Written answers
Thursday, 1 May 2025
- Departmental Inquiries
339. To ask the Minister for Health if a statement of need can be provided to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21746/25] - Health Services
340. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the fact that there has been a seven-year pause on the mid-urethral sling for stress urinary incontinence in women; when this pause will be... - Departmental Funding
341. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of a case (details supplied); if she will instruct her Department to provide adequate funding to this organisation; and if she will make a... - Health Service Executive
342. To ask the Minister for Health the measures, if any, she intends to put in place to make the HSE more accountable to the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21782/25] - Departmental Funding
343. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a funding application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21783/25] - Departmental Staff
344. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE emergency medicine registrars based at Naas General Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [21795/25] - Home Help Service
345. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for home support in CHO7 for longer than one month, longer than three months, longer then six months, in tabular form. [21796/25] - Hospital Facilities
346. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds which will be available to the paediatric critical care unit in the new National Children's Hospital; and the number of beds currently... - Departmental Data
347. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people who attended a pigmented lesion rapid access clinics nationwide including the number who were offered an appointment within the... - Health Service Executive
348. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE Chefs that are directly employed by HSE and working in each HSE Funded Hospital in the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular... - Legislative Programme
349. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline and progress of establishing the regulatory authority under the Assisted Human Reproduction Act 2024; and if she will make a statement on the... - Departmental Appointments
350. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21813/25] - Departmental Policies
351. To ask the Minister for Health the policy for listing party 1 and party 2 on marriage certificate documentation; if this policy differs between same sex and heterosexual couples; and if she... - General Practitioner Services
352. To ask the Minister for Health the reason chiropody services in general practice for people with diabetes have been discontinued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21851/25] - Health Service Executive
353. To ask the Minister for Health if an impact assessment was carried out prior to the decision of the HSE to withdraw chiropody services in general practice for people with diabetes; and if... - Dental Services
354. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentistry positions in Monaghan; the number vacant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21855/25] - Health Services Staff
355. To ask the Minister for Health the number of orthodontistry positions in Monaghan; the number vacant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21856/25] - Care Services
356. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the issues faced by staff at a care home (details supplied); the steps her Department is taking to address these issues; and if she will... - Legislative Process
357. To ask the Minister for Health to give a detailed report in regard to any possible delays to Ireland’s alcohol health information labelling regulations (details supplied); and if she... - Hospital Waiting Lists
358. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women waiting for outpatient gynaecology services and appointments in the Cork/Kerry region for 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular... - Health Services
359. To ask the Minister for Health to give favourable consideration to a request from an organisation (details supplied) to mandate for standardised breast density reporting for women who have... - Health Service Executive
360. To ask the Minister for Health if she will direct HSE Dublin and Midlands to issue an urgent response in relation to the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement... - Primary Care Centres
361. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite the provision of a primary care centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21880/25] - Health Services
362. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will engage with a company (details supplied) that has completed a HTA, for the provision of treatment for adults with spinal muscular... - Primary Care Centres
363. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update regarding the location of a primary care centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21936/25] - Mental Health Services
364. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the engagement by her Department and the HSE regarding the establishment of a Jigsaw youth mental health service in Waterford; and to... - Health Services Staff
365. To ask the Minister for Health the minimum qualification required by health care assistants employed to work in public hospitals; the number of healthcare assistants employed in our public... - Healthcare Policy
366. To ask the Minister for Health to seek that CORU will consider introducing regulation of the profession of healthcare assistants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21944/25] - Departmental Projects
367. To ask the Minister for Health the updated position on the workings of the design team progressing the development control plan for University Hospital Galway; the detailed timeline for the... - Health Service Executive
368. To ask the Minister for Health for further information on the brief project description contained in the HSE Capital Plan 2025 described as “Galway City East Purchase and fit out of... - Hospital Waiting Lists
371. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to reports that chemotherapy procedures for children are being delayed and-or cancelled due to IT failures, specifically WiFi... - Medical Cards
373. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the rules for the dispensing of prescriptions to medical card holders, including the number of months that can be dispensed at a time; and to... - Health Service Executive
374. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the core funding provided by the HSE to each CHO for low vision aids or aids and appliances, and whether any changes are planned to the... - Departmental Policies
377. To ask the Minister for Health to review the policy of the roll out of the new functional neurological disorder team and expand its roll out to a wider area; and if she will make a statement... - Health Services Staff
378. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists employed; the number of approved WTE speech and language therapists positions; the number of children under 18...
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