Parliamentary questions

Dental Services

Catherine Murphy

295. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of persons under the age of 13 years who have been referred from the school dental programme for children to a dentist for further examination and or procedures in 2023 and to date in 2024, by CHO region; the number in the waiting list, by CHO region; and the average time in each CHO to be seen by a dentist. [19688/24]

Medicinal Products

Róisín Shortall

296. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on implementation of each of the recommendations from the review of governance arrangements to support the HSE drug reimbursement process, prepared by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19698/24]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Róisín Shortall

297. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the reason the Midwest Cancer Centre does not have access to a device (details supplied); if a device will be provided to this centre; if this device is available in any of the other designated cancer centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19699/24]

Disease Management

Cathal Crowe

298. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will outline any updates on the possibility of consultation, with the relevant Departments, to introduce a scheme to partially reimburse those with a formal coeliac disease diagnosis for the purchase of gluten-free foods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19700/24]

General Practitioner Services

Jennifer Whitmore

299. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health the translation supports, if any, that are available to GP practices that do not qualify for assistance from HSE primary care or HSE social inclusion but provide service to a large cohort of Ukrainian patients. [19701/24]

Primary Care Services

Seán Sherlock

300. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of adults who are being treated for stage 1 and stage 2 hypertension within the primary care system; the cost of management of hypertension on an annual basis for 2022,2023 and to date in 2024 to the GMS scheme; and the public health programmes underway to highlight the need to raise awareness of hypertension. [19740/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Healy-Rae

301. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when a hospital appointment will be offered to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19745/24]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

302. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of adults who presented to the HSE looking for treatment for eating disorders that were referred to non-eating disorder inpatient public acute mental health facilities from 2018 to date, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19757/24]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

303. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of adults that presented to the HSE looking for treatment for eating disorders that received specialist inpatient treatment in a dedicated eating disorder service from 2018 to date, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19758/24]

Health Service Executive

Thomas Gould

304. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason nursing staff, sponsored by the HSE, did not receive a subsistence payment. [19759/24]

Departmental Priorities

Michael Healy-Rae

305. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if his Department should be looking at highlighting and promoting proper dental hygiene to the public (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19762/24]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

306. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of children who presented to the HSE looking for treatment for eating disorders who were referred to non-eating disorder inpatient public acute mental health facilities from 2018 to date, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19763/24]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

307. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of children that presented to the HSE looking for treatment for eating disorders that received specialist inpatient treatment in a dedicated eating disorder service from 2018 to date, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19764/24]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Alan Kelly

308. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting to see a consultant paediatric neurosurgeon at Cork University Hospital. [19799/24]

Health Service Executive

Alan Kelly

309. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of chiropody cards for persons aged over 65 that were issued by the HSE in CHO3 and CHO5 in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [19800/24]

Hospital Facilities

Alan Kelly

310. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of surgical hubs that have been established; the cost; the staffing requirements; and the capacity of surgical hubs that have already been established. [19801/24]

Hospital Staff

Alan Kelly

311. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE senior house officers in vascular surgery based at University Hospital Limerick in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [19802/24]

Hospital Procedures

Alan Kelly

312. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of lung and heart transplant procedures carried out in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [19803/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Healy-Rae

313. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health The status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19827/24]

Health Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

314. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if any assistance can be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19831/24]

Health Strategies

Cathal Crowe

315. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health to confirm whether an action plan to implement the recommendations arising from a report (details supplied) was developed; and if it was, if he will provide the family with a copy of the plan. [19832/24]

Health Strategies

Cathal Crowe

316. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will provide confirmation, together with evidence, that the relevant recommendations in a report (details supplied) were communicated nationally. [19833/24]

Health Strategies

Cathal Crowe

317. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm if all clinical staff in the emergency department of UHL have received training in the National Clinical Guidelines No 6 Sepsis Management; and if not, the reason therefor. [19834/24]

Health Services Staff

Jim O'Callaghan

318. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the total number of staff at assistant national director level in the HSE and various Section 38 organisations in the health service on 1 March 2020, 1 March 2021, 1 March 2022, 1 March 2023 and 1 March 2024. [19835/24]

Health Services Staff

Jim O'Callaghan

319. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the total number of staff at National Director level in the HSE on 1 March 2024 and at same month over the previous five years. [19836/24]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Patricia Ryan

320. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health to provide, in tabular form, the current waiting times for home support in County Kildare; and the numbers of people waiting. [19847/24]

Hospital Procedures

Patricia Ryan

321. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the number of shoulder surgeries carried out in St. James's Hospital in 2023. [19848/24]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Patricia Ryan

322. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the number of people currently waiting on gastric surgery in CHO7, in tabular form. [19849/24]

Eating Disorders

Patricia Ryan

323. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the reasons there are only three adult beds for people with eating disorders in Ireland at the present; and the reason there was no funding provided for any of the past six years. [19850/24]

Mental Health Services

Patricia Ryan

324. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health to provide details on the current waiting time to receive mental health treatment in Lakeview Facility in Naas, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19851/24]

Hospital Staff

Aindrias Moynihan

325. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken to address the severe staff shortages in all hospitals in the South/South West hospital group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19925/24]

General Practitioner Services

Aindrias Moynihan

326. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of reduction of out-of-hours and rural GP services in mid Cork, with patients having to travel long distances with local facilities closing (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19926/24]

Local Elections

Richard Boyd Barrett

610. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if a general dental surgeon on grade H of employment is eligible to run in local government elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18959/24]

Departmental Policies

Mark Ward

611. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health for an update on Ireland's drug policy following the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs; the next steps following the recommendations from the Citizens' Assembly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19307/24]

Mental Health Services

Bernard Durkan

612. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which the concerns of parents of children with mental health problems are regularly monitored, with a view to ensuring the availability of adequate residential places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19480/24]

Abortion Services

David Cullinane

613. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health whether implementing the recommendations of the independent termination of pregnancy review is a priority for him. [18633/24]

General Practitioner Services

Peadar Tóibín

614. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason the MIDOC in Birr, County Offaly closed; if there are plans for it to reopen; if there is an assessment of accessibility of primary care in Birr; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18735/24]

Health Services Staff

Michael Healy-Rae

615. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when travel pay expenses will be paid to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18736/24]

Health Services

Darren O'Rourke

616. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the work of an organisation (details supplied) to provide heart and stroke services; if he has plans to work with the foundation to expand services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18737/24]

Health Services

Darren O'Rourke

617. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if he plans to expand the services available to heart and stroke patients; if he is aware that around one in three of all stroke survivors are referred to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18738/24]

Health Services

Darren O'Rourke

618. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of concerns that stroke survivors are not sufficiently supported following their release from hospital; his plans to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18739/24]

Health Services

Darren O'Rourke

619. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of concerns that heart failure patients are not sufficiently supported when out of hospital; his plans to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18740/24]

Health Services

Darren O'Rourke

620. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the significant support services that are offered by an organisation (details supplied); if he aware of concerns that their current funding model is unsustainable; his plans to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18741/24]

Departmental Policies

Brian Stanley

621. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if the providers of online medical certificates including fit to return to work certificates, unfit for work, pre-employment medical certificates and prescriptions are approved by his Department. [18744/24]

Departmental Policies

Brian Stanley

622. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if the practice of the provision of online medical certificates is approved by the HSE and his Department; and if so, how a person can be judged as being fit or unfit for work without actually carrying out a medical examination. [18745/24]

Health Service Executive

David Cullinane

623. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the HSE will finalise its pay and numbers strategy for 2024. [18754/24]

Health Services

David Cullinane

624. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he plans to make access to Mehta growth guidance casting for infantile idiopathic scoliosis available for children in the State, whether through access to care in the State or through access to care abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18755/24]

Hospital Staff

Joe Carey

625. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health if all clinical staff in the emergency department of UHL have received training in the National Clinical Guidelines No 6 Sepsis Management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18757/24]

Nursing Homes

Robert Troy

626. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a nursing home place is made available for a person (details supplied). [18760/24]

Human Rights

Violet-Anne Wynne

627. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken towards developing a UN convention on the rights of older people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18764/24]

Cannabis for Medicinal Use

Violet-Anne Wynne

628. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the role of the Irish Medical Council in respect of difficulties with the Ministerial licence application for medical cannabis access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18766/24]

Cannabis for Medicinal Use

Violet-Anne Wynne

629. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the reason a patient who has completed a Ministerial license application with their medical consultant cannot make a complaint in respect of the process and is instead deemed a third party as they are not the applicant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18767/24]

