Parliamentary questions

Primary Care Centres

Fergus O'Dowd

1297. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if he will seek an update from within the HSE in respect of the need to provide a state of the art new primary care centre in Dunleer, County Louth given the significant population increase in the area; the details of premises in the area that would be suitable for the project that are already in HSE ownership; the projected cost of such an addition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28410/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Healy-Rae

1298. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28411/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Niamh Smyth

1299. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason (details supplied) is waiting on an appointment in the Mater Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28412/23]

Health Strategies

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

1300. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetics and Genomics Medicine in Ireland; the status of the development of the promised National Testing Directory for genetics and genomics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28413/23]

Health Services

Alan Kelly

1301. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of extending the opening hours to 8am-9pm, seven days a week for the Cashel minor injury unit. [28435/23]

Health Services

Alan Kelly

1302. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the services currently available for people who have multiple sulfatase deficiency. [28436/23]

Primary Care Centres

Alan Kelly

1303. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when the new primary care centre in Roscrea will be opened; and the services that will be provided at this PCC when opened. [28437/23]

General Practitioner Services

Alan Kelly

1304. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the out-of-hours GP services that are contracted or in operation; the number of GPs with contracts; and the number of GPs actively making claims, by month, to date in 2023. [28438/23]

Hospital Procedures

Alan Kelly

1305. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the hospitals that were allocated funding for obesity surgery in 2023; and the number of such procedures that will be funded. [28439/23]

Hospital Staff

Alan Kelly

1306. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE midwives working in the University Maternity Hospital, Limerick in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; if this number will be further increased; and if so, when. [28440/23]

Health Service Executive

Pádraig O'Sullivan

1307. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the current members of the implementation working group set up to consider and progress the various recommendations contained in a report (details supplied) into governance arrangement to support HSE drug reimbursement; the dates of each of the meetings of the working group; the target month for the working group to report to Government; the consultation process; and the work that has been carried out to date by the group. [28449/23]

Pharmacy Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

1308. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health what engagement his Department has had with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to pay for services provided, and where its payments had been reduced in 2009 and have been frozen ever since; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28450/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Brendan Griffin

1309. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health when the Covid bonus will be paid to section 39 healthcare workers given the significant delay; whether KOSI has engaged with companies (details supplied) to ensure payment is made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28458/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Niamh Smyth

1310. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not got their pandemic payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28460/23]

Departmental Investigations

Fergus O'Dowd

1311. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if the report into the tragic death of a person (details supplied) and the subsequent recommendations will be published in full; if not, if he will detail the reasons therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28461/23]

Departmental Investigations

Fergus O'Dowd

1312. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health in respect of the tragic death of a person (details supplied), subsequent to the completion of the report into the tragic circumstances of their death, if, at any stage, this clear neglect of a vulnerable adult was referred to the gardaí by any the services involved; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28462/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pearse Doherty

1313. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for an operation at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28468/23]

Pharmacy Services

Alan Dillon

1314. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health given the obligations stipulated by the Public Service Pay and Pensions Act of 2017, can he provide an update on the progress of the review concerning the nature of services performed by community pharmacies; if discussions will be held with community pharmacies about restoring their dispensing fees to a flat fee model in line with the precedent set before the recession-induced cuts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28470/23]

Pharmacy Services

Alan Dillon

1315. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health considering that community pharmacies were linked to the public sector agreements through FEMPI legislation when pay cuts were implemented, but are currently not aligned with the public sector for pay restoration, the measures in place to ensure that community pharmacist pay is restored in congruity with public sector pay arrangements; if he will address the reimbursement for escalating administrative tasks related to the complex operation of community drug schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28471/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Michael Ring

1316. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for a gynaecological procedure in view of the fact that they have been waiting since November 2021 for this procedure and the fact that this person is in constant pain with a greatly diminished qualify of life as a direct result of this procedure, not being carried out to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28477/23]

Pharmacy Services

Neasa Hourigan

1317. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the progress made to date in respect of the programme for Government commitment to commence talks with pharmacists on a new contract and enhancement of their role in the delivery of healthcare in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28491/23]

Meals-on-Wheels Services

Peadar Tóibín

1318. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 621 of 9 May 2023, if he will increase the level of guaranteed ring-fenced annual funding for a meals-on-wheels service to an amount requested (details supplied) to ensure the long-term survival of a vital community service meeting the nutritional needs of a local elderly population in County Meath as outlined to the HSE in previous correspondence [28494/23]

Health Service Executive

David Stanton

1319. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health the body or bodies representing professional counsellors and psychotherapists that are recognised by his Department and the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28495/23]

