Parliamentary questions

Health Service Executive

David Cullinane

1. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he will end the health service recruitment embargo; when the HSE will publish its pay and numbers strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19772/24]

Cannabis for Medicinal Use

Gino Kenny

2. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the report conducted by the Health Research Board that informed his Department of the current status of the medical cannabis access programme, MCAP; when his Department will consider the findings and make a clinical decision on whether to expand the criteria of the MCAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19872/24]

Hospital Services

David Cullinane

3. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will commit funding to 288 additional acute inpatient beds at University Hospital Limerick, UHL; the timeline for the full implementation of the coroner's recommendations following an inquest (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19773/24]

Hospital Services

David Cullinane

4. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to achieve a maximum of four months waiting time for paediatric spinal surgeries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19774/24]

Health Services Staff

Gino Kenny

5. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of a severe shortage of public health nurses in Dublin Mid-West; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19873/24]

Nursing Homes

Cathal Crowe

6. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if a new capital funding stream to support the voluntary nursing home sector in meeting HIQA requirements and upgrading facilities can be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19781/24]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Joan Collins

7. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the reason youth service workers employed through the City of Dublin ETB channel of funding in the drugs and alcohol task forces have not received the October 2023 WRC 8% pay rise or had their wages restored to pre-2009 cuts levels; and what detailed measures the Government is putting in place that pay rises are specifically accounted for in channels of funding. [19270/24]

Dental Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

8. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the reason there is currently no orthodontic treatment in Carlow; when he expects it to be provided; and when it will be implemented. [19782/24]

Cancer Services

David Stanton

9. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health if a governance structure exists in the HSE to oversee the provision of care for people genetically predisposed to cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19460/24]

Dental Services

David Cullinane

10. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to expand public dentistry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19778/24]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Ruairí Ó Murchú

11. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the review under way into the funding and provision of post-mastectomy products; when the review will be completed; if stakeholders, including cancer survivors and post-mastectomy product fitters, will be consulted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19294/24]

Health Services Staff

Pearse Doherty

12. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when he will meet with the Donegal branch of an organisation (details supplied) to address its concerns regarding broken promises to improve diabetes services in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19824/24]

Nursing Homes

Éamon Ó Cuív

13. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the progress to date with the provision of a new community nursing unit in Clifden to replace both St. Annes Nursing Home and Clifden Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19743/24]

Primary Care Centres

Alan Farrell

14. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on progress being made to deliver a primary care centre in Swords, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19788/24]

Eating Disorders

Darren O'Rourke

15. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if he will report on treatment for adults with eating disorders; how it was envisaged that 20 new beds would be provided with no new additional funding; if he is aware of the issues raised in a documentary (details supplied) that aired on 25 April 2024; how many children are on a waiting list for treatment for an eating disorder in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024 in tabular form; how he plans to address these issues; how he plans to increase treatment services for children and adults with eating disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19725/24]

Hospital Services

Niamh Smyth

16. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the details of the investment and enhancement in services at a hospital (details supplied) since becoming Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19494/24]

Health Services

Pádraig O'Sullivan

17. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 578 of 23 April 2024, if funding will be allocated via the estimates process this year considering that the implementation model was approved in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19419/24]

Primary Care Services

Holly Cairns

18. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on South Doc services in Skibbereen, Clonakilty and Bandon. [19963/24]

Departmental Funding

Ruairí Ó Murchú

19. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if he will consider funding an organisation (details supplied) for patient services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19293/24]

Health Services Staff

Danny Healy-Rae

20. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if the embargo on recruiting HSE staff has been completely lifted; if nurses are being hired for hospitals; the number of nursing jobs that are currently advertised by the HSE in the Cork, Kerry and Limerick areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18956/24]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Bernard Durkan

21. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the degree to which he and his Department continue to concentrate on waiting lists in respect of health procedures in general throughout the country; the extent to which adequate success is being achieved in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19769/24]

Health Services Staff

Joan Collins

22. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the emergency measures the Government will put in place to ensure developmental checks resume in Dublin 8, 10 and 12, given the severe lack of child developmental checks in the area. [19450/24]

Hospital Staff

Robert Troy

23. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when the HSE will approve the appointment of staff to operate the MRI scanner at the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar. [19837/24]

