Questions

1015. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the current status of the Domino midwife led service at Cork University Maternity Hospital; and the way in which it is operating at present, following on from pregnant women being informed that the service will no longer be available to them for the duration of their pregnancies. [74481/26]

1481. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health to confirm that support will be given to counselling and psychotherapy professionals in the industry and to persons who require the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66374/26]

3238. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if her Department is examining the case for increased investment in preventive diabetes technologies, such as continuous glucose monitoring as a means of reducing future demand on acute and chronic care services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55388/26]

223. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to procure additional ophthalmology service provision to address the needs of the more than 58,000 patients currently on waiting lists for ophthalmology care nationwide; when the next National Treatment Purchase Fund Framework for waiting list activity is expected to be published; when procurement under that framework is expected to commence; …

899. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health when the Hereditary Cancer Model of Care Implementation Report will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45217/26]

900. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding that has been allocated to implementing the Hereditary Cancer Model of Care in each of the years 2023 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45218/26]

901. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the actual number and percentage of electronic referrals from a GP to lung rapid access clinics, by hospital, in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [45219/26]

902. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the actual number and the percentage of electronic referrals from a GP to prostate rapid access clinics, by hospital, in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [45220/26]

285. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the implementation of a National Radiation Therapy Machine Replacement Programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17429/26]

286. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on her Departments plans to establish a National Radiation Therapy Machine Replacement Programme, to replace the current regional model (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17430/26]

287. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to establish a ring-fenced annual fund of €15–20 million to implement a ten-year national replacement cycle for linear accelerators and to create a national oversight body responsible for equipment planning, procurement, and installation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17431/26]

288. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if her Department will consider putting in place a National Radiation Therapy Machine Replacement Programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17432/26]

289. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if her Department will consider the putting in place of a National Radiation Therapy Machine Replacement Programme, to replace the current regional model, as without a structured national linac replacement programme, access to modern, safe radiotherapy in Ireland will continue to be determined by geography rather than clinical need, entrenching inequity and placing…

993. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if funding for the lymphoedema and lipoedema model was provided for in Budget 2026; if not, whether consideration would be given to providing funding for same considering that international studies show that the cost to treat patients could be reduced by 87%, if comprehensive lymphedema services were introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6962…

1122. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to reviewing the case of a person (details supplied) who has been informed they have to make a repayment of a specialty allowance in the HSE, which was due to an administrative error; if the request for repayment of the allowance to date will be withdrawn due to the fact that this error was not on the part of the worker in question; …

2085. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if she will expedite the provision of braces to a child (details supplied), as the family were informed it would be 5.5 years before they would receive this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60158/25]

152. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the plans in place for a neurorehabilitation unit in Cork to include 20 post-acute inpatient neurorehabilitation beds, in 2026, in line with HSE proposals in order to address the lack of any existing service in the south-west region, given that the population has increased substantially in the past number of years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5…

163. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health to confirm that a person (details supplied) with an aggressive form of leukaemia, can be permitted to receive Car T-cell therapy; if it will be reimbursed in view of the fact the person is over 25 years-of-age, due to their conditions and the significant efficacy in this treatment for relapsed, refracted B-ALL as advised by their clinician; and if she will make a s…

1217. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the alternative supports available to an individual diagnosed with type 2 diabetes aside from insulin tablets and injections; the likelihood of access to real-time continuous glucose monitoring devices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48193/25]

1218. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the projected growth in type 1 diabetics using CGM sensors under the community drug scheme; the estimated future monthly expenditure of this initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48194/25]

1219. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the number of type 2 diabetics who receive multiple daily insulin injections; the waiting list times to be considered, for this method of treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48195/25]

2530. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if she will consider awarding a person (details supplied) a diabetic sensor due to their health circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46575/25]

2744. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the current levels of funding allocated to oral health promotion initiatives; if she will consider increasing support for organisations (details supplied) in recognition of their vital role in delivering preventive oral health programmes nationwide, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41811/25]

2745. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the evaluation that has been undertaken regarding the impact of existing oral health promotion programmes and the potential to enhance oral health in communities delivered by community-based organisations (details supplied); if these findings will inform future funding decisions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41812/25]

2746. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if she will consider ringfencing additional funding in budget 2026 to support community-based oral health promotion programmes that target at-risk and underserved populations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41813/25]