Health Services Staff

John McGuinness

1320. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the reason the social insurance record of a person (details supplied) shows 52 class D contributions for each year from 1988 to 2018, when in fact they only worked 26 weeks per year during that period. [28510/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Robert Troy

1321. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for physiotherapy at Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar. [28511/23]

Health Services

Michael Lowry

1322. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the efforts being made to reduce medical treatment wait times, improve healthcare infrastructure, and ensure equitable healthcare provision across County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28544/23]

Pharmacy Services

Paul Kehoe

1323. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Health what discussions he or officials from his Department have had with an organisation (details supplied) regarding reduced opening hours at evenings and weekends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28554/23]

Medicinal Products

Paul Kehoe

1324. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of a shortage of HRT medications in the country; the measures being put in place to alleviate this shortage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28566/23]

Departmental Funding

Holly Cairns

1325. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will provide his response to the request from an organisation (details supplied) for sustainable funding for national physiotherapy services for people with multiple sclerosis, and other neurological conditions totalling €880,000 per annum across all nine CHOs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28591/23]

Health Services Staff

Holly Cairns

1326. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to deploy all healthcare professionals currently on panels in CHO4 to front-line roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28592/23]

Departmental Schemes

Holly Cairns

1327. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to reform the national treatment purchase fund/fair deal scheme to meet current healthcare costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28593/23]

Nursing Homes

Holly Cairns

1328. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking in relation to a nursing home (details supplied) that will exit the fair deal scheme at the end of May if the National Treatment Purchase Fund does not increase payments to it. [28594/23]

Departmental Correspondence

Fergus O'Dowd

1329. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if he will respond to queries raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28601/23]

Pharmacy Services

Róisín Shortall

1330. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to review the nature of services that community pharmacies perform on behalf of the State, under the terms of the Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017; if he will meet with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28602/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Barry Cowen

1331. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a child (details supplied); and when the person concerned can expect an appointment for admission. [28604/23]

Ambulance Service

Éamon Ó Cuív

1332. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the progress made with the provision of a new ambulance base (details supplied); the reason for the delay with this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28608/23]

Data Protection

Peadar Tóibín

1333. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the security protections in place for remote workers within civil and public service organisations to safeguard against personal information of members of the public in audio, text and electronic form being inadvertently exposed to unauthorised third parties within the remote setting; if he can provide a copy of the remote working best practice guidelines for civil and public service workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28643/23]

Health Services

David Cullinane

1. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to enable seven-day rostering across the health service; his plans to address the workforce requirements to enable this while achieving safe staffing levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26968/23]

Hospital Overcrowding

Duncan Smith

2. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed update on his plans to end hospital overcrowding and accident and emergency wait times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26950/23]

Emergency Departments

David Cullinane

3. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he will publish a multi-annual plan to resolve the crisis in emergency departments; when he will publish full details of all elective centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26973/23]

Home Care Packages

Róisín Shortall

4. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the new home care tender, following an offer of €31 being issued to providers on 25 May 2023; if this offer is based on the current living wage of €13.85 per hour; the details of the other elements of this offer; how this figure was arrived at; the means by which travel expenses will be paid; the rationale for continuing with the fastest-finger-first commissioning model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26967/23]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

5. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if he plans to reduce the number of child and adolescent mental health service, CAMHS, teams from more than 70 to 50, as suggested by the chief executive officer of the Health Service Executive at a meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health on the 24 May 2023; if he can guarantee this will lead to better outcomes for young people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26974/23]

Departmental Strategies

Alan Farrell

6. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health his views on the progress being made to develop a national sexual health strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26756/23]

Pharmacy Services

Richard Bruton

7. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will outline his ambition for the development of services from community pharmacists, and the challenges in meeting them. [26596/23]

Health Services Staff

Pádraig O'Sullivan

8. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if he will appoint a HSE patient liaison team official with a special focus on rare disease patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26591/23]

Hospital Facilities

Thomas Gould

9. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the timeline and delivery of the elective hospital and the regional eye care facility in Cork. [26659/23]

Medical Cards

Bernard Durkan

10. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to raising the income threshold for qualification for medical cards, with particular reference to persons who may be suffering from life-changing or life-threatening conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26657/23]

Industrial Disputes

Duncan Smith

11. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progress made with regard to the pay parity claim by medical scientists, one year after they suspended their industrial action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26661/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Gino Kenny

12. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently reported that the number of long-waiters for hospital treatment has increased by 12% since start of 2023 and has risen 22-fold over the past decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26577/23]

