Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Mental Health Services

Holly Cairns

151. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the current staffing provision, per grade, of psychologists for the north Lee, south Lee, north Cork and west Cork primary care child/adolescent psychology services; and the population size each area serves, in tabular form. [23255/24]

Mental Health Services

Danny Healy-Rae

152. 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. [23014/24]

Eating Disorders

Alan Farrell

153. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health the work his Department is undertaking to improve inpatient access for patients diagnosed with an eating disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23026/24]

Eating Disorders

Alan Farrell

154. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health if specialist mental health services for eating disorder patients will be extended to all paediatric hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23027/24]

Eating Disorders

Alan Farrell

155. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health if the catchment areas for Linn Dara will be extended to accommodate patients with an eating disorder diagnosis across Dublin and nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23028/24]

Tobacco Control Measures

Noel Grealish

156. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health if the general scheme of proposed new legislation on raising the legal age for smoking will be published for public consultation and considered by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health.
[23039/24]

Primary Care Services

Paul Kehoe

157. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Health the reason the chiropody service at Shamrock Plaza Carlow has been withdrawn; if he is aware of the negative impact of same especially on diabetics in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23043/24]

Medicinal Products

Pádraig O'Sullivan

158. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide specific information on the current status of the pricing and reimbursement application for dostarlimab (jemperli) indicated as monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with recurrent or advanced endometrial cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23054/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Robert Troy

159. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) at Galway University Hospital.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23108/24]

Dental Services

Duncan Smith

160. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to address the scarcity of dentists who accept the medical card scheme which is particularly distressing and detrimental for people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23117/24]

Dental Services

Duncan Smith

161. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will consider introducing a refund of dental fees to medical card holders which would allow people to avail of emergency appointments locally, shorten waiting times and support better dental health for people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23118/24]

Health Services

James Lawless

162. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health to examine an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23127/24]

Hospital Inspections

Jim O'Callaghan

163. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 300 of 9 May 2024, the findings of the HIQA inspections carried out at St. James’s Hospital, Tallaght Hospital and St. Vincent’s Hospital on 30 August 2022, 27 October 2022, 14 February 2024 and 29 March 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23135/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Maurice Quinlivan

164. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) can be rescheduled to a local clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23149/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Maurice Quinlivan

165. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) who has been referred for a cardiac examination at University Hospital Kerry but has yet to receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23150/24]

Health Services

Patricia Ryan

166. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health can the Minister urgently enquire into the matter of a person (details supplied). [23154/24]

Medical Cards

Patricia Ryan

167. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 of 24 April 2024, to provide clarification on the matter (details supplied). [23156/24]

Nursing Homes

Patricia Ryan

168. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 10 April 2024, how private nursing homes are expected to fund access to private occupational therapy services for residents where the National Treatment Purchase Fund and fair deal scheme funding does not cover such expenses, leaving residents of very limited means and their families struggling to cover costs often thousands of euro of occupational therapy, special chairs appliances, and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23157/24]

Health Service Executive

Patricia Ryan

169. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the plans for the future purpose or use for the HSE building in Monasterevin, which currently houses the public health nurse services, when that service is amalgamated with the new day care centre in Monasterevin. [23158/24]

Home Help Service

Patricia Ryan

170. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the protocol in place for paying approved home care providers when home care visits are cancelled by the client; if consideration has been made to pay providers if a call is cancelled at short notice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23159/24]

Health Services Staff

Patricia Ryan

171. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the progress made in advancing recommendation ten of the Cross-Departmental Strategic Workforce Advisory Group, to develop a competency framework that recognises home care workers with additional training and specialist qualifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23160/24]

Home Help Service

Patricia Ryan

172. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time in CHO7 for those approved for home support and waiting for services to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23161/24]

Home Help Service

Patricia Ryan

173. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the number of people in CHO7 currently waiting for home support for longer than three months; the number of people waiting for longer than six months; the number of people waiting longer than 12 months; the number of people waiting longer than 24 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23162/24]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]