Health Services

Brendan Griffin

24. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health what progress has been made on outcomes for people who suffer stroke over the past 15 years; if he will provide a detailed breakdown of data, by region or county where available; what measures are being taken to reduce instances of stroke, intervene early for patients suffering stroke and what after care is available to rehabilitate people after stroke; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19819/24]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Aindrias Moynihan

25. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health how many children from April 2024 with type 1 diabetes to date are awaiting access to technology such a glucose monitors and insulin pumps in the South/South West Hospital region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19915/24]

Official Engagements

Peadar Tóibín

26. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will list the hospitals he has visited since he took office. [18647/24]

Hospital Staff

Cathal Crowe

27. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an overview of what teaching roles, in terms of nurse and doctor training, the hospitals in the University Hospital Limerick Group currently have; if he will consider a broadened role in this regard for Ennis General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19780/24]

Legislative Measures

Paul Donnelly

28. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health when legislation will be brought forward to curtail the selling of "fast gas" nitrous oxide canisters to young people for personal consumption and making them only available to medical and catering industries. [12316/24]

Ambulance Service

James O'Connor

29. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health to outline his Department’s considerations for a new ambulance base in Youghal, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19881/24]

Departmental Reports

Gino Kenny

30. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) has said the latest Department of Health/HSE-commissioned IGEES report into the public hospital system is about saving money rather than patient safety and investing in services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19870/24]

Dental Services

Aindrias Moynihan

31. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to address the difficulties experienced by the HSE community dental service in recruiting staff; the measures that are being taken to reduce the long wait times for children awaiting orthodontic treatment in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19914/24]

Health Service Executive

Duncan Smith

32. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the appointment of a social worker for the Swords area, which is being hindered by the ongoing recruitment freeze in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19400/24]

Hospital Closures

Catherine Connolly

33. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the details of his engagement to-date in 2024 with HSE West regarding the ongoing closure of Clifden District Hospital; the steps he has taken to ensure that the hospital reopens on a permanent basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19534/24]

Cancer Services

Duncan Smith

34. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will commit to funding the National Cancer strategy in full in Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19397/24]

Health Strategies

Robert Troy

35. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when the National Palliative Care Strategy will be published. [19838/24]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Pauline Tully

36. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health to detail the specific health supports that are available to people with long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19867/24]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Pádraig O'Sullivan

37. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of children in CHO4 that are waiting for a medical appliance, for example, wheelchair, orthotics and shower chair, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19420/24]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Catherine Connolly

38. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 51 of 29 February 2024, for an update on the development of the SAR/PBC by the project team and the Galway University Hospitals Capital Programme Oversight Board for the new emergency department, women and children's block in UHG; the expected timeline for it to move to pre-tender stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19533/24]

Departmental Reviews

Paul Murphy

39. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the recommendations he will make to the Cabinet Committee on Health in respect of the legislative changes needed to implement the abortion review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19877/24]

Hospital Staff

Brendan Griffin

40. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health the up-to-date breakdown of all staffing types at West Kerry Community Hospital; the net recruitment progress that has been made in each category in each year since 2019; the current bed complement; the breakdown of bed types; how many people are currently waiting for a bed in the hospital; what recruitment efforts are being made for each category of staff, including healthcare assistants and nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19820/24]

Health Services Staff

Frankie Feighan

41. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health when a medical officer will be appointed to the Plunkett Home, Boyle, County Roscommon, given this position was advertised and approved at the end of 2023. [11712/24]

Departmental Policies

Paul Donnelly

42. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health when the regulation in respect of selling vape products to minors will be fully enacted; and the repercussions for retailers if found to be in breach. [12315/24]

General Practitioner Services

Darren O'Rourke

43. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs currently practicing in Meath; the number of new GPs who have taken up work in each of the years 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; if he plans to increase this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19726/24]

Hospital Staff

Pearse Doherty

44. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to provide for a dedicated consultant neurologist at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19818/24]

Departmental Funding

Duncan Smith

45. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will increase statutory funding for an organisation (details supplied) due to data that shows that stroke incidence in Ireland could increase by 60% by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19399/24]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Peadar Tóibín

46. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the longest length of time any child has been waiting for scoliosis or spinal surgery in Temple Street or Crumlin Children’s Hospitals. [18648/24]

Health Services

Thomas Gould

47. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason funding has not been provided to reopen a service (details supplied). [19710/24]

Health Services

Richard Bruton

48. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has considered broadening the scope of screening programmes to address more effectively the undetected treatable conditions, which if caught earlier would enhance health lives and reduce health costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19862/24]

