318. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time agency posts converted to HSE posts in 2024 and to date in 2025, by staff category, in tabular form. [16454/25]
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319. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health her plans to ensure timely access to diagnostics and treatment for rare diseases such as transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16457/25]
320. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure the fees paid to pharmacists are increased (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16460/25]
321. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if she will address the medicine shortages that are forcing pharmacists to source expensive unlicensed medicines for patients with medical cards (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16461/25]
322. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the steps his Department and or the HSE will take to ensure wastage is reduced in pharmacies with regard to the dispensation of drugs, particularly expensive drugs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16462/25]
323. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual value of drugs in pharmacies that expire or do not get used for their intended purpose; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16463/25]
324. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if the drug mounjaro will be considered for reimbursement as a treatment for obesity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16464/25]
325. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will engage with a local volunteer health group (details supplied) and consider providing it with an office space in the Nenagh primary care centre, which is currently under construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16477/25]
326. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health whether in light of HIQA’s determination that the shingles vaccine is not cost-effective for those over the age of 50, she will consider instead offering the vaccine free of charge to those over 65; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16482/25]
327. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the staffing budget allocation to CHI Temple Street and CHI Crumlin in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and the amount of that budget allocation that was spent in 2023 and 2024. [16488/25]
328. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a list of dual diagnosis services in CHO9. [16489/25]
329. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that have attended the eye emergency department at the Mater Hospital in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if there are plans to restore this service to a walk-in facility. [16490/25]
330. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a list of dentists within CHO7 that are currently accepting new medical card holders, also to include the addresses of same, in tabular form. [16491/25]
331. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health whether she supports free car parking for patients attending hospital; whether the Government could provide the income that would be lost if this measure was implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16512/25]
272. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health for an update on the waiting lists for CAMHS for the months of January, February and March 2025, by CHO area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15859/25]
273. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an overview of the National Ambulance Service’s existing capacity to provide emergency cover to all of County Clare; provide an overview of any plans she and her Department has to improve the National Ambulance Service in County Clare; provide details of National Ambulance Service call-outs in County Clare from 1 January 2024 to 27 March 2025 …
274. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health whether she has spoken to the Health Service Executive on the topic of waiting lists for MRI scans under sedation for children; if she will confirm receipt of correspondence from a person (details supplied); if she considers the delay and expense incurred to be acceptable; if she will raise this case specifically with the Health Service Executive; if she wil…
275. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE on agency staffing and private recruitment firms, from 2019 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the services to which these payments relate; and the amount paid to each agency and firm. [15863/25]
276. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the use of a drug will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied). [15868/25]
277. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 441 of 7 February 2025, where it stated that recruitment is underway for an adult eating disorder team in Dublin South West/Kildare and the Midlands, and a CAMHS eating disorder team in Mid-West in 2025, when she envisages seeing patients, the number and the breakdown of staff required for each team, the types of professional…
278. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health to outline the details of the school dental programme; the number of routine dental checks provided; the timeline for checks and treatments; and the range of treatments offered under the programme. [15884/25]
279. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health for an update on the free HRT scheme announced in Budget 2025; when the scheme will commence for qualifying patients; if she will arrange for women who should have benefited from the scheme since 1 January 2025 to be reimbursed any expenses accrued up to the formal commencement of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15887/25]
280. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if an investigation has been held into the circumstances of the death of a patient (details supplied) who had recently undergone medical treatment; if so, when family members will be made aware of the cause of death; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15891/25]
281. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of patients claimed for code N08Z under the cross-border directive in 2022, 2023, and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15909/25]
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]