PQ Responses - January 22nd 2025

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PQ 1002-25 - Joanna Byrne

To ask the Minister for Health the steps the HSE will take to urgently reduce the number of patients on trolleys at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, noting the high prevalence of respiratory illness in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1003-25 - Gary Gannon

To ask the Minister for Health the measures that are in place to provide compassionate and expedited support for terminally ill patients and their families, particularly in cases where the patient is unable to attend local offices due to their medical condition.

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PQ 1009-25 - Michael Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a staffing matter ( Minister I write with concen for the services at the Fertha View Day Care Centre in Co Kerry where there is huge concern for the services they offer there and if they will continue In recent weeks a health care Assistant has retired and they have been told this person will not be replacedThis service provides a vital service to the area and it is important that it continues Can you advise what the plans are for this centre for 2025 and beyond); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1017-25 - Paula Buttely

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of open posts currently unfilled as of 25 January 2025 in the Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, across all departments, including the accident and emergency department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1024-25 - Paula Butterly

To ask the Minister for Health the details of the total funding investment in the Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, over the past eight years; the future expansion plans to help deal with the pressures in particular on the accident and emergency department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1027-25 - Michael Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Health if a canopy can be erected to the rear of a hospital (Minister at the entrance to the dialysis unit at the back of University Hospital Kerry there is a requirement to have a canopy erected to protect people going in and out of that unit.) to protect patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1051-25 - Eoghan Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health if the treatment and management of a rare disease (Treatment and management of sticklers syndrome in Addenbrooks Hospital and Centre of Excellence in Cambridge for adults coming from Ireland) is still being facilitated under the treatment abroad scheme for adults, and if not, the reasons why; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1066-25 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the number of assistant psychologist posts the HSE intends to recruit in 2025; and the location and estimated recruitment date of each post, in tabular form.

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PQ 1085-25 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth for a breakdown of the staff numbers and grade in each of the CDNTs in County Offaly in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1086-25 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth for a breakdown of the number of children awaiting an assessment of needs in County Offaly in 2024 and to date in 2025, by age, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1116-25 - Eoghan Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support staff, personal assistants; the number of recipients of home support services and personal assistance services; the number of organisations that provide home support services or personal assistance services for older people that have exited the service in each CHO and composite LHO area, for each month in 2023 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1117-25 - Eoghan Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support staff, personal assistants; the number of recipients of home support services and personal assistance services; the number of organisations that provide home support services or personal assistance services for older people that have joined the service in each CHO and composite LHO area for each month in 2023 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1118-25 - Eoghan Kenny

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of home support staff, personal assistants; the number of recipients of home support services, personal assistance services; the number of organisations that provide home support services or personal assistance services for people with disabilities that have exited the service in each CHO and composite LHO area for each month in 2023 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1119-25 - Eoghan Kenny

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of home support staff, personal assistants; the number of recipients of home support services, personal assistance services; the number of organisations that provide home support services or personal assistance services for people with disabilities that have joined the service in each CHO and composite LHO area for each month in 2023 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1123-25 - Robert Troy

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1260 of 5 November 2024, if he will further examine the request for information (the information requested would not release the personal information of any HSE employee. The request is simply seeking to clarify if there are employees, currently in management positions who are currently in receipt of the relevant allowance. ); and if he will refer this request to the Data Protection Commissioner for determination.

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PQ 1136-25 - Brian Brennan

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the primary healthcare centre for Gorey; the timeline for completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1167-25 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if he is aware of any instances where home care agencies outsourced from the HSE are requesting that persons with a disability who have a live in carer to provide food and cover other living expenses for their carer; if so, if any such policy is decided by the HSE or by the agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1211-25 - Grace Boland

To ask the Minister for Health what plans his Department have undertaken to ensure Balbriggan primary care centre is fully occupied by the medical and administration teams assigned to the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 1212-25 - Grace Boland

To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of all medical specialities accessing and working from Balbriggan primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1215-25 - Grace Boland

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of children currently waiting for their initial CDNT appointment assigned to the Balbriggan CDNT; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1216-25 - Grace Boland

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of families assigned to Balbriggan CDNT for their initial appointment that have been redirected to alternative teams in CH09; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1217-25 - Grace Boland

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the rationale behind moving children originally assigned to Balbriggan CDNT to alternative teams in CH09; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1218-25 - Grace Boland

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth for a breakdown of the waiting lists for all CDNTs in CH09, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matt

