PQ 3990
3990. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that Ireland has only one dedicated specialist HD nurse for the entire national population (details supplied); if she will contrast this lack of resources with the multi-disciplinary clinic networks available to the Motor Neurone Disease (MND) community in Ireland and HD families in Scotland; and if she will provide an immediate, definitive timeline for the establishment of specialist multidisciplinary clinics to ensure Irish HD patients have equal access to clinical trials and co-ordinated lifetime care. [63572/26]
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3990. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that Ireland has only one dedicated specialist HD nurse for the entire national population (details supplied); if she will contrast this lack of resources with the multi-disciplinary clinic networks available to the Motor Neurone Disease (MND) community in Ireland and HD families in Scotland; and if she will provide an immediate, definitive timeline for the establishment of specialist multidisciplinary clinics to ensure Irish HD patients have equal access to clinical trials and co-ordinated lifetime care. [63572/26]
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- Official source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2026-09-07/3990/
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