1361. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to ensure cancer patients have access to up-to-date radiotherapy comparable to international best practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49085/25]
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2311. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the names of all community health networks; whether the names correspond with the regional population profiles (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45572/25]
2420. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health for an update on the HSE's plans to expand Ireland's neurosurgery programme and infrastructure to ensure patients can potentially more readily avail of life-changing procedures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45917/25]
2877. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of newborn hearing screenings that have missed target screening dates under each of the hospitals in the Dublin region, in tabular form and by date line missed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42557/25]
2878. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the provision of audiology and newborn hearing screenings will be made available in the new children's hospital campus near to neonatology wards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42558/25]
2879. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of sleep study machines available for use; if the demand is outweighing the number of machines available in CHI; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42559/25]
3049. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to outline the longest, the median and the shortest timeframe between a patient’s initial appointment date in each of the prostate rapid access clinics (details supplied) and the date of diagnosis with prostate cancer in each of the years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on t…
508. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health that Children's Health Ireland would produce a booklet of medical acronyms that can be given to parents of all new admissions in the CHI group. [40463/25]
236. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if her Department has considered the model whereby funding follows the patient (MFTP) for vasectomy services, as with termination of pregnancy services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39807/25]
237. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been, or will be, given to extending free family planning to the provision of vasectomy services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39809/25]
348. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to outline the assisted transport options in place for individuals attending a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35129/25]
881. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her plans to end the differential in the age of which a person ages out of paediatric mental health services and paediatric physical health services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32514/25]
564. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to set out the accumulated deficits of each voluntary acute hospital in the country, as reported to her Department and-or the HSE, as of 1 January 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26692/25]
565. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if a voluntary acute hospital (details supplied) carried out a review of services to align them with available funding in 2024; the outcome of any such review; to set out which services, including patient services, were reduced to align with the available funding, including the time period for which any reduction in services applied; and if she will make a stat…
574. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she will increase the number of breast screening locations, given that the wait time of some patients is over a year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26731/25]
444. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the estimated costs of ensuring adequate national capacity to deliver cardiac rehabilitation to all patients for whom it is recommended, ensuring that staffing and resources are protected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22174/25]
445. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the plans that have been established to fund the implementation of the new cardiac rehabilitation model of care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22175/25]
371. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her plans to introduce publicly available gender affirming surgery here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18146/25]
1695. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the status of the national audit for cleft services; the metrics used on the audit; if she will provide the results of the audit to Deputies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11689/25]
1780. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the HSE or other health supports that are available to individuals with korsakoff syndrome; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11998/25]
1781. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to ensure that individuals with korsakoff syndrome can avail of all supports from organisations in receipt of HSE grant funding that support individuals with brain injuries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11999/25]
840. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the supports for Marfan syndrome sufferers in Ireland; the number of clinics in operation; the frequency of scanning for each patient; whether HSE funding has increased, stayed the same or reduced in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7200/25]
769. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the status of the national endometriosis framework; when it will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5906/25]
770. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the status of the additional staff to implement the national endometriosis framework; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5907/25]
771. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the status of the five regional endometriosis hubs and two specialist endometriosis centres for complex care which have been established; where the staff recruitment process is at; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5908/25]