Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Hospital Waiting Lists

Bernard Durkan

330. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the degree to which cancer patients awaiting treatment are able to receive treatment as and when required; the extent of any waiting lists in this category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9930/24]

Health Strategies

Bernard Durkan

331. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which women's health specifically remains central to the provision and delivery of a reliable level and quality of health services in all areas throughout the country without exception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9931/24]

Mental Health Services

Bernard Durkan

332. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health to outline the ongoing efforts underway to enhance the quality and scale of community and institutional mental health services with particular reference to the need to achieve quality of service in line with the requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9932/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Bernard Durkan

611. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health when a bed for further testing and procedures can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9236/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Bernard Durkan

295. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health when provision can be made for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8574/24]

Medical Cards

Bernard Durkan

296. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if a medical card will be extended for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8576/24]

Mental Health Services

Bernard Durkan

297. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which the HSE can support and fund mental health service carers in the future, with particular reference to services provided by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8578/24]

Medical Cards

Bernard Durkan

298. 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. [8582/24]

Nursing Homes

Bernard Durkan

171. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which it is intended to facilitate the family of a person (details supplied) in respect of fair deal scheme charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8261/24]

Health Services

Bernard Durkan

608. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can urgently be admitted to Beaumont Hospital, who is currently in Blanchardstown Connolly Hospital since 12 February 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7980/24]

Medical Cards

Bernard Durkan

617. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) qualifies for ophthalmic assistance via medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7999/24]

Health Strategies

Bernard Durkan

550. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive is actively enforcing the relevant provisions of the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023 and the EU 2016 Tobacco Products Directive Regulations in non-traditional retail outlets such as mobile phone shops, computer repair centres, gift shops and discount stores which sell vapes; the number of HSE enforcement visits conducted in these non-traditional outlets in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5485/24]

Medical Cards

Bernard Durkan

143. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if an application for a discretionary medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) can be reviewed as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4347/24]

Health Services

Bernard Durkan

501. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if it can be arranged for a person (details supplied) to attend day care centre in Maynooth, who has been told it would be instrumental in this objective to keep them at home for as long as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3719/24]

Medical Cards

Bernard Durkan

371. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if and when a medical card might be approved in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3664/24]

Medical Cards

Bernard Durkan

372. 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. [3666/24]

Medicinal Products

Bernard Durkan

10. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which new modern, effective and safe drugs can become available here once approved by the EU authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1817/24]

Hospital Overcrowding

Bernard Durkan

41. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which his Department and the HSE have engaged with the various hospitals throughout the country with a view to improving the throughput at accident and emergency services in order to ensure early diagnosis/full triage in the shortest possible time and conscious of the need to treat emergencies as such from the outside; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1816/24]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

Bernard Durkan

322. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health to indicate if and when cataracts treatment might be made available to a person (details supplied); if the details of the national treatment purchase scheme can be invoked as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2312/24]

Medical Cards

Bernard Durkan

323. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health to indicate the current position in regard to provision of medical cards for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2316/24]