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Niamh Smyth Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1040. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long on an operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23519/25]
Pat Buckley Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1041. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health whether weight loss medication (details supplied) can be covered under the medical card scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23521/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1042. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide details regarding the private clinic located at Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) at Temple Street; the details of the contract with the private clinic; the rent per year and if that includes utilities or the use of other on site services; if the administrative staff in the private clinic are also employees of CHI on a part-time basis; if not, are said …
Pádraig Rice Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1043. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints Children’s Health Ireland received in 2024; the response time for complaints; the percentage of complaints which required additional time beyond 30 days; if all complaints unaddressed beyond 30 days were given updates every 20 working days until the process had concluded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23524/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1044. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if Children’s Health Ireland has a mechanism for measuring the effectiveness of its complaints process; if they publish complaint related data; and if so, to provide a copy. [23525/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1045. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of months Children’s Health Ireland has been operating an auto response email from its complaints office (details supplied). [23526/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1046. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to confirm if a number of required positions have been filled in Temple Street’s spina bifida multidisciplinary team service; and the number that remain vacant, in tabular form (details supplied). [23527/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1047. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to confirm the number of spina bifida multidisciplinary team clinics held in Temple Street in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the number at which a consultant spinal surgeon was present; and the number at which a consultant urologist was present. [23528/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1048. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to confirm if urological care at Temple Street’s spina bifida multidisciplinary team service is urology consultant led or delivered by a non-consultant hospital doctor; if patients who attend this clinic are discussed at urology rounds or multidisciplinary team discussion with a consultant urologist present; to outline the retention procedure for notes of discus…
Pádraig Rice Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1049. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to confirm if it is Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) policy to provide food to all mothers in the postpartum period or only those who breastfeed or pump breast milk for feeding; to confirm if all mothers who arrive in CHI sites by ambulance from maternity hospitals with infants requiring incubator care, high dependency unit care or intensive care are provided wit…
Pa Daly Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1050. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of waiting lists at University Hospital Kerry, broken down by speciality, in each of the years 2015 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23535/25]
Pa Daly Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1051. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of average accident and emergency waiting list times, broken down by hospital, in each of the years 2015 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23536/25]
Pa Daly Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1052. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the numbers of persons on CAMHS psychology waiting lists in Kerry; the average waiting times to access these services; to provide a breakdown of the numbers waiting more than 12 months; to outline the longest wait times in years and months, in each of the years 2015 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2…
Eamon Scanlon Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1053. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on progress towards banning the sale of hexahydrocannabinol; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23548/25]
Eoin Hayes Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1054. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive care supports, and how her Department plans to address the shortfall in supports available to those suffering with dementia under the age of 65; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23550/25]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1055. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if she will ban the use of sunbeds, as endorsed by the Taoiseach; if, in the interim, she will take action to ensure that sun bed providers are not accepting false ID from young people under the age of 18; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23554/25]
Pat Buckley Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1056. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health whether Addison’s disease be covered under the medical card and the drugs repayment scheme. [23557/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1057. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the actions she is taking to support children with eating disorders (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23561/25]
Pa Daly Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1058. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of waiting lists for GPs in Kerry in each of the years 2015 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23565/25]
Pa Daly Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1059. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of waiting lists for primary care services in Kerry in each of the years 2015 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23566/25]
Pa Daly Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1060. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of waiting lists for psychological services in Kerry, broken down by child, young person and adult, in each of the years 2015 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23567/25]
Ann Graves Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1061. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the current number of dialectical behaviour therapy, DBT, teams operating in Fingal East; their remit, inclusion and exclusion criteria; the number of staff employed in each team, and the time they are allocated to DBT work specifically; the waiting list for accessing such services and rates of referrals that are rejected; and if she will make a statement on the m…
Grace Boland Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1062. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health when the proposed new elective hospital for North Dublin will proceed to a formal planning application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23624/25]
Grace Boland Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1063. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the number of beds the proposed new elective hospital for North Dublin will have; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23625/25]
Grace Boland Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1064. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the number of operating theatres the proposed new elective hospital for North Dublin will have; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23626/25]