1368. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that have attended each outpatient clinic at St. James's Hospital in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025; the frequency in which each of those clinics are held; if you could also indicate if each outpatient clinic is consultant led or nurse led, in tabular form. [29364/25]
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1370. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that have attended each outpatient clinic held at CHI Temple Street in 2024 and to-date in 2025; the frequency in which each of those clinics are held; if they will indicate if each outpatient clinic is consultant led or nurse led, in tabular form. [29366/25]
1373. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapy resources (details supplied) in the Cork south west area. [29380/25]
1377. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Health if her Department will mandate standardised breast density reporting for women who have mammograms in Ireland, be they either public or private patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29436/25]
1379. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update in relation to funding for IVF; if she will reply to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29452/25]
1386. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the services currently on offer in the postnatal hubs already established; if there are plans to expand these services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29474/25]
1413. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that have contacted the HSE drug and alcohol helpline in and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29553/25]
1438. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently on a waiting list for orthodontic assessment and for orthodontic treatment in Cork city and county; the steps being taken to reduce these waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29652/25]
1443. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in Cork will receive an appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29677/25]
1445. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the average length of time a person has to wait before gaining access to dialectical behaviour therapy within the HSE, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29698/25]
1451. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reasons a specific HSE support service for parents has been moved online (details supplied); if her Department will consider reversing this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29715/25]
1488. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans to expand the provision of dialectical behavioural therapy services by the HSE, particularly in areas where waiting lists are longest or services are not currently available; to outline funding commitments and time frames relating to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29887/25]
1524. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will consider implementing a streamlined outpatient follow-up system for patients with stable chronic conditions such as leukaemia in remission, whereby consultants can review routine blood test results remotely and communicate outcomes via phone or post, in order to reduce unnecessary hospital visits, alleviate car parking pressures, and shorten outpat…
1525. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the current suspension of developmental checks for babies, other than newborns, in the Killester and Milmount area, due to reported staff shortages among public health nurses; if she will outline the steps being taken to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30017/25]
1528. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30020/25]
1530. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the measures that can be taken to ensure that a person (details supplied) can be allocated a residential care home placement in the mid-west region preferably in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30034/25]
1532. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health for an update on the capital submission for the proposed mother and baby unit at St Vincent's Hospital. [30051/25]
1533. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health for an update on the feasibility study for the proposed mother and baby unit at St Vincent's Hospital, scheduled to be completed in quarter one 2025. [30052/25]
1534. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health her views on claims made in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30054/25]
1535. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if she has received correspondence regarding the 171 clinicians that are concerned about the failure to locate a surgical hub at Letterkenny University Hospital; if she will meet with representatives of these clinicians; when the meeting will take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30055/25]
1536. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if she will urgently meet with a delegation from the 171 doctors in Donegal who have requested this meeting to discuss their calls for a surgical hub to be located at Letterkenny University Hospital. [30056/25]
1537. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the number the number of beds for the western region in residential addiction services currently and in each quarter of 2025 and 2026; if beds will be available for the western region from September 2025; the work being carried out to expand access to addiction services in the west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30061/25]
1538. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide a detox unit in the west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30062/25]
1539. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of times the roadmap for service improvement oversight group has met; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30086/25]
1540. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the actions that her Department will take to ensure that medication is made available to persons who need it (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30092/25]