2418. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 482 of 24 September 2024 if a medical procedure will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will request an explanation from the hospital as to why numerous dates for the operation over a three-year period were cancelled when his case was deemed extremely urgent by his medical team. [45904/25]
Topics / Medical Inquiries
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsMedical Inquiries
64 questions from 30 TDs, between 20 February 2025 and 29 September 2026.
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64 written, 0 oral
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Independents counted together
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| January 2025 | 0 |
| February 2025 | 4 |
| March 2025 | 2 |
| April 2025 | 20 |
| May 2025 | 7 |
| June 2025 | 1 |
| July 2025 | 4 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 2 |
| October 2025 | 0 |
| November 2025 | 8 |
| December 2025 | 0 |
| January 2026 | 0 |
| February 2026 | 4 |
| March 2026 | 7 |
| April 2026 | 1 |
| May 2026 | 1 |
| June 2026 | 0 |
| July 2026 | 2 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 1 |
| October 2026 | 0 |
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The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.
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2668. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if a speech and language appointment will be expedited (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41302/25]
694. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 750, 751 and 752 of 25 February 2025, when he intends to write to this Deputy regarding the office of the State pathologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38982/25]
793. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the redress for families in circumstances in which parents of children have been informed by CHI that their child or children have been operated on unnecessarily; the next steps in the review of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35748/25]
863. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if she will carry out an independent inquiry into mesh implants, to establish the facts, the extent of harm, and develop a registry of the individuals affected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36216/25]
1264. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 336 of 20 February 2025, for an update on the epilim inquiry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28942/25]
654. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of an inquiry into sodium valproate. [28755/25]
666. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if Children’s Health Ireland made her aware of a 2021 internal investigation (details supplied); if she has been provided with a copy of the report and its findings; if not, if she has requested a copy; if she will commit to publishing this report when she receives it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28812/25]
667. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if any disciplinary action has been taken against a consultant in Children’s Health Ireland (details supplied); if this case was referred to the Irish Medical Council; if so, the date at which it was referred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28813/25]
784. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25166/25]
857. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if osteotomies conducted on children at locations other than Temple Street, Crumlin, and Cappagh hospitals will be considered in any further review of cases and surgical practice following the clinical audit at the aforementioned hospitals; if not, whether an audit will be conducted across other departments or hospitals to ascertain whether they should be incl…
869. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of families who have been sent letters in respect of the Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) commissioned review into hip surgeries; if she has requested CHI to provide this number; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25877/25]
198. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health in relation to the long awaited inquiry into the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate, why the data regulations have yet to be signed off on, which would finally enable the formal commencement of this inquiry after many years of delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24692/25]
2209. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to examine the following matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19721/25]
2217. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the reason the data regulations have yet to be signed off for the establishment of an inquiry into the historical licensing and use of sodium valproate in women of child-bearing potential in the State. [19759/25]
2222. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason the relevant data regulations have yet to be signed off on which would finally enable the formal commencement of the non-statutory inquiry into the historical licensing and use of sodium valproate in women of childbearing potential in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19786/25]
2244. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the establishment of the ‘Non-Statutory Inquiry into the Licensing and Use of Sodium Valproate in Women of Child-Bearing Potential in the State’; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19856/25]
2245. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health when she will commence S.I. No. 752/2024 Data Protection Act 2018 (Control of Data for the Inquiry into the Historical Licensing and Use of Sodium Valproate) Regulations 2024. [19857/25]
2283. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the status of the inquiry into the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20079/25]
2284. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the status of the inquiry into the historical licencing and prescribing of sodium valproate in Ireland; when the inquiry began; if any interim reports have been published to-date; when it is expected to conclude; when the findings will be published; the terms of reference of the inquiry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20080/25]
2289. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the reason the data regulations have yet to be signed off on to enable the formal commencement of the inquiry into the historical licensing and use of sodium valproate in women of child-bearing potential in the State (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20090/25]
2290. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a petition in respect of the use of sodium valproate in women (details supplied); and the steps she will take on foot of the petition. [20095/25]
2306. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the reason there has been such long delays commencing the non-statutory inquiry into sodium valproate (epilim) licensing and prescribing; when this inquiry will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20169/25]
2308. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the reason the data regulations have yet to be signed off on which would finally enable the formal commencement of the Inquiry that was given Cabinet approval to establish an inquiry into the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate in Ireland after many years of delay on the part of successive Governments despite the various assurances th…
2337. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health when the formalisation of the relevant data regulations required for the non-statutory inquiry into the Historical Licensing and Use of Sodium Valproate in Women of Child-Bearing Potential in the State to be formally commenced will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20269/25]