Ní féidir ach ceisteanna agus freagraí a foilsíodh tar éis Iúil 2012 a amharc anseo. Is féidir amharc de réir téarma nó dátaí ar leith ó Mhárta 2016 ar aghaidh do Ranna Rialtais. Foilsítear freagraí scríofa de réir mar a fhaightear iad ó Ranna. Chun ceisteanna parlaiminte a foilsíodh roimh Iúil 2012 a fheiceáil, cuardaigh Díospóireachtaí na Dála.
Ceisteanna agus freagraí le haghaidh gach suí
Leathanach 6 de 100
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
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Dental Services
Jennifer Whitmore
174. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of dentists in Wicklow declining to see patients on medical cards (details supplied); what the obligation is to provide dental practices when it comes to medical card patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23165/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
written
Hospital Charges
Duncan Smith
175. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the amount generated through parking charges at public car parks within Beaumont Hospital in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [23182/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
written
Hospital Staff
Duncan Smith
176. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the staffing budget allocation to Mercy University Hospital in the years of 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [23183/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
written
Hospital Staff
Duncan Smith
177. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE radiographers, by grade, working in Mullingar Regional Hospital in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [23184/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
written
Primary Care Services
Duncan Smith
178. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant WTE physiotherapist roles currently within children's primary care services in CHO5. [23185/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
written
Hospital Staff
Duncan Smith
179. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons and orthopaedic registrars based at Roscommon University Hospital in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [23186/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
written
Hospital Staff
Duncan Smith
180. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the staffing budget allocation to Louth County Hospital in the years of 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [23187/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
written
Departmental Data
Duncan Smith
181. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of violations of the Public Health (Sunbeds) Act 2014 in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [23188/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
written
Hospital Facilities
Duncan Smith
182. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [23189/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
written
Emergency Departments
Duncan Smith
183. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of major treatment bays and resuscitation bays within the accident and emergency department of Portlaoise Regional Hospital in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [23190/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
written
Hospital Facilities
Duncan Smith
184. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of funded ICU beds at Galway University Hospital in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [23191/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
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Primary Care Centres
Duncan Smith
185. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the primary care centres within CHO6 that currently have an audiology clinic based within PCC; the number of WTE audiologists based in each primary care centre within CHO6 in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [23192/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
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Disability Services
Duncan Smith
186. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if the CHO2 adult ADHD clinic is fully staffed; the number of vacancies, if any, that exist in CHO2 adult ADHD services; and the current caseload of the team serving the CHO2 ADHD clinic. [23193/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
written
Hospital Staff
Duncan Smith
187. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in foetal medicine at the Rotunda maternity hospital in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [23194/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
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Home Help Service
Duncan Smith
188. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the amount paid to each external agency within CHO9 to provide home help services on behalf of the HSE in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [23195/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
written
Hospital Staff
Duncan Smith
189. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant ophthalmologists based at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [23196/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
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Emergency Services
Duncan Smith
190. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE rapid response vehicles based in Limerick on a 24-7 basis in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024. [23197/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
written
Hospital Staff
Duncan Smith
191. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric interventional radiologists based at CHI Temple Street in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [23198/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
written
Hospital Facilities
Duncan Smith
192. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of funded and staffed critical care beds at University Hospital Waterford in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [23199/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
written
Hospital Staff
Duncan Smith
193. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant anaesthetists based in Naas General Hospital in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [23200/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
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Hospital Staff
Duncan Smith
194. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE advanced nurse practitioners in movement disorder at Beaumont Hospital in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [23201/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
written
Hospital Staff
Duncan Smith
195. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons with a special interest in ankle surgery at Letterkenny University Hospital in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form [23202/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
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Health Services Staff
Marian Harkin
196. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when the HSE recruitment embargo will be lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23207/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
written
Disease Management
Seán Canney
197. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health what procedures and expert advice are available and in place to a person whose child has been diagnosed with sprix (details supplied); what effects the condition will have on the child in the long term; the symptoms to be watchful for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23208/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
written
Patient Transport
Michael Healy-Rae
198. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if a bus pick-up will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23231/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
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Mental Health Services
Paul Donnelly
199. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychiatrists based in each primary care centre within CHO7 in 2023 and to-date, in 2024, in tabular form. [23246/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
written
Hospital Staff
Paul Donnelly
200. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant ophthalmic surgeons attached to each hospital part of the RCSI Hospital Group in the years of 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [23247/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
