1801. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health to report on the waiting times for appointments for existing type 1 diabetes patients and newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes patients at the Dundalk Clinic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12111/25]
Topics / Disease Management
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDisease Management
241 questions from 71 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
241
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239 written, 2 oral
71
TDs have asked
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Independents counted together
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| January 2025 | 1 |
| February 2025 | 4 |
| March 2025 | 21 |
| April 2025 | 4 |
| May 2025 | 29 |
| June 2025 | 9 |
| July 2025 | 6 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 4 |
| October 2025 | 33 |
| November 2025 | 16 |
| December 2025 | 5 |
| January 2026 | 4 |
| February 2026 | 3 |
| March 2026 | 16 |
| April 2026 | 24 |
| May 2026 | 28 |
| June 2026 | 10 |
| July 2026 | 13 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 7 |
| October 2026 | 4 |
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The questions
1802. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if dose-adjustment-for-normal-eating carbohydrate counting courses are available for diabetes patients in Louth; if so, the average waiting time for patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12112/25]
1803. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the supports available at Louth County Hospital, Dundalk, for people living with type-2 diabetes; when the promised chronic disease hub will be opening there; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12113/25]
1804. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of patients in Louth, and specifically in Dundalk, with type 2 diabetes attending GPs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12114/25]
1808. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to open up a diabetes eye-screening location in the Dundalk area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12118/25]
1809. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if there is a community engagement programme or outreach programme for people living with diabetes in the Dundalk area; if so, the form that engagement takes; the number of people it reaches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12119/25]
1868. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the role of the rare disease and long Covid policy unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12556/25]
142. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the way her Department intends to include chronic kidney disease to the Chronic Disease Management Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9834/25]
165. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken to warn the public of the possible dangers of contracting Lyme disease on publicly accessible grasslands and forests, and to inform of its prevention and treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10190/25]
181. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if she will give due consideration to funding the lymphoedema and lipoedema model of care 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. [9949/25]
752. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if the discontinuation of the Heartwatch scheme will be reviewed as soon as possible (details supplied). [9641/25]
239. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of additional staff that have required to implement the National Endometriosis Framework; the number of posts already filled; the number remaining vacant; the plans to fill these vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6724/25]
240. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of women on waiting lists for excision surgery for endometriosis; the length of the waiting times in view of the fact that any undue delay to this type of surgery may impact severely on women's reproductive health, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6728/25]
241. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of people who travelled abroad under the EU cross-Border directive for treatment for endometriosis in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6729/25]
630. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of the new national rare disease strategy, given that the strategy is currently in draft form and awaiting publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4290/25]
1478. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the treatment and management of a rare disease (details supplied) is still being facilitated under the treatment abroad scheme for adults, and if not, the reasons why; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1051/25]