Parliamentary questions

Departmental Funding

Denis Naughten

491. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the plans he has, if any, to provide immediate funding to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20178/24]

Medical Cards

Bernard Durkan

492. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will be renewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20180/24]

Disability Services

Darren O'Rourke

493. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if the HSE funds adult disabilities day care centres within CHO8 that are opened on the weekends; and if so, the location of same, in tabular form. [20181/24]

Departmental Funding

Darren O'Rourke

494. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated to psycho-oncology services in 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [20182/24]

Health Services Staff

Darren O'Rourke

495. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the impact of the recruitment embargo on cardiology services; the number of positions that cannot be filled; and if services have been affected. [20183/24]

Health Services Staff

Brendan Griffin

496. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will explain a reduction in travel expenses for a HSE home help worker (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20187/24]

Health Services

James Lawless

497. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health to examine an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20189/24]

Medical Cards

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

498. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the reason patients with medical cards are continuing to be charged for services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20192/24]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Carol Nolan

499. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons awaiting assessment nationally; the duration of the waiting time for speech and language therapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20200/24]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Carol Nolan

500. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons awaiting assessment nationally; the duration of the waiting time for occupational therapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20201/24]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Carol Nolan

501. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons awaiting assessment nationally; the duration of the waiting time for HSE contracted psychologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20202/24]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Carol Nolan

502. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons awaiting assessment nationally; the duration of the waiting time for HSE contracted psychiatrists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20203/24]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Carol Nolan

503. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons awaiting assessment nationally; the duration of the waiting time for HSE contracted social workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20204/24]

Health Services Staff

Carol Nolan

504. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total number of vacancies within the HSE for speech & language therapists, occupational therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, and social workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20205/24]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Brendan Griffin

505. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health when a person in County Kerry (details supplied) will be assessed and will receive a new wheelchair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20207/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Niamh Smyth

506. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health for an update on the physiotherapy appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20208/24]

Health Services

Róisín Shortall

507. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the reporting arrangements in place for the HSE public-only consultant contract; the persons responsible for oversight and reporting; the most recent reporting in this regard; to whom these reports are made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20220/24]

Health Strategies

Richard Bruton

508. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the development of a national rare diseases strategy for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20225/24]

Hospital Facilities

Joe McHugh

509. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health when the plans to add additional space at Letterkenny University Hospital will begin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20227/24]

Departmental Inquiries

John Lahart

510. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the person who has been appointed to chair the Epilim inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20230/24]

Medical Cards

Richard Boyd Barrett

511. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health whether injections for osteoporosis with the medication festeo are still reimbursable for medical card holders; to provide a rationale for their removal if these injections are no longer available for medical card holders; what recourse medical card holders who have previously required such injections have if they have been removed from the list of reimbursable medications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20232/24]

Hospital Admissions

David Cullinane

512. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average time spent waiting by a patient who was admitted on a trolley between a bed being allocated for them and that bed becoming available for the patient and the patient moved into that bed, by hospital, in tabular form. [20233/24]

Hospital Admissions

David Cullinane

513. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average time spent waiting by a patient at St. James’s University Hospital who was admitted on a trolley between a bed being allocated for them and that bed becoming available for the patient and the patient moved into that bed, in tabular form. [20234/24]

Hospital Admissions

David Cullinane

514. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average time spent waiting by a patient at St. Vincent’s University Hospital who was admitted on a trolley between a bed being allocated for them and that bed becoming available for the patient and the patient moved into that bed, in tabular form. [20235/24]

Hospital Admissions

David Cullinane

515. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average time spent waiting by a patient at Mater Misericordiae University Hospital who was admitted on a trolley between a bed being allocated for them and that bed becoming available for the patient and the patient moved into that bed, in tabular form. [20236/24]

Road Traffic Accidents

Patrick Costello

516. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE provides data to the RSA on all road traffic injuries treated in emergency departments and minor injury clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20241/24]

Medicinal Products

Patrick Costello

517. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to ensure that essential medications, such as nozinan, required for palliative care patients being used in place of medications which are currently in short supply are reimbursed by the primary care reimbursement service to community pharmacies, in order that such patients and their families do not incur costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20242/24]