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Primary Care Services
Paul Donnelly
201. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the primary care centres within CHO9 that currently provide phlebotomy services, in tabular form. [23248/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
written
Departmental Programmes
Paul Donnelly
202. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the locations currently where the Pathfinder Programme is currently available; and the plans to increase this number of locations where the Pathfinder Programme will be available, in tabular form. [23249/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
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Mental Health Services
Holly Cairns
203. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals to the north Lee, south Lee, north Cork and west Cork primary care child/adolescent psychology services between 1 May 2023 and 1 May 2024. [23256/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
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Mental Health Services
Holly Cairns
204. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of appointments offered to individual clients and separately the number of group support appointments offered within the north Lee, south Lee, north Cork and west Cork primary care child/adolescent psychology services between1 May 2023 and 1 May 2024, per grade of psychologist and per month, in tabular form. [23257/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Nursing Homes
Cathal Crowe
547. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will give consideration to a number of measures to stabilise and sustain the nursing home sector [22336/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Hospital Appointments Status
Kathleen Funchion
548. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have their operation, which has been cancelled six times. [22338/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Hospital Appointments Status
Michael Healy-Rae
549. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if an appointment can be expedited on behalf of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22355/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Hospital Waiting Lists
Catherine Murphy
550. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting to see a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Tallaght University Hospital. [22357/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Hospital Staff
Catherine Murphy
551. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE secretaries, who are part of the ophthalmology department responsible for making appointments for patients for eye injections, within the outpatients' eye clinic in the Mater hospital in each of the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and the hours and days of week each secretary is based at the hospital, in tabular form. [22358/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Hospital Facilities
Catherine Murphy
552. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of theatres currently in use at St. James's Hospital; and the hours and days of the week each theatre is available for procedures, in tabular form. [22359/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Hospital Facilities
Catherine Murphy
553. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year costs needed to increase the number of neonatal high-dependency unit beds from six to 14 in both CHI Temple Street and CHI Crumlin. [22360/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Health Strategies
Catherine Murphy
554. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health when the last national ophthalmology strategy was delivered; If the recommendations of the strategy were achieved; and when a new strategy will be produced. [22361/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Hospital Staff
Catherine Murphy
555. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health If the post of chief cardiac physiologist and senior cardiac physiologist within cardiac catheterisation laboratory at Beaumont Hospital have been filled on a full-time basis. [22362/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Hospital Staff
Catherine Murphy
556. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant general and hepato-pancreato-biliary and liver transplant surgeons at St. Vincent's University Hospital in each of the years of 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024 in tabular form. [22363/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Hospital Appointments Status
Pearse Doherty
557. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for an operation at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital; if he is on the routine or urgent list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22389/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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General Practitioner Services
Paul Donnelly
558. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health his views on the issue that GPs have been refusing to do private cervical smear tests for patients as they have no faith in the labs where the tests are analysed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22401/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Hospital Facilities
Alan Kelly
559. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has considered adding extra acute beds to Nenagh General Hospital. [22407/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Health Services Staff
Alan Kelly
560. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of people currently on HSE recruitment panels for all disciplines in CHO3 as of 13 May 2024 by discipline and job type, in tabular form. [22410/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Hospital Staff
Michael Healy-Rae
561. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to recruit another peer support facilitator with the psychiatric team in UHK in view of the fact there are currently only two positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22426/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Hospital Appointments Status
Michael Healy-Rae
562. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22432/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Hospital Appointments Status
John McGuinness
563. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if immediate appointments will be given to a person (details supplied). [22438/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Health Promotion
Thomas Pringle
564. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health whether he has any plans to increase awareness about the importance of the use of sun cream in combatting skin cancer; whether he has had any discussions with his counterparts in the Department of Finance regarding what concessions could be made in this area, including a reduction or exclusion of VAT applied to products. [22442/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Hospital Appointments Status
Robert Troy
565. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a scope for a person (details supplied). [22444/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Health Promotion
Catherine Connolly
566. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase awareness about the importance of the use of sun cream in combatting skin cancer; the details of any discussions he has had with his counterparts in the Department of Finance regarding what concessions could be made in this area, including a reduction in or exclusion of VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22446/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Health Strategies
Catherine Connolly
567. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of each of the eight recommendations in the “Overview Report of HIQA’s Monitoring Programme against the National Standards for Safer Better Maternity Service, with a focus on obstetric emergencies” (2020); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22448/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Health Strategies
Catherine Connolly
568. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of the revised National Maternity Strategy Implementation Plan 2021 – 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22449/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Health Strategies
