Parliamentary questions

Cancer Services

Eoin Ó Broin

115. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to extending the upper age limit for BreastCheck; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21944/24]

Health Services Staff

Peadar Tóibín

116. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health how many nurses were employed in the health service in each of the past 15 years. [21945/24]

Health Services Staff

Peadar Tóibín

117. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health how many doctors were employed in the health service in each of the past 15 years. [21946/24]

Health Services Staff

Peadar Tóibín

118. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health how many dentists were employed in the health service in each of the past 15 years. [21947/24]

Health Services Staff

Peadar Tóibín

119. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health how many midwives were employed in the health service in each of the past 15 years. [21948/24]

Health Services Staff

Peadar Tóibín

120. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health how many management staff were employed in the health service in each of the past 15 years. [21949/24]

Health Services Staff

Peadar Tóibín

121. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health how many psychiatrists were employed in the health service in each of the past 15 years. [21950/24]

Health Services Staff

Peadar Tóibín

122. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health how many occupational therapists were employed in the health service in each of the past 15 years. [21951/24]

Health Services Staff

Peadar Tóibín

123. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health how many physiotherapists were employed in the health service in each of the past 15 years. [21952/24]

Health Services Staff

Peadar Tóibín

124. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health how many speech and language therapists were employed in the health service in each of the past 15 years. [21953/24]

Health Services

Brian Stanley

125. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if eye specialist services currently centralised to Athlone will be reinstated in Portlaoise, and if funding is available to locate a service in County Laois. [21954/24]

Health Services

Paul Murphy

126. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the positive reports in relation to the pathfinder service (details supplied); if there are plans to make this service available nationwide; and, if so, when. [21955/24]

Medicinal Products

Paul Murphy

127. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that PCSK9 inhibiting medication is being denied to those who need it; if he will update the criteria to ensure those who have an intolerance to oral statins can avail of this medication, as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21965/24]

Health Services

Réada Cronin

128. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if he can examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21980/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Barry Cowen

129. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health for an update on a case (details supplied); and when the person concerned can expect an appointment. [21987/24]

Substance Misuse

Neasa Hourigan

130. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the north inner city drug and alcohol task force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21988/24]

General Practitioner Services

Peadar Tóibín

131. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 614 of 30 April 2024, the number accessing Midoc in Tullamore on a weekly basis in 2024; to provide a breakdown of the number travelling from the Birr, Banagher, Cloghan, Kinnitty and Ferbane areas, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22012/24]

Health Services

Niamh Smyth

132. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking to provide additional resources for survivors of stroke and other cardiovascular conditions in the community who are supported by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22013/24]

General Practitioner Services

Patricia Ryan

133. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health if being put on a waiting list for a GP practice would qualify as a refusal (details supplied); and, if not, the reason for same, as the applicant is still without a GP until the practice accepts them from the waiting list, which could take considerable time. [22018/24]

Mental Health Services

Patricia Ryan

134. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the reason funding has been cut to the Kildare mental health day hospital in Kildare primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22020/24]

Medicinal Products

Pádraig O'Sullivan

135. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the reason saw pallmeto is not reimbursed under the medical card scheme; if he will consider including same in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22023/24]

Medical Cards

Niamh Smyth

136. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the current process for cancer patients to obtain a medical card; if the emergency medical card application via a GP in the only avenue; if his Department plans to review this scheme regarding cancer patients who need supports like a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22024/24]

Dental Services

Peadar Tóibín

137. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health a breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of special care dentists, by county, and the numbers of dental patients with additional needs and-or anxiety attending special care dentists who required a general anaesthetic, for each of the past five years, by county. [22049/24]

Mental Health Services

Pearse Doherty

138. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.1542 of 9 April 2024, when a full HSE reply will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22050/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Brendan Griffin

139. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive a date for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22051/24]

Healthcare Policy

James Lawless

140. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health if Huntington's disease will be added to the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22077/24]

Medicinal Products

James Lawless

141. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health if his Department will increase the medications available on prescription to sufferers of Huntington's disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22078/24]

Health Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

142. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the reason the cross-border medical treatment service provides less financial assistance to residents of Ireland than to those who seek similar treatments or medical procedures in another EU country. [22122/24]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Brendan Griffin

143. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health when a person will be seen at a clinic (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22134/24]