Hospital Services

Danny Healy-Rae

49. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health for an update on services in a local hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13599/24]

Departmental Staff

Duncan Smith

50. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the reason a chief pharmaceutical officer has yet to be appointed; if he will support such an appointment considering the consistent shortage in various medicines worldwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19398/24]

Primary Care Services

Éamon Ó Cuív

51. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the plans to provide suitable primary care units in west and north Connemara; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19744/24]

Emergency Departments

Duncan Smith

52. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health to detail his plan to solve the ongoing accident and emergency crisis in UHL; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19401/24]

Health Strategies

David Cullinane

53. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has developed a framework for multi-annual funding of national strategies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19777/24]

Primary Care Services

Thomas Gould

54. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether he will instruct SouthDoc to reopen Blackpool to full service. [19711/24]

Emergency Departments

Bernard Durkan

55. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor the operation of national accident and emergency departments in all hospitals throughout the country with a view to eliminating, insofar as is possible, avertable accidents; if action can be taken to ensure that patients on trollies can have reduced waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19770/24]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

Gino Kenny

56. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently said the latest NTPF figures indicate that waiting lists may take a decade or more to get under control unless the opening of long-promised additional hospital capacity is fast-tracked and consultant posts are filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19869/24]

Health Strategies

Gino Kenny

57. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) has warned that his Department risks repeating the same regressive mistakes of the austerity years if it plans to move away from health service investment in order to prioritise savings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19871/24]

Departmental Reviews

David Cullinane

58. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the progress in implementing the recommendations of the termination of pregnancy review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19776/24]

Departmental Reviews

Paul Murphy

59. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health when the abortion review recommendations on legislative reforms will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19876/24]

Eating Disorders

Martin Browne

60. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health to outline the approach that parents of children with ARFID can take to secure the services needed to address the condition; how parents of children with ARFID are advised to secure the services needed in the absence of the condition not being included in the NICE guidelines for Eating Disorders (2017 or 2020 update); if he plans to identify and develop specific pathways for the treatment of children with ARFID in the context of the HSE’s assertion that management of children with ARFID in Ireland requires a collaborative working between professionals and would involve working between the acute hospital sector and HSE community healthcare divisions such as primary care, disability and mental health; how that management process can work efficiently in light of a lack of dietitians across primary care, outpatient paediatrics and community mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19809/24]

Hospital Services

Holly Cairns

61. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on access to neurology services in Bantry Hospital. [19761/24]

Mental Health Services

Pauline Tully

62. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the actions he has taken to decrease waiting times for children and adolescents to access CAMHS in CHO1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19868/24]

Health Services

Alan Farrell

63. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the rollout of the Women’s Health Action Plan 2024-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19789/24]

Cancer Services

David Stanton

64. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding made available to the National Cancer Control Programme for a national strategy to accelerate genetic and genomic medicine in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19459/24]

Eating Disorders

Martin Browne

65. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health his views on the difficulties of families of children with ARFID including a person (details supplied) to access a dietician and other relevant staff in areas where community teams lack such staff; the impact this and overall staff shortages has on the management of children with eating and feeding disorders; the difficulties that the families of such children experience in securing the services of a paediatric consultant to work with CDNTs when a child has immediate needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19810/24]

Health Services Staff

David Cullinane

66. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current vacancy rates amongst health and social care professions across primary, community, and acute sectors, including relevant Section 38 and 39 organisations; the number of vacancies by profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19779/24]

Health Services

Claire Kerrane

67. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the additional medical supports he has sought for communities where Ukrainians and international protection persons have arrived; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18967/24]

Health Strategies

David Cullinane

68. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he will publish a new palliative care policy for adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19775/24]

Hospital Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

69. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health for an update on the paediatric diabetes services in St. Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny. [19783/24]

Health Services

James O'Connor

70. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the delivery of the community nursing unit at Saint Raphael’s Youghal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19880/24]

Departmental Policies

Richard Bruton

71. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will consider the merit of a broader mandate for the commission to cover positive ageing in the round instead of the narrow mandate of caring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19861/24]

Legislative Process

Róisín Shortall

251. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the timeline he is working towards in commencing Report Stage of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19911/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Niamh Smyth

252. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health to review a case (details supplied); and if he can provide an update on the matter. [19913/24]

Hospital Services

Michael Healy-Rae

253. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when eye services will resume in UHK (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19918/24]

