Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Health Service Executive

David Cullinane

1. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he will end the health service recruitment embargo; when the HSE will publish its pay and numbers strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19772/24]

Cannabis for Medicinal Use

Gino Kenny

2. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the report conducted by the Health Research Board that informed his Department of the current status of the medical cannabis access programme, MCAP; when his Department will consider the findings and make a clinical decision on whether to expand the criteria of the MCAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19872/24]

Hospital Services

David Cullinane

3. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will commit funding to 288 additional acute inpatient beds at University Hospital Limerick, UHL; the timeline for the full implementation of the coroner's recommendations following an inquest (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19773/24]

Hospital Services

David Cullinane

4. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to achieve a maximum of four months waiting time for paediatric spinal surgeries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19774/24]

Health Services Staff

Gino Kenny

5. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of a severe shortage of public health nurses in Dublin Mid-West; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19873/24]

Nursing Homes

Cathal Crowe

6. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if a new capital funding stream to support the voluntary nursing home sector in meeting HIQA requirements and upgrading facilities can be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19781/24]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Joan Collins

7. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the reason youth service workers employed through the City of Dublin ETB channel of funding in the drugs and alcohol task forces have not received the October 2023 WRC 8% pay rise or had their wages restored to pre-2009 cuts levels; and what detailed measures the Government is putting in place that pay rises are specifically accounted for in channels of funding. [19270/24]

Dental Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

8. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the reason there is currently no orthodontic treatment in Carlow; when he expects it to be provided; and when it will be implemented. [19782/24]

Cancer Services

David Stanton

9. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health if a governance structure exists in the HSE to oversee the provision of care for people genetically predisposed to cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19460/24]

Dental Services

David Cullinane

10. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to expand public dentistry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19778/24]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Ruairí Ó Murchú

11. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the review under way into the funding and provision of post-mastectomy products; when the review will be completed; if stakeholders, including cancer survivors and post-mastectomy product fitters, will be consulted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19294/24]

Health Services Staff

Pearse Doherty

12. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when he will meet with the Donegal branch of an organisation (details supplied) to address its concerns regarding broken promises to improve diabetes services in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19824/24]

Health Services Staff

Joan Collins

22. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the emergency measures the Government will put in place to ensure developmental checks resume in Dublin 8, 10 and 12, given the severe lack of child developmental checks in the area. [19450/24]

Budget Process

Ged Nash

72. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to set out how he plans to limit the deployment of so-called "non-core" expenditure as he develops plans for budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20050/24]

Legislative Measures

Róisín Shortall

73. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide an update on reform of the ethics in public office legislation, given that the review of the statutory framework was completed in December 2022; the reason for the delay in publishing the heads of Bill; if he expects this Bill to be introduced this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20037/24]

Public Sector Pensions

Marian Harkin

75. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to explain the different pension arrangements that are in place for members of An Garda Síochána who joined the force pre-and post-1995; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19825/24]

Ethics in Public Office

Rose Conway-Walsh

76. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide an update on planned reforms to strengthen standards in public office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19844/24]

Budget Process

Peadar Tóibín

77. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will list the occasions over the past 18 months on which Government Departments have requested additional funds from his Department; the purposes of these requests; which requests were granted; and which were refused. [18661/24]

Budget Targets

Bernard Durkan

80. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the extent to which expenditure trends are overstepping their targets; whether particular areas have come to notice in this regard; if inflation or other issues are contributory factors; if he plans specific measures to ensure that budget remains in target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19767/24]

Flood Risk Management

David Stanton

81. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to the visit of the Office of Public Works, OPW, Minister to Pilmore, Youghal and the Womanagh River, Ballymacoda, County Cork in November 2022, the actions taken by his Department since to address issues in both areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19866/24]