking charges; the hospitals where charges have reduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24633/25]
Michael Cahill Written 14 May 2025 · to Health
194. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the strategies in place to ensure the continuous supply of prescription drugs to pharmacies throughout the country (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24664/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 14 May 2025 · to Health
195. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health to outline the progress made in the recruitment of an ophthalmologist in south Tipperary following a retirement (details supplied); the number of children who are now waiting to be seen in the eye clinic; the supports available for parents with children who require an appointment with the eye clinic but have been forced to be seen privately due to the lack of a…
Cian O'Callaghan Written 14 May 2025 · to Health
196. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2410 of 29 April 2025, if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; if a response will issue to the concerns raised by their family; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24677/25]
James O'Connor Written 14 May 2025 · to Health
197. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if a person will be scheduled for emergency surgery (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24678/25]
Johnny Guirke Written 14 May 2025 · to Health
198. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health in relation to the long awaited inquiry into the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate, why the data regulations have yet to be signed off on, which would finally enable the formal commencement of this inquiry after many years of delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24692/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 14 May 2025 · to Health
199. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide further details in respect of the role and responsibilities of the new HSCP regional integration development leads in each HSE health region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24701/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 14 May 2025 · to Health
200. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will direct Children’s Health Ireland to carry out a retrospective communication campaign to formally notify all families of children and young people who have ever received MAGEC rod implants of a field safety notice (FSN) issued by a manufacturer in December 2021, including those patients whose rods have been removed or who have aged out of paediatric ca…
Pádraig Rice Written 14 May 2025 · to Health
201. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a detailed breakdown of the total number of children and young people in Ireland who have received MAGEC rod implants, in tabular form; the number that currently have MAGEC rods left to fuse in situ; and the number that have aged out of paediatric care with MAGEC rods still in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24703/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 14 May 2025 · to Health
202. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will publish the clinical rationale for the approach of leaving MAGEC rod implants in situ beyond the two-year implantation period recommended by the manufacturer in the December 2021 field safety notice (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24704/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 14 May 2025 · to Health
203. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if Children’s Health Ireland obtained explicit, informed consent from each family prior to a clinical decision being made to leave MAGEC rods in place to fuse in situ; if this consent process included the provision of written information outlining the known increased risks of adverse events associated with prolonged implantation beyond two years as required (deta…
Pádraig Rice Written 14 May 2025 · to Health
204. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the use of MAGEC rods left to fuse in situ beyond two years in patients under the care of Children’s Health Ireland (CHI), contrary to the manufacturer’s instructions for use, was treated as off-label use under EU Medical Devices Regulation (MDR) 2017/745; if CHI ensured that a documented clinical justification was made; if families received written informatio…