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Wed, 8 May 2024
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Health Services Staff
Róisín Shortall
606. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he had engaged with the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to increase the number of postgraduate college places in public health nursing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20705/24]
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Disability Services
Robert Troy
607. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health what State support for speech and language are available to a child with Down's Syndrome (details supplied). [20709/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Medical Cards
Pádraig O'Sullivan
608. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the current criteria for an over-70s medical card, in particular the assessable outgoing expenses of a person (details supplied) still operating a small farm or business, where little or no profit is accrued annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20710/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
Róisín Shortall
609. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health to provide further details in relation to the planned elective hospitals for Blanchardstown and Crumlin; the timeline he is working towards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20719/24]
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Dental Services
Róisín Shortall
610. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of people on a waiting list for dental and orthodontic treatment, by age, CHO and wait time, in tabular form. [20720/24]
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Dental Services
Róisín Shortall
611. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of people on a waiting list for dental and orthodontic treatment at the end of February in each of the years between 2018-2023, by age, CHO and wait time, in tabular form. [20721/24]
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Dental Services
Róisín Shortall
612. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health to outline the rates for each treatment under the dental treatment service scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20722/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Dental Services
Róisín Shortall
613. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists participating in the dental treatment service scheme, by LHO and CHO, in tabular form. [20723/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Medical Cards
Catherine Connolly
614. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health to outline, in tabular form, the benefits provided by a medical card and an enhanced medical card (as available to some persons pursuant to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20724/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Hospital Appointments Status
Barry Cowen
615. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health for an update on a case (details supplied); when the person concerned can expect an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20726/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Departmental Policies
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
616. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Health for clarification on the method undertaken to create the endometriosis framework; when we can anticipate a release date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20735/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Care Services
Sorca Clarke
617. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the case of a child (details supplied) who was allocated an additional four hours of care in 2022, funded by the HSE, and is still waiting to have these hours fulfilled two years later; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20759/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Care Services
Sorca Clarke
618. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health where a person (details supplied) is on the waiting list for additional hours of care. [20760/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Medicinal Products
Pádraig O'Sullivan
619. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the reimbursement status of the drug ravulizumab for paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria and atypical haemolytic uremic syndrome; when he expects this drug to be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20786/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Health Services
Duncan Smith
620. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 166 of 31 January 2024, how the needs of the National Gender Service’s patients are increasingly complex; what statistics can be shared around the change in the proportion of clinical time spent on follow-up compared to previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20789/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Health Services
Duncan Smith
621. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 166 of 31 January 2024, if psychiatrists are a bottleneck for assessments, as indicated in the National Gender Service's July 2023 clinical governance committee minutes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20790/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Health Services
Duncan Smith
622. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 31 January 2024, if the National Gender Service will provide a recent example of the sort of situation where it was necessary to meet with non-clinical groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20791/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Health Services
Duncan Smith
623. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 31 January 2024, how meeting no such organisations in 2023 is in line with the National Gender Service model of care's commitment that "patient support and advocacy organisations will be involved in governance and service development”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20792/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Health Services
Duncan Smith
624. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 of 31 January 2024, if the National Gender Service considers the care it provides to be gender affirming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20793/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Health Services
Duncan Smith
625. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 of 31 January 2024, if the National Gender Service will clarify which definition of gender affirming it meant with "promoting a gender affirming model of care" in a newspaper article in September 2023 (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20794/24]