801. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the €1 million funding allocated to pulmonary fibrosis, including the specific line items detailed in the 2025 HSE national service plan (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25276/25]
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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802. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to ensure that oxygen provision for people with lung fibrosis is fit for purpose; if consideration will be given to a proposal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25277/25]
822. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if there is a revised timeframe for the publication of the national framework on endometriosis care, in light of previous delays; the current status of the framework; and when it is expected to be released. [25448/25]
823. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the way in which the recently announced additional funding for endometriosis care will be allocated; and the details of what specific services, personnel or infrastructure this funding will support. [25450/25]
824. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if persons with severe endometriosis may be eligible to qualify for disability supports; and the process by which a person with endometriosis could apply for and access disability benefits, including how eligibility is assessed in such cases. [25451/25]
845. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has plans to extend the chronic disease management programme to include epilepsy; if so, the timeline she is working towards; if not, the rationale for continuing to exclude this condition from the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25713/25]
179. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of people diagnosed with liver disease in Ireland in each of the years, 2014-2024, by gender, in tabular form. [24526/25]
180. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of people under the age of 40 years diagnosed with liver disease in Ireland in each of the years, 2014-2024, by gender, in tabular form. [24527/25]
135. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health to outline the work of her Department to support those living with functional neurological disorder; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24125/25]
398. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the reason adults with Type 1 diabetes attending University Hospital Limerick are not yet offered insulin pumps as a treatment option, despite the presence of qualified staff to initiate pump therapy; the measures being taken to address this gap in service provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22962/25]
400. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health whether younger-onset dementia is recognised within care standards as distinct to dementia in people over the age of 65; whether there is funding allocated specifically for age-appropriate dementia services for this cohort of people; if there are specific in-home and respite care supports for families where a person under 65 has dementia; and if she will…
2417. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health if she will consider individuals with a permanent stoma for the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20759/25]
388. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health if she will outline what supports are currently available for patients suffering from Lyme disease who are unable to access timely or adequate treatment; if there are plans to establish a properly resourced, multidisciplinary Lyme disease clinic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18186/25]
282. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the specific supports and treatments available for patients suffering from Fibromyalgia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15910/25]
728. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number people with type 1 diabetes admitted for hospital in-patient treatment in 2023 and 2024, by hospital; how many of these were using continuous glucose monitors; how many are using insulin pumps; how many are using multidose insulin injections; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15141/25]
188. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports available to people that suspect that they are living with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder, in particular those who are under the age of 16 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14312/25]
191. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the criteria used and the steps taken to diagnose foetal alcohol syndrome and partial foetal alcohol syndrome; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14315/25]
244. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the HSE clinical definition of type 1 diabetes; and the healthcare professional that is ultimately responsible for making the clinical decision on whether a patient has type 1 diabetes. [14342/25]
679. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 752 of 4 March 2025, and subsequent reply in relation to the heartwatch scheme; the reason the new CDM Programme is only open to medical card patients (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13311/25]
718. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if he plans to endorse the WHO resolution on chronic kidney disease, ‘Reducing the burden of noncommunicable diseases through promotion of kidney health and strengthening prevention and control of kidney disease’. [13462/25]
447. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the national diabetes registry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13016/25]
1522. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when the updated national rare disease strategy will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10822/25]
1603. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if she will provide further details on the process to be followed by families who suspect that their child may be impacted by exposure to sodium valproate in order to establish a diagnosis of foetal valproate spectrum disorder; whether the patient must self-refer or seek a GP referral to genetic services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [112…
1655. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health if a matter raised by a person (details supplied) in Cork city in relation to type 1 diabetics who have been refused CGMs based on a prior incorrect diagnosis of type 2 will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11448/25]
1800. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of people attending Dundalk Clinic for type 1 diabetes, broken down by those who have commenced treatment on pump therapy, those who have expressed an interest in pump therapy and are still on a waiting list and those who remain using insulin pens, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12110/25]