Parliamentary questions

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

661. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant respiratory medicine based in Portiuncula University Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16096/24]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

662. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE accident and emergency nurses in Mercy University Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased this year. [16097/24]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Duncan Smith

663. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently on the waiting list for hearing examinations in County Roscommon, by length of time waiting, in tabular form. [16098/24]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

664. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists working in Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [16099/24]

Health Services Staff

Duncan Smith

665. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE advanced nurse practitioners in older persons service in CHO1 in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [16100/24]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

666. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE respiratory nurses working in Tallaght University Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [16101/24]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

667. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE plastic surgery registrars working in Portlaoise Regional Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [16102/24]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

668. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE ANP for diabetes in pregnancy working in the maternity unit at St. Luke's General Hospital, Kilkenny, in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [16103/24]

Public Sector Pensions

John McGuinness

669. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the pension entitlements due to a person (details supplied) will be paid on the basis of their position in St. Canice’s Hospital, Kilkenny; and if he will expedite the matter. [16107/24]

Hospital Procedures

Michael Healy-Rae

670. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of a hospital procedure for a person (details supplied); when an appointment be offered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16130/24]

Healthcare Policy

Michael Healy-Rae

671. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if the age limit with regard to bowel cancer screening (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16132/24]

Health Services

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

672. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the shortfall between the cost of prosthetic limbs for amputees and the reimbursement from insurance companies; and what action he proposes to bring them in to line. [16145/24]

Health Services

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

673. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health if he will extend the availability of paid for prosthetic limbs on the HSE to amputees beyond the first prosthesis and give full life long support to amputees in line with other long term health conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16146/24]

General Practitioner Services

Thomas Gould

674. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an investment fund is intending to convert a currently-operating GPs surgery in Blackpool, Cork, and close the existing service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16148/24]

Health Services

Niamh Smyth

675. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if they will be provided with a place in the step down unit in Monaghan urgently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16167/24]

Disability Services

Paul McAuliffe

676. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of adult ADHD services in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16168/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Healy-Rae

677. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to ensure a referral (details supplied) is put forward and an appointment to be given at the earliest opportunity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16169/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Healy-Rae

678. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when will an appointment be offered to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16171/24]

Healthcare Policy

Patrick Costello

679. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if will he publish the updated HSE palliative care strategy as a matter of urgency in line with recommendation 12 of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Assisted Dying report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16195/24]

Hospital Procedures

Alan Kelly

680. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health how many operations have been cancelled in Croom Hospital on a weekly basis since 1 January 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16200/24]

Hospital Procedures

Alan Kelly

681. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health how many operations have been cancelled in Nenagh Hospital on a weekly basis since 1 January 2024, in tabular form. [16201/24]

Hospital Procedures

Alan Kelly

682. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health how many operations have been cancelled in Ennis Hospital on a weekly basis since 1 January 2024, in tabular form. [16202/24]

Hospital Procedures

Alan Kelly

683. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health how many operations have been cancelled in St. Johns Hospital on a weekly basis since 1 January 2024, in tabular form. [16203/24]

Hospital Procedures

Alan Kelly

684. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health how many operations have been cancelled in UHL on a weekly basis since 1 January 2024, in tabular form. [16204/24]

Home Care Packages

Charles Flanagan

685. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health when HSE contracted home care visit staff in counties Laois and Offaly will resume evening and weekend hours to ensure that a full complement of service is available to patients and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16205/24]

Community Care

Charles Flanagan

686. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health the policy with respect to the treatment of patients by community intervention teams; if there is a differentiation between public and private patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16217/24]

Community Care

Charles Flanagan

687. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that the HSE community intervention team for the south east, based in Carlow town is at capacity for the treatment of oncology patients; his plans to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16218/24]

Health Services

Sorca Clarke

688. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric diabetic clinics and the number of people availing of these services, respectively, by county in tabular form. [16220/24]

Medical Cards

Carol Nolan

689. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the health service of providing medical cards including GP visit cards to international protection applicants and beneficiaries of temporary protection from 2022 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16231/24]

Health Services

Thomas Pringle

690. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the dedicated supports currently available to children and families impacted by foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (details supplied); what dedicated supports, if any, are currently available; the plans there are in child and family services to address the needs of children on the foetal alcohol spectrum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16232/24]