Cannabis for Medicinal Use

Violet-Anne Wynne

630. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the reason a patient (details supplied) who applied for the Ministerial license on 7 December 2023 has received no reply on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18768/24]

Cannabis for Medicinal Use

Violet-Anne Wynne

631. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the reason his Department deems it inappropriate to discuss applications under section 14 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 to treat a patient with schedule 1 cannabis-based products with the patient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18769/24]

Cannabis for Medicinal Use

Violet-Anne Wynne

632. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the length of time it takes for a consultant who has submitted an application under section 14 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 to treat a patient with schedule 1 cannabis-based products to hear from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18770/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Healy-Rae

633. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when a hospital appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18781/24]

Hospital Transfers

Jackie Cahill

634. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the travel options that may be available to an elderly patient travelling from Thurles, County Tipperary, to Croom, County Limerick for a rheumatology appointment, who has no other means of transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18790/24]

Medical Cards

Bernard Durkan

635. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health when a medical card might issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18793/24]

Budget 2024

Bernard Durkan

636. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health for an itemised list of exactly how the additional €10 million allocated to mental health in Budget 2024 will be spent, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18794/24]

Mental Health Services

Bernard Durkan

637. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health what percentage of mental health difficulties are addressed at primary care level, secondary care level and tertiary care level, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18795/24]

Psychological Assessments

Bernard Durkan

638. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the current wait time for an appointment with primary care psychology; the number of persons on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18796/24]

Mental Health Services

Bernard Durkan

639. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the current staffing levels of the child and adolescent mental health services, the adult mental health services and the old age psychiatry services, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18797/24]

Hospital Staff

Niall Collins

640. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health for an update regarding current staffing levels of paediatric epilepsy services at University Hospital Limerick; the number of current vacancies which may exist within the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18803/24]

Care of the Elderly

Cian O'Callaghan

641. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide a day centre for older people in an area (details supplied) where there is currently no suitable centre for public health nurses to make a referral to; if this can be considered to prevent social isolation and assist families in providing care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18809/24]

Vaccination Programme

Róisín Shortall

642. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 327 of 21 March 2024, to provide an update on the status of the proposed vaccine damage scheme; the timeline he is working towards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18818/24]

Broadband Infrastructure

Denis Naughten

643. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the total number of copper communication lines within his Department that are currently in active operation and for which his Department is paying for on a monthly basis, inclusive of ISDN, PTSN and copper-based lease lines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18839/24]

Departmental Data

Denis Naughten

644. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the number of people in Ireland who currently use telecare systems either in their home, in nursing or care homes and/or in assisted-living facilities to monitor, support or protect the health and well-being of vulnerable people; the annual spend on such devices for each of the past five years from 2019 to 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18849/24]

Healthcare Policy

Patrick Costello

645. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the concerns of over 100 Irish academics expressed in an open letter (details supplied) about a report on transgender healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18880/24]

Medicinal Products

Patrick Costello

646. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if his Department plans to legislate to stop the dispensing of EU prescriptions for specific marginalised groups as proposed in a recent article (details supplied). [18881/24]

Gender Equality

Patrick Costello

647. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if reports of transgender people being denied blood tests by GPs will be investigated by the HSE clinical lead for transgender services. [18882/24]

Departmental Data

Patrick Costello

648. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health the number of patients of the National Gender Service who have walked back their gender as mentioned in a recent radio interview (details supplied), by year in tabular form. [18883/24]

Healthcare Policy

Johnny Mythen

649. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for blood tests to be taken on a person that present themselves as a suspected spiked victim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18887/24]

Healthcare Policy

Johnny Mythen

650. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Health if there is a protocol to expedite blood tests for patients who have been spiked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18888/24]

Departmental Data

Johnny Mythen

651. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the total number of cases of spiking that have occurred between 2022, 2023 and 2024, including Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18889/24]

Health Services

Mark Ward

652. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in Palmerstown; the number of vacant positions; if developmental checks are being carried out for children in the Palmerstown area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18893/24]

Health Services

Chris Andrews

653. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) given their housing situation is tenuous and urgent intervention is needed to ensure take responsibility is taken for their welfare. [18894/24]

