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recognise that we do not have enough healthcare workers to meet our need. As I mentioned earlier, we are trying to have pharmacists work at the top of their expertise in their profession in order that they can diagnose basic common conditions. We now have an agreement with … them that they will do that, but they should be working at the top of their expertise. We will try to have pharmacist technicians there to support them. In the same way, there is a much bigger opportunity for dental hygienists. We have advanced nurse practitioners and clinical

know what a health approach looks like. We need to make sure that naloxone is available across our communities and that families and pharmacists can easily and readily administer it. We need to make sure testing is widely available. At music festivals during the summer

Minister for Health if funding will be made available in the HSE Service Plan for one new specialist nurse role and one new pharmacist role for the pulmonary arterial hypertension unit in the Mater Hospital; if a business case for these roles has been received and is being

Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that pharmacists are warning customers that the free blister packing service that they offer will be discontinued soon; her views on this development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66475/25

November 2025, if healthcare providers must indicate on prescriptions that they are for the management of the symptoms of menopause such that pharmacists may submit claims for those prescriptions under the free HRT scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66624/25

Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if blister-packing of medications by pharmacists will be charged for in the near future (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65697/25

Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health if the free pharmacist blister packing service will be available in January 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65900/25

Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the reasons for the introduction of a charge for blister packaging by pharmacists from January 2026; if she acknowledges that many of the people who rely on this service live with serious medical conditions and have very limited income

reimbursement list, are eligible for the free HRT scheme regardless of the reason they were prescribed; if not, the way in which pharmacists are expected to ascertain the reason a prescription was made when there is no requirement for healthcare providers to indicate this on prescriptions

plans to ensure greater availability of the flu vaccine this winter for at risk and vulnerable citizens; whether she has engaged with the pharmacist and general practitioner groupings to discuss the roll out of the flu vaccine; whether a cost-benefit analysis has been carried

November 2025, whether healthcare providers must indicate eligibility/ineligibility for the free HRT scheme on the prescriptions transmitted to pharmacists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62489/25

Parliamentary Question Nos. 336 and 337 of 15 October 2025, the systems in place to facilitate the communication between healthcare providers and pharmacists that a prescription is eligible or ineligible for the free HRT scheme. [57926/25

Programme and the HPRA to stabilise supply; the expected timeframe for restoration of normal availability; the clinical guidance being issued to prescribers and pharmacists regarding safe alternatives or substitution protocols; and if she will ensure that vulnerable patients such as (details supplied) who rely on nebulised salbutamol