452. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason for the HSE app only being available to people with a verified MyGovID account; if she is aware that this is contrary to the Data Protection Commission’s determination in 2019 that such conditional access to services provided by public bodies is unlawful; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68677/25]
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520. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if consideration is being given to expanding access to a peanut oral immunotherapy drug for children with nut allergies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66960/25]
849. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the process for service users applying to both the PRSI wig grant and the HSE grant wig allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65474/25]
926. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2919 of 29 July 2025, to quantify the costs presented further (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66066/25]
927. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure on contracting out radiotherapy treatment for public patients to private providers to date in 2025, by hospital, in tabular form; and to provide a cost breakdown, by reason (details supplied). [66067/25]
928. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her plans to mitigate the expected costs of outsourcing radiotherapy to private providers as a result of ageing machinery and expected breakdowns in Cork and Galway in the next four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66068/25]
1543. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she intends to allocate funding through the HSE to support the establishment of a dedicated counselling service for people living with Parkinson’s disease and their care partners, as proposed by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59189/25]
1914. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total number of PURPLE, RED, ORANGE and YELLOW calls from 2020 to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and the number that received an intermediate care vehicle response. [59186/25]
1915. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of Omega calls from 2020 to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and the number that were completed by paramedic and advanced paramedic crews. [59187/25]
1916. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of transfers (category AS2 and AS3) that were completed by paramedic and advanced paramedic crews from 2020 to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form. [59188/25]
770. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the current number of community beds, by location and health region, in tabular form. [56661/25]
866. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); to outline in detail the procedures undertaken by her Department for medical evacuations from Gaza; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54953/25]
689. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 494 of 20 March 2025, the number of cases diagnosed in each of the years since 2018, by condition (details supplied); the number treated with Intersex genital mutilation (IGM); in cases in which IGM was deemed necessary, to provide an indication as to the reasoning; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50396/25]
690. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the incidence of intersex genital mutilation is reducing in Ireland; if so, to provide data to support this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50397/25]
691. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the information provided to parents of intersex infants; the involvement, that intersex people have in informing and monitoring this information; if parents with intersex infants are being referred to an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50398/25]
2576. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason the external retrospective review of children who may have undergone unnecessary hip surgeries has been delayed; if the HSE is still committed to a six month timeframe for the process; the status of the shortlisting and recruitment process for the independent panel; to confirm that the panel will be convened in September; and if she will make a statem…
2890. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the integrated financial management and procurement system for the entire health services; the timeline she is working towards in rolling this new system out; the locations this system will be deployed first; the date at which she expects this to be operational in HSE-run sites, section 38 hospitals and section 39 organisations; and if she will mak…
2893. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has reviewed a proposal sent to her in relation to endometriosis care in Ireland; if she will meet with the author of this proposal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42577/25]
2905. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the annual cost to the health service of treating urinary tract infections in women, including GP visits, emergency presentations, hospital admissions and prescription medications; and to provide a cost breakdown by age cohort, in tabular form. [42594/25]
2906. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the HSE of managing repeat or chronic urinary tract infections in women; if any cost-benefit analysis has been undertaken to assess the savings from preventive care or early intervention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42595/25]
2907. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of hospitalisations due to urinary tract infections in women in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and the associated cost to the public health system, in each year. [42596/25]
2908. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of deaths in women in each of the past five years where urinary tract infection (UTI) was listed as a primary or contributory cause of death, in tabular form; and her views on mortality trends linked to untreated or recurrent UTIs. [42597/25]
2909. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of women over 65 who died as a result of urosepsis or complications arising from urinary tract infections in the past five years, in tabular form; if these deaths were reviewed under clinical audit or HIQA processes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42598/25]
2910. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has developed a standardised care pathway for recurrent urinary tract infections in women, particularly for older adults; if this includes specific outcome improvement measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42599/25]
2911. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will provide data on the use of antibiotics for Urinary tract infection treatment in women in Ireland; if any research has been undertaken or commissioned by her Department or the HSE in respect of repeat prescribing (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42600/25]