Healthcare Policy

347. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the medical card policy towards funding to replace a prosthetic limb in children in circumstances including damage beyond repair to the prosthetic and need for different prosthetic arising from surgery. [35128/25]

165. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if he will introduce statutory leave entitlements for those undergoing fertility treatment such as IVF, and for those who experience early miscarriage, in light of the emotional, physical and financial burden involved; if he will support the passage and implementation of the Organisation of Working Time (Reproductive…

182. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken by her Department to increase awareness about sickle cell disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34575/25]

218. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if an initiative will be considered whereby a subsidisation of fees for medical students in return for a set period practising in rural Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34828/25]

223. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will review the current HSE criteria for access to approved treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, particularly in relation to the exclusion of approximately 20 adult patients who were over 18 at the time of initial approval; if she will engage with stakeholders, including two organisations (details supplied), to explore a fairer, ne…

235. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the progress her Department has made in honouring the Programme for Government commitment that an early access programme for medicines would be established by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34949/25]

790. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health his views on the impact of antimicrobial resistance on the health service in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33834/25]

821. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the regulations in place with regard to the use of sunbeds, especially by minors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32174/25]

829. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the current status of the women’s health action plan; whether her Department is planning to integrate premenstrual dysphoric disorder into that plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32289/25]

830. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the actions her Department and its agencies are taking to ensure that all healthcare professionals, including GPs, psychiatrists, nurses, midwives and allied health practitioners, are aware of PMDD; the training, guidelines or continuous professional development programmes in place or planned to support earlier and more accurate diagnosis; and …

831. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to educate the general population, school communities and healthcare practitioners on women’s health conditions such as PMDD, including whether the Department will liaise with the Minister for Education and Youth to ensure relevant content on hormones and mental health is incorporated into Junior and Senior Cycle SPHE (or suc…

832. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has considered commissioning a national prevalence study on women’s health conditions, specifically focusing on comorbidities, including but not limited to PMDD; if such a study has been considered, to state the expected timeline for its initiation and completion; if not, to outline the reasons; and if she will make a sta…

879. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the adoption of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health guidelines for healthcare professionals working with transgender and gender non-conforming individuals in an Irish context; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32512/25]

909. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the way in which the Government’s legislative response to the rise in vaping intends to be future proofed and cater for novel products such as nicotine pouches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32691/25]

910. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to providing QUIT campaigns with free NRT products to people addicted to vapes and nicotine pouches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32692/25]

932. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the next iteration of the Tobacco Free Ireland Strategy will contain objectives relating to nicotine products, such as e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches, to keep pace with current and emerging trends; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32775/25]

936. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the progress made on implementing a multi-year funding approach for the health service, as committed to in the Programme for Government; the measures in place to achieve this commitment; if it is her intension to announce this in Budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32779/25]

560. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to establishing a baby loss certificate for early pregnancy loss-miscarriage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31607/25]

314. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health when there will be equal access for spinraza treatment for adults with spinal muscular atrophy treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30952/25]

937. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will classify long Covid as an occupational illness as has been done in other European countries; if he will extend the special leave with pay for people who continue to suffer from long-covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30144/25]

1390. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to providing some pelvic-floor rehabilitation as a matter of course, not just for those suffering birth injuries, such as that provided in France; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29478/25]

1466. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health for an update on her plans to implement the Programme for Government commitment to investigate new methods for earlier reimbursement of certain treatments, including early access schemes for rare diseases and cancer medicines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29790/25]

1585. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health if she will ban the use of hexahydrocannabinol vapes in Ireland; the timeline for the ban; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30333/25]

1598. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health if she plans to reintroduce statutory schemes that ceased in 2012 to supplement the cost of existing or newly diagnosed patients with coeliac disease requiring gluten-free diets to supplement the cost of the diet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30415/25]

1614. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the regulations in place on HHC vapes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30523/25]