409. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health when she expects the free hormone replacement therapy scheme will be rolled out; if reimbursements will be made backdated to January 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14900/25]
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410. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health when the free HRT scheme, which was committed to in Budget 2025, will commence; 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. [14902/25]
222. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the actions that will be taken in regard to the recent downgrade in the quality and size of pull-ups provided by the HSE for children with toileting needs (details supplied) which is causing huge stress to families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14606/25]
223. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if, in light of the correspondence between an organisation (details supplied) and the HSE regarding a service level agreement application submitted on 8 July 2024, as well as subsequent communications, she will provide an update on the status of the application; the steps her Department and or the HSE has taken on the application; and if she will make a statement on …
224. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Health the process by which a GP can apply to establish a new private practice in a town or community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14240/25]
225. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health if there is support available to those who face significant travel expenses in order to attend hospital appointments in another county (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14241/25]
226. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if the new 50-bed community nursing home in Nenagh will open fully this October; and if not, when. [14242/25]
227. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health to consider implementing a system whereby patients who present with emergency mental health crisis do not have to go through the regular A&E; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14245/25]
228. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the new emergency department and reconfiguration of existing emergency department for Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14249/25]
229. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the new 95-bed inpatient accommodation for Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14250/25]
230. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the new critical care unit for Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14251/25]
231. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the upgrade of the inner MV ring main for Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14252/25]
232. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the new road realignment and cycling infrastructure for Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14253/25]
233. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the new standalone diagnostic centre on the St. Joseph’s site under the governance of Beaumont radiology department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14254/25]
234. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Health the process by which a community can make a request that a new private GP practice be established within their community where they are experiencing a gap in service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14264/25]
235. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Health the evaluation being undertaken to establish the numbers of private patients who cannot register with a GP practice in their community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14273/25]
236. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if targeted funding can be introduced for rural home care delivery for and area of Cork and Kerry, CHO 4, given that this region has the highest number of people on the waiting list for home care and that the waiting lists for home care, on average, are more than five times higher outside of Dublin. [14286/25]
237. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if a consultant will be put in place in CHO1, more specifically CAMHS Sligo, to prescribe medication for those children and adolescents that need it, and more specifically for those that have been weaned off medication and have now been left with out any proper care (details supplied). [14287/25]
238. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health in relation to the ADMiRE Clinic of CAMHS, the reason for delay in accessing an assessment from the service; what actions are being taken to ensure timely assessments for those who require them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14297/25]
239. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health to provide insight into why recruitment has been halted for the speech and language therapy department in Sligo; if she is aware that there are currently hundreds of children awaiting assessments by this department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14305/25]
240. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 657 of 4 March 2025, if she will provide further details regarding the actions which have not yet been fully implemented in respect of recommendation 62, 63, 64, 65 and 66 of the National Maternity Strategy; the status of work to progress the remaining actions under these recommendation; and if she will make a statement on th…
241. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be accepted on to the CAMHS waiting list for an urgent assessment following his GP referral for suspected ADHD; and when the required therapies, outlined as urgent by his medical practitioners, will begin. [14329/25]
242. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health whether income limits for medical card applications for over 70s are assessed based on gross or net income; if other age cohorts are assessed based on their gross or net income; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14333/25]
243. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of sex selective abortion occurring in Ireland (details supplied); and the steps being taken to prevent this happening. [14334/25]
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]