240. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if she will seek a reduction in waiting lists of up to two years for cardiac rehabilitation programmes, which reduce death from heart disease by at least 20%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39815/25]
Topics / Health Strategies
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsHealth Strategies
359 questions from 81 TDs, between 5 February 2025 and 21 October 2026.
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354 written, 5 oral
81
TDs have asked
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Independents counted together
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| January 2025 | 0 |
| February 2025 | 14 |
| March 2025 | 9 |
| April 2025 | 17 |
| May 2025 | 22 |
| June 2025 | 11 |
| July 2025 | 23 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 13 |
| October 2025 | 18 |
| November 2025 | 22 |
| December 2025 | 10 |
| January 2026 | 6 |
| February 2026 | 59 |
| March 2026 | 36 |
| April 2026 | 9 |
| May 2026 | 10 |
| June 2026 | 55 |
| July 2026 | 8 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 14 |
| October 2026 | 3 |
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The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.
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The questions
241. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking towards the removal of barriers preventing cardiac and stroke patients from returning to work on a phased basis without losing their social welfare entitlements; if he will encourage equal treatment in terms of benefits for people living with other lifelong conditions and disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39…
252. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if her Department will undertake a full assessment of the financial impact of heart failure on patients with recommendations on appropriate actions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39903/25]
253. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an overview of actions that are being taken to ensure a reduction in current waiting lists of up to two years for cardiac rehabilitation programmes, which reduce death from heart disease by at least 20%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39904/25]
763. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the new rare disease strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37134/25]
780. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health her plans to adequately resource the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetic and Genomic Medicine to position Ireland as an international leader in genomics; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37254/25]
369. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of the Men's Health Action Plan 2024-2028; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36861/25]
370. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health for an update on the new national sexual health strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36862/25]
371. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the planned skin cancer awareness programme. [36863/25]
240. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the expected capital expenditure required in future years to underpin the implementation in full of ‘Digital for Care: A Digital Health Framework for Ireland 2024-2030; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36327/25]
689. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that alcohol is included and made a priority in the new national drugs strategy; if she will arrange to meet a coalition group that made contact with her office (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35307/25]
32. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if there has been any costing in relation to the publication and implementation of the national framework for endometriosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27501/25]
35. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the steps she has taken to incentivise GPs to engage in discussions on the National Endometriosis Framework; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35001/25]
54. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason the new sexual health strategy has still not been published; the definitive timeline for its approval by Government and subsequent publication; if the strategy is still at design stage, as was the case in May of this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34816/25]
69. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health her plans to implement commitments contained in the national maternity strategy regarding co-locating all remaining stand-alone maternity hospitals with adult acute services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34326/25]
109. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Health if she will detail the level of funding allocated to implement all actions under a plan (details supplied); if she is confident that the strategy is fully funded and resourced; and if any challenges have arisen in relation to funding or resourcing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34537/25]
210. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health the efforts within her Department to develop a new national drugs strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34777/25]
1480. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has concluded her consideration of the new National Rare Disease Strategy; the timeline she is working towards for publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29833/25]
1555. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if a periodic audit of outcomes including emergency medical care and ectopic pregnancy diagnosis following medical termination of pregnancy, as recommended in the December 2022 report ‘National Clinical Practice Guideline: Investigation and Management of Complications of Early Termination of Pregnancy’, has been undertaken; if so, if the outcome will be supplied;…
1599. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health the total number of women affected directly by the misreading of their cervical smear tests to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30424/25]
1600. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health the total number of women who were directly affected by the misreading of their cervical smear tests who have passed away to date. [30425/25]
1601. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health the total number of women currently alive who have received a terminal diagnosis as a direct result of the misreading of cervical cancer tests. [30426/25]
578. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost, capital and current, of implementing the digital health framework; the amount by year; the amount currently funded in existing NDP ceilings; and the amount of new funding required. [28670/25]
581. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of fully implementing the cancer strategy; and the amount allocated to the strategy to date. [28674/25]
582. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of fully implementing the stroke strategy; and the amount allocated to the strategy to date. [28675/25]