General Practitioner Services

Thomas Pringle

13. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health when a substantive reply will issue to correspondence on 23 August 2022 and 17 May 2023 from this Deputy in relation to the provision of GP services by Cuban doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26675/23]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Thomas Gould

14. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he has taken action to address the long delays in accessing equipment for children with disabilities. [25904/23]

Medicinal Products

Holly Cairns

15. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking ensure that hormone replacement therapy medication is available without charge for persons going through menopause. [26394/23]

Family Support Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

16. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the options, if any, for multi-annual core funding for a network (details supplied) based in Dundalk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25206/23]

Hospital Services

Matt Carthy

17. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health when the opening hours of the minor injuries unit at Monaghan Hospital will be extended to include weekends and public holidays. [26741/23]

Hospital Staff

Pearse Doherty

18. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the recent resignation of two consultant endocrinologists from Letterkenny General Hospital; the plans that are being put in place to address this lack of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26678/23]

Primary Care Centres

James O'Connor

19. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a new building (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26375/23]

Hospital Facilities

Rose Conway-Walsh

20. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the emergency department development in Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26715/23]

Cannabis for Medicinal Use

Bríd Smith

21. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if he can clarify the position in relation to a person carrying prescribed medicinal cannabis products from an another state, specifically in relation to Article 75 of the Schengen Implementing Convention, which states that it is permissible to transport drugs and psychotropic substances needed as part of medical treatment if the person concerned has a certificate issued by a competent authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26688/23]

Health Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

22. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the injury clinic unit for Carlow town and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26700/23]

Abortion Services

Paul Murphy

23. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he anticipates that legislation to reform the abortion law will be passed within the lifetime of this Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26705/23]

Health Services Staff

Duncan Smith

24. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the pay claims by section 39 organisation workers following the meeting of officials from his Department, the HSE, the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and Tusla with union representatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26663/23]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Pauline Tully

25. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health when the current contract for the provision and repair of wheelchairs is due to end; if he will detail the procurement process involved in selecting the company that gets the contract; if a monitoring process is in place to examine the efficiency, value for money and outcomes delivered for wheelchair users by the contract holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26725/23]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

26. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to increase access to eating disorder services in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26405/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Pauline Tully

27. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health what oversight he has of pandemic special recognition payments to ensure that those who are entitled to this payment have received it; if there is a process in place for healthcare workers who believe they are entitled to the pandemic special recognition payment but have not received a payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26724/23]

Health Services Staff

Pádraig O'Sullivan

28. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the reason HSE enhanced community care consultant posts will only be allocated to model 4 hospitals; if he will address concerns by consultants in the area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26590/23]

Hospital Facilities

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

29. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if he will review the funding and resourcing ofLetterkenny University Hospital to reflect the fact that the hospital is the sixth largest in the State with reference to the number of inpatients each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26392/23]

Health Services

Éamon Ó Cuív

30. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the action he intends on taking to speed up the delivery of smaller capital health projects and to simplify the processes laid down by his Department to do so, in view of the inordinate time it is taking to provide the new ambulance base in Recess, Connemara, the new community nursing unit in Clifden, Connemara, a new health centre in Inishbofin and a new permanent health centre in Árann, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25487/23]

Pharmacy Services

James O'Connor

31. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the national ePrescribing system to reduce the administrative burden currently faced by community pharmacists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26674/23]

Substance Misuse

Bernard Durkan

32. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which persons in need of drug rehabilitation programmes have access to same, with a view to reducing their dependency on drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26658/23]

General Practitioner Services

Aindrias Moynihan

33. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health his views on the measures being taken to address the issue of attracting general practitioners to rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26707/23]

Hospital Facilities

Christopher O'Sullivan

34. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that there are only ten beds for haematology patients in Cork University Hospital to serve the whole south/south west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26694/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Gino Kenny

35. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that 309 children are waiting for scoliosis-related surgery and that just 12 spinal fusions have been completed to date in 2023 in Temple Street and Cappagh hospitals, a third of the number completed in the same period in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26575/23]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Catherine Connolly

36. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 40 of 20 April 2023, if he will provide an update on the development of the new elective hospital in Merlin Park; the expected timeline for the design team to be in place; the expected timeline for the site investigations to be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26407/23]

Medical Cards

Bríd Smith

37. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if he can detail any plans to review the criteria for medical card eligibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26687/23]

Medicinal Products

Brendan Smith

38. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of illegal units of medicine that have beendetained by the HPRA; if plans are in place for the HPRA to be given more powers in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26695/23]

