859. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health when the planned public awareness campaign on the return of unused medicines to pharmacies will launch; the budget allocated to that campaign; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53335/26]
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860. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health whether the review of the national unused medicines return and disposal scheme scheduled after nine months of operation will be published; the metrics that will be used to evaluate the scheme, including tonnage of medicines collected and pharmacy participation rates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53336/26]
861. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the assessment her Department has made of the contribution of unused medicines in the home to accidental poisoning of children, self-harm and suicide risk; whether data on hospital presentations linked to accidental ingestion of medicines by children will be used to evaluate the impact of the national unused medicines return scheme; and if she will make a s…
862. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health whether she will bring forward proposals to control nitrous oxide under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977, in view of the hospital discharge data for 2020 to 2024 showing a rise in neurological presentations linked to recreational nitrous oxide use, with a mean patient age of 19.7 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53338/26]
863. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of people who entered treatment for problem nitrous oxide use in each of the years from 2021 to 2025; the number in each year aged 17 years or under; the services available specifically for adolescents presenting with nitrous oxide-related harm; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53339/26]
864. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has issued clinical guidance to emergency departments and neurology services on the recognition and treatment of nitrous oxide-induced neurological injury, including subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53340/26]
865. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has examined restricting the sale of flavoured nitrous oxide canisters marketed towards young people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53341/26]
866. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Health for an update on her Department's engagement with parents of children who they suspect suffer from PANS-PANDAS; the measures her Department is taking to develop guidelines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53347/26]
867. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health to review a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53365/26]
868. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners that were employed through the general medical services scheme in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the estimated annual cost of the GMS in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53384/26]
869. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the total number of sanctioned whole-time equivalent posts per medical discipline in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of posts that remain unfilled per discipline, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53385/26]
870. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the total number of locum staff employed in public hospitals through private healthcare agencies in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the total estimated cost in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53386/26]
871. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated total spend on the National Treatment Purchase Fund to address the waiting lists in each of the years 2024 and 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53387/26]
872. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the amount of the total healthcare budget that is outsourced to provide healthcare through independent bodies, private providers or agencies in each of the years 2024 and 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53388/26]
873. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated average wage of Section 38 and Section 39 workers separately; the number of workers in each section in 2024 and 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53389/26]
874. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will request the HSE to urgently prioritise funding for a facility (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53392/26]
875. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the number of staff that will be employed onsite at the new National Children's Hospital; the number of parking spaces that will be available at the new hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53395/26]
876. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health to provide details of all grant schemes currently available through her Department for which individuals or community groups are eligible to apply; the purpose of each grant scheme; the eligibility criteria; the application process; the opening and closing dates for application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53419/26]
877. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to ensure that people living with dementia can access the home care they have been assessed as needing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53429/26]
878. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of private house calls that HSE pest control services attended within the Dublin region in 2025 and to-date in 2026; the average time it take for pest control services to attend a private house call after a request to the pest control service; and if the HSE pest control services carries out subsequent work at a private house, after an initial call wh…
879. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health when the statutory home support scheme will be commenced; the barriers that now prevent its implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53431/26]
880. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the reason neither hospitals (details supplied) in Drogheda or Dundalk provides faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) for symptomatic patients; when it is intended to introduce the service in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53432/26]
881. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health to provide, for each hospital currently providing faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) for symptomatic patients, the average waiting time from GP referral to FIT testing, together with the average waiting time from GP referral to colonoscopy following a positive FIT result, broken down by hospital site. [53433/26]
882. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has assessed the impact of the absence of faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) services in County Louth on waiting times for suspected bowel cancer patients attending a hospital (details supplied) in Drogheda; and if she will provide the waiting time from GP referral to colonoscopy for those patients [53434/26]
883. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health to provide, for each hospital currently providing faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) for symptomatic patients, the average, median and longest waiting time from GP referral to FIT testing and GP referral to colonoscopy following a positive FIT result, broken down by hospital site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53435/26]