398. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the reason adults with Type 1 diabetes attending University Hospital Limerick are not yet offered insulin pumps as a treatment option, despite the presence of qualified staff to initiate pump therapy; the measures being taken to address this gap in service provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22962/25]
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400. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health whether younger-onset dementia is recognised within care standards as distinct to dementia in people over the age of 65; whether there is funding allocated specifically for age-appropriate dementia services for this cohort of people; if there are specific in-home and respite care supports for families where a person under 65 has dementia; and if she will…
2417. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health if she will consider individuals with a permanent stoma for the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20759/25]
388. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health if she will outline what supports are currently available for patients suffering from Lyme disease who are unable to access timely or adequate treatment; if there are plans to establish a properly resourced, multidisciplinary Lyme disease clinic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18186/25]
282. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the specific supports and treatments available for patients suffering from Fibromyalgia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15910/25]
728. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number people with type 1 diabetes admitted for hospital in-patient treatment in 2023 and 2024, by hospital; how many of these were using continuous glucose monitors; how many are using insulin pumps; how many are using multidose insulin injections; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15141/25]
244. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the HSE clinical definition of type 1 diabetes; and the healthcare professional that is ultimately responsible for making the clinical decision on whether a patient has type 1 diabetes. [14342/25]
679. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 752 of 4 March 2025, and subsequent reply in relation to the heartwatch scheme; the reason the new CDM Programme is only open to medical card patients (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13311/25]
718. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if he plans to endorse the WHO resolution on chronic kidney disease, ‘Reducing the burden of noncommunicable diseases through promotion of kidney health and strengthening prevention and control of kidney disease’. [13462/25]
447. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the national diabetes registry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13016/25]
1522. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when the updated national rare disease strategy will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10822/25]
1603. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if she will provide further details on the process to be followed by families who suspect that their child may be impacted by exposure to sodium valproate in order to establish a diagnosis of foetal valproate spectrum disorder; whether the patient must self-refer or seek a GP referral to genetic services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [112…
1655. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health if a matter raised by a person (details supplied) in Cork city in relation to type 1 diabetics who have been refused CGMs based on a prior incorrect diagnosis of type 2 will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11448/25]
1800. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of people attending Dundalk Clinic for type 1 diabetes, broken down by those who have commenced treatment on pump therapy, those who have expressed an interest in pump therapy and are still on a waiting list and those who remain using insulin pens, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12110/25]
1801. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health to report on the waiting times for appointments for existing type 1 diabetes patients and newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes patients at the Dundalk Clinic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12111/25]
1802. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if dose-adjustment-for-normal-eating carbohydrate counting courses are available for diabetes patients in Louth; if so, the average waiting time for patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12112/25]
1803. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the supports available at Louth County Hospital, Dundalk, for people living with type-2 diabetes; when the promised chronic disease hub will be opening there; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12113/25]
1804. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of patients in Louth, and specifically in Dundalk, with type 2 diabetes attending GPs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12114/25]
1808. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to open up a diabetes eye-screening location in the Dundalk area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12118/25]
1809. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if there is a community engagement programme or outreach programme for people living with diabetes in the Dundalk area; if so, the form that engagement takes; the number of people it reaches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12119/25]
1868. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the role of the rare disease and long Covid policy unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12556/25]
142. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the way her Department intends to include chronic kidney disease to the Chronic Disease Management Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9834/25]
165. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken to warn the public of the possible dangers of contracting Lyme disease on publicly accessible grasslands and forests, and to inform of its prevention and treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10190/25]
181. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if she will give due consideration to funding the lymphoedema and lipoedema model of care considering that international studies show that the cost to treat patients could be reduced by 87%, if comprehensive lymphedema services were introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9949/25]
752. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if the discontinuation of the Heartwatch scheme will be reviewed as soon as possible (details supplied). [9641/25]