Disease Management

435. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the way in which her Department is ensuring that endometriosis patients have access to multidisciplinary care teams, including physiotherapists, psychologists, dietitians, and pain specialists; if additional funding will be allocated to expand these supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52735/25]

436. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to requests from an organisation regarding care for persons with asthma (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52744/25]

866. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if public health authorities sample for the presence of the polio virus in wastewater; if so, if it has been detected since the start of 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51442/25]

593. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health her views on whether there is a need for a cross-departmental approach in respect of rare disease policy in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49732/25]

2448. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the measures she is taking to improve supports for people with early onset Parkinson's disease; if she plans to increase capacity for deep brain simulation procedures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46143/25]

2541. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will consider including Guillain–Barré syndrome as a long-term illness considering the disease presents similarly to other illnesses included on the list; if consideration has been given to re-examining the eligibility criteria for the long-term illness scheme to expand the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46636…

205. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the supports available to ensure people with cerebral palsy can adapt their cars to continue living independent lives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39916/25]

293. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health for an update regarding Lyme disease in providing accurate testing and adequate treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40061/25]

866. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her plans to agree and progress the early access programme for rare diseases; the timeline she is working towards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38734/25]

337. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the reason chronic kidney disease is not covered by the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38415/25]

765. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that have had cardiovascular disease screening carried out on them as part of the opportunistic case finding and chronic disease prevention programme in each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to the 30 June 2025, in tabular form; if any general statistics from this data will be published; and if she will make a statement on th…

809. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will host a rare disease conference; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37420/25]

9. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the status of the chronic disease Mmnagement programme; the number of patients now enrolled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34666/25]

114. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health the reason the cross-Border healthcare Directive does not cover inpatient treatment for chronic Lyme disease, given that patients suffering from this condition often require specialised care not readily available domestically, and that directive is intended to ensure access to necessary medical treatments within the EU; if there are plans to a…

198. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if she will support the establishment of a national clinical programme for pulmonary arterial hypertension, along with rare heart diseases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34702/25]

199. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if she will support the development of a national patient registry for pulmonary arterial hypertension in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34703/25]

200. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if she will consider linking with pulmonary arterial hypertension specialists in Northern Ireland for an all-Ireland strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34704/25]

1104. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the present position in relation to Johne's disease in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29511/25]

1105. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the process and the position of his Department if a farmer carries out tests on their cows, heifers and calves and they test positive for Johne's disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29512/25]

1107. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a farmer carries out tests on cows, heifers and calves and they test positive for Johne's disease if the animals are culled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29514/25]

1108. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a farmer carries out tests on cows, heifers and calves and they test positive for Johne's disease the financial support system for farmers who have to get their herd tested for this disease, have to get rid of a percentage of their breeding stock, have to continually and periodically treat and medicate thes…

369. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health to considered adding inflammatory bowel disease as a condition which qualifies under the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27817/25]

370. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health to consider incorporating inflammatory bowel disease into the chronic disease management programme, which would recognise this chronic disease as a qualifying condition for additional support and social protections; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27818/25]

371. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health to consider incorporating inflammatory bowel disease into the eligibility criteria of the GP visit and medical card schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27819/25]

372. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the actions she is taking to reduce the burden of hospital car park fees, especially for patients who suffer from chronic diseases and require ongoing hospital treatments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27820/25]