164. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health if it is the case that only patients on waiting lists under the care of the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital will be referred to the Swords surgical hub when it opens later this year for their procedures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24047/25]
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165. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the measures she is taking to reduce waiting times at accident and emergency departments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24032/25]
166. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health if she intends on mandating the HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre to collect data on shingles or post-herpetic neuralgia, in order to provide greater data for public health decisions, particularly related to the National Immunisation Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24133/25]
167. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health for an update in respect of the proposed Rathmines primary care centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23496/25]
168. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health the expected timeline for appointing a chief pharmacist within the Department of Health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24134/25]
169. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she accepts that adult-specific services for eating disorders remain significantly under-resourced and overly centralised in Dublin; the rationale for limiting specialist inpatient treatment to a small number of beds in one hospital; the action her Department will take to expand adult eating disorder services, both inpatient and community-based, in regional …
170. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she is confident that the HSE’s Roadmap for Service Improvement, relating to the Progressing Disability Services Strategy, will succeed in ensuring that there is timely and appropriate access to children’s disability services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24016/25]
171. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the Programme for Government commitment to explore the recruitment of HSE-employed GPs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24092/25]
172. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Health the reason the midlands region, including County Offaly, has fewer ambulance resources now than it did 25 years ago; if there are plans to review the level of ambulance service provision in the region to ensure timely emergency response; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24024/25]
173. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that there are over 300 beds nationwide in the private sector for older person services out of use due to delays caused by the Health Information Quality Authority and the knock on impact this is having on discharges from acute hospitals, particularly Bantry General Hospital and Cork University Hospital. [24122/25]
174. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the timeframe to increase the number of consultants in emergency medicine by a further 50%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24101/25]
175. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if Pluvicto, the new, life-changing prostate cancer medication that has been approved by the European Medicines Agency, will be made available to all public patients at the earliest possible date; the estimated full year cost of providing this treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23673/25]
176. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether she is aware that the waiting time for adult special care needs general admission waiting list for routine dental care in Mallow General Hospital is over two years. [24152/25]
177. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the reason there are very few convalescence beds available in west Cork, which is delaying patient discharges from the acute hospitals and slowing recovery. [24124/25]
178. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health for an update on the vacancy for primary care south Tipperary ophthalmologist following the planned retirement of the ophthalmologist in October 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23186/25]
179. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when she will publish terms of reference for the review of the physician associate grade; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24150/25]
180. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health for an update on the planned new primary care centre for Gorey, County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23790/25]
181. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on staff recruitment and retention efforts within the HSE in the area of special needs services, particularly in relation to physiotherapists and speech and language therapists; the measures being taken to address shortages and ensure continuity of care for children with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the mat…
182. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if she will report on the provision of orthodontal services in the north-east region; the reasons for delays in accessing services; and her proposals to ensure adequate service levels. [24145/25]
183. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will urgently examine the possibility of carrying out procedures that qualify under the EU cross border initiative in Irish hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23674/25]
184. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if she will urgently address the lack of home help services where people are approved but there is no services available; the efforts being made to improve the recruitment of home helps; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23185/25]
185. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health for an update on the status of the O'Shea review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23724/25]
186. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the new acute hospital for Glanmire, Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23512/25]
187. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health when she expects the current lung cancer screening pilot to be evaluated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24136/25]
188. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health if she would consider expanding the free HRT scheme to include medications prescribed for menopausal symptoms for women with contraindication to HRT products; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24050/25]