834. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the current waiting times for a speech and language therapy at the Edenmore Health Centre, Dublin; the number of people currently on the waiting list; the average and longest waiting time for an assessment; the measures being taken to reduce waiting times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53173/26]
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835. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent physiotherapists employed in the HSE in Dublin; the number of vacancies in such posts; if she is satisfied there is a satisfactory number of staff to meet the needs of the area in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53174/26]
836. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Health if there are job vacancies for physiotherapy services in Mayo University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53179/26]
837. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Health the wait times for patients who have been referred for physiotherapy services in Mayo University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53180/26]
838. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.1035 of 28 April 2026, to provide an update on the matter. [53195/26]
839. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health if there are any measures to exclude cancer patients or those transporting cancer patients from car parking charges at public hospitals; if any supports are available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53201/26]
840. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health her plans to increase the number of MRI machines nationally. [53202/26]
841. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health her plans to increase the number of PET scanners nationally. [53203/26]
842. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health her plans to increase the number of CT scanners nationally. [53204/26]
843. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to hospital, including to intensive care or on life support, with injuries sustained from e-scooter use in each of the years 2024 and 2025 and to date in 2026; if this data is collected on a national basis across all children's hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53247/26]
844. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the specific mechanisms in place for the treatment of the complex mental health condition of dissociative identity disorder in Mayo University Hospital and in the State as a whole; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53251/26]
845. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of mental health patients from Ireland currently getting residential treatment for mental health and associated conditions in the UK; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53252/26]
846. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the governance in place for mental health patients who are currently getting treatment from outside the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53253/26]
847. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the due diligence that is carried out before treatment centres are selected for treatment of Irish patients abroad; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53254/26]
848. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the total amount paid by the HSE for patients accessing mental health residential care in the UK for the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53255/26]
849. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the reason persons assessed as requiring home support are being refused or delayed due to funding being exhausted; the steps she will take to ensure that no person living with dementia is left without the care they have been assessed as needing (details supplied); if she will confirm the commencement date for the legislation and detail the barriers that remain…
850. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health if her Department has plans for people living with dementia to be assessed for disability services based on their individual needs rather than, or in addition to, being routinely referred for older persons’ services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53323/26]
851. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of patients availing of the GMS medicines optimisation support service since its commencement on 1 June 2026; the number of patients previously in receipt of phased dispensing who have transitioned to the new service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53324/26]
852. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the projected full-year cost of the GMS medicines optimisation support service, including the €0.35 fee payable per GMS item dispensed and the €32.50 monthly enhanced medicines optimisation support fee, as agreed under the Community Pharmacy Agreement 2025; the amount paid out under each fee to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. […
853. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if she will publish the PCRS-approved list of medicines that qualify a patient for the enhanced medicines optimisation support fee under the GMS medicines optimisation support service; the clinical criteria used to compile that list; whether the list will be kept under review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53326/26]
854. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the eligibility criteria applying to the GMS medicines optimisation support service for patients with cognitive or physical impairment, intellectual disability, or experiencing social exclusion including homelessness; the method by which eligibility is assessed and by whom; the appeal mechanism available where a patient is refused access; and if she will ma…
855. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the rationale for treating monitored dosage systems, commonly known as blister packs, as a last-resort option under the GMS medicines optimisation support service which commenced on 1 June 2026; her response to concerns that patients in residential care settings will no longer receive blister packs free of charge; the assessment her Department has carried o…
856. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health whether patients in receipt of free phased dispensing or blister packs in August 2025 will retain that support indefinitely under the GMS medicines optimisation support service; the arrangements for new patients who would previously have qualified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53329/26]
857. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of community pharmacies onboarded to date to the national unused medicines return and disposal scheme provided for under the Community Pharmacy Agreement 2025; the target date for all pharmacies to be participating; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53333/26]
858. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the reason Ireland did not operate a national collection system for unused medicines despite the obligation under Directive 2004/27/EC, in place since 2004; the steps taken to ensure the new scheme achieves full compliance with that Directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53334/26]