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PQ 1219-25 - Grace Boland

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth for a breakdown of all assigned personnel, by speciality, for all CDNTs in CH09, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1222-24 - Conor Sheehan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant haematologists attached to University Hospital Limerick in 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1223-25 - Conor Sheehan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE rapid response vehicles available on a 24-7 basis in Limerick as of 6 January 2025; if this number will be further increased during 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1239-25 - Eoghan Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health how many dentists are currently part of the dental treatment service scheme in Cork north central, and in Mallow, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1250-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the current status of respite services previously provided at St Catherine’s, Newcastle, County Wicklow (the Bramble) which was suspended by the HSE in October 2024 pending the securing of an alternative; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1252-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the current weight management services in operation across the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1253-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the number of staff working in weight management services broken down, by location and service, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1254-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the number of current staff vacancies in weight management services broken down, by location and service, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1255-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the details of the plans that are in place to fill current vacancies in weight management clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1274-25 - Danny Healy-Rae

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth to give attention to a serious issue ( The HSE are requesting that Kerry Parents and Friends should fundraise for essential services, KPFA provide an essential service to people with disabilities and these services should be funded by the HSE and the Government.); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1282-25 - Seán Canney

To ask the Minister for Health what percentage of medical card reassessments are successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1306-24 - Pádraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to covering medications like Ozempic under the drug payment scheme for polycystic ovary syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1317-25 - Martin Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a recruitment campaign for HSE home care workers in the Sligo-Leitrim area; how many home care workers have been recruited since January 2024 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1320-25 - Emer Currie

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people currently eligible for BreastCheck screening who are waiting for their first mammogram in the Dublin north west HSE area of Dublin 7, 11, and 15; the number of individuals currently awaiting follow-up appointments in the same area; the length of time they have been waiting, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -

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PQ 1321-25 - Emer Currie

To ask the Minister for Health the details of the current operational status of the BreastCheck mobile unit located at the Blanchardstown Shopping Centre; if there have been changes in its operation; the number of women screened on a monthly basis since it opened; the number of women currently awaiting breast screening appointments at this mobile unit; the average waiting time for an appointment at this mobile unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1329-25 - Séamus McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that a treatment (The radiotherapy treatment Pluvicto.) is available for prostate cancer patients in Ireland for whom it is deemed medically suitable, given that the treatment can significantly extend the life of certain patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1346-25 - Eoin Ó Broin

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth for clarification regarding information provided verbally to some families of day service users of an organisation at a location ( Stewarts Care, Rossecourt, Lucan, Co. Dublin. We understand some families were advised verbally in September 2024 that day services would be ceasing at the Rossecourt complex, with no further information provided including the alternative options, the reason why or a timeframe for the changes.) that these services will be ceasing; if this is the case, the reason this decision has been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1366-24 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health the dental services available to persons with disabilities in County Monaghan; the reason such dental services are no longer available in Monaghan Hospital; if there are plans to re-introduce this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1383-25 - Jennifer Whitmore

To ask the Minister for Health for waiting times for the school dental programme in Wicklow, including details of how frequently a child currently receives a dental check-up under the programme during their time in primary school; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1387-25 - Jennifer Whitmore

To ask the Minister for Health for details of wait times for CAMHS services in Wicklow for Q3 and Q4 of 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1401-25 - Louis O'Hara

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of people awaiting a fist appointment in the CDNTs across County Galway; the number who have been waiting less than 3, 3-6, 6-12 and more than 12 months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1410-25 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated current costs that would be required to extend the opening hours of the urgent care centre at CHI in Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown from 8am-9pm, seven days a week.

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PQ 1411-25 Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of house calls that were carried out by doctors from each treatment centre of D-Doc services during each day of the recent Christmas-New Year period, in tabular form.

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PQ 1416-25 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the locations of each assistive technology and specialised seating department within the State; if they are directly run by the HSE or are run on behalf of the HSE by another organisation; and the number and role of staff employed in each of these services.

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PQ 1421-25 - Eoin Ó Broin

To ask the Minister for Health the position on medical cards for individuals with a diagnosed lifelong condition, that will not improve or change (PDDNOS - Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified.); the reason new GP reports are required for medical card reviews given the nature of this diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1444-25 - Paul Lawless

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the total number of people currently waiting for speech and language therapy in Mayo; the number of whom have been waiting 3, 6 months, 1 year and 2 years, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1445-25 - Paul Lawless

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the total number of vacancies in the speech and language therapy in Mayo; and the steps his Department is taking to recruit more SLT professionals in the Mayo region.