Pension Provisions

Denis Naughten

543. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the reason health service workers who paid pension contributions in both jurisdictions cannot combine them for a HSE pension prior to retirement; if he believes that this is a barrier to the all-island approach to healthcare espoused by the Government; if there are reciprocal pension contribution arrangements with any other healthcare or any other public service employer in the EU or beyond; if he believes that this is a barrier to the free movement of staff throughout the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21797/24]

Departmental Inquiries

Róisín Shortall

544. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he will respond to a letter delivered to his office from an organisation on 23 April 2024 requesting a commission of investigation into baby deaths, maternal deaths and catastrophic birth injuries (details supplied); and if he intends to act on this request. [21804/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Healy-Rae

545. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on a person (details supplied) awaiting an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21177/24]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Brendan Griffin

546. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health when a person in County Kerry will be called for an appointment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21182/24]

Health Services

Niamh Smyth

547. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the measures his Department is taking to assist and support an initiative (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21187/24]

Health Service Executive

Claire Kerrane

548. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 566 of 20 February 2024 to provide the total spend by the HSE on contractors for maintenance work (details supplied) in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024. [21194/24]

Dental Services

Fergus O'Dowd

549. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on any discussions between his Department and the Irish Dental Association on further revision of the dental treatment service scheme; the plans his Department and the HSE have to ensure that patients in Louth and Meath who have medical cards receive the timely treatment they need in the interim; if he will provide the most recent figures on the number of registered dentists in the scheme in both Louth and Meath as of 1 May 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21198/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Healy-Rae

550. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21208/24]

Departmental Programmes

James Lawless

551. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health to examine an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21210/24]

Hospital Services

Willie O'Dea

552. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health when the newly completed unit at St. Camillus' Hospital will open to patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21217/24]

Health Services

Jackie Cahill

553. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if, following the closure of the medical clinic in Emly, the HSE would consider running a monthly clinic in the building, with a nurse to take bloods, and so on, for older local residents, who are otherwise forced to attend GPs and run the risk of picking up an illness or infection or travelling a greater distance to Tipperary town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21220/24]

General Practitioner Services

Holly Cairns

554. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs practising in Cork aged over 60 years, by region, in tabular form. [21243/24]

Health Services Staff

Holly Cairns

555. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of health care support assistants in Cork; the number of individuals using the service; and the areas that are using the 4-TEAM rota system, by local area, in tabular form. [21245/24]

Health Services Staff

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

556. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if all the staff in the HSE, including agency staff and staff working for HSE contractors working in St. James's Hospital, Dublin and other hospitals on the minimum wage, are in receipt of the new rate of €12.70 since its introduction on 1 January 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21250/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

John McGuinness

557. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an urgent appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied) at the neurosurgical clinic at Cork University Hospital as this was requested by their GP on 9 January 2023; if he will expedite a positive response as the patient's condition has seriously deteriorated; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21271/24]

Hospital Procedures

John McGuinness

558. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a date for an operation will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21272/24]

Addiction Treatment Services

John McGuinness

559. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the issues regarding funding of an organisation (details supplied) by the probation services and the HSE have now been resolved; the status of the appeal; and if a decision will be expedited as the funding is urgently required. [21277/24]

Medical Cards

Leo Varadkar

560. Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Health the estimated average or median cost of a GP visit card per person per annum; the cost of a full medical per person per annum; and to provide a detailed explanation of the difference in cost, given the abolition of inpatient hospital charges and the reduction in the household cap on monthly medicine bills. [21281/24]

Departmental Data

Leo Varadkar

561. Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the drug payment scheme threshold to €50 per household per month. [21282/24]

Departmental Data

Leo Varadkar

562. Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Health if any costings exist on moving the drug payment scheme to an individual patient basis rather than a household limit. [21283/24]

Dental Services

Brendan Griffin

563. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health when a teenager in County Kerry (details supplied) will receive an appointment for braces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21299/24]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Robert Troy

564. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if there is any financial assistance towards the cost of oxygen cylinders for people dependent on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21306/24]

Nursing Homes

Pádraig O'Sullivan

565. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if consideration has or will be given to the relaxation of the five-year rule for farmers in respect of the nursing home support scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21312/24]

General Practitioner Services

Matt Carthy

566. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health how he proposes a person (details supplied) can get a GP, following the retirement of their own GP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21333/24]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Louise O'Reilly

567. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the status of standardising post-mastectomy supports; what are the financial supports for all areas, in tabular form; if any areas will see a decrease in supports; the reason the HSE does not directly provide post-mastectomy support from approved vendors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21342/24]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Louise O'Reilly

568. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if there is a circular regarding post-mastectomy supports; if there is a reference number on the circular, if he will provide this number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21343/24]

Medical Cards

Michael Collins

569. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the reason persons diagnosed with life-term illnesses who have already been approved for a medical card are required to go to their local GP and hospital consultants for medical reports, which will not have a changed outcome on them, then go to their local pharmacy and ask for the cost of high-tech medicines and regular daily prescribed medicines to put in an assessment for a box to be reticked. [21347/24]

Health Services Staff

Neasa Hourigan

570. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his Department's position on the embargo on recruitment to the health service, particularly its effects on acute hospital services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21354/24]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Neasa Hourigan

571. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if consideration is under way to reduce wait times and update the paper-based system for the reimbursement scheme for oxygen provision systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21356/24]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Violet-Anne Wynne

572. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health what the intention is with Barrington's Hospital in Limerick; if the HSE intends on purchasing the property for use as a hospital in the mid-west region; if so, the future intended use of the building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21364/24]

Hospital Staff

Violet-Anne Wynne

573. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff, by job title, working in the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick; the number of vacancies, by job title; when these vacancies will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21366/24]

Mental Health Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

574. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health what services are available to a parent dealing with an adult child with obvious mental difficulties that are making engagement with mental health services difficult; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21367/24]

Hospital Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

575. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 586 of 5 December 2023, if all 182 additional beds, and 28 additional critical care beds committed to in the urgent and emergency care plan have been delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21368/24]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

576. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the reason it is taking so long for a person (details supplied) to receive an update on their application for a wheelchair. [21392/24]

Health Services

Eoin Ó Broin

577. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the options available to parents with concerns about their children's speech in the absence of a public health nurse providing developmental checks in their area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21393/24]

Hospital Staff

Sorca Clarke

578. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant dermatologists in each hospital part of Ireland East Hospital Group that are dealing with public-only patients in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [21397/24]

Care of the Elderly

Sorca Clarke

579. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the locations where the community specialist teams for older persons have yet to be established; and the timeframe for when those teams will be established. [21398/24]

Hospital Staff

Sorca Clarke

580. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant spinal surgeons based at the Mater Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [21399/24]

Hospital Staff

Niamh Smyth

581. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if he will review the embargo on hiring health care assistants in Killarney Community Hospital, which is due to open in November 2024. [21421/24]

Pharmacy Services

Niamh Smyth

582. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if any analysis has been conducted by the Government on pharmacy fees per item between 2015 and 2023. [21422/24]

Hospital Staff

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

583. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant neurologists with a special interest in migraine based at Beaumont Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21433/24]

Hospital Staff

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

584. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE secretaries attached to the consultant paediatric cardiologist at CHI Temple Street in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21434/24]

Departmental Data

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

585. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of persons seen in the endometriosis hub at the Rotunda Maternity Hospital in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21435/24]

Health Strategies

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

586. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the implementation steps being taken in 2024 to deliver the National Stroke Strategy; the additional budget allocated for this in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21436/24]

Health Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

587. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health when the HSE expects the integrated eye care team to be fully established in CHO 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21437/24]

Health Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

588. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the status of progress in the progression of advanced optometry care in the community (details supplied); if there has been discussion regarding the fact that medical card scale of fees as optometrists has not been updated in 20 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21438/24]

Mental Health Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

589. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he will consider placing a youth mental health service for young people in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21459/24]

Hospital Staff

Violet-Anne Wynne

590. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he will end the recruitment embargo at University Hospital Limerick to ensure safe staffing measures are implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21463/24]

Health Services

Sean Fleming

591. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health to respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21475/24]

Health Services Staff

Richard Bruton

592. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has signed off on a WRC deal to increase the pay of care assistant workers in section 38 and section 39 organisations; if he will outline the terms of that deal and the progress made in issuing payments; whether further discussions regard a claim for parity with those directly employed is progressing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21479/24]

Hospital Services

Niamh Smyth

593. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health to review a matter (details supplied); if he will provide an update on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21481/24]