Catherine Connolly
569. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the funding that was provided to the National Maternity Strategy in each year from 2016 and to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22450/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Health Strategies
Catherine Connolly
570. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health pursuant to the revised National Maternity Strategy Implementation Plan 2021 – 2026, the status of the establishment of a clinical audit function for maternity services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22451/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Health Strategies
Catherine Connolly
571. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health pursuant to the revised National Maternity Strategy Implementation Plan 2021 – 2026, the status of plans to develop a research strategy for Irish maternity services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22452/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Health Strategies
Catherine Connolly
572. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health pursuant to the revised National Maternity Strategy Implementation Plan 2021 – 2026, the status of the review by NWIHP of the maternity and infant care scheme, in conjunction with the Primary Care Directorate; the details of any adaptations made or planned on foot of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22453/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Health Strategies
Catherine Connolly
573. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health pursuant to the revised National Maternity Strategy Implementation Plan 2021 – 2026, the status of the stakeholder forum to assess the effectiveness of the maternity and infant care scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22454/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Health Strategies
Catherine Connolly
574. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health pursuant to the revised National Maternity Strategy Implementation Plan 2021 – 2026, the status of the promised detailed national standardised dataset to support the effective monitoring and evaluation of the maternity and infant care scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22455/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Health Strategies
Catherine Connolly
575. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the status of the review of the infrastructural deficits that exist in every maternity unit and hospital, as recommended in a report (details supplied); the status of the implementation plan to bring each maternity unit and hospital into compliance with National Standards for Safer Better Maternity Services, National Standards for Safer Better Healthcare and the National Standards for the Prevention and Control of Healthcare Associated Infections in the Acute Healthcare Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22456/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Dental Services
Matt Carthy
576. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 292 of 2 May 2024, if he will ensure that a child (details supplied) will be offered treatment to urgently complete their orthodontal treatment at another hospital in the event that an urgent appointment cannot be provided in the orthodontal clinic in Louth County Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22459/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Hospital Appointments Status
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
577. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment in Temple Street Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22461/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Mental Health Services
Michael Lowry
578. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the current situation at the child and adolescent mental health services at Nenagh Health an Centre, County Tipperary, where there is currently no occupational therapist is in place (details supplied); the status of the recruitment process for this position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22462/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Departmental Data
Paul Kehoe
579. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Health the number of people (details supplied) who were actively using the health service, by county between 1 February and 1 April 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22494/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Departmental Data
David Cullinane
580. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the data which will be reported through the health performance visualisation platform, in tabular form; the relevant metrics and indicators which will be measured and monitored; and the regularity of reporting. [22499/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Dental Services
Michael Healy-Rae
581. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when students will be called for an appointment with the school dentist (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22511/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Home Help Service
Michael Healy-Rae
582. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of an urgent request for a person (details supplied); when additional home help will be offered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22517/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Hospital Appointments Status
Pa Daly
583. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment for cataract eye surgery as they are visually impaired and the issue is impacting on their quality of life; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22520/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Mental Health Services
Danny Healy-Rae
584. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health for an update on a matter concerning provision of CAMHS psychotherapists in Tralee (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22521/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Mental Health Services
Pearse Doherty
585. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1542 of 9 April 2024, when a full HSE reply will be issued (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22546/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Care Services
Michael Healy-Rae
586. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22557/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Child Protection
Francis Noel Duffy
587. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 712 of 30 April 2024, if, in circumstances where a private/charitable service provider believes that it is in the best interests of a child to receive psychological support, where the private/charitable service provider has a policy that the consent of one parent/guardian is sufficient, one parent/guardian legally can bring their child to avail of psychological support if the other parent / guardian opposes this. [22579/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Child Protection
Francis Noel Duffy
588. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 712 of 30 April 2024, if her Department has considered issuing a guideline similar to the NHS (details supplied) that the consent of only one parent is necessary to allow a child to avail of psychological support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22580/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Health Services
Michael Healy-Rae
589. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if there is a dietitian service in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22584/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
International Agreements
Willie O'Dea
590. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if the Government intends to become a signatory to the proposed WHO Pandemic Treaty, a legally binding treaty which would grant significant powers to a UN agency; if he is satisfied that this proposed treaty will comply with the Constitution; if he will commit to putting this matter to the people in a referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22585/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Dental Services
Ged Nash
591. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he will address the difficulties experienced by families in Dundalk, in accessing orthodontist services since February 2024 (details supplied); the plans that are in place to resume orthodontist services in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22586/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Mental Health Services
Paul Murphy
592. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure the healthcare needed is provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22598/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Health Services Staff
Róisín Shortall
593. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if a report has been published (details supplied); if not, if he will provide a copy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22599/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Mental Health Services
Robert Troy
594. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the reason a service user (details supplied) has been discharged from mental health services locally following a request to bring forward their next visit as they felt they urgently required it. [22603/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Patient Transfers
Pearse Doherty
595. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when an urgent patient transfer will take place for a person (details supplied) in Letterkenny University Hospital to Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22606/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Medical Cards
James Lawless
596. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health to examine an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22621/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Health Services
James Lawless
597. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health to examine an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22622/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Care of the Elderly
Brendan Howlin
598. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health if he has met recently with an organisation (details supplied); his view of the proposal to provide for care partners for vulnerable people in hospitals, hospices, care homes and other health settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22625/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Dental Services
Matt Carthy
599. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 17 of 8 May 2024, the actions he intends to take to ensure children have adequate access to orthodontic treatment in situations whereby their clinician retires; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22631/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Departmental Meetings
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
600. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health the number of times the newborn screening committee has met since 2019. [22641/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Health Services
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
601. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health the number of new conditions the health service expects to add to the newborn screening service in the next five years. [22642/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Health Services
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
602. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health if there is a prioritised list of conditions and tests to be added to the newborn screening test programme to bring Ireland in line with best practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22643/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Healthcare Policy
Paul Murphy
603. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his Department is actively monitoring the H5N1 outbreaks in farm animals in the United States; if the HSPC is actively monitoring for H5N1 in Ireland; if his Department is collaborating with relevant international organisations to assess potential risks and impact to public health in Ireland; if he will outline the efforts being undertaken by his Department to address the possibility of an H5N1 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22655/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Health Services
Darren O'Rourke
604. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the reason the breastfeeding support service in Dunboyne, County Meath was cut; if he will immediately review this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22671/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Hospital Appointments Status
Carol Nolan
605. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will intervene in a particularly urgent medical case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22724/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Cancer Services
Neasa Hourigan
606. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the status of MRI cancer screening in St. James's Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22728/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Hospital Appointments Status
Michael Ring
607. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health when a procedure will be scheduled for a person (details supplied), considering that this procedure was initially approved in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22761/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
written
Cancer Services
Claire Kerrane
608. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if he will supply details of the level of grant aid support from his Department and the HSE to each community cancer support centre in the State in each year since 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22762/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Education and Training Provision
Holly Cairns
609. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if psychology training courses will be funded for an intake of trainees September 2024; and if he has considered the impact on service provision of there being a fallow year for training courses as a result of the recruitment embargo, given widespread problems with recruitment and retention in disability, primary care and CAMHS services. [22769/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Disabilities Assessments
Holly Cairns
610. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of children on the assessment of need waiting lists of the north Lee, south Lee, west Cork and north Cork primary care psychology services; and the longest exact wait time for AON in each of these geographical areas, in tabular form. [22770/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Mental Health Services
Holly Cairns
611. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the details of efforts to recruit psychologists to the north Lee, south Lee, west Cork and north Cork primary care psychology services in the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; if additional staff were recruited or if existing staff were transferred between those services in each instance; and the number of psychology staff in-situ in each of the services at year-end, in tabular form. [22771/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Mental Health Services
Holly Cairns
612. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the budgetary allocations to primary care psychology in CHO4 for each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. [22772/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Mental Health Services
Holly Cairns
613. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the budgetary allocations to CAMHS psychology in CHO4 for each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. [22773/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Health and Safety
Bernard Durkan
614. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide more resources towards inspections of vaping products entering the country and add to the 40 inspection checks for vaping products set out in the HSE's National Service Plan 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22794/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Health and Safety
Bernard Durkan
615. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on plans to increase the number of test purchase inspections for vapes, as set out in the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Act 2023, from the planned number of 340 set by the HSE (to cover both vapes and cigarettes); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22795/24]