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PQ 1446-25 - Paul Lawless

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of speech and language therapy professionals who have been recruited in Mayo in each of the past five years.; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1447-25 - Paul Lawless

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of speech and language therapist professional who have left their jobs in Mayo in each of the past five years.

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PQ 1448-25 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the current policy in relation to mixed-sex wards in Irish hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1468-25 - Aidan Farrelly

To ask the Minister for Health the amount expended on home help and home care, by month in 2024; the amount paid to private agencies for the provision of these services; and if he will provide the company name of the top five beneficiaries of payment.

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PQ 1470-25 - Aidan Farrelly

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of WTE clinical psychologist based in the children's disability network team based in north Kildare in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 1474-25 - Aidan Farrelly

To ask the Minister for Health the current number of referrals for support services to Kildare CAMHS service currently awaiting assessment.

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PQ 1475-25 - Aidan Farrelly

To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocation towards National Clinical Programme for Eating Disorders in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 1476-25 - Aidan Farrelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant rheumatologist attached to Naas General Hospital in the years of 2023 and 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 1495-25 - Jennifer Murnana O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health the number of resuscitation bays in the accident and emergency department of St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1496-25 - Jennifer Murnane O'Connor.

To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the value of contracts awarded to companies for the provision of home care services in each of the past three years and the names of the successful companies; if robust due diligence is carried on each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1498-25 - Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health the number of GMS-registered dentists based in Carlow in the years of 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1500-25 - Brian Brennan

To ask the Minister for Health the measures that are being taken to reduce the waiting list for orthodontic treatment for children in Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1524-25 - Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the post of primary care dietitian in St. Luke’s Hospital to be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1569-25 - Sean Canney

To ask the Minister for Health when melatonin will be made available under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1572-25 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health to confirm the care policy ( if it is official policy of the HSE that home care assistants should only provide assistance with eating and drinking to clients where a family member/carer is not available to assist the client with eating and drinking; if so, the reason that home care help is being limited in this way, placing a greater burden on carers; if not, the reason ‘eating, drinking and dysphagia policy and procedure CHO2’ policy, dated 27 March 2024, limits the care provided to patients in the CHO2 area in a way which does not apply to patients in other CHOs; the reason the standard of care was reduced in CHO2 in particular.); the reason for any difference in policy by CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1573-25 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE provides for different requirements of care in different CHOs; at what level of management and who is entitled to approve differentials in care between CHOs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1603-25 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health for the costs incurred to date in the development and rollout a public awareness campaign (The 'You, Me and HIV' campaign across all platforms including TV, video on demand, out of home advertising in transport settings and social media.); and if he will make a statement on the matte

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PQ 1628-25 - Rose Conway-Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health to outline the appropriate pathway to secure a diagnosis of autism and ADHD in adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1669-25 - Pádraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary care centre for Mayfield, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1670-25 - Pádraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary care centre for Glanmire, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1671-25 - Pádraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new elective hospital for Cork; the progress that has been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1674-25 - Pádraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health the psychology waiting list numbers and wait times in months for children and adolescents in Cork North Lee, in each of the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; the efforts being made to reduce these times; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1703-25 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health if he will re-consider the re-opening Of St. Brigid’s palliative care unit in Carrick on Suir, County Tipperary; the current position on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1735-25 - Jim O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care support hours for older people provided in each LHO area in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1748-25 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the north Kerry CAMHS review; the timeline for delivery; the progress to date; the reasons for the delay; if consideration has been given to expand eligibility criteria for the redress scheme to include those who have already received an apology from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1752-25 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on CAMHS waiting lists in Kerry, broken down by the number of months they have been waiting, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1775-25 - Paul Lawless

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people currently waiting for public dental appointments in Mayo; the number whom have been waiting 3, 6, 12 months, 1 and 2 years, in tabular form.

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PQ 1776-25 - Paul Lawless

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of vacancies in the public dentistry in Mayo; and the steps he is taking to recruit more dentistry professional in the Mayo region.

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PQ 1777-25 - Paul Lawless

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists who have been recruited in Mayo in each of the past five years.

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PQ 1778-25 - Paul Lawless

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists who have left their jobs in Mayo in each of the past five years.

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PQ 1781-25 - Paul Lawless

To ask the Minister for Health the number of schools in Mayo awaiting their dental check-ups and treatment as part of the school dental programme; and the estimated timeframe associated with each school.