Health Services Staff

Michael Lowry

691. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress update on the HSE recruitment freeze; when this recruitment freeze is likely to be lifted; the number of front line positions per services department which remained unfilled in CHO5 south Tipperary and CHO3 north Tipperary compared to before the freeze was implemented, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16234/24]

Disability Services

Michael Healy-Rae

692. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to expedite a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16237/24]

Health Services

Pa Daly

693. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has any plans to provide a minor injuries clinic for Kerry. [16240/24]

Hospital Facilities

Pa Daly

694. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has any plans to provide extra respite beds in hospitals in Kerry. [16241/24]

Hospital Services

Pa Daly

695. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide extra orthopaedic surgeries and beds, as per a capital project request from University Hospital Kerry. [16242/24]

Health Services

Sorca Clarke

696. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the national diabetes paediatric clinical audit. [16249/24]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Brendan Griffin

697. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if a mobility chair will be provided to a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16266/24]

Departmental Data

Darren O'Rourke

698. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of skull base surgeries performed at Beaumont Hospital in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [16275/24]

Mental Health Services

Darren O'Rourke

699. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of 24-hour-staffed community mental health residences within CHO8; and if all of those facilities meet the requirements of the HSE Design for Mental Health Guidelines. [16276/24]

Health Services Staff

Darren O'Rourke

700. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant neurosurgeons at Beaumont Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [16277/24]

Departmental Bodies

Pádraig O'Sullivan

701. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health who the members of the Medicines Sustainability Taskforce are; how many times they have met; the projected timeline to publish and implement findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16290/24]

Health Service Executive

Pádraig O'Sullivan

702. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the number of additional staff hired by the HSE's corporate pharmaceutical unit in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16291/24]

Health Strategies

Pádraig O'Sullivan

703. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the expected benefits for the Irish health system of the introduction of the EU HTA regulation in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16292/24]

Psychological Assessments

Paul Kehoe

704. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Health the appropriate pathway through the health service for a child to receive an ADHD diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16298/24]

Health Strategies

Charles Flanagan

705. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE will now review all transgender treatment in the State, having regard to the recent publication of a landmark report (details supplied) stating that the evidence for allowing young people and children to change gender is built on “shaky foundations”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16336/24]

Hospital Facilities

Thomas Gould

706. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to staff dissatisfaction at the removal of staff car parking spaces from the CUH and CUMH; what engagement has taken place with staff and their unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16388/24]

Hospital Staff

Alan Kelly

707. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE accident and emergency department nurses based at Tipperary University Hospital in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased this year. [16392/24]

Hospital Staff

Alan Kelly

708. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant oncologist based in Cork University Hospital in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [16393/24]

Health Services Staff

Alan Kelly

709. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to recruit two additional WTE orthodontics specialists, two additional senior dental hygienists and two additional senior dental surgeons for the public dental services. [16394/24]

Health Services Staff

Alan Kelly

710. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of plastic surgeries procedures carried out at University Hospital Limerick in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [16395/24]

Health Services Staff

Alan Kelly

711. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant general adult psychiatrists with a special interest in substance misuse in the CHO5 mental health service in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [16396/24]

Ambulance Service

Claire Kerrane

712. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if the National Ambulance Service will commit to undertaking yearly privileging courses; if not, if it will commit to privileging its currently employed advanced paramedic staff who are practising to paramedic level and are qualified as advanced paramedics but not privileged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16421/24]

Ambulance Service

Claire Kerrane

713. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if the National Ambulance Service will commit to privileging courses as a previously set out course or commence a new course, with a new structure, content and contract for staff who enrol in it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16422/24]

Nursing Homes

Alan Kelly

714. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when the new 50-bed St. Camillus nursing home in Limerick will be opened; and when the other 25-bed additional unit is planned to be open. [16423/24]

Health Services Staff

Danny Healy-Rae

715. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16424/24]

Abortion Services

Peter Fitzpatrick

716. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Health the reason minutes are not being kept of the meetings of the Implementation Group examining the operation of the Health (Regulation of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16427/24]

