1165. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who received treatment in a private hospital in the State at a cost to the taxpayer in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025. [24250/25]
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1166. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of private clinics currently operating in rooms in public hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24251/25]
1167. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health if she will consider the introduction of a regulatory framework for the currently unregulated role of physician assistants, enabling this role to be formally integrated into the healthcare system at a time when skilled staff are required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24252/25]
1168. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health if she will consider lifting the recruitment embargo to allow for the employment of physician assistants already in training or in clinical placements in hospitals here, at a time when skilled healthcare staff are required to be retained in the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24253/25]
1169. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of elderly people awaiting a home help package in Kerry, by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24254/25]
1170. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health to outline her plans to provide an alternative to accident and emergency for people experiencing a mental health crisis; if this will be included in her Department's plan 'Sharing the Vision: A Mental Health Policy for Everyone' Implementation Plan 2025 - 2027'; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24255/25]
1171. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health if her Department will ensure that mental health records of people presenting to accident and emergency experiencing a mental health crisis are immediately referenced upon arrival; her plans to ensure that they are secured and monitored once they have presented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24256/25]
1172. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE secretaries working with each consultant paediatric dermatologist based at CHI Temple Street in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [24287/25]
1173. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the locations of primary care centres where intravitreal injections for age-related macular degeneration currently takes place. [24288/25]
1174. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant ophthalmologists working in the public health service; her plans to expand this number; and the international recommended best practice ratio for ophthalmologists to population and current ratios. [24289/25]
1175. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE community nurses based in CHO7 in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [24290/25]
1176. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health to intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) who urgently needs a transfer of care to a medical consultant/team, a full-time healthcare assistant while in hospital and the medical equipment and nursing care to allow her to be cared for in their own home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24295/25]
1177. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health if she has considered the potential impact of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2024 on specialty vape shops from a ban on vape flavours; if she has quantified the potential burden that the point-of-sale display ban for vapes will have on small retailers, including in the forecourt and convenience sector; and if she will make a sta…
1178. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health to outline if her Department has fully examined the regulatory impact analysis of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2024, which warns of the potential for smokers to relapse if vape flavours are banned; if her Department has conducted any research into the estimated number of smokers that may relapse as a result of such measures; a…
1179. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health if her Department has examined the case of Sweden, who has reduced its smoking and cancer rates through the use of tobacco like vapes and nicotine pouches as a safer and more readily available alternative to cigarettes, in the context of the measures proposed in the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2024; and if she will make a stateme…
1180. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the possibility could be examined of amalgamating appointments (details supplied), as trying to get to all of the appointments in two different places will be very difficult and stressful on the family concerned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24317/25]
1181. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health her plans to keep the model of care for long-Covid under review, as outlined in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24323/25]
1182. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health her plans to provide support to those who cannot return to work due to long-Covid, following the expiry of the special scheme in June 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24324/25]
1183. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if she will approve the outstanding service level agreement for a meals on wheels group (details supplied); if funding will be provided as agreed in 2024, noting that no funds have been received since September 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24335/25]
1184. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of over 70's medical cards in circulation at the end of April 2025, for each local health area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24340/25]
1185. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 5 March 2025, the current staffing shortfall at the HSE’s Galway community audiology services; when the posts will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24343/25]
1186. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health to examine the case of a medical card holder (details supplied) needing assistance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24356/25]
1187. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the number of patients undergoing treatment for sleep disorders in Ireland in each of the years 2020 to 2024, and as of 30 April 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24359/25]
1188. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently awaiting diagnosis for sleep apnoea in Ireland, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24360/25]
1189. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the number of patients undergoing treatment for sleep apnoea in Ireland in each of the years 2020 to 2024, and as of 30 April 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24361/25]