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PQ 1800-25 - William Aird

To ask the Minister for Health the progress achieved in 2024 in the recruitment of additional personnel for CAMHS teams in County Laois.

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PQ 1801-25 - William Aird

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently waiting for a public nursing home placement in County Laois.

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PQ 1802-25 - William Aird

To ask the Minister for Health to guarantee reimbursement of spinraza by the HSE for patients over 18 years of age with SMA Types I, II or III.

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PQ 1815-25 - John Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the initiation of specific services for adults with ADHD in counties Galway, Mayo and Roscommon.

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PQ 1836-25 - Edward Timmins

To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff based at the primary care centre in Baltinglass, County Wicklow, both part-time and full-time; and what their roles are.

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PQ 1840-25 - Edward Timmins

To ask the Minister for Health if advanced paramedics courses are being run by the National Ambulance Service at present in County Wicklow; and if not, if there are plans to do so.

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PQ 1872-25 - Denise Mitchell

To ask the Minister for Health his plans, if any, to make the medication lumateperone available via the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1873-25 - Robert Troy

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the future of a service (the laundry service located at St Lomans, Mullingar, Co Westmeath); and details on the staff who have been employed in this service.

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PQ 1885-25 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the current inpatient waiting lists in University Hospital Kerry, by specialty in each of the years 2019 to date, in tabular form.

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PQ 1886-25 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if assessments of need in CHO4 are carried out by HSE staff or are outsourced to private clinicians; and, if the latter, to provide details of funding for this service.

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PQ 1887-25 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychologists, per grade and per LHO; the population size they serve, employed in the CHO4 primary care child and adolescent psychology services, in tabular form.

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PQ 1888-25 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional psychology staff, per grade, his Department is committing to recruiting to address the crisis in primary care psychology waiting-lists in CHO4; and when he expects this recruitment drive to commence, in tabular form.

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PQ 1889-25 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of children and adolescents waiting for an appointment with the CHO4 primary care psychology service in each of the years 2019 to date, in tabular form.

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PQ 1904-25 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients for each quarter of each year 2019-2024, inclusive, Statewide and for each location; the average for all patients and for patients aged 75 or older, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1905-25 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who and percentage who were waiting 0-6 hours, 0-9 hours, 9-24 hours, and 24+ hours for admission to an emergency department for each quarter of each year 2019-2024, inclusive, Statewide and by location; the number and for all patients and patients aged over 75, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1906-25 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department without being seen for each quarter of each year 2019-2024, inclusive, by hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1907-25 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, for each quarter of each year 2022-2024, inclusive, by hospital group and hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1908-25 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of cancer-related appointments and procedures which were cancelled for each quarter for each year 2022-2024, inclusive, by hospital, for adults and for children, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1909-25 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the bed-occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for each quarter for each of the years 2019 to 2024, inclusive, in tabular form; the national average; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1910-25 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff at HSE facilities for each quarter for each of the years 2019 to 2024, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1911-25 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the average ambulance turnaround time at each emergency department for each quarter between 2020 and 2024, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1913-25 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on CAMHS waiting lists, by CHO and length of wait, at the end of each quarter of each year 2019-2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1914-25 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on waiting lists for Jigsaw, by CHO and length of wait, at the end of each quarter of each year 2019-2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1916-25 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists on the dental treatment services scheme at the end of each quarter for each year 2019-2024, by LHO; the number of dentists who submitted claims and the total number of claims in quarter 1 of each year and each full year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1918-25 - Cian O Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of publicly employed dentists, orthodontists, dental surgeons, dental nurses, and other dental/orthodontic staff by staff grade employed by the public services for each year 2017-2024, by LHO/CHO/region; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1919-25 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the HSE spend on agency staffing for each quarter for each year 2019-2024 to date, in tabular form; the services to which the expenditure relates; and the agencies to which payments were made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1920-25 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with complex orthopaedic conditions on waiting lists with Children's Health Ireland; his plans for making treatment abroad accessible for these children; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1921-25 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of nursing home beds in the State in each of the years since 2020, broken down by HSE-provided and HSE-funded under Section 38 and 39 of the Health Act 2004 and privately provided, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matte

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PQ 1922-25 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the current hourly direct cost and indirect cost of delivery home care; and the total cost of direct and indirect delivery of home care in each of the years from 2020 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1924-25 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health to provide a detailed update on implementation of the new HSE health regions; if the hospital groups and CHOs have been stood down; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1925-25 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors who undertook specialist training for general practice in each of the years from 2018 to 2024; the number who completed the training programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1926-25 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of children on disability service waiting lists for children’s disability networks teams, by CHO/CDNT at the end of each quarter of each year 2019-2024, inclusive, in tabular form; the average length of wait; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1937-25 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if the HSE funds adult disabilities day care centres within CHO 4 that are opened on the weekends; and if so, the location of same, in tabular form.

