Questions

464. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if there are proposals to take private maternity care away as an option for women with high risk pregnancies; and the alternatives that will be put in place to give women the option of choosing private maternity care on health grounds such as high risk pregnancies. [75203/26]

162. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for reimbursement under the Cross Border Healthcare Directive and related treatment abroad reimbursement schemes that are currently awaiting processing for more than six weeks; the average processing time for reimbursement claims at present; the reason patients are being asked to resubmit documentation already provided; and the steps bei…

801. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if a full review will be initiated into the clinical assessment and management of a patient (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53114/26]

1165. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of incidents reported to the State Claims Agency which related to the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, per year from 2019 to 2025, specifically incidents causing harm, broken down by severity, other reported incidents including near miss; the number of complaints by service users/patients; and if she will make a statement on th…

973. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total number of incidents (which includes claims) logged/recorded in each year from 2020 to date with the National Incident Management System hosted by the State Claims Agency. [7478/26]

451. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total public funds allocated to private contractors in the health sector for the period 2020-to date; the criteria used to ensure competitive tendering and cost-effectiveness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7268/26]

571. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the reason a person (details supplied) who made an appeal to the treatment abroad scheme on 16 June 2025 has yet to receive an update; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67626/25]

619. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 134 of 7 May 2025, the criteria used to classify calls to a service (details supplied) in the previously referenced categories of "Counselling" "Information" and "Listening support"; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67919/25]

491. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the actions that will be taken in terms of the ongoing health impact of infrasound noise from wind turbines on residents in Stonestown, Cloghan, County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66822/25]

1505. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the work carried out to date on the Government's commitment to "advance legislation to ban conversion therapy practices"; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58369/25]

2019. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of communications received by HSE MyOptions from women seeking post-abortion counselling from 2020 to date, by category (phone or webchat), by month, in tabular form; the number of counselling sessions provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59685/25]

826. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene in an urgent case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54730/25]

873. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will assist in the urgent case of a person seeking help with his claim for continuous glucose monitoring reimbursement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51479/25]

693. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to examine the case of a child needing an urgent transfer (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50419/25]

739. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection where an individual with special dietary requirements will get financial assistance with ongoing weekly expenses associated with gluten-free foods (details supplied); the section of the HSE that has responsibility for this; and if an email address and contact number will be provided for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48169/25]

1097. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will assist a person with a genetic disorder to access sessions of physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48631/25]

964. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the supports available for children aged 9 years diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39361/25]

777. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to expediting the approval process for a medicine that assists in the treatment and progression of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31948/25]

661. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will assist in the medical and therapeutic treatment of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28786/25]

365. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will consider making breast checks free of charge for women over 70 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27758/25]

503. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken, or have been planned, to fulfil the recommendation in the 2023 Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 that "the HSE, in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, including the RCPI, should develop specific guidelines for comfort (hospice) care for the short duration of the life of b…

504. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the policies and procedures that are in place for communication of information on perinatal palliative care, by the HSE and management of maternity hospitals, to ensure that parents who are considering terminating their pregnancy at a later stage when their baby could be born alive are informed and able to avail of perinatal palliative care; and if she will make a…

939. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health for details on ultrasound scans by private services contracted by the HSE, for the purposes of dating start of pregnancy for women considering abortion within the 12-week limit; to summarise total expenditure per year, in tabular form, from 2019 to present; to provide the current cost or range of costs per individual scan; the qualifications are held by staff oper…

1167. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will support a proposal to ensure that community audiologists who already provide care to PRSI contributors through the treatment benefit scheme are allowed to serve medical card holders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2735/25]