Health Services

James Browne

254. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a specific query related to a personal matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19921/24]

Health Services

Fergus O'Dowd

259. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in relation to speech and language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19931/24]

Health Services

Réada Cronin

260. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if a test for neurofibromatosis specifically can be added to the newborn screening system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19932/24]

Vaccination Programme

Réada Cronin

261. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if the BCG vaccine is part of the current vaccination programme for infants; if it is not, if he will re-introduce it, given the rise in TB globally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19933/24]

Vaccination Programme

Réada Cronin

262. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if his Department will begin a public information campaign to advise people on how best to protect themselves from airborne infection with SARSCoV2 given the impact of long-Covid on those who develop it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19934/24]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Réada Cronin

263. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if he will, or is already, liaising with the Ministers for Finance, Social Protection and Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, in examining the impact of long-Covid on public health quality and services, on the public finances, the labour force and therefore the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19935/24]

Disease Management

Réada Cronin

264. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if he will, or is already, liaising with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine on current/future surveillance and preparation for a possible bird flu outbreak in livestock and for physical protections and testing for workers and produce in the dairy and related industries in the event of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19936/24]

Departmental Policies

Thomas Pringle

265. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if there is a statutory limit on the time taken to receive CORU registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19940/24]

Hospital Services

Mark Ward

266. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health to outline if the decisions to move residents from the willow and sycamore units of Cherry Orchard Hospital was on recommendation from HIQA or by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19946/24]

Hospital Services

Mark Ward

267. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health further to Questions on Promised Legislation on 25 April 2024, if the Minister with responsibility for older people will meet with the families of residents of willow and sycamore units of Cherry Orchard Hospital who have been moved or asked to move; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19947/24]

Hospital Services

Mark Ward

268. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health further to Questions on Promised Legislation on 25 April 2024, if the Minister with responsibility for older people will allow an independent examination into the decision to move the elderly residents from the willow and sycamore units of Cherry Orchard Hospital from their home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19948/24]

Hospital Services

Mark Ward

269. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health further to Questions on Promised Legislation on 25 April 2024, if the Minister with responsibility for older people will allow the remaining 16 Cherry Orchard Residents in the willow and sycamore units be moved to willow east; if the repair work in willow east has been carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19949/24]

Disability Services

Darren O'Rourke

270. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health when a response will issue to Parliamentary Question No. 102 of 29 February 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19956/24]

Hospital Services

Michael Healy-Rae

271. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to invest in the endoscopy workforce capacity and hospital infrastructure (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19958/24]

Cancer Services

Michael Healy-Rae

272. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19959/24]

Hospital Services

Fergus O'Dowd

273. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on remedial plans to address the structural problems identified by HIQA within Cherry Orchard Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19960/24]

Hospital Services

Michael Ring

274. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health when a service will be provided at a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19964/24]

Primary Care Services

Holly Cairns

275. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of patients seen by the SouthDoc service in Clonakilty, by month, from January 2022 to date in 2024, in tabular form. [19973/24]

Primary Care Services

Holly Cairns

276. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs working in the SouthDoc service in Clonakilty currently; and the number of GPs that were working in the same service in April 2023. [19974/24]

Primary Care Services

Holly Cairns

277. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of patients seen by the SouthDoc service in Clonakilty, by week, from 1 January 2024 to date, in tabular form. [19975/24]

Hospital Services

Bríd Smith

278. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health where on the campus of Cherry Orchard hospital the new coronary care unit will be located; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19977/24]

Hospital Services

Bríd Smith

279. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if she will assure the families of residents on both willow and sycamore units in Cherry Orchard hospital, that neither unit will be used to facilitate a new service, other than its prior use as a nursing home care facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19978/24]

Hospital Services

Bríd Smith

280. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the person or body that is currently undertaking the ongoing risk assessments of the 16 remaining residents’ rooms in Cherry Orchard hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19979/24]

Hospital Services

Bríd Smith

281. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health to confirm the qualifications of the ongoing risk assessors to carry out this task with regard to health and safety; if the assessor also has another role at Cherry Orchard hospital in addition to their role of risk assessor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19980/24]

Covid-19 Pandemic

David Stanton

282. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in the State estimated to be suffering from long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19986/24]

Cancer Services

Michael Ring

283. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health when an entitlement (details supplied) will be restored; if the same entitlement is available in other CHO areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19992/24]