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PQ 1939-25 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting lists for CAHMS in CH04, broken down by county or local area, and by 3-, 6-, 9-, 12-, 18- and 24-month categories, in tabular form.

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PQ 1940-25 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons within CHO4 on a waiting list for dental service in the years 2019 to date, in tabular form.

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PQ 1941-25 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the budgetary allocations to CAMHS psychology in CHO4 in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 1942-25 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE child and adolescent psychiatrists employed at CAMHS mental health intellectual disability services within CHO4 in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 1952-25 - Barry Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that emergency department staff are empowered to accept the assessment of a referring general practitioner on admitting a patient, in order to avoid the unnecessary reassessment of patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1956-25 - Barry Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the status of, and future plans for, St. Michael's Hospital in Dún Laoghaire; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1960-25 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth to provide detail on the current waiting lists for children's disability network teams, by wait time, number of people on each list and local area, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1964-25 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health to provide detail on proposals to increase the number of adults inpatient beds for eating disorder treatments; and to detail where it is expected to place these beds and a timeline for their provision.

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PQ 1968-25 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health to provide the current number of public dentists and the current waiting lists for public dentistry, by local area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1976-25 - John Cummins

To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient residential beds available in each county, for the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 1977-25 - John Cummins

To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite beds available in each county, for the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1982-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the progress being made on the construction of a ten-bed extension to the department of psychiatry, Drogheda, County Louth; the timeline for the delivery of the extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1983-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the progress being made to return the CAMHS in Dundalk and north Louth to full operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1985-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the provision of a primary care centre in Dundalk; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 1994-25 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the average emergency department waiting times, broken down by hospital, in the years 2019 to date, in tabular form.

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PQ 1995-25 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the average emergency department waiting times in Kerry in the years 2019 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2014-25 - Jerry Buttimer

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the life plan for intellectually disabled or autistic children to parents who are now older and want to put services in place for their children for their future.

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PQ 2096-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth for an update on the vacant positions in all the CDNTs around the State; the efforts being made to fill these positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2098-25 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of children who are on the waiting list for paediatric OT services in the Tralee and west Kerry area; the number of staff who are available to manage the list; and the waiting time for initial assessment years 2019 to date, in tabular form.

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PQ 2099-25 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of children who are on the waiting list for paediatric OT services in the Kerry area; the number of staff who are available to manage the list; and the waiting time for initial assessment in the years 2019 to date, in tabular form.

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PQ 2111-25 - Barry Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish an all-Ireland approach to rehabilitative medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2121-25 - Mark Wall

To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position with a day care centre in Kildare South (Allenwood day care centre c/o Ballyteague Gaa , Naas Co Kildare); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2122-25 - Mark Wall

To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position with a day care centre in Kildare south ( Monasterevin Day Care Centre); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2125-25 - Mark Wall

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the up to date position with funding for a project in Kildare South (Sensational kids new National Child Development Centre, Kildare Town); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46178-24 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health if the situation of only one part-time palliative care social worker covering all of counties Laois and Offaly will be rectified, given other counties with a similar population have two full-time palliative care social workers.

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PQ 46211-24 - Michael Fitzmaurice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies, by month and by grade, in his Department, and in agencies under the aegis of his Department, in 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 46261-24 - Robert Troy

To ask the Minister for Health the way a healthcare professional can open a clinic at the new primary care centre, Tullamore Road, Kilbeggan; if such facilities are available to private practice psychotherapists and counsellors; and if so, if the contact information will be provided to make the necessary arrangements.

