346. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1168 on 13 May 2025, to provide an update on the progress of a comprehensive assessment of the physician associate role internationally which will make recommendations for standardisation, scope of practice and appropriate deployment in Ireland; and her views on if this review will be completed by quarter 4 of 2025 or quarter 1 of 2026; and if she will lift the recruitment ban on physician assistants. [64137/25]

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346. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1168 on 13 May 2025, to provide an update on the progress of a comprehensive assessment of the physician associate role internationally which will make recommendations for standardisation, scope of practice and appropriate deployment in Ireland; and her views on if this review will be completed by quarter 4 of 2025 or quarter 1 of 2026; and if she will lift the recruitment ban on physician assistants. [64137/25]

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