Healthcare Policy

737. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health if GPs are entitled to charge a full visit fee in advance of issuing an initial prescription for medication covered by the free HRT scheme; if GPs are entitled to charge a full visit fee for issuing repeat prescriptions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41326/26]

1101. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if she will advise on the process for transferring a person from a care home placement in the United Kingdom to a residential care facility in County Monaghan; if funding arrangements can be maintained under the common travel area agreement in such circumstances; and if she will make…

1105. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health her Department’s position on the scientific evidence regarding foetal nociception and sentience from 20 weeks’ gestation; whether clinical guidelines on foetal pain relief in terminations have been prepared following the review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3…

1107. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health whether she supports the development of evidence-based clinical guidelines on foetal pain management consistent with neonatal care standards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38735/26]

1125. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the cost of establishing each integrated healthcare area; and the projected annual cost of operating each integrated healthcare area compared to community healthcare organisations. [38801/26]

1167. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of introducing free MART (ICS-formoterol) inhalers for children aged 12-17 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38931/26]

1168. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health if she will consider introducing free MART (ICS-formoterol) inhalers for children aged 12-17 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38932/26]

1170. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if measures have been put in place to prevent persons entering the State who are travelling directly or indirectly from the Congo and other countries impacted by the current Ebola outbreak; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38941/26]

1171. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the contingency measures in place at Irish ports and airports to screen for potential imported cases of the Bundibugyo Ebola strain from the Democratic Republic of the Congo or Uganda, in light of the confirmed cross-border spread and the PHEIC declaration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38944/26]

1172. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the specific advice that has been issued to the public and healthcare professionals regarding travel to or from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, following the WHO’s determination of the Ebola outbreak as a public health emergency of international concern; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38946/26]

1173. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if Ireland’s national pandemic and infectious disease preparedness plans have been reviewed in light of the recent Ebola outbreak which lacks a specific licensed vaccine; the lessons from previous Ebola responses that are being applied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38949/26]

1174. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the current stock of personal protective equipment and any Ebola-specific medical countermeasures held in Ireland’s strategic national reserve; whether additional procurement is planned in response to the declared international health emergency in central Africa; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38952/26]

1190. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if she will consider introducing a single clinically-led prioritisation system for ophthalmology referrals based solely on clinical need irrespective of referral pathway; the reasons such a system does not already exist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38998/26]

1319. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the absence of a national waiting list or central referral pathway for PrEP has been formally identified within the HSE or Department of Health as a patient safety, governance or access risk. [39276/26]

1333. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 917 of 6 May 2026, the reason individuals (details supplied) in County Sligo who attend day care centres are being charged a €4 daily fee for using HSE funded transport operated by the Local Link; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39326/26]

1361. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the current population figures for persons aged over 70 years and children under eight years in north County Dublin that her Department and the HSE are using to provide healthcare;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39483/26]

1364. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health whether Action 14 of the HSE Position Paper on FASD Prevention, published in September 2022, namely “Explore potential for screening and appropriate surveillance of FASD cases” led by HSE Public Health; National Women and Infants Health Programme; HSE National Screening Service; which was due to be completed within three years of publication, has…

1367. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health if she will consider adding Crohn's disease to the long-term illness scheme, given the incurable nature of the disease and significant impact on patients' lives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39551/26]

1369. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health to set out the full process and eligibility criteria for patients accessing the Northern Ireland Planned Healthcare Scheme; and to provide the number of applications, approvals, refusals and reimbursements issued under the scheme in each of the past three years, along with any planned changes or improvements. [39553/26]

1370. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health to outline the process and administrative requirements for patients seeking treatment under the Cross Border Directive; and to provide the number of applications, approvals, refusals and reimbursements recorded under the scheme in each of the past three years, together with any planned changes or improvements. [39554/26]

1373. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if she will confirm whether Action 9 of the HSE Position Paper on FASD Prevention, published in September 2022, namely "Expand availability of Drug and Alcohol Liaison Midwifery Services, with access to full range of supports (including detoxification) in pregnancy" led by HSE Acute Hospitals; National Women and Infants Health Programme; HSE S…

1423. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department intends to establish a national classification framework distinguishing medically necessary procedures from elective, quality-of-life, experimental or non-urgent procedures for public funding and governance purposes. [39782/26]

1469. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken to prevent foetal alcohol syndrome; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40045/26]

1492. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if she will consider a proposal to allow elderly people who are not entitled to a medical card and who have paid PRSI all their lives be exempt from the €100 accident and emergency charge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40267/26]

358. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the status of the review of the long-term illness scheme; if she will consider the inclusion of myasthenia gravis on the list of qualifying conditions; if her Department has assessed the financial and medical impact on older and vulnerable patients who require ongoing treatment such as mestinon up to four times daily; and if she will make a …