Health Services

570. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has investigated the cost associated with enabling student health facilities to offer free blood tests and free prescriptions for hormones to trans and non-binary students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22779/25]

571. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has investigated the costs associated with providing the student population with free HIV rapid testing and PrEP on-campus; if she intends to provide this service to students and the costs associated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22789/25]

574. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the need for a generator on Clare Island; if HSE Estates are working to provide one; if there is a timeframe for the provision of the generator and other urgent repair works to the health centre on Clare Island; if the island GP can be involved in discussions regarding repair works; and if she will make a statement on t…

575. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the lack of appropriate transport for patients on Clare Island; if she is aware that when a patient needs to be transported to the helipad or lifeboat this is often by way of a farm or builders’ van; the plans in place to provide an ambulance service for the island; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22811…

340. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the fact that there has been a seven-year pause on the mid-urethral sling for stress urinary incontinence in women; when this pause will be reevaluated, given the number of women who have been travelling abroad to avail of this service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21749/25]

359. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to give favourable consideration to a request from an organisation (details supplied) to mandate for standardised breast density reporting for women who have public and private mammograms in Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21876/25]

362. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health if her Department will engage with a company (details supplied) that has completed a HTA, for the provision of treatment for adults with spinal muscular atrophy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21933/25]

178. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she will review the case of an elderly person (details supplied) who was recently removed from the public health nurse (PHN) service, and a nurse had been providing essential vitamin B12 injections on a three-week cycle; if, in view of these circumstances, she will confirm that the decision to remove this patient from the PHN service will be…

190. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health for an update on the expansion of IVF support to include secondary infertility as announced in Budget 2025; if a timeline for this can be shared; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21350/25]

192. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will respond to the extensive correspondence from a person (details supplied); if an unreserved apology and refund of fees will be issued by the HSE to the person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21398/25]

193. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if she will review correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21408/25]

241. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by the HSE on management consultants and external professional services, by type, for quarter 1 of each year, 2019-2025, in direct comparison, in tabular form; the amount paid to each individual firm; and the time period for payments to each firm. [21580/25]

246. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health the basis upon which the free contraception scheme excludes those aged over 35; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21598/25]

253. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the total cost to the HSE of management consultancy services for 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 by CHO regional health area, in tabular form. [21638/25]

1812. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 253, 254 and 255 of 2 April 2025, the cooperation that exists between HSE-funded disability services and HSE-funded genetic services, including cooperation between disability services and genetic counselling services, cooperation between disability s…

1813. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 253, 254 and 255 of 2 April 2025, the actions undertaken or planned by the HSE to ensure that genetic counselling services and early intervention disability services support one another (details supplied). [19036/25]

1814. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 253, 254 and 255 of 2 April 2025, the cooperation that exists for the purpose of drafting service plans, corporate plans, and similar operational documents between HSE disability services and the National Test Directory for Rare and Inherited Disease…

1827. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding allocated to the Central Remedial Clinic (CRC); the services provided by the CRC which are funded by this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19144/25]

1976. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health when a report in relation to a person (details supplied) will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18501/25]

1977. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if a report in relation to a person (details supplied) will be commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18502/25]

1978. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if early detection screening programmes for heart valve disease or structural heart disease will form part of the recommendations of the unpublished review of cardiac services in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18512/25]

1993. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the supports that are in place for those with vasculitis; and if she or her Department will consider additional funding for research. [18600/25]

1999. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a child (details supplied) in relation to a financial rebate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18672/25]

2009. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if developmental checks are being offered to newborns for the appropriate month milestones by public health nurses from the Boot Road primary care centre; the options available to parents if their children are not to be offered appointments due to staff shortages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18716/25]

2018. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the addition of pulmonary fibrosis to the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18790/25]