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PQ 46266-24 - Pádraig O’Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the HSE’s recent EU tender for a platform to develop a national medicinal product catalogue; when it is expected to be delivered; if its implementation will disrupt current practices, given there is already a national file being used by community pharmacies and in other healthcare settings across the country; if so, the supports that will be in place to assist with the transition; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46268-24 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health if funding has been allocated to the lymphoedema model of care to date; if so, the amount of funding that has been allocated, and in what years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46269-24 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to expand services for lymphoedema patients; to provide details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46270-24 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health regarding lymphoedema, if compression pumps are funded by the HSE; if not, if there are plans to fund them; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46271-24 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health regarding lymphoedema, if compression socks are funded by the HSE; if not, if there are plans to fund them; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46273-24 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE supplies free bowel cancer test kits to the public; the criteria to receive one; if there are plans to introduce them for persons in their 50s; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46274-24 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health is he aware of a situation in Linn Dara, Cherry Orchard, CHO7, that has occurred so newly qualified staff nurses who received their registration pin in October, and their graduation certificates in November 2024, have not been offered contracts with the HSE; the reason for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46278-24 - Mairéad Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to develop an overflow carpark for Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46287-24 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the funding available to CAMHS teams to carry out electrocardiograms, blood tests and other necessary tests for people with eating disorders.

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PQ 46302-24 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric neurosurgeries outsourced abroad in the years of 2023 and 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 46320-24 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the amount of Government funding received by an organisation ( Vision Ireland) in 2024; the remit of the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46324-24 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the monitoring, support and evaluation efforts that are put in place when a person is released from the National Forensic Mental Health Service.

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PQ 46367-24 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of international recruitment fairs to the UK where officials from Mullingar Regional Hospital were present seeking to recruit additional doctors, physiotherapists, nurses and so on to work in the hospital in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 46368-24 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all primary care centres within CHO8 specifying whether a GP is operation out of the centre, in tabular form.

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PQ 46369-24 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce an out-of-hours CAMHS for children in County Longford.

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PQ 46370-24 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant dermatologists with a special interest in skin fragility at St. James's Hospital in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 46371-24 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in CHO8 awaiting podiatry within primary care services as of 4 December 2024.

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PQ 46392-24 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of children waiting for an assessment of needs in Tipperary in 2023 and up to November 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 46398-24 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant plastic surgeons with a special interest in back and spinal reconstruction at Beaumont Hospital in the years of 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 46411-24 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE senior physiotherapists in neonatology at Rotunda Maternity Hospital in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 46412-24 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of fully staffing three new eating disorder teams.

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PQ 46414-24 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children referred for four or more dental extractions under general anaesthetics in CHO8 area in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 46419-24 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the total number of assessment of needs applications carried out by in-house HSE staff in CHO8 to date in 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 46423-24 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1002 of 5 November 2024, given that Melatonin has not been reviewed since 2008, if he will instruct the NCPE to review and include this product for reimbursement under the Community Drugs Schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -

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PQ 46431-24 - Eoghan Kenny

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of children aged 0 to 18 years who are waiting for first-time intervention in all areas of early intervention in each CHO, by individual area and by each composite LHO within each CHO; the number on the public list; the number on the children’s disability network team list in each CHO, in tabular form; and the length of time that they are awaiting intervention, by age.

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PQ 46437-24 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the actions being taken to address the severe shortage of parking spaces at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46441-24 - Gearge Lawlor

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of high-support disability residential placements available in Co Wexford in the years of 2023 and 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 46451-24 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the average number of overnight respite beds for children and adults across Ireland; the county with the most overnight respite beds for children and adults; and the county with the lowest number of overnight respite beds for children and adults.

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PQ 46453-24 - Seán Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dietitians in the CHO7 area; the number of vacant dietitian posts in the CHO7 area; the plans to fill those vancancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46462-24 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health if a number of issues pertaining to a day centre (Tearmann Day Centre, Can Camphill Dingle and the HSE develop a sustainable service by keeping Tearmann open to existing (suitable) residents and open the new houses to create new residential placements and cater for residents who wish to move to the houses in Dingle? Camphill Dingle allegedly have plans to deregister the Tearmann house within 2 years. What is the proposed rationale and plan for the closure of Tearmann and can the HSE and Camphill provide families with information in relation to the future care of the aging residents? Can Tearmann be repurposed to meet the needs of the residents as well as developing new residential placements in the house in Dingle Town? In relation to the land/ farm and the actual Tearmann building- which was gifted and fundraised by the local community. What are Camphill’s plans for the building and can Camphill and the HSE provide assurances that the farm will remain part of the current day service into the future and that the day service will operate as normal in this specific location?) in Dingle will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46475-24 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of addiction treatment centres, per county, including residential and outpatient services; and the demand for these services, per county, in tabular form.

