Parliamentary questions

Health Services

Róisín Shortall

184. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he plans to provide further supports and services for patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18309/24]

Programme for Government

Róisín Shortall

185. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to introduce a statutory right to homecare; the timeline he is working towards in publishing the legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18326/24]

Departmental Funding

Michael Healy-Rae

186. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if funding will be reviewed for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18360/24]

Health Strategies

David Stanton

187. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health the measures being undertaken by his Department to promote awareness of coeliac disease, particularly in the food and hospitality sectors; if coeliac disease is classed as a medical condition in the same circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18364/24]

Departmental Contracts

Robert Troy

188. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health has at any time engaged the services of a company (details supplied) or allocated the company funding or support in any capacity; if he or his officials have engaged with personnel from the company; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18371/24]

Hospital Services

Robert Troy

189. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite blood test results for a person (details supplied). [18371/24]

Dental Services

Brendan Griffin

190. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health the number and details of the dentists providing dental care to medical card holders in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18384/24]

Departmental Advertising

Ged Nash

191. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health for figures on the total spend for all forms of advertising in the years 2022 and 2023 in his Department; if figures can be provided on each Department’s spend on local media advertising (print and broadcast respectively, and broken down on that basis) for those years; if the Department used/uses an agency to place advertising; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18394/24]

Departmental Contracts

Carol Nolan

192. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his Department has at any time engaged the services of a company (details supplied) or allocated the company funding or support in any capacity; if he or his officials have engaged with personnel from the company; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18446/24]

Care Services

David Stanton

575. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health the reason a building (details supplied) is not currently open and operating; when he expects the service to resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17303/24]

Primary Care Centres

Patrick Costello

576. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 586 of 21 November 2023, if an update will be provided. [17310/24]

Ambulance Service

John McGuinness

577. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number that applied for the position of ambulance base supervisors with the National Ambulance Service; the number of applicants that had a formal interview; the number of successful candidates; the number of vacant paramedic positions throughout the organisation; the plan to fill each vacancy; the budget for the service for each of the past five years; the response time for ambulances from time of call to time of arrival at the patient's location; the status of the plan to modernise and transform the service; the number of advanced paramedics currently employed in the organisation; the base to which they are attached; and the number of qualified paramedics that are currently undertaking training courses to qualify as an advanced paramedic (details supplied). [17312/24]

Health Services

Pádraig O'Sullivan

578. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health when the amyloidosis model of care, which was approved by the HSE in 2022, will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17325/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Robert Troy

579. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for surgery (details supplied). [17333/24]

Ambulance Service

Holly Cairns

580. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the current ambulance response times across west Cork; the number of ambulances available in the area; and the number of paramedics assigned to the area. [17350/24]

Health Services

James Lawless

581. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health to examine an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17388/24]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Sorca Clarke

582. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time to see a consultant paediatric ophthalmologist at CHI Temple Street. [17409/24]

Hospital Facilities

Sorca Clarke

583. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at Mullingar Regional Hospital in the years 2022 and 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [17410/24]

Health Services

Sorca Clarke

584. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health how the €1.4 million new development funding in 2024 for the expansion of the newborn bloodspot screening will be spent. [17411/24]

Hospital Staff

Sorca Clarke

585. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant urologists and urology registrars part of each hospital in the Ireland East Hospital Group in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [17413/24]