779. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a replacement set of special footwear prescribed for a person (details supplied) can be provided immediately. [25127/25]
Topics / Medical Aids and Appliances
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsMedical Aids and Appliances
266 questions from 83 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.
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266 written, 0 oral
83
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Independents counted together
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| January 2025 | 1 |
| February 2025 | 27 |
| March 2025 | 11 |
| April 2025 | 9 |
| May 2025 | 25 |
| June 2025 | 14 |
| July 2025 | 25 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 6 |
| October 2025 | 21 |
| November 2025 | 16 |
| December 2025 | 7 |
| January 2026 | 6 |
| February 2026 | 7 |
| March 2026 | 36 |
| April 2026 | 13 |
| May 2026 | 10 |
| June 2026 | 4 |
| July 2026 | 5 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 16 |
| October 2026 | 7 |
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786. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason a specialist helmet was turned down for a child (details supplied) by his CDNT; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25197/25]
794. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health which local health authorities have a reimbursement scheme offering an ESB rebate in lieu of the excess electricity costs incurred by running a home oxygen generator/machine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25236/25]
313. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the party responsible for the approval of CGM sensors, and if there is an appeals system in place for individuals who are unsuccessful in their application for such a device. [24919/25]
200. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will direct Children’s Health Ireland to carry out a retrospective communication campaign to formally notify all families of children and young people who have ever received MAGEC rod implants of a field safety notice (FSN) issued by a manufacturer in December 2021, including those patients whose rods have been removed or who have aged out of paediatric ca…
201. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a detailed breakdown of the total number of children and young people in Ireland who have received MAGEC rod implants, in tabular form; the number that currently have MAGEC rods left to fuse in situ; and the number that have aged out of paediatric care with MAGEC rods still in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24703/25]
202. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will publish the clinical rationale for the approach of leaving MAGEC rod implants in situ beyond the two-year implantation period recommended by the manufacturer in the December 2021 field safety notice (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24704/25]
203. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if Children’s Health Ireland obtained explicit, informed consent from each family prior to a clinical decision being made to leave MAGEC rods in place to fuse in situ; if this consent process included the provision of written information outlining the known increased risks of adverse events associated with prolonged implantation beyond two years as required (deta…
204. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the use of MAGEC rods left to fuse in situ beyond two years in patients under the care of Children’s Health Ireland (CHI), contrary to the manufacturer’s instructions for use, was treated as off-label use under EU Medical Devices Regulation (MDR) 2017/745; if CHI ensured that a documented clinical justification was made; if families received written informatio…
205. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if any cases involving the off-label use of MAGEC rods were reviewed by clinical governance structures, ethics committees, or hospital risk management teams within Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) (details supplied); if not, if she will now require CHI to carry out a retrospective audit of these cases to ensure regulatory and ethical compliance; and if she will ma…
206. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) routinely monitors blood levels of titanium, cobalt, and chromium in patients with MAGEC rods left to fuse in situ, in light of CHI's own findings (details supplied); if she will publish CHI's clinical policy for the follow-up and monitoring of patients who have aged out of paediatric care with MAGEC rods still in place, includi…
207. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of vigilance reports or device-related incident notifications which have been submitted by Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) or the HSE to the Health Products Regulatory Authority in relation to MAGEC rods since the implementation of EU Medical Devices Regulation (MDR) 2017/745; if she will publish a breakdown of the nature of adverse events or faults re…
208. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason MAGEC rods remain unapproved for general use in Ireland and are only accessible under compassionate grounds; if she will publish the clinical and regulatory rationale for this continued restriction, including any safety concerns identified by the Health Products Regulatory Authority or other regulatory bodies; the steps being taken to assess the safety…
209. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if Children’s Health Ireland and associated paediatric spinal services record and report deaths of children and young people following scoliosis surgery using internationally recognised postoperative timeframes, including 30-day and 90-day mortality and in-hospital death; if she will publish all available data on postoperative mortality following scoliosis surger…
219. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the reason the policy around funding for diabetes glucose monitors was changed in 2023 to only cover those with type 1 diabetes; if she is considering extending this funding to any other cohort, in particular those with CFRD (cystic fibrosis related diabetes); the estimated amount it would cost to extend this funding to those with CFRD; and if she will make a …
231. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if she will request from Children’s Health Ireland details of the procedures in place for the handling and storage of medical devices that have failed in paediatric patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24044/25]
1099. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 406 of 27 March 2025, if she will provide a detailed breakdown of the reasons 132 of the 200 appeals to reimbursement recommendations for continuous glucose monitor sensors submitted by clinicians on behalf of their patients were rejected (details supplied); if the patients rejected on appeal were clinically confirm…
424. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if she will examine an application by a person (details supplied) for a ACC device; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22076/25]
194. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health if she will outline any reimbursement or subsidy scheme available for the payment of hearing aid batteries (details supplied). [21412/25]
196. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the status her promised inquiries into the lack of insulin pump treatment for adults in the mid-west HSE area; when she will be able to provide an update; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21427/25]
1992. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health when the new sensor (details supplied) will be authorised for use with an insulin pump which is being requested by those struggling with T1 diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18588/25]
2010. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if the free style libre will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18718/25]
2104. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied). [19268/25]
2229. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the recommendations of the CMO’s report, Use of Uro-Gynaecological Mesh in Surgical Procedures, and of the report from the HSE’s national vaginal mesh implant oversight group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19808/25]
419. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the HIQA review into the use of surgical implants and medical devices at Children's Health Ireland; the date on which she expects this report to be presented to her; if she will commit to publishing the report thereafter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18322/25]