1630. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department has taken following the final report on the inclusion health framework (details supplied) which was submitted earlier in spring 2025; the further actions she and her Department plan to take on this report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57774/25]
Topics / Healthcare Policy
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsHealthcare Policy
999 questions from 121 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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990 written, 9 oral
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| January 2025 | 12 |
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| March 2025 | 28 |
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| May 2025 | 35 |
| June 2025 | 36 |
| July 2025 | 34 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 74 |
| October 2025 | 24 |
| November 2025 | 54 |
| December 2025 | 28 |
| January 2026 | 50 |
| February 2026 | 73 |
| March 2026 | 62 |
| April 2026 | 91 |
| May 2026 | 147 |
| June 2026 | 97 |
| July 2026 | 33 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 26 |
| October 2026 | 50 |
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1632. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 440 of 2 October 2025, the reason transgender men who may have had their ovaries removed are excluded from the free HRT scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57790/25]
1633. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 440 of 2 October 2025, the reason a distinction was made between women who have had their ovaries removed and those born without them in the case of transgender women to get access to the free HRT scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57791/25]
1746. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she shares the concern of polio survivors regarding the lack of a specialist neurology clinic in the State; and if she has plans to establish such a clinic. [58269/25]
1793. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the up-to-date position with the national dementia registry as recently announced in May 2025 by the Minister of State in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58585/25]
1832. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will review the current HSE policy that prevents carers from administering PEG (gastrostomy) feeds to children with disabilities, even where families have trained carers who are competent to safely carry out this routine task; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58772/25]
1851. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 845 of 30 September 2025, the process through which individuals are assessed and approved for HSE funding for gender affirmation surgery abroad, including which specialists or multidisciplinary teams are involved and whether the HSE independently diagnoses gender dysphoria or relies on external assessments. [58817/25]
1856. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 845 of 30 September 2025, the criteria used by the HSE to assess eligibility for funding gender affirmation surgery abroad; and the grounds on which an application may be refused. [58822/25]
1879. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the date and implementation plan for the dissolution of Children's Health Ireland; to provide assurances regarding continuity of paediatric specialist services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58943/25]
1918. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to examine the urgent need for reform in prosthetic provision for children in Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59197/25]
1958. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the mental and physical health supports available for students in Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59389/25]
842. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 336 and 337 of 15 October 2025, the reason her Department has produced documents stating transgender individuals are excluded from the scheme, despite the diagnosis of any medical condition and the prescribing of treatment for said condition being a matter for a patient and healthcare provider; and if she will make a …
335. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to expanding the new HRT scheme to include the drug veoza; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55882/25]
336. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 440 of 2 October 2025, whether transgender men who have undergone oophorectomies are eligible for the scheme; if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55900/25]
337. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 440 of 2 October 2025, the reason for the distinction being made in the implementation of the free HRT scheme between women experiencing menopausal symptoms as a consequence of surgical removal of the ovaries, and women born without ovaries who are experiencing the same symptoms. [55901/25]
355. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 894 of 30 September 2025, if she will consider including a test for prostate cancer in the annual blood test for those men aged 66 years and over; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54524/25]
302. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the extent to which Ireland contributes to European commission expert groups covering the healthcare sector; the identities of Irish representatives to these groups; the value these groups provide when it comes to policy making; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54209/25]
566. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the current policy with respect to the national screening of newborns for spinal muscular atrophy and severe combined immunodeficiency; if her Department intends the full addition of testing for both conditions as part of the Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme; the reason testing for spinal muscular atrophy in particular is not yet carried out consistently…
597. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department has assessed the implications for public health of requiring people to work into their late sixties, in particular regarding occupational health and chronic illness and if she will publish those assessments. [53106/25]
624. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health if her Department collects, ethnicity-disaggregated data in reproductive and maternal health services; if so, to outline the categories used and how the data is utilised; if not, to provide the reason such data is not collected and the plans to do so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53312/25]
625. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health if her Department has undertaken, commissioned, or funded any research into reproductive health outcomes for racialised women in Ireland (details supplied); if so, to provide details with specific reference to maternal health, menopause, gynaecological disorders, and reproductive cancers; if not, if her Department has considered commissioning such studi…
626. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the way in which the forthcoming Equality Data Strategy will apply to women’s health data; the way in which it will capture the experiences of racialised women across key lifecycle stages such as menstruation, pregnancy, postnatal care, menopause, and gynaecological disorders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53314/25]
105. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health for an update on the development of a new model of care for transgender healthcare services; the current timeframe for competition of this work; if she will commit to increasing the funding provided to the development of this new model in budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52410/25]
440. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 610 of 23 September 2025, the conditions included in the free hormone replacement therapy scheme under ‘medically induced menopause’; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52750/25]
472. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to international approaches, such as the Australian or UK models, for stroke rehabilitation; and if Ireland plans to adopt similar practices [52922/25]