730. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health if the Solace Cafe announced in Budget 27 for Louth will be open on a 24-hour 7-day per week basis. [73071/26]
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733. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health when the Solace Cafe announced in Budget 27 for Louth will be operational; if people will be able to self refer; and if the service can be accessed without an appointment. [73067/26]
782. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown for the number of persons referred to and admitted to nurse led transitional care services in the Cottage Hospital Drogheda for the years 2020 to 2026, respectively, in tabular form. [48978/26]
783. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of registered nursing staff and healthcare professionals currently employed within the Cottage Hospital nurse led transitional care services in Drogheda. [48979/26]
784. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown outlining all other current staff employed within the Cottage Hospital transitional care services in Drogheda; and the grade or role that they are employed in. [48980/26]
785. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health if the option of providing an onsite consultant and ancillary specialist care services in the Cottage Hospital to increase capacity for providing transitional care for older persons has been considered by the Government; and if not can this now be actively considered. [48981/26]
786. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health if the HSE have proposed or requested an increase in resources to increase capacity to provide additional transitional care for older persons at the Cottage Hospital Drogheda. [48982/26]
290. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients and staff at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda and other HSE facilities in County Louth, for each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form. [10580/26]
296. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Louth waiting for an appointment with an organisation (details supplied) by length of wait, on a quarterly basis for each of the years 2022 to 2025, in tabular form. [10586/26]
935. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on efforts made by the Government to find a solution regarding the blister pack charges facing vulnerable persons across County Louth and beyond to access packs which they previously were not charged for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7362/26]
936. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the plans which are in place to ensure that vulnerable persons in County Louth will not face additional financial burdens in order to access blister packs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7363/26]
937. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health to confirm the number of persons in County Louth which had been receiving blister packs without charge from their pharmacy in 2025; the engagement which has taken place with these persons to explain the reason they are now facing charges; and the engagement which has taken with pharmacies in County Louth regarding these charges. [7364/26]
830. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to the recent media report regarding proposals to purchase “buildings that will provide childcare facilities, the provision that is proposed for County Louth in these plans; the additional supply proposed specifically for areas of disadvantage in the Drogheda and south Louth areas; and when details on these proposals be made ava…
2250. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of step-down beds available in County Louth in the years 2020 to 2025, by year, in tabular form; and the location of same. [74790/25]
2251. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of long stay beds available in County Louth in the years 2020 to 2025, by year, in tabular form; and the location of same. [74791/25]
2252. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of respite beds available in County Louth in the years 2020 to 2025, by year, in tabular form; and the location of same. [74792/25]
2295. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to each regional and local drugs task force in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45492/25]
2296. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to the north eastern regional drug and alcohol task force in each of the years 2016 to 2025, in tabular form. [45493/25]
2297. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health if there are proposals in Budget 2026 for the provision of additional funding for addiction services provided through the north eastern regional drugs and alcohol task force. [45497/25]
788. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health to outline the existing ophthalmology services operating in County Louth; the location of these services; the number of persons currently employed within these services, by grade; whether there are plans to expand these services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13885/25]