Health Services Staff

Peadar Tóibín

518. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of gambling addiction therapists and counsellors employed within the HSE; and the number of gambling addiction therapist and counselling services in receipt of HSE funding respectively, by county, for each of the past five years, in tabular form. [20264/24]

Health Services

Bernard Durkan

519. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if and when it is expected to offer the son of a person (details supplied) an appointment for initial assessment for ADHD; the current average wait time for such appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20278/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Maurice Quinlivan

520. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the status of a person (details supplied) who having been referred to St. John's Hospital, Limerick for an endoscopy has yet to receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20284/24]

Nursing Homes

Bernard Durkan

521. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health when all matters will be concluded with in respect of the fair deal application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20288/24]

Eating Disorders

Cian O'Callaghan

522. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if he will commit to the delivery of the 20 promised beds for adults with eating disorders; if he will provide data on the numbers of adults seeking medical support for eating disorders over the past five years; the number of those people were provided a bed for eating disorders; the number that were admitted to psychiatric units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20290/24]

Eating Disorders

Cian O'Callaghan

523. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that the only clinic for eating disorders serving the entire CHO9 area is currently in a temporary building with a team that is understaffed; when this clinic will be provided with a permanent building; if capacity can be increased as they currently cannot meet the demand; if increased funding will be provided for a day service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20291/24]

Health Strategies

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

524. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health to outline the overarching strategy of the national outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy programme; and if it will be published. [20298/24]

Health Services

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

525. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health if his Department has an assessment of the number of bed days have been saved in the past three years as a result of the national outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy programme. [20299/24]

Health Services

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

526. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that have been treated over the past three years under the outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy team; and the breakdown of home OPAT, community OPAT and self OPAT. [20300/24]

Health Services

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

527. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health if his Department will provide details on the future investment plans for the national outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy programme; and if the special delivery unit within the HSE is planning to expand the national OPAT and community intervention team service for patients. [20301/24]

Health Services Staff

Carol Nolan

528. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total numbers currently employed by the HSE, differentiating between those on full-time, part-time and fixed-term contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20304/24]

EU Programmes

Carol Nolan

529. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total number of HSE employees who are currently suspended on full pay pending disciplinary investigations; to outline, in tabular form, the length of time these employees have been under suspension; the gross salary of these employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20305/24]

Health Services Staff

Carol Nolan

530. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total number of HSE employees who have been on sick leave for longer than two months; to outline, in tabular form, the length of time these employees have been on sick leave; the gross salary of these employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20306/24]

Departmental Staff

Carol Nolan

531. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of employees within his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department who are currently suspended on full pay pending disciplinary investigations; to outline, in tabular form, the length of time these employees have been under suspension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20317/24]

Qualifications Recognition

Pearse Doherty

532. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if a full-time MSc in an occupational therapy course (details supplied) is a qualification recognised by CORU, and if so, the average processing times for recognition and registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20330/24]

Medical Cards

Michael Ring

533. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health the reason a land valuation is being sought in respect of a medical card application for a person in County Mayo (details supplied), in view of the fact that this person has provided evidence of the income they derive from this land and the undue stress this matter is causing to an older person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20337/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Robert Troy

534. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a hernia operation in Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar. [20338/24]

Dental Services

Michael Healy-Rae

535. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if assistance is available to help a person (details supplied) who needs to have a tooth repaired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20339/24]

Hospital Facilities

Jim O'Callaghan

536. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds currently provided in each public/voluntary hospital as of end-April 2024 or the latest date available, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20347/24]

European Union

Matt Carthy

537. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the EU programmes or funds outside of the multiannual financial framework that Ireland has paid into from the year 2014 to date; any receipts from same, by programme or fund, by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20358/24]

Departmental Correspondence

Niamh Smyth

538. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health to review and refer correspondence to the HSE estate management team (details supplied); and to provide an update on the matter. [20367/24]

Departmental Data

Jim O'Callaghan

539. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if he will detail the budget allocated to each hospital in the Dublin Midland Hospital Group in 2024, in tabular form. [20368/24]

Departmental Data

Jim O'Callaghan

540. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if he will detail the budget allocated to each hospital in the Saolta Hospital Group in 2024, in tabular form. [20369/24]

