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Niamh Smyth Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Health
690. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting on an appointment for an X-ray in the Dental Hospital, Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9319/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Health
691. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if she will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Mental Health Bill 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9320/25]
George Lawlor Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Health
692. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that it is now virtually impossible for any new patient in County Wexford to be accepted by any of the existing GP practices, which are at capacity in terms of service delivery; the plans she intends to put in place to address this critical health issue (details supplied); if she plans to provide particular incentives to attract new doctors to wo…
Erin McGreehan Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Health
693. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the number of GPs located in County Louth; and what actions are being taken to increase the number of GP services in Louth, considering that current GPs are unable to accept new patients. [9361/25]
Erin McGreehan Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Health
694. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the psychology waiting list numbers and wait times, in months, for children and adolescents in CAMHS Louth, in each of the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; the efforts being made to reduce these times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9363/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Health
695. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on procurement and implementation of national shared care records; the timeline she is working towards in rolling out this platform; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9367/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Health
696. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the delivery of electronic health records; the timeline she is working towards in rolling out this platform; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9368/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Health
697. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has responded to correspondence in respect of the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare (details supplied); her views on the recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9369/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Health
698. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health the current legal situation for parents of a child born through surrogacy in July 2025; if parental orders will be available to them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9373/25]
James Geoghegan Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Health
699. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE carries out international recruitment campaigns to recruit occupational therapists or speech and language therapists; if she will provide details of such a campaign; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9377/25]
Cathy Bennett Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Health
700. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health the timeframe in which she intends to establish the Assisted Human Reproduction Authority and enact any supplementary legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9382/25]
Michael Collins Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Health
701. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2207 of 23 July 2024, which states that "the HSE is currently working to define quality measures and implement data collection mechanisms for termination of pregnancy nationally", if she will provide specific information on the steps being taken by the responsible group within the HSE to improve and implement accurate and …
Michael Collins Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Health
702. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the number and severity scale of all incidents recorded in the national incident management system (NIMS) for women who obtained a medical abortion and who were subsequently found to have an ectopic pregnancy, including the NIMS search criteria used; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9430/25]
William Aird Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Health
703. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health to facilitate people unable to register with a GP due to the shortage by allowing them to attend out-of-hours services in the short-term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9448/25]
William Aird Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Health
704. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health to address the issue of lack of respite beds available in Laois in the short-term, given that there are presently only six beds available to accommodate approximately twenty referrals weekly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9449/25]
Martin Kenny Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Health
705. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of home care hours left unfilled in counties Sligo and Leitrim from the 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9513/25]
Martin Kenny Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Health
706. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of home care workers that need to be recruited in order to fill all the home care hours allocated to patients in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9514/25]
James Geoghegan Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Health
707. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health if the 34 new whole-time equivalent positions for the agencies involved in the HSE’s medicines pricing and reimbursement system, as initially prescribed in February 2023, have now been successfully filled; whether they have commenced their engagement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9516/25]
James Geoghegan Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Health
708. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health the actions to be undertaken regarding the Programme for Government commitment to “work towards a more coordinated approach at European level, akin to the Benelux agreement, to leverage benefits similar to those achieved during the Covid-19 vaccination programme”; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9517/25]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Health
709. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if, in light of recent storm damage, she will ensure that all State and semi-State agencies under her remit tasked with the provision of services to the public, would have back-up generators to allow them function regardless of power cuts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9524/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Health
710. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he can address the shortage of dieticians in CH04 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9535/25]
Denise Mitchell Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Health
711. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the status of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024; what secondary legislation or amending legislation is required for the Act to take effect in its fullest form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9536/25]
Colm Burke Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Health
712. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if consideration could be given to awarding a person (details supplied), who is a type 2 insulin-dependent diabetic with renal failure on dialysis, a diabetic sensor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9539/25]
Catherine Connolly Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Health
713. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1086 of 5 February 2024, when hormone replacement therapy will be freely available to those with a prescription; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9540/25]
James O'Connor Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Health
714. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the reason nurses on a HSE career break are not permitted to take up temporary employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9543/25]