Primary Care Services

136. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the measures her Department and the HSE are taking to recruit for the number of vacancies across all primary care roles in Balbriggan and Swords, including speech and language therapy, physiotherapy and psychology; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64562/25]

138. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the measures her Department and the HSE are taking to address the long waiting lists for psychology appointments in primary care in the areas of Balbriggan and Swords; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64561/25]

178. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Health when primary care occupational therapy services will be restored in Offaly and Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64085/25]

194. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the staffing benchmarks she is aiming to implement in primary care services for young people, where waiting-lists across the disciplines of psychology, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and physiotherapy are in crisis; if she will suspend the pay and numbers strategy and undertake a comprehensive recruitment drive based on those…

475. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health to outline the expected impact on the local community of the removal of diabetic clinics from Carrick primary care centre; if the HSE has any further plans to remove other services from the Carrick primary care centre campus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62533/25]

482. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on delivery of the HSE's national service plan 2025 targets for primary care expansion in Dublin north, city and county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62560/25]

986. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if a GP service will operate in the new Adamstown primary care centre; when these services will be operational; how local residents can apply to be patients of the GP service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61327/25]

444. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health in view of the Government’s decision to zone more land for housing needs, the steps her Department will take to ensure that essential medical services including GP services will be provided in areas where the growing population requires it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60737/25]

1658. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of staff that will be working in the Adamstown primary care centre when it opens; the disciplines involved; whether the staff will be new staff or existing staff relocated from other areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57950/25]

319. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the fact that the South Dublin Primary Care referrals office has no contact details available (details supplied); if she will instruct her Department to revise the system and ensure that it confirms that referrals have been received, provides information to parents as to whether their child is on a waiting list, and the expec…

304. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health to confirm whether primary care psychology services in an area (details supplied) were closed in March 2025 due to no psychologists being in post; if the service remains closed for this reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53972/25]

305. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the number of psychologist posts currently filled in a primary care service (details supplied); the number of posts currently vacant; the efforts being undertaken regarding recruitment for vacant psychologist roles; when it is envisaged any vacant posts will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53973/25]

306. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently on the waiting list for primary care psychology services in an area (details supplied); the number of children referred to the service but not placed on the waiting list, and the reason for same, to include the number that were deemed not in need of services by the HSE; and the number of families that did not c…

307. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the number of children that have been removed from the assessment list for the primary care psychology services waitlist in an area (details supplied); as a result of failing to fill out and return a form to the HSE in the specified timeframe, in tabular form. [53975/25]

548. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the reason diabetic services are no longer available at the Carrick-on-Suir primary care centre; the status of the centre of excellence for diabetic services that was to be established at Saint Brigid’s hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52938/25]

1124. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the positions unfilled in primary care; the number on waiting lists in each county, by team, and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47635/25]

2685. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is currently on the primary care waiting list for ASD-related supports in County Longford; if so, the position on the list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41429/25]

3255. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on plans to expand primary care capacity in Ballymun and Finglas. [44127/25]

172. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the current situation with the ophthalmology services at Longford Clinic; if there is a doctor attending this clinic each week; the number of days the service is being provided; if this service is currently operating on a weekly basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37980/25]

173. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the ophthalmology test results and review appointment for a person (details supplied) in Longford, noting that this person previously underwent tests but, due to the delay in seeing the ophthalmologist, had to have these tests repeated; if steps will be taken to ensure this does not occur again; when this pe…

246. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of children reaching 12 months within the reporting period who have had their 9–11 month public health nurse child health and development assessment on time or before reaching 12 months of age at the end of June 2023-2025, in tabular form. [38213/25]

247. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of infants visited by a public health nurse within 72 hours of discharge from maternity services, for each year 2023-2025 to date, in tabular form. [38214/25]

832. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health if she plans or if proposals are being actively considered for the development of a community access support team in the County Louth area, similar to that which has been developed in Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37497/25]

342. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken and the progress made in relation to filling the vacant occupational therapist posts in primary care in County Laois, as there has been no occupational therapists in the service for several years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36678/25]

781. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing universal free primary care, including GP care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35673/25]