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 Téarma Dála nó Seanaid
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Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Nursing Homes
Gino Kenny
1. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that a nursing home (details supplied) is facing closure; if he will instruct the HSE to take over operation of the home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25784/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Hospital Equipment
Matt Carthy
2. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if he will commission an appraisal of the demand for CT and MRI scanners at Monaghan Hospital, with a view to ensuring that these services are made available in Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25552/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Home Help Service
Rose Conway-Walsh
3. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of home help workers employed directly by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25760/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Medical Aids and Appliances
David Stanton
4. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health if he has given any consideration to funding continuous glucose-monitoring sensors for people with type 2 diabetes under the community drug scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25754/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
Gino Kenny
5. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently published the Irish national ICU audit annual report showing that an average 5.6 critical-care beds per 100,000 population were open in 2022, which is less than half the mean value of 12 for Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD, countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25786/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Hospital Facilities
Duncan Smith
6. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health what actions his Department is taking to lower car parking charges at hospitals in circumstances where car parking charges are currently at unacceptable levels and waiting times in hospitals can mean that undertaking a CT scan can cost a patient €15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25065/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Hospital Overcrowding
Gino Kenny
7. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) stated that over 604 patients were treated without a bed in Irish hospitals on the Wednesday after the June bank holiday and that this level of overcrowding, which is now consistent and continuing into the summer, at a time when winter respiratory infections are not circulating, indicates that the system of hospital avoidance is not effective and that, at a minimum, the HSE must significantly increase the number of acute hospital beds before year-end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25789/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Hospital Closures
Catherine Connolly
8. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Question No. 33 of 2 May 2024, to provide an update on the recruitment of the required staffing resources to ensure Clifden District Hospital can remain open on a permanent basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25537/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Health Services Staff
Paul Murphy
9. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) states that many funded nursing vacancies arising from staff retiring, leaving or going on maternity leave are remaining unfilled due to the recruitment freeze and that this happening when there is unprecedented demand on our health services, meaning that various departments and community services are short-staffed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25758/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Hospital Admissions
Violet-Anne Wynne
10. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health his views on the increase in attendances at University Hospital Limerick, especially those who are in need of mental health support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25771/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Cannabis for Medicinal Use
Gino Kenny
11. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the review planned by his Department on the medical cannabis access programme has begun; if so, when he expects it to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25788/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Hospital Facilities
Violet-Anne Wynne
12. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the newly announced additional beds he plans to deliver for Ennis Hospital and the mid-west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25770/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Primary Care Centres
Pádraig O'Sullivan
13. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the status of the primary care centre in Glanmire, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25702/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Departmental Funding
Duncan Smith
14. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he has plans to provide State funding to an organisation (details supplied) that is currently fully reliant on donations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25063/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Hospital Services
Pearse Doherty
15. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health what plans, if any, are in place to deal with the crisis in neurology services at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25767/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Ambulance Service
Duncan Smith
16. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he has plans to introduce a consultant-led helicopter emergency service that would bring lifesaving expertise to the scene of crashes rather than waiting for the injured to arrive at a hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25062/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Health Services
Aindrias Moynihan
17. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health for the urgent reinstatement of podiatry services for a town in County Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25737/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Medicinal Products
Louise O'Reilly
18. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health to outline Ireland's position in respect of the European Commission's revision of the general pharmaceutical legislation; if he is concerned about the impact of the proposals on the attractiveness of Ireland as a location for investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23116/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
Catherine Connolly
19. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 38 of 2 May 2024, to provide an update on the SAR/PBC by the project team and the Galway University Hospital’s capital programme oversight board for the new emergency department, women and children’s block in UHG; the timeline for when it is expected to move to pre-tender stage; to provide an update on the master plan for the UGH campus; the timeline for when it is expected to be completed and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25538/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Self-Harm Prevention
Pádraig O'Sullivan
20. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health to outline the supports available to teenagers at risk of self-harm and suicide-related ideation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25703/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Departmental Funding
Duncan Smith
21. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health what State funding provisions have been provided to an organisation (details supplied); if, in Budget 2025, these provisions are to be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25064/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Hospital Facilities
Matt Carthy
22. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health his proposals to ensure that the affected children can complete their orthodontal treatment in the orthodontal clinic in Louth County Hospital, following the resignation of their orthodontist. [25553/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Ambulance Service
James O'Connor
23. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a timeline for the provision of a new ambulance base in Youghal, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25769/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Hospital Services
Rose Conway-Walsh
24. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health what steps he is taking to increase productivity and health outcomes in Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25759/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Richard Bruton
25. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the waiting list activity of the NTPF to date in 2024; if it is on track to deliver its targets for the year; and if he envisages any extension of its remit in this sphere to meet other areas where waiting times can be a problem. [25751/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Dental Services
Ruairí Ó Murchú
26. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists across the State still treating medical card patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25718/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Abortion Services
Patrick Costello
27. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health for an update on the review of abortion legislation taking place by his Department; and to provide a timeline for the completion of same. [23316/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Hospital Transfers
Patrick Costello
28. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if he will meet with the families of individuals moved from Cherry Orchard Hospital. [23317/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Hospital Facilities
Pearse Doherty
29. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health what plans, if any, are in place to deal with the crisis in diabetes care at Letterkenny Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25768/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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General Practitioner Services
Ruairí Ó Murchú
30. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken to increase the number of GPs available to private patients in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25719/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Hospital Staff
Duncan Smith
31. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the severe shortage of medical scientists working in hospitals; if he is aware of the impact this is having on patients nationwide; if he will consider an amendment to legislation that would allow CORU to accredit scientists in a single discipline to provide an instant boost in numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25061/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Health Strategies
Aindrias Moynihan
32. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the up-to-date position of a review and updating of the national carers' strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25386/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Emergency Departments
Bernard Durkan
33. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which his Department and the HSE continue to engage 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 quickest possible time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25745/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Health Services
Bernard Durkan
34. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor, assess and remedy any shortcomings in the delivery of health services, whether in regard to access to homecare, general medical services and capacity requirements in whatever area, with a view to resolution in the short term in order to make the health services in this country a more attractive place to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25746/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Health Services Staff
David Stanton
35. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health to outline the current situation with regard to the recruitment embargo on the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25743/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Care Services
Richard Bruton
36. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if his Department has commenced work on the carer's guarantee which was an element of the Programme for Government; what range of services (fuel, emergency assistance, recuperation supports, and so on) are envisaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25412/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Hospital Facilities
Gino Kenny
37. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently stated that it has yet to see any of 1,500 additional public hospital beds across 15 acute public hospital sites he announced in April 2023 and that it sought clarification as to how the 1,541 beds due by the end of 2028 and the 2,997 beds due by 2031 announced recently by himself differ from those already promised in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25785/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Agriculture Industry
Claire Kerrane
38. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will give consideration to the proposals contained in the Commission on the Future of the Family Farm Bill 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25711/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Agriculture Schemes
Claire Kerrane
39. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will properly engage with those affected by ash dieback in order to reflect their views in the reconstitution ash dieback scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25712/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Trade Agreements
Matt Carthy
40. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on his engagements with his Cabinet colleagues regarding the Mercosur trade agreement. [25541/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Renewable Energy Generation
David Stanton
41. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 363 of 28 May 2024, the way his Department ensures that the person signing the specific form mentioned in his response is a currently registered Safe Electric Ireland electrician; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25739/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Control of Horses
Pádraig O'Sullivan
42. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on his Department’s plans to simplify and modernise the Control of Horses Act 1996 as per the summer legislative programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25706/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Departmental Projects
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
43. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the work his Department is undertaking in the current year on precision fermentation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19394/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Agriculture Schemes
Claire Kerrane
44. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the proposal to bring forward a solution for the group known as the forgotten farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25713/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Richard Bruton
45. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress since 2018 in the uptake in measures from the Teagasc list of cost-effective ways of reducing CO2-equivalent emissions from agriculture and if new measures are planned to accelerate take-up. [25753/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Fisheries Protection
Catherine Connolly
46. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Question No. 89 of 25 April 2024, the status of plans for the introduction of measures to protect the sprat fishery, which is concentrated within the six nautical mile zone; to provide a status update on the review of trawling activity inside the six nautical mile zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25539/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Control of Dogs
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
47. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what his Department is doing to encourage responsible dog ownership. [25644/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Departmental Schemes
Aindrias Moynihan
48. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for consideration in including Japanese larch under the ash dieback scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25740/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Agriculture Industry
Richard Bruton
49. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the acreage of agricultural land which he envisages will be devoted to new bio-based activities by 2030 under plans for biofuels and anaerobic digestion, and so on; and how the price of feedstock will be set to ensure stable income to growers. [25752/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Agriculture Industry
Niamh Smyth
50. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to change the overrepresentation of females in lower grades within farming bodies and their underrepresentation in senior positions within these same farming bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25631/24]