Abortion Services

Peter Fitzpatrick

717. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Health to provide the latest advice he has received from his Department or the HSE which relate to the operation of telemedicine abortion; whether any studies have yet been undertaken into the operation of telemedicine abortion in Ireland, including risk analyses; if so, to provide a copy of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16428/24]

Abortion Services

Peter Fitzpatrick

718. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Health to provide the list of the service/advocacy groups which have been, or are scheduled to be, involved in the work of the National Termination of Pregnancy Service Improvement Group; the criteria by which these groups have been identified and selected; and whose decision it is to select a prospective group to participate in progressing the work of the TOP Service Improvement Group. [16429/24]

Abortion Services

Peter Fitzpatrick

719. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Health whether the TOP Service Improvement Group considered an article published in the Irish Medical Journal on 21 March 2024 which detailed the case of a woman in Limerick whose life was threatened following the performance of a medical abortion whilst she had an undetected ectopic pregnancy within the context of its second identified workstream "early pregnancy ultrasound". [16430/24]

Mental Health Services

Thomas Pringle

720. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health when a substantive reply can be expected to issue from child and adolescent counselling service provision in County Donegal, that this Deputy raised at questions on promised legislation on 17 January 2024 and which was followed up with email correspondence to the office of the Minister of State at his Department on 6 March 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16449/24]

Health Services

David Cullinane

721. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the national diabetes paediatric clinical audit. [16453/24]

Vaccination Programme

Pádraig O'Sullivan

722. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health when his Department will implement a maternal RSV vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16457/24]

Vaccination Programme

Pádraig O'Sullivan

723. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health when HIQA is expected to provide guidance regarding its health technology assessment of RSV vaccination; if this will allow enough time to operationalise a maternal RSV vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16458/24]

Health Services Staff

Cormac Devlin

724. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the recruitment of general and paediatric nurses for 2024; if he is aware of any recruitment embargo by the HSE at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16482/24]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Steven Matthews

725. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the urgency in providing funding for a building in Newtownmountkennedy (details supplied); if he is concerned that the existing accommodation is unsuitable; the actions he will take to ensure this project proceeds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16501/24]

Hospital Staff

Pauline Tully

726. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of endocrinologists employed in Cavan General Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024. [16504/24]

Disease Management

Pauline Tully

727. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children from counties Cavan and Monaghan with type 1 diabetes that are currently being referred to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda and Temple Street Hospital for the provision of insulin pump therapy; the reason these children require onward referral to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda or Temple Street Hospital as insulin pump therapy is available in Cavan General Hospital since Q4 2023. [16505/24]

Health Services

Jackie Cahill

728. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on maternity cover for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16509/24]

Departmental Data

Carol Nolan

729. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the availability of compensation to persons diagnosed with vaccine related narcolepsy and cataplexy; the number of payments made to date and the number of claims outstanding or still in the process of mediation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16514/24]

Home Help Service

Robert Troy

730. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if the home help hours of a person (details supplied) will be increased. [16518/24]

Medical Qualifications

Ivana Bacik

731. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the progress to give statutory recognition and protection to the designation of "counsellor"; if he has sought a timeline from the Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board for protection of the title, establishment of minimum qualifications for existing and future practitioners, and drafting of standards of proficiency and criteria for education and training; and his views on the adequacy of existing and planned measures to regulate rogue crisis pregnancy agencies. [16531/24]

Medical Qualifications

Ivana Bacik

732. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the reason for delays in completing the process to give statutory protection to the designation of "counsellor"; and if progress can be made on regulating rogue crisis pregnancy agencies notwithstanding those reasons. [16532/24]

Abortion Services

Ivana Bacik

733. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if he has engaged with technology communications companies with respect to advertising of rogue crisis pregnancy agencies' websites online; and if he will make a statement on his Department's work to ensure that persons seeking advice are able to access MyOptions.ie and other HSE resources. [16533/24]

Medical Qualifications

Ivana Bacik

734. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 22 February 2023, the number of rogue crisis pregnancy agencies operating here of which his Department and the HSE are aware; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16534/24]

