Primary Care Services

271. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a comprehensive list of support schemes and grants general practitioners on the general medical services scheme can avail of; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17860/25]

282. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the fact that parents have been informed that there are no speech and language or occupational therapy services available in the Ballyboden primary care centre; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that when these parents seek to access these therapies in other HSE centres they are informed that …

784. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the services presently being provided at the Ennis primary healthcare centre at Station Road, Ennis, County Clare; and the additional staffing and services planned for the facility. [15616/25]

785. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the services presently being provided at the Kilrush primary healthcare centre in County Clare; and the additional staffing and services planned for the facility. [15617/25]

829. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the waiting lists for primary care speech and language therapy in Cork per community health network, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15847/25]

449. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Health the position regarding plans for a building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13039/25]

450. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if the resources that were provided by the HSE to facilitate the increased workload on primary care since the end of pandemic will be quantified. [13041/25]

1877. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health which of the eight vacancies currently in primary care in Donegal which were vacant as of December 2023, will be considered for funding going forward (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12608/25]

1878. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health which of the eight vacancies specifically in primary care service in Donegal which have been vacant as of December 2023, will not be considered for funding going forward (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12609/25]

99. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the budget for primary care services in 2025; the proportion this represents of the total health budget for 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9922/25]

418. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the updated timelines on primary care psychology waiting list for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10374/25]

371. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health if she will consider making available a PCRS-funded primary care scheme, whereby appropriately trained GP teams and community pharmacies would be enabled to provide these services directly to people who require them, on a similar basis to the scheme for long-acting reversible contraception; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [864…

663. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide clarity on the length of time people are waiting for autism assessment in primary care, and with specific regard to a person (details supplied) waiting for assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6140/25]

728. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the psychology waiting-list numbers and exact wait-times in months and years for children and adolescents in the north Lee, south Lee, north Cork and Kerry primary care services, in tabular form; and to include numbers of years waiting for young people waiting more than 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5788/25]

729. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of additional psychology referrals transferred from the Cork and Kerry disability services to the Cork and Kerry primary care services in the context of the roll out of progressing disabilities in the region. [5789/25]

730. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the child and adolescent psychology provision in the Cork and Kerry primary care services prior to and subsequent to the roll out of progressing disabilities in the region for each of the local health areas: north Lee, south Lee, west Cork, north Cork and Kerry. [5790/25]

731. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number and grade–principal, senior, staff grade, assistant grades of psychology posts she intends to advertise for each local health area–north Lee, south Lee, west Cork, north Cork and Kerry–in the Cork and Kerry primary care services this year; the projected dates of that recruitment drive; and the contract type–permanent or temporary–in …

757. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that the primary care centre in Balbriggan is being under-utilised while waiting lists for health services in north County Dublin continue to grow; if she has plans to use this space by increasing the availability of services within the Balbriggan medical centre; to provide details of the additional or expanded services; and…

758. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if she has considered the use of directly employed GPs to alleviate the chronic waiting times for GP services in north County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5866/25]

759. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the current services offered by the HSE in the medical centre in Balbriggan, and the hours for which each service is available on a weekly basis, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5867/25]

616. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of services that have been withdrawn from the Mary Mercer Health Centre, Jobstown, in the past 12 months; the reason those seeking to access services are instead being directed to a denominational service provider in Tallaght; the reason services have been withdrawn; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4202/25]

1326. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant optometry and ophthalmology roles in primary care services in CHO7. [46303/24]

1338. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in CHO8 awaiting podiatry within primary care services as of 4 December 2024. [46371/24]

1391. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to expedite the provision of a minor injuries and diagnostic clinic on the grounds of the old District Hospital/Killarney Community Hospital, along with a primary care centre for the town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46627/24]

1404. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the stage of the development of a minor injuries clinic for Killarney to improve health services, including accident and emergency in Kerry as a whole; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46711/24]