724. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health the criteria, both medical and social, used in determining patient access to step-down or transitional beds in the community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13533/25]
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725. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health to detail the total expenditure on public procurement by her Department and its agencies, including spending on goods, services and works acquired through public procurement processes, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [13546/25]
726. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans to increase the out-of-hours crisis mental health service on the Iveragh Peninsula, County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13553/25]
727. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Health when spinal muscular atrophy drug treatment will be made available to adults suffering with spinal muscular atrophy (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13563/25]
728. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the recommendations outlined by PLACES in 2024 regarding pregnancy loss; if she will implement these recommendations; if so, to outline specific recommendations to be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13567/25]
729. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of regulatory, appeal or other bodies, either funded by or under the remit of her Department, which are quasi-judicial in nature. [13577/25]
730. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the level of funding provided, and scheduled to be provided to, the Community Access Support Team pilot project to fund the provision of a clinical nurse specialist, social care worker and senior social care practitioner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13587/25]
731. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if HSE funding provided to the Community Access Support Tea pilot project comes from existing resources or from additional funding specific to the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13588/25]
732. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that an organisation (details supplied) is provided with home base facilities in Shannon and in every area required, to enhance its work supporting the emergency services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13590/25]
733. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health to outline the criteria for the special scheme for healthcare workers impacted by long-Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13592/25]
734. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health to outline the supports available to healthcare workers with long-Covid going forward, who did not qualify for the special scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13593/25]
735. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will consider the return visiting trip time of five hours for a family in west Kerry by transferring a Kerry patient (details supplied) from Kenmare Community Hospital to Dingle Community Hospital as a matter of extreme urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13594/25]
736. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health why a transgender man and his wife are being treated as a same-sex couple for the purpose of fertility treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13604/25]
737. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13620/25]
738. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the reason there is no funding for hospital transport for patients based in south Tipperary (details supplied); if she will urgently review this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13621/25]
739. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the current waiting times for appointments with the speech and language therapist service following initial assessment in counties Longford and Westmeath. [13622/25]
740. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health to review the case of a child (details supplied); if she will provide an update on this appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13640/25]
741. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health to review the case of a child (details supplied); if she will provide an update on this appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13641/25]
742. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the completion of the national rollout of HSE community neuro-rehabilitation teams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13647/25]
743. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health her plans to address the shortage of accredited genetic testing services for patients in Ireland; her views on public hospital laboratories not having the resources, equipment, or accreditation to meet the clinical genetic testing needs of patients and clinicians; how she proposes to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13649/25]
744. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health her plans for developing a national genomic processing service; when this will be done; if accredited companies located in Ireland will be included in the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13650/25]
745. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the guidance provided by the HSE to public consultant clinicians on where patient blood samples should be sent for genetic testing; what countries Irish patient blood samples are sent to for testing; the process for validating and approving these testing laboratories; if they send the samples to ISO 15189 accredited laboratories in Ireland; and if she will make a s…
746. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if she has plans to open a public procurement competition for the provision of clinical genetic testing in Ireland; if so, the anticipated timeline for implementation; and the plans she has for retaining genetic testing within Ireland using an accredited laboratory testing centre. [13652/25]
747. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the increase in regional inpatient neurorehabilitation beds, as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13653/25]
748. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13655/25]