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PQ 46522-24 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the pilots for enhanced in-school therapy supports in the 16 special schools in Dublin and Cork; and if he will provide the number of extra speech and language therapists and occupational therapists, per school, who are working in those schools because of the pilot, in tabular form.

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PQ 46531-24 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health to ensure that the HSE store for disabled aids equipment in Mountmellick, County Laois is made safe and reopened; the current unacceptable situation where equipment cannot be accessed for the past three years needs to be rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46539-24 - Paul McAuliffe

To ask the Minister for Health the HSEs position on paxlovid and to provide an explanation.

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PQ 46576-24 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the CAMHS unit in the new national children’s hospital; the size and capacity of the unit; the number and type of staff to be allocated to the unit; the location of the unit within the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46577-24 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health to confirm that the CAMHS unit in the new national children’s hospital is located in the basement of the building without any natural light; how this was decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46578-24 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on waiting lists for CAMHS for the month of December, by CHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46590-24 David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff accommodation units currently provided by Children’s Health Ireland, by location; the number once the new Children’s Hospital is opened and other sites are vacated; and if Children’s Health Ireland has any plans for providing staff accommodation.

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PQ 46597-24 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health if a dedicated Lyme disease diagnosis and treatment facility can be set up, staffed and funded at University Hospital Kerry, adjacent to Killarney National Park, home of Ireland’s largest numbers of deer, largely responsible for the spread of this debilitating disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46606-24 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health what progress has been made in plans to provide a primary care centre in Killarney, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46627-24 - Michael Cahill

To ask 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.

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PQ 46632-24 Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health to urgently address the chronic waiting times, especially for our senior citizens, who have been left waiting on chairs and trolleys for 24, 48 hours and longer in the accident and emergency department at University Hospital Kerry; if he will he addresses as a matter of urgency the chronic shortage of nurses and doctors there (where existing staff are ran off their feet, and that he makes UHK a Hospital that the people of Kerry and visitors to the county can say, they are proud of); and if he will make a statement on the matter. -

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PQ 46639-24 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health to consider the urgent need for additional nursing staff/home carers to cater for our elderly loved ones, as there is a huge shortfall of required caring staff in Kerry, with Dingle, the Iveragh Peninsula, South, East & West Kerry being particularly badly affected; if he will provide additional nurses/carers to visit them regularly because if the present staff shortage is not dealt with people will need to return to a hospital setting, with all associated additional costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46640-24 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the plans he has in place to address the shocking respite care services in County Kerry, especially for those individuals with special needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46650-24 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health the supports that are in place for patients who have come off the drug methadone and who now deal with tooth decay ( and are unable to eat certain foods which effects both physical and mental health and which also effects an individual’s appearance); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46661-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth if access to a dietitian will be provided for disability services users at a location (Brothers of Charity South-East, Killean, Waterford); and if he received a risk assessment or business case regarding same.

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PQ 46664-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of children on a waiting list for assessment of need in County Waterford; and the average length of time it takes a child in Waterford to receive an assessment.

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PQ 46665-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of children on a CDNT waiting list for therapy or assessment or any other appointment in County Waterford.

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PQ 46666-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the staffing levels and vacancies for relevant children’s disability network teams covering County Waterford.

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PQ 46668-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels and vacancies for relevant child and adolescent mental health teams covering County Waterford.

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PQ 46677-24 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the cost barriers that exist for those who are looking for help with an eating disorder; if he will ensure that support is made easily accessible for all those who need it, not just those who can afford it; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46703-24 - Conor Sheehan

To ask the Minister for Health when a speech and language therapist will be appointed at a primary care centre (King’s Island Primary Care Centre Island Road, King’s Island, Limerick); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46711-24 - Michael Cahill

To ask 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.

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PQ 46712-24 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health if urgent investment will be made to improve waiting lists and bed accommodation numbers/availability and accident and emergency overcrowding and waiting times at University Hospital Kerry, by providing for additional medical staff at all levels there; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46717-24 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the development of crisis resolution services; the provisions in place to provide services within County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46718-24 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists, by grade working in University Hospital Kerry, in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46720-24 - Michael Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on a school dental screening service waiting list, by age in CHO in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46737-24 - Seán Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurse posts per CHO; and the number of posts filled and the number of vacancies, in tabular form.

