Health Services

2746. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if she will consider ringfencing additional funding in budget 2026 to support community-based oral health promotion programmes that target at-risk and underserved populations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41813/25]

2750. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she will provide for standardised breast density reporting for women who have mammograms in Ireland; her response to the campaign by an organisation (details supplied) on the issue; if the National Screening Advisory Committee has made any recommendations to her arising from the submissions it received; and if she will make a statement …

2751. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting surgical removal of their wisdom teeth, broken down by CHO, including wait time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41859/25]

2760. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if she has visited Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown since her appointment; and if so, the purpose of the visit. [41886/25]

2789. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the services currently available to users in north Dublin who suffer with trichiasis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41979/25]

2790. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health when she expects north Dublin surgical hub to be opened and accepting patients; the number of WTE staff that have agreed to work at this hub; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41980/25]

2824. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently intervene and ensure every effort is made to have the decision reversed to close the daycare centre at Cahersiveen Community Hospital, County Kerry (details supplied); the issues that have arisen to prompt the closure (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42233/25]

2825. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints by patients or family members or care partners submitted to each health region since 1 January 2023; the number of complaints responded to within 30 working days; the number responded to within 12 weeks, 18 weeks, 24 weeks and over subsequent six week intervals until 1 July 2025. [42237/25]

2858. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health the advances her Department has made in expanding the screening process for newborn babies with rare diseases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42411/25]

2859. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health the diseases that are currently tested for in the screening process for newborn babies with rare diseases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42412/25]

2860. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health if she will consider expanding the screening process for newborn babies with rare diseases to test for additional tests, in line with other EU countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42413/25]

2862. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in respiratory medicine based at University Hospital Limerick in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [42427/25]

2868. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health if a medication (details supplied) is prescribed by the complex menopause service at CUMH for women who are HRT contraindicated; the status on this medication being available on the drugs payments scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42443/25]

2875. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health her plans to introduce type 1 diabetes screening to reduce the number of children diagnosed with diabetic ketoacidosis. [42523/25]

2877. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of newborn hearing screenings that have missed target screening dates under each of the hospitals in the Dublin region, in tabular form and by date line missed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42557/25]

2878. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the provision of audiology and newborn hearing screenings will be made available in the new children's hospital campus near to neonatology wards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42558/25]

2879. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of sleep study machines available for use; if the demand is outweighing the number of machines available in CHI; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42559/25]

2890. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the integrated financial management and procurement system for the entire health services; the timeline she is working towards in rolling this new system out; the locations this system will be deployed first; the date at which she expects this to be operational in HSE-run sites, section 38 hospitals and section 39 organisations;…

2893. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has reviewed a proposal sent to her in relation to endometriosis care in Ireland; if she will meet with the author of this proposal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42577/25]

2905. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the annual cost to the health service of treating urinary tract infections in women, including GP visits, emergency presentations, hospital admissions and prescription medications; and to provide a cost breakdown by age cohort, in tabular form. [42594/25]

2906. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the HSE of managing repeat or chronic urinary tract infections in women; if any cost-benefit analysis has been undertaken to assess the savings from preventive care or early intervention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42595/25]

2907. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of hospitalisations due to urinary tract infections in women in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and the associated cost to the public health system, in each year. [42596/25]

2908. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of deaths in women in each of the past five years where urinary tract infection (UTI) was listed as a primary or contributory cause of death, in tabular form; and her views on mortality trends linked to untreated or recurrent UTIs. [42597/25]

2909. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of women over 65 who died as a result of urosepsis or complications arising from urinary tract infections in the past five years, in tabular form; if these deaths were reviewed under clinical audit or HIQA processes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42598/25]

2910. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has developed a standardised care pathway for recurrent urinary tract infections in women, particularly for older adults; if this includes specific outcome improvement measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42599/25]