Care of the Elderly

Ged Nash

654. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the membership of the reference group of stakeholders that will help inform the work of the Commission on Care for Older People; how persons and interested service providers and representative bodies will feed into the work of the commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18895/24]

Hospital Staff

Catherine Murphy

655. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE endocrinologist registrars based in St. James's Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [18900/24]

Health Services

Catherine Murphy

656. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of house calls visits carried out by doctors in each treatment centre on D-Doc services in each of the past 28 days, in tabular form. [18901/24]

Health Services

Catherine Murphy

657. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who have applied for treatment to date in 2024 under the publicly funded fertility treatment scheme. [18902/24]

Hospital Charges

Catherine Murphy

658. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the amount collected in public car parking charges at Tallaght University Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [18903/24]

Mental Health Services

Catherine Murphy

659. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the current number of teams for each of the national clinical programmes in early intervention in psychosis, perinatal mental health and eating disorders; and the current staffing levels for each of those teams, in tabular form. [18904/24]

Hospital Staff

Catherine Murphy

660. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in intensive care medicine at St. Vincent's University Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [18905/24]

Health Services

Matt Carthy

661. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the current newborn screening process; if he has given any consideration to expanding the diseases which are screened for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18928/24]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Róisín Shortall

662. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health his plans for the special scheme of paid leave for eligible public health sector employees suffering from long-Covid, following the three-month extension announced on 16 April 2024; if he will replace the temporary scheme with a long-term occupation illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18929/24]

Healthcare Policy

Róisín Shortall

663. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health his response to the Law Reform Commission's report entitled 'A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding'; his plans in respect of implementing the recommendations; if he will commit to establishing a new and fully independent national safeguarding authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18930/24]

Health Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

664. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health for a status update on the provision of a health service building and the occupants of same in Carlow (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18934/24]

Medical Cards

John McGuinness

665. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a medical card will be issued based on medical circumstances to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18938/24]

Health Service Executive

Ged Nash

666. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if the HSE's CHO8 intends to provide any financial support to an organisation (details supplied) to deliver important supports in the community in the administrative area for those who have experienced heart events or stroke; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18943/24]

Health Services

Louise O'Reilly

667. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health are there functioning stroke units in Cavan, Letterkenny and Naas as of April 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18945/24]

Health Services

Louise O'Reilly

668. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of stroke units that meet the minimum requirements under the stroke guidelines to be a stroke unit since the publication of the National Stroke Audit and as of April 2024; where are these located; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18946/24]

Healthcare Policy

Louise O'Reilly

669. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health what budget has been set aside to work with key stakeholders to improve public knowledge on stroke and risk factors for stroke; is this recurrent funding; what stakeholders are being worked with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18947/24]

Departmental Funding

Louise O'Reilly

670. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health what problems and issues have arisen from the lack of a structured programme of recurrent funding for the National Stroke Strategy; what recommendations of both the National Stroke Strategy and the Irish National Audit for Stroke are not able to be implemented as a result of the lack of a structured programme of recurrent funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18948/24]

Departmental Funding

Louise O'Reilly

671. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health what structured programme of recurrent funding is needed for the National Stroke Strategy to be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18949/24]

Health Services Staff

Louise O'Reilly

672. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of posts that have been approved for the National Stroke Strategy to date; the number of these that have been filled; the number of these that have been withdrawn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18950/24]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Louise O'Reilly

673. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the reason patient access to acute stroke unit beds has remained at an unacceptable level for several years; what action is being taken to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18951/24]

Mental Health Services

Mattie McGrath

674. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that have been seen weekly, by each discipline (details supplied), by each team within the two CAMHS teams in south Tipperary, Clonmel team 1 and team 2 since January 2024 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18968/24]

Mental Health Services

Mattie McGrath

675. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of patients referred to CAMHS (Clonmel teams) who have not been accepted but seen by a CAMHS consultant by way of an ECA in hospital since January 2023 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18969/24]

Health Services Staff

Brian Stanley

676. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health his Department’s position on the embargo on recruitment to the health service, specifically the situation where positions for nursing staff are vacant and persons are on panels at various hospitals. [18972/24]

Health Services Staff

Paul Kehoe

677. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Health what plans are in place for the recruitment of a consultant neurologist for Wexford hospital and a dedicated outpatient neurology service, as recommended in the 2016 National Model of Care for Neurology Services in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18991/24]