Departmental Data

Jim O'Callaghan

541. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if he will detail the budget allocated to each hospital in the Ireland East Hospital Group in 2024, in tabular form. [20370/24]

Hospital Trusts

Jim O'Callaghan

542. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if he will detail the budget allocated to each hospital in the RCSI Hospital Group in 2024, in tabular form. [20371/24]

Hospital Trusts

Jim O'Callaghan

543. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if he will detail the budget allocated to each hospital in the South/Southwest Hospital Group in 2024, in tabular form. [20372/24]

Hospital Trusts

Jim O'Callaghan

544. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if he will detail the budget allocated to each hospital in the UL Hospitals Group in 2024, in tabular form. [20373/24]

Hospital Trusts

Jim O'Callaghan

545. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if he will detail the budget allocated to each hospital in the Children's Health Ireland Hospital Group in 2024, in tabular form. [20374/24]

Health Services Staff

Marian Harkin

546. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the reason the employment embargo is impacting on cover for maternity leave; his plans to address this matter which is impacting services across the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20375/24]

Health Services Staff

David Cullinane

547. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the appointment of a new CEO of Children’s Health Ireland; the steps and stages involved in the process; the anticipated timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20378/24]

Health Services Staff

Sean Fleming

548. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health when the recruitment embargo in respect of nursing staff will be lifted; when will nurses working in one part of the country be able to transfer to another part of the country as the embargo is having an impact on this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20382/24]

Health Services Staff

Darren O'Rourke

549. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if there are particular restrictions on overtime for HSE carers for home help at this time compared to the restrictions which ordinarily apply; the reason for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20383/24]

Health Services Staff

Duncan Smith

550. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health in tabular form the number of social worker posts that are authorised and the number that are filled in each hospital and clinic in Dublin, and larger hospitals broken down by Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20384/24]

Health Services

Michael Healy-Rae

551. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of a treatment abroad scheme application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20385/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Healy-Rae

552. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20407/24]

Medical Cards

Gary Gannon

553. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health to explain precisely the differences between the ‘enhanced medical card’ and the ordinary medical card. [20409/24]

Medical Cards

Gary Gannon

554. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health how many institutional survivors, who are eligible for the ‘enhanced medical card’, are already in possession of the ordinary medical card; and the difference the ‘enhanced’ card will make to them. [20410/24]

Medical Cards

Gary Gannon

555. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health what are, or will be, the differences between the entitlements of HAA card holders and holders of the ‘enhanced medical card’. [20411/24]

Medical Aids and Appliances

James Lawless

556. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health to examine an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20414/24]

Health Services

Claire Kerrane

557. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on funding allocation for a programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20422/24]

Medicinal Products

Michael Collins

558. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health based on the fact that melatonin and circadin tablets which are used in the treatment of insomnia are ineffective in many patients, and that GPs are prescribing slenyto more frequently for these patients with a very high success rate; when will this drug be put on the discretionary hardship scheme. [20431/24]

Hospital Facilities

Sean Fleming

559. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health to reconsider the position regarding neurological services at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20432/24]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Willie O'Dea

560. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if he intends to establish a tribunal to deal with cases of people who have been injured as a result of taking the Covid vaccines; if so, when the tribunal will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20436/24]

Nursing Homes

Peadar Tóibín

561. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health to provide summary reports showing which nursing homes were claiming the TAPS scheme for 2020, 2021 and 2022. [20439/24]

Departmental Policies

Marian Harkin

562. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the status of the promised national safeguarding policy for the health and social care sector, with particular emphasis on the safeguarding of adults and older people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20445/24]

Health Services Staff

Brendan Griffin

563. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide a supplementary pension payment to two retired HSE workers in County Kerry who had their pensions reduced (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20449/24]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Michael Healy-Rae

564. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20451/24]

Home Care Packages

Marian Harkin

565. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if home care support will be provided for a person (details supplied) in their own home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20452/24]

Nursing Homes

Noel Grealish

566. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health if a person's personal financial contribution under the fair deal scheme includes a contribution based on assets, when the person is not the legal owner of the property, but would have succession rights while still alive, but if the applicant passes away before his remaining siblings he will not have any entitlement to a share of the property (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20466/24]

