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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1218. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health for an update on a hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24496/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1217. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health whether the helipad at the new National Children’s Hospital will be capable of accommodating the new AgustaWestland AW189 helicopters used by the Irish Coast Guard. [24494/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1215. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the number of healthcare providers who provide abortion services in each county, both in raw figures and as a percentage of total healthcare provision cover, in tabular form; her views on the need to ensure access to reproductive healthcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24466/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1214. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of and the reason for the delay in signing off on regulations and commencement of inquiry into the historical licensing and use of sodium valproate in women of children bearing potential in the state; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24459/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1198. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE public health nurses covering the Palmerstown area in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [24382/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1196. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if her Department or agencies under her remit have conducted any research or analysis on the cost to the Exchequer of delayed detection of skin cancers, in particular, any research or analysis which considers the contribution of the costs to patients of private screening to the delayed detection of skin cancers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24380/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1195. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health to estimate the current annual costs to the Exchequer of treating skin cancer and related conditions. [24379/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1192. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if provision of PGT-M screening is being considered as part of the consultations referred to in reply to Parliamentary Question No. 2472 of 29 April 2025; if there is an indicative timeline on these consultations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24367/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1191. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if she will examine the creation of a national sleep programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24363/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1182. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health her plans to provide support to those who cannot return to work due to long-Covid, following the expiry of the special scheme in June 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24324/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1181. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health her plans to keep the model of care for long-Covid under review, as outlined in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24323/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1179. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health if her Department has examined the case of Sweden, who has reduced its smoking and cancer rates through the use of tobacco like vapes and nicotine pouches as a safer and more readily available alternative to cigarettes, in the context of the measures proposed in the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24300/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1178. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health to outline if her Department has fully examined the regulatory impact analysis of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2024, which warns of the potential for smokers to relapse if vape flavours are banned; if her Department has conducted any research into the estimated number of smokers that may relapse as a result of such measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24299/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1177. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health if she has considered the potential impact of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2024 on specialty vape shops from a ban on vape flavours; if she has quantified the potential burden that the point-of-sale display ban for vapes will have on small retailers, including in the forecourt and convenience sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24296/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1176. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health to intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) who urgently needs a transfer of care to a medical consultant/team, a full-time healthcare assistant while in hospital and the medical equipment and nursing care to allow her to be cared for in their own home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24295/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1174. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant ophthalmologists working in the public health service; her plans to expand this number; and the international recommended best practice ratio for ophthalmologists to population and current ratios. [24289/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1168. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health if she will consider lifting the recruitment embargo to allow for the employment of physician assistants already in training or in clinical placements in hospitals here, at a time when skilled healthcare staff are required to be retained in the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24253/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1167. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health if she will consider the introduction of a regulatory framework for the currently unregulated role of physician assistants, enabling this role to be formally integrated into the healthcare system at a time when skilled staff are required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24252/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1161. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of people availing of the temporary scheme of paid leave for public health service employees unfit for work post-Covid-19 infection; if she will put in place a permanent solution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24216/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1139. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the work her Department has undertaken to advertise outside of Ireland for healthcare professionals and healthcare workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24078/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1137. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health for an update on the work her Department has carried out to work towards the full digitisation of Irish healthcare records; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24076/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1135. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health for an update on her work to ensure even more routine healthcare services are available in the evenings and weekends as mentioned in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24074/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1101. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health her plans for healthcare workers with Covid-19 upon the ending of the special leave with pay but who continue to suffer disabling symptoms that render them unable to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23743/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1098. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of healthcare workers with Covid-19 currently in receipt of the special leave with pay. [23714/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1089. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the projects in County Clare that are included in the HSE Capital Plan 2025; the funding allocated to each in this plan; and the timeframe for progress of each project, in tabular form. [23662/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1084. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health if her Department or the HSE will arrange the construction of fast-track modular-build hospital beds, 50 to 100, on a suitable temporary site location at Beaumont Hospital as an interim measure in 2025, using the planning permission provisions and regulations in the Covid legislation to do so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23646/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1083. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health if the funds for the inpatient wards at Beaumont Hospital are included in the HSE capital budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23645/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1082. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the budget for the delivery of the new inpatient wards at Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23644/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1081. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health what will the total inpatient bed capacity be at Beaumont Hospital when the new inpatient beds are completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23643/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1080. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health how many new beds are planned in the new inpatient wards at Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23642/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1079. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health if planning permission is in place with Dublin City Council for the building of these new inpatient wards at Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23641/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1078. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health when will a new inpatient bed block or blocks be built at Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23640/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1077. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health how long does her Department believe the project to develop the accident and emergency department in Beaumont Hospital will take; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23639/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1076. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health when will the build commence for the new accident and emergency department in Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23638/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1075. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health what is the budget for the delivery of the new accident and emergency department in Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23637/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1074. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health what capacity will the new accident and emergency department in Beaumont Hospital have compared to the current emergency department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23636/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1071. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the budget for design build and construction of the new North Dublin hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23633/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1070. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the size of the site required for the new North Dublin hospital building and parking area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23632/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1069. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health to confirm if the location for the new North Dublin hospital is on the grounds of Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23631/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1068. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health to provide what procedures the new elective hospital for North Dublin will perform, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23630/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1067. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the number of procedures the new elective hospital for North Dublin will be expected to carry out annually; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23629/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1066. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the medical specialties the proposed new elective hospital for North Dublin will have; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23628/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1065. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the number of staff the proposed new elective hospital for North Dublin will have; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23627/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1064. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the number of operating theatres the proposed new elective hospital for North Dublin will have; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23626/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1063. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the number of beds the proposed new elective hospital for North Dublin will have; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23625/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1062. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health when the proposed new elective hospital for North Dublin will proceed to a formal planning application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23624/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1039. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if smaller and independent shopkeepers will be exempted from the hefty tobacco products licence fees, as per the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Act 2023, given that currently small shops are obligated to pay the same fees as a large-scale supermarkets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23513/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1027. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she will commission a comprehensive national report on the prevalence and projected trends of obesity in Ireland, with particular reference to the growing strain it places on the healthcare system and its wider economic impact; if she will undertake a review of international best practices, including the recently proposed NHS model in the United Kingdom, which seeks to allow structured pharmacist-led prescribing of clinically approved weight-loss medications-such as semaglutide (Wegovy) and tirzepatide (Mounjaro)-outside of traditional hospital-based specialist clinics; if she will consider the feasibility of introducing a similar model, enabling responsible access to such medications through community pharmacies or regulated digital platforms under clinical oversight; if she will address the serious public health concern that individuals are increasingly sourcing unregulated or potentially counterfeit versions of these drugs online without medical consultation, leading to significant risks including overdose, misuse, and exposure to unsafe or fraudulent substances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23434/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1021. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she believes it is acceptable in 2025 in a developed EU member state that access to vital vaccines is determined not by public health need but by an individual’s ability to pay, despite the known physical, psychological, and financial toll shingles can take on older citizens and vulnerable groups. [23312/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
1011. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of prescription weight loss drug providers that supply the Irish market; the number of these that are located abroad; the number of these that do not have a doctor who engages with clients; the number that do not have a nurse who engage with clients; the number that provide a prescription on the basis of a website form; the number for which regulation is in place to ensure that these prescription weight loss drug providers have a doctor who physically meets with each patient in order to provide a diagnosis and a prescription; if these regulations cover foreign providers; the regulations governing this area; and the State body that confirms that all of these providers fulfil regulations. [23272/25]