Healthcare Policy

587. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health why medical alert dogs are not recognised under legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4021/25]

588. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health if the same provisions shared by the various support dogs recognised under legislation can be extended to medical alert dogs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4022/25]

589. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health if she would consider utilising community audiologists to serve HSE medical card holders, who already provide care to PRSI contributors through the treatment benefit scheme as this would drastically reduce the waiting list for adult-onset hearing loss, free up HSE audiologists' resources for children and adults, whose hearing loss relates …

606. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the supports to be put in place to resource community drugs services, providing therapeutic or day supports including counselling, rehabilitation, education or aftercare, to newly arrived migrants who require such services. [4152/25]

220. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health for clarification on the Government's policy towards the farming of hemp, particularly in light of a number of cases of licensed hemp farmers being monitored and raided by An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3906/25]

242. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health her plans to introduce regional rehabilitation services for amputees. [3761/25]

1179. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health her plans to recognise polycystic ovary syndrome as a chronic condition under the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2817/25]

1181. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health to clarify the current status of the free HRT scheme roll-out; an updated timeline for the roll-out of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2823/25]

1185. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to include screening for HSV1 and HSV2 in the HSE’s free home STI test kits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2828/25]

1191. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health her plans to expand the age cohorts included under the free contraception scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2837/25]

1210. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) diagnosed with functional neurologic disorder (FND) can be funded in these exceptional circumstances by the HSE to attend a private FND specialist in Dublin, as this is the only treatment available for FND in Ireland and no other hospital in Ireland can treat this person; and if he will make a state…

1304. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to provide pay and conditions parity for section 39 healthcare workers. [46181/24]

1346. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the implementation of the National Traveller Mental Health Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46421/24]

1424. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the proposals he has to increase the number of doctors operating in general practice nationally, and also specifically in both counties Wicklow and Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46796/24]

1455. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will commit to establishing an independent commissioner for ageing and older people, similar to that which is in place in both Northern Ireland and Wales; and if his Government will implement a well-resourced programme of action to counteract ageism. [46905/24]

1489. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health the progress to date on the ban of on the sale of single-use disposable and flavoured vapes. [1095/25]

1490. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health when he expects the ban of on the sale of single-use disposable and flavoured vapes to come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1096/25]

1498. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Health further to the enactment of the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Act 2023, to provide an update on plans to fully ban the sale of disposable vapes in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1127/25]

1501. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if he will consider including organ transplant recipients in the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1143/25]

1513. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health if he is considering adding Crohn's disease to the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1192/25]

1536. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if polycystic ovary syndrome will be recognised under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1305/25]

1553. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health the current policy in relation to mixed-sex wards in Irish hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1448/25]

1687. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health if he will establish an all-Ireland approach to rehabilitative medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2111/25]