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PQ 46752-24 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the current provision of occupational therapy available in County Monaghan for, separately, adult and children disability services; the number of WTE occupational therapists in employment; the current waiting list for OT appointments; the current vacancies in Ots; the proposals to increase OT provision in this county; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46753-24 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the current provision of occupational therapy available in County Cavan for, separately, adult and children disability services; the number of WTE occupational therapists in employment; the current waiting list for OT appointments; the current vacancies in Ots; the proposals to increase OT provision in this county; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46764-24 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of long-term nursing home beds in the system for both private and public facilities in County Meath for each of the past ten years to date; if there are plans to create additional capacity with further investment in the public and private nursing home system; the current number waiting to access both public and private nursing homes in the county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46765-24 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing home beds that are allocated to respite and convalescence in the system for both private and public facilities for each of the past ten years in County Meath.

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PQ 46766-24 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of elderly persons who could not be discharged from Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan despite being medically approved for discharge due to no suitable alternative healthcare facility being available; the longest time an elderly person or persons remained at the hospital beyond their medically approved discharge date during this same period; the average time it takes for an older person to be transferred to a nursing home or convalescence facility when medically approved to be discharged from the hospital to any such facility, in each of the past five years, in tabular form.

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PQ 46767-24 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the step down facilities that exist in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46780-24 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the turnover of medical staff for each of the past five years to date at CAMHS Ashbourne, County Meath.

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PQ 46792-24 - Malcolm Byrne

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update, including a timetable of delivery, for the planned new primary care centre for Gorey, County Wexford.

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PQ 46793-24 - Malcolm Byrne

To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update, including a timetable for delivery, for the planned new ambulance base for Gorey, County Wexford.

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PQ 46794-24 - Malcolm Byrne

To ask the Minister for Health to outline the range of services provided at Arklow primary care centre, Arklow, County Wicklow; the proposals, if any, to expand the range of services available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46801-24 - Malcolm Byrne

To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department have policies on the use of artificial intelligence within the Department; whether training has been provided to staff on the use of AI; if his Department has used AI (including large language models) in the preparation of legislation or statutory instruments.

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PQ 46805-24 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on primary care centres in Blarney, Glanmire and Mayfield.

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PQ 46806-24 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the current number of children awaiting a CAMHS appointment, by wait time, in tabular form.

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PQ 46814-24 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the elective hospital in Cork.

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PQ 46819-24 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of respite requests refused, by month and county, in adult disability, older persons’ and children’s disability services in 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 46822-24 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth to detail the funding provided for neuro-disability services in County Meath in 2022, 2023, 2024 and planned for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46823-24 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the position regrading the rollout of the national neuro-rehabilitation team for CHO8 covering County Meath;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -

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PQ 46824-24 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of persons accessing disability services in the community in County Meath.

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PQ 46825-24 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number and name of services that are dedicated to persons living with neurological disabilities in County Meath.

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PQ 46826-24 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth to detail the respite services available to persons with neurological disabilities in County Meath.

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PQ 46827-24 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth his plans to upgrade disability services in line with need in County Meath.

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PQ 46830-24 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to psychiatric hospitals or units, and child and adolescent units, in 2024.

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PQ 46841-24 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 485 of 24 September 2024, if the Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda's gender clinic can explain how cessation of GnRHa after only two years is adhering to the appropriate guidelines, given the guidelines advise to continue until gonadectomy.

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PQ 46855-24 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct his Department to make melatonin available for children with autism diagnosis under the hardship scheme for medication, and not part of the DPS with a GP prescription; and if he will ensure that there is no requirement for a consultant script for access.

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PQ 46857-24 - Paul Lawless

To ask the Minister for Health the number of public nursing home beds in each county, for each of the past ten years.

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PQ 46903-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the staffing composition of HSE Speech and Language services, including the number of managers and therapists, that cover the Tramore and Kilmeadan areas in County Waterford; the number of approved posts; the number of filled posts; the number of maternity cover posts needed in 2025 and the number which are filled.

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PQ 46904-24 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the National Ambulance Service issued a NASCAP Level 2, 3, and 4 notice, for each relevant day for the period 2022 to 2024, inclusive.

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PQ 46917-24 - Brian Brennan

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the waiting times of up to one hour for response on the Caredoc phone line in Arklow; if so, the measures he is putting in place to alleviate this; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 46918-24 - Emer Currie

To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the HSE to overrule the recent recommendation from the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics and make Pluvicto available for reimbursement to eligible patients; if he acknowledges the urgent need for access to this treatment for cancer patients in the healthcare system; and if he will take into account that Pluvicto has already been approved and is in use for patient care in several European countries and certain NHS trusts in the UK.

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