Medical Aids and Appliances

James O'Connor

594. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health his plans to reverse the decision to cease funding of Dexcom g7 sensors for use by diabetics on insulin injections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21497/24]

Hospital Equipment

Matt Carthy

595. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health further to the failure of the HSE to answer Parliamentary Question No. 641 of 16 April 2024, and the subsequent failure of the HSE to answer Parliamentary Question No. 290 of 2 May 2024, if he will specify, in tabular form, the new MRI scanners that have been provided in each relevant Irish hospital since 1 January 2019; the cost associated with the provision of each; the instances therein when it was the first MRI scanner provided in a hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21506/24]

Hospital Equipment

Matt Carthy

596. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health further to the failure of the HSE to answer Parliamentary Question No. 642 of 16 April 2024, and the subsequent failure of the HSE to answer Parliamentary Question No. 291 of 2 May 2024, if he will specify, in tabular form, the new CT scanners that have been provided in each relevant Irish hospital since 1 January 2019; the cost associated with the provision of each; the instances therein when it was the first CT scanner provided in a hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21507/24]

Hospital Equipment

Matt Carthy

597. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if he will direct the HSE to conduct a feasibility study relating to the provision of a CT scanner at Monaghan Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21508/24]

Hospital Equipment

Matt Carthy

598. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if he will direct the HSE to conduct a feasibility study relating to the provision of an MRI scanner at Monaghan Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21509/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Healy-Rae

599. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of a physiotherapy appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21521/24]

Home Help Service

Pat Buckley

600. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if his Department is aware of a new shift work teams project in the Cork and Kerry home support services which is to begin in June this year and that this new initiative involves rotating five people within the teams over a four-week period (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21540/24]

Health Services

Ged Nash

601. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the overarching strategy of the national OPAT programme; if it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21545/24]

Health Services

Ged Nash

602. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health how many bed days have been saved in the past three years, as a result of the national OPAT programme. [21546/24]

Health Services

Ged Nash

603. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health how many patients have been treated over the past three years by the national OPAT programme; the breakdown of those figures in terms of home OPAT, community OPAT and self OPAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21547/24]

Health Services

Ged Nash

604. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he will provide information on the future investment planned for the national OPAT programme; if there are plans within the special delivery unit of the HSE to expand the national OPAT and CIT service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21548/24]

Health Services

Peadar Tóibín

605. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason the CHI neonatal intensive care unit for the most vulnerable newborns is not being prioritised and progressed. [21553/24]

National Children's Hospital

Peadar Tóibín

606. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health his views on whether Dail Éireann was misled in the decision to proceed with locating the children's hospital on the constrained site at St. James’s, given that many of the major concerns raised in opposition to the project have already come to pass and the advocates for an alternative site have already been vindicated; and if he will hold an Inquiry into the original flawed decision-making process. [21554/24]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Seán Canney

607. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health how many patients are on the podiatry waiting list in Galway; how long the current waiting time is; if the interval between appointments has changed in the past year; if there are currently any unfilled clinical positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21624/24]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Cathal Crowe

608. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has any plans for reducing bureaucracy and paperwork in the oxygen provision reimbursement system (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21635/24]

Mental Health Services

Holly Cairns

609. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1356 of 9 April 2024, for a breakdown, in tabular form, of the exact wait times of children and adolescents identified in the previous response as waiting in excess of 12 months for the north Lee, south Lee, north Cork, west Cork and Kerry primary care psychology services, that is, the number of clients waiting two years, three years, four years and so on. [21636/24]

Mental Health Services

Holly Cairns

610. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the total number of children and adolescents waiting for an appointment with the CHO 4 primary care psychology service for the years ending 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. [21637/24]

Mental Health Services

Holly Cairns

611. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1356 of 9 April 2024, if the 4,785 children and adolescents on the waiting list for the Cork-Kerry primary care psychology services is a typical statistic of primary care services nationally; and if he can provide comparative data with two other CHOs. [21638/24]

Nursing Homes

Holly Cairns

612. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the total number of HIQA inspectors; the area to which they are assigned; the number of facilities they are overseeing, from 2021 to date, in tabular form. [21639/24]

Disability Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

613. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health what services are available for adults with ADHD seeking treatment in CHO 5; if a person (details supplied) can receive such service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21641/24]