Health Services

Michael Lowry

567. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if he will address the issues highlighted by a person (details supplied); the steps being considered to address the issues highlighted; when the person will receive a detailed response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20480/24]

Pharmacy Services

Robert Troy

568. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify whether there is currently an issue regarding delivery drivers delivering medication and prescriptions to patients in cases where prescriptions have been filled by a qualified pharmacist; and to clarify the efforts being made to resolve this issue. [20487/24]

Departmental Reports

Pearse Doherty

569. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if a report, believed to have begun in June 2022 into 11 allegations of abuse at a disability centre (details supplied), will be made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20489/24]

Home Care Packages

John McGuinness

570. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the hours promised for the care of a person (details supplied) will be provided without delay; if the family will be given clarification on the waiting list process and allocation of home care services and if he will expedite a positive response and immediate engagement with the family. [20496/24]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Seán Canney

571. 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 for patients has been changed in the past year; if there are currently any unfilled clinical positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20498/24]

Medical Cards

Marc Ó Cathasaigh

572. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of people who lost access to a medical card due to pension increases in the last Budget; his Department's plans to pre-emptively address the issue in Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20506/24]

Hospital Services

Thomas Pringle

573. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of times the critical lack of care for diabetes patients in Letterkenny University Hospital has been notified onto the hospitals risk register in each of the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20512/24]

Social Workers Register

Thomas Pringle

574. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the current turnaround for processing of CORU registration for new social workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20514/24]

Departmental Properties

Thomas Pringle

575. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health to provide, in tabular form, a list of properties leased and used by Letterkenny University Hospital, disaggregated by location, services provided from the property, cost per annum and length of lease remaining in years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20523/24]

Departmental Properties

Thomas Pringle

576. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health to provide, in tabular form, a list of properties leased and used by the HSE CHO1 in County Donegal, disaggregated by location, services provided from the property, cost per annum and length of lease remaining in years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20524/24]

Dental Services

Seán Canney

577. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the measures he is planning to take to deal with the lack of dental treatment services being delivered in our schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20525/24]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Seán Canney

578. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the measures he intends to take to eliminate the long waiting list for children awaiting surgery for scoliosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20526/24]

Departmental Data

Mark Ward

579. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of athletes in sports who died by sudden arrhythmic death syndrome from 2019 to the latest date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20527/24]

Health Services

Mark Ward

580. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health to confirm the opening date for the eating disorder out patient service at Mount Carmel Hospital site in Dublin; the number of staff to be employed in the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20529/24]

Hospital Services

Mark Ward

581. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health to confirm the number of eating disorder beds to be provided in the new Children's Hospital; to confirm the expected opening date of the new Children's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20530/24]

Vaccination Programme

Peadar Tóibín

582. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health pursuant to the Government's commitment to introduce a VICP for Covid mRNA vaccines as far back as April 2021, if he will detail the commencement date for same. [20545/24]

Health Services Staff

Claire Kerrane

583. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if he will approve a derogation applied for, to the current recruitment embargo to allow an essential service (details supplied) hire a person, where they carried out recruitment and interviews before the embargo, and the person is needed to fill a vacant role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20560/24]

Healthcare Policy

Jim O'Callaghan

584. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the proposed start date for the implementation of the proposals in the National Clinical Programme for Ophthalmology, and in particular the transfer of care of children aged 8+ years to local private optometrists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20590/24]

Medical Cards

Pearse Doherty

585. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a medical card decision will be made for a cancer patient (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20591/24]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Michael Lowry

586. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if he will provide assistance to a person (details supplied) regarding the ongoing issue in relation to funding for a Trekinetic GTE wheelchair; the reason why this funding was denied despite the supporting medical information; what steps are being considered to address the issues highlighted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20597/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Niamh Smyth

587. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health to urgently expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20599/24]

Hospital Facilities

Mark Ward

588. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health to comment on the heating system at the Central Mental Hospital; to confirm reports that the temperature was set below the HSE comfortable range at night time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20601/24]

Healthcare Policy

Louise O'Reilly

589. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he can provide contact points for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20602/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Healy-Rae

590. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health for an update on a person's wait for a hospital appointment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20615/24]