2044. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 355 of 21 May 2026, the medical basis on which the decision not to include type 2 diabetics who are insulin dependent in the HSE supports for continuous glucose monitoring; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42476/26]
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2,809 questions from 142 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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2,798 written, 11 oral
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| July 2025 | 135 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
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| October 2025 | 56 |
| November 2025 | 157 |
| December 2025 | 147 |
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| June 2026 | 290 |
| July 2026 | 123 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 73 |
| October 2026 | 87 |
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2045. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 355 of 21 May 2026, her Departmental policy on which the decision not to include type 2 diabetics who are insulin dependent in the HSE supports for continuous glucose monitoring; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42477/26]
2057. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the levels of staffing for community public health services in the Dublin 15 area; to report on whether all newborn children are receiving timely developmental checks; if all new parents are receiving their appropriate number of visits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42500/26]
2064. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains any standardised national framework for measuring the effectiveness or value for money of agency-supported clinics, additional theatre sessions, diagnostics initiatives or insourcing arrangements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42512/26]
2069. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42535/26]
2073. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Health for an update on the plans and progress to relocate the National Maternity Hospital from Holles St. Dublin 2 to the site at St. Vincent's Hospital in Dublin 4; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42564/26]
2074. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Health her plans to extend supports for maternal health for ethnic minority populations with higher rates of maternal and infant mortality and complications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42565/26]
2077. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for a heart bypass at each hospital such surgery takes place in; the average wait time in the Mater Hospital; the number of individuals on the wait list per hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42582/26]
2091. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether approval and funding will be provided for additional social work, occupational therapy, psychology and community mental health nursing posts in Psychiatry of Later Life teams, in areas where no such posts are currently approved or where approved posts fall below the staffing levels recommended in the HSE Specialist Mental Health Services for Older People …
2092. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of cubicles currently available for use within the accident and emergency department of Portiuncula University Hospital. [42637/26]
2095. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant nephrologists currently only dealing and treating public only patients at Galway University Hospital. [42640/26]
2097. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the number of intense pulsed light laser and ocular surface scanners currently in use at Beaumont Hospital; and if not available, if are there plans to purchase this type of scanner for the hospital. [42653/26]
2098. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time to see an occupational therapist at Tonlegee Road primary care centre. [42654/26]
2099. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the average waiting times to see a podiatrist at Coolock primary care centre. [42655/26]
2100. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will report on the severe delays regarding an internal complaint report at University Hospital Limerick (details supplied);; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42665/26]
2107. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health the current waiting times for access to primary care occupational therapy services for children in Kildare North; the number of children currently on the waiting list; the steps being taken to reduce these waiting times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42709/26]
2114. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health to provide an in person assessment by CAMHS for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42760/26]
2115. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the timeline for a decision by the HSE drugs group regarding the reimbursement of risdiplam for adults living with spinal muscular atrophy. [42771/26]
2118. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the current level of dementia services available nationally and by RHA; the number of people currently waiting for dementia diagnosis and support services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42784/26]
2119. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the proposed primary care centre in Portumna, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42839/26]
2152. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 778 of 21 October 2025, the position regarding the use of funding from Budget 2026 to provide breast pumps for mothers of critically ill newborns and preterm infants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42978/26]
2182. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43194/26]
2183. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to assist a family (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43196/26]
2234. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health to outline the actions her Department is undertaking to support those who suffer from foetal alcohol spectrum disorder; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43308/26]
2248. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the measures currently in place to ensure adequate access to essential health services for people with physical impairments, including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, mental health supports and post acute rehabilitation; the current waiting times for these services nationwide; and her plans to address the documented gaps in service provision, particularly f…