Hospital Overcrowding

Paul Murphy

39. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reasons for the ongoing overcrowding in Tallaght Hospital's emergency department; the steps that are being taken to address it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26704/23]

Hospital Facilities

Colm Burke

40. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm the date when the four-storey building attached to Mallow Hospital will be completed, taking into account that it is to accommodate 48 hospital beds on floors two and three; if he will confirm that the 40 rooms between the ground floor and the first floor will be utilised for patients that require rehabilitation; when it is expected that same will come into use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26604/23]

Departmental Reports

Mattie McGrath

41. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health his views on whether it is appropriate for the secretary general of his Department to publicly reject the majority of the findings of a report regarding the abandoned secondment of a former chief medical officer, especially in light of An Tánaiste's support for the report's conclusions, which he described as conclusive and unassailable (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19936/23]

Hospital Staff

Pearse Doherty

42. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the plans that are being put in place to address understaffing in Letterkenny General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26679/23]

Pharmacy Services

Alan Dillon

43. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health if he will consider expanding the role of pharmacists in the Irish health system to include the prescription of some medicines under agreed protocols with GPs to alleviate long GP waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26667/23]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Alan Farrell

44. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health if he will detail the considerations his Department is giving to the development of an elective hospital in north Dublin as detailed in the HSE Capital Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26757/23]

Nursing Homes

Colm Burke

45. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the 240 beds which have been lost in public nursing homes and community hospitals in the Cork-Kerry region due to reconfiguration in the past four years, will be replaced by the end of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26605/23]

Health Services Staff

Matt Carthy

46. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of workers in the healthcare sector who applied for the pandemic unemployment bonus but have yet to receive payment; the number who were determined not to qualify; and the number of appeals received in relation to same. [26742/23]

General Practitioner Services

Richard Bruton

47. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will outline his ambitions for the development of GP care and the challenges in meeting them. [26595/23]

Cancer Services

Peadar Tóibín

48. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a differential in cancer survival rates between patients diagnosed in the public and private health services in the State; and if so, if he will provide details on the differential. [25791/23]

Emergency Departments

Peadar Tóibín

49. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons who left the emergency department of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, without being seen, in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25790/23]

Vaccination Programme

Marc Ó Cathasaigh

50. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Health if his Department will consider the creation of a no-fault vaccine injury compensation scheme as exists in other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26672/23]

Care of the Elderly

Rose Conway-Walsh

51. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if he will outline plans to reopen community beds in Mayo and increase home help provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26716/23]

Substance Misuse

Brendan Griffin

52. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if he will consider a campaign to highlight the negative personal health effects of cocaine use; if his Department can provide up-to-date statistics on the prevalence of patients with conditions related to cocaine use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26670/23]

Mental Health Services

John Brady

53. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a reply to the recent response to the report from the Ombudsman for Children’s Office on Child Mental Health titled ‘A Piece of My Mind’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26081/23]

Health Strategies

David Cullinane

54. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a national hearing strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26720/23]

Primary Care Centres

Catherine Connolly

55. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1569 of 18 April 2023, the status of the development of a primary care centre on Inisbofin; the status of the land transfer process; the expected timeline for the completion of the land transfer; the progress to-date on the appointment of a design service for the primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26571/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Marc Ó Cathasaigh

56. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Health if his Department plans to expand capacity in respect to the impact of long-Covid on those impacted, either in terms of clinical research or the provision of services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26673/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Gino Kenny

57. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently reported that over 1.1 million people are waiting for some form of hospital care, with 888,600 people on National Treatment Purchase Fund waiting list and a further 250,000 people waiting for diagnostics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26576/23]

Health Promotion

Ruairí Ó Murchú

58. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health when the review of the impact of the sugar tax will be conducted and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25897/23]

Health Services

David Stanton

59. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health the ways that he is encouraging and supporting the reduction of paper-based systems in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26613/23]

Health Services Staff

Duncan Smith

60. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the actions he has taken to ensure the implementation of the recommendations contained in the Review of Role and Functions for Health Care Assistants, published in December 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26662/23]

Healthcare Policy

Violet-Anne Wynne

61. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the action that will now be taken following the successful passage of the motion regarding Targeted Investment in the Health Service in Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26691/23]

Health Services Staff

Holly Cairns

62. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the actions he is taking to ensure employees of Section 39 organisations receive the same pay and conditions as their counterparts employed in the HSE. [26393/23]

National Children's Hospital

David Cullinane

63. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the commencement of services at the new National Children's Hospital; the estimated costs and target completion date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26721/23]