642. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the current waiting time for a Friedreich’s ataxia clinic appointment; and the measures being taken to ensure that people living with Friedreich’s ataxia can access timely specialist review and annual multidisciplinary assessments in line with recognised European and international clinical care guidelines. [70247/26]
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1474. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if the design brief for the new surgical hub building at Letterkenny University Hospital incorporates inpatient wards on the upper floors of the building and a link corridor connecting said wards to the main hospital; and if so, if the architectural design brief specifically references the need to isolate the surgical hub from such inpatient wards as ma…
1476. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if, 13 months after she awarded a surgical hub to Letterkenny University Hospital, the HSE has identified the precise site on the hospital campus where the hub is to be built; and if not, the reason. [65937/26]
56. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that the Letterkenny University Hospital, model 3 hospital, clinical care plan is published at the earliest opportunity, and the recommendations urgently acted upon.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17181/26]
1143. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health her views on calls for the reinstatement of a 24-hour chaplaincy service at hospitals across the State from concerned citizens. [10223/26]
420. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when the delivery of intravitreal injections to non-diabetics will be delivered at Letterkenny University Hospital, as committed to in 2025. [7057/26]
121. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if she will meet with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss their serious and ongoing concerns about the service at Letterkenny University Hospital to people from Donegal living with type 1 diabetes. [3632/26]
1080. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure the surgical hub, planned for Letterkenny University Hospital will be a standalone hub with no direct connection to the rest of the hospital, as is the case with all other surgical hubs across the State, so as to ensure that no surgical procedures are cancelled due to a lack of beds in the hospital. [72280/25]
173. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health to examine the case of a person (details supplied) due to be discharged from the National Rehabilitation Hospital to a nursing home for long-term care under the fair deal scheme; if she will ensure that a suitable continued rehabilitation placement will be made available, with St. Conal’s Hospital, Letterkenny being a priority; and if she will make a sta…
869. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the way in which her Department is progressing work to make the second busiest level 3 hospital here, Letterkenny University Hospital a level 4 hospital, in view of the hospitals geographical and roads/ rail infrastructure isolation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57394/25]
196. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the delivery of the long delayed, joint centre of excellence for diabetes care at Sligo University Hospital and Letterkenny University Hospital. [50840/25]
875. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health whether there are any plans to locate a minor injuries unit at Letterkenny University that is separate to the emergency department. [34306/25]
1308. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health to confirm, in view of the fact that the renal dialysis unit in Letterkenny University Hospital (LUH) is running at maximum capacity for a long time, the cost of out-sourcing additional demand for dialysis to NHS hospitals in the north of Ireland (inclusive of both transport and dialysis costs) in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 for patients from…
1309. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health to confirm, in view of the lack of capacity in the laboratory department in Letterkenny University Hospital, the cost of outsourcing routine blood samples to private laboratories from January 2025 to date. [29146/25]
980. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that a person from Donegal (details supplied), who is an 84-year-old, must travel a ten-hour round trip to Galway for short appointments with a vascular doctor; her views on whether this should not be the case and that the person be assessed closer to home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8141/25]
291. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the long waiting lists for dermatology patients in the north west, serviced by Sligo University Hospital and Letterkenny University Hospital; and when the necessary number of consultants and their support teams will be allocated to those hospitals. [5237/25]