Departmental Priorities

Ivana Bacik

735. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if he will make a statement on the need to legislate to curtail the activities of rogue crisis pregnancy agencies; and if he will adopt and pass the Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2016. [16535/24]

Healthcare Policy

Róisín Shortall

736. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the status of the National Hearing Care Plan; if the working group membership has been agreed; if terms of reference for the working group have been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16553/24]

Healthcare Policy

Róisín Shortall

737. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he expects to receive initial recommendations from the National Hearing Care Plan Working Group in time for consideration in Budget 2025 planning and negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16554/24]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Seán Sherlock

738. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the status of an individual (details supplied). [16558/24]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Seán Crowe

739. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for audiology services from HSE community services in the Russell Centre, Tallaght; and the average waiting time for those services. [16572/24]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Seán Crowe

740. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the current status of Kelvin Grove, Carlow; the plans in place for its use; and the date by which it will be brought back into use. [16573/24]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Seán Sherlock

741. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to address an issue (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16598/24]

Hospital Staff

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

742. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of staff at St Luke’s, Kilkenny paediatric diabetes clinic; if his Department is aware that all new insulin pumps have been put on hold as they no longer have the staff to facilitate training and after care; to provide an estimated timeline on the recruitment of new staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16601/24]

Health Services Staff

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

743. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that the team in Caredoc is the only national team not to have received the building momentum pay rises and 37.5-hour week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16613/24]

Medical Cards

Ivana Bacik

744. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the progress in extending the income disregard for medical cards to include the rent-a-room income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16662/24]

Disease Management

Danny Healy-Rae

745. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to extending the age for funding of treatment option of CAR-T Immunotherapy for leukaemia patients to beyond the age of 25 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16677/24]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Niamh Smyth

746. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16702/24]

Eating Disorders

Mark Ward

747. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health for an update on the number of public inpatient beds for adults with eating disorders; the cost of operating one bed per year; if there will be an increase in beds in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16708/24]

Departmental Funding

Niamh Smyth

748. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health to review documents for funding for the Irish Heart Foundation; his plans on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16715/24]

Departmental Funding

Niamh Smyth

749. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health to review a document and the need for funding for an organisation (details supplied); the measures his Department is taking on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16729/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Niamh Smyth

750. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health to review a case (details supplied); if he can provide an urgent appointment, given the pain this girl is in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16734/24]

Health Services

Thomas Pringle

751. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health what supports are available for a patient (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16746/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Niamh Smyth

752. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a colonoscopy for a patient (details supplied) is being delayed given the family history in this case; if he can expedite this appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16757/24]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

182. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health his views on the review of a patient (details supplied); if the CAMHS team had a failure of duty of care to this individual; if consent was needed from the parents for their son to go on medication; if this was received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15754/24]

Dental Services

Michael Healy-Rae

183. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time that children have to wait through their teenage years to receive their free treatment for orthodontic problems following on from being assessed from when they are in the national schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15767/24]

Food Labelling

Holly Cairns

184. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health to outline the current requirements for companies to label certain food products as choking hazards for children under five years; if his Department has considered introducing standardised labelling requirements for such products; and if his Department has engagement with the EU on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15769/24]

Primary Care Centres

Michael Ring

185. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health to provide details on all the engagements between the HSE and any of the developers or corporate bodies who have been involved in the construction of a project (details supplied) including correspondence sent or received, messages sent or received, phone calls made or received, meetings held or other interactions; the details of the names of the corporate body or corporate bodies and/ or individuals involved; the dates of all these engagements; the nature of these engagements; the details covered in each of these engagements, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15770/24]

Primary Care Centres

Michael Ring

186. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health when the HSE became aware that a project (details supplied) would not meet its original completion date of October 2020; who communicated that information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15771/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Barry Cowen

187. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); when they can expect an appointment with a consultant orthopaedic surgeon, in the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [15773/24]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Cian O'Callaghan

188. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if he will reconsider classifying Covid-19 as an occupational illness, as has been recommended in many EU countries; what supports are in place for people who were in receipt of special leave with pay due to long-Covid; what will replace this payment for front-line workers who are still unable to return to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15774/24]

Departmental Funding

Chris Andrews

189. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Health if an organisation receives State funding through his Department (details supplied). [15776/24]