701. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who currently remain in hospital but are clinically discharged and for each of the past five years. [15037/25]
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702. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of people who remain in hospital but are clinically discharged for more than two months, five months, nine months, 12 months, 15 months, 18 months, 21 months and 24 months. [15038/25]
703. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health is she aware that once cancer treatment is completed, some patients are prescribed high tech medication for which the HSE can only allow a three-month script, meaning patients have to go into the hospital every three months just to get a prescription; and if she sees any practical way of overcoming this costly and time-consuming inconvenience. [15039/25]
704. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the progress to date on extending the age group that can get access to bowel screening (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15043/25]
705. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she intends introducing registration for care workers and home carers, much like registration of social care workers through CORU following qualification; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15052/25]
706. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health if she will report on the provision of MRI scans in Cavan and Monaghan hospitals; the number and location of all scanners; current waiting lists to access such; the days which scans are currently taking place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15057/25]
707. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant positions that have been advertised and have not been filled to date in all our hospitals during the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15058/25]
708. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the capital budget or total capital spend at Beaumont Hospital in each of the years 2018 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15060/25]
709. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the capital budget or total capital spend at the Mater Hospital in each of the years 2018 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15061/25]
710. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health if there are plans in place to reduce the current waiting list (details supplied) to attend the ophthalmology outpatient's department of University Hospital Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15063/25]
711. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 889 of 25 February 2025, if she will provide children with life changing conditions attending St. Lukes Hospital Kilkenny access to psychology services (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15068/25]
712. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health to examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15069/25]
713. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the actions she is taking to increase HSE home support hours for the elderly following a report that CHO 4 has had a waiting list of over 1,000 since 2022, which is the highest currently in the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15076/25]
714. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the progress of allocating the historic funding for pulmonary fibrosis in Budget 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15078/25]
715. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the regional executive officers or HSE Department given Section 39 granting authority for pulmonary fibrosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15079/25]
716. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health on the progress of the 0.2 WTE pulmonary fibrosis clinical care pathway lead role that was originally committed to by the HSE in April 2023, but remains unstaffed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15080/25]
717. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the details on the situation in Rosmuc, Leitir Mealláin and Carraroe with regard to ensuring a locum is in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15089/25]
718. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health when new patients will be accepted to a community hospital in Donegal, which is being delayed by HIQA; and if she will contact HIQA and request it to finalise the paperwork necessary (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15100/25]
719. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals to the PCAAT based at the HSE primary care unit in Callan, County Kilkenny, currently waiting for an assessment; the average waiting times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15102/25]
720. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health to intervene to provide adequate speech and language therapy services at a school (details supplied), to stop the erosion of this much needed resource at the school, which has been consistently downgraded over the last number of years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15105/25]
721. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the status of the orthodontal treatment of a child (details supplied); if she will ensure that this child secures the orthodontal treatment they need as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15110/25]
722. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the resignation of multiple helicopter emergency medical service paramedics due to safety concerns (details supplied); the steps being taken to resolve these concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15118/25]
723. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of a person (details supplied) who is awaiting an assessment by the HSE; if she can advise when this assessment will be carried out; if there is any way that this can done through the NTPF; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15123/25]
724. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health for an update on the minimum of 29 post-acute inpatient beds dedicated to neurorehabilitation across counties Galway, Mayo and Roscommon. [15128/25]
725. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health to provide a map of the lots to be retained by the HSE at a location (details supplied), the lots to be sold, and the lands across from the main campus owned by the HSE. [15130/25]