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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 February 2025
739. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE public health nurses by location based in CHO7, as of 7 February 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5817/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 February 2025
737. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that there is currently no public health nurse in Midleton, Cork, meaning that the children of this area are suffering as this nursing shortage means they are missing out on vital checks; and if she can take urgent action to ensure that this shortage is addressed without further delay. [5797/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 February 2025
720. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of a product being sold as a legal alternative to cannabis hexahydrocannabinol (details supplied) and which is banned in many EU countries; the action he will take to ensure it is not on sale to teenagers under 18 years in vape shops across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5671/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 February 2025
718. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health the basis upon which healthcare students on a placement or internship will be granted or refused payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5636/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 February 2025
717. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health to outline the public health response/contingency planning regarding significant adverse weather events; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5635/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 February 2025
700. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health to take urgent action to address the crisis in mental-health care (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5557/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 February 2025
685. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE vacancies across maxillofacial services across the public health service. [5472/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 February 2025
319. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that adequate funding will be provided for a comprehensive health care programme, including Cavan/Monaghan (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5406/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 February 2025
303. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason HSE public health has not paid for the emerging threat response team to date; and the reason the National Ambulance Service is removing the staff from the emerging threat response team. [5321/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 February 2025
119. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide an update on the way the Government is assisting the Gaza paediatric care initiative in carrying out its vital work in providing healthcare to the children of Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5323/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 February 2025
294. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for primary and community healthcare services at the end of each year from 2019 to 2024, by service, CHO, age and wait time, in tabular form (details supplied). [5213/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 February 2025
291. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on implementation of each of the recommendations from the report of the strategic workforce advisory group on home carers and nursing home health care assistants, in tabular form. [5207/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 February 2025
275. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the plans, if any, to recognise medical alert dogs to afford them the same status as other assistance dogs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5066/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 February 2025
264. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if hospital groups are required to publish a maternity safety statement; the cadence at which they may be required to do so; their adherence to any such requirement since January 2024 to date; the reason any such requirement may not have been met, by hospital group, by month, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4895/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 February 2025
204. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice if he will change the family reunification policy to allow healthcare assistants from outside the EU/EEA/UK earning €30,000 to bring spouses and children to Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4934/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 February 2025
710. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that an alcohol brand was advertised in the middle of the field of play during the Six Nations Rugby Championship game between Ireland and England at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin; if this contravenes the restrictions on advertising during sporting events under Section 15 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4836/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 February 2025
709. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the level of alcohol brand advertising broadcast on terrestrial television during the Six Nations Rugby Championship game between Ireland and England; if this contravenes the daytime broadcasting watershed under Section 19 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4835/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 February 2025
695. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health the status of the project to establish an elective hospital in Cork as of February 2025; if a site for this project has been identified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4732/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 February 2025
661. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health the measures that can be taken to greater integrate continuous glucose monitoring into the healthcare system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4422/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 February 2025
647. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to outline her plans in respect of the Programme for Government commitment to “ensure a transgender healthcare service that is based on clinical evidence, respect, inclusiveness and compassion”; the status of the development of a new model of care for transgender services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4372/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 February 2025
606. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the supports to be put in place to resource community drugs services, providing therapeutic or day supports including counselling, rehabilitation, education or aftercare, to newly arrived migrants who require such services. [4152/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 February 2025
602. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health what emergency response protocols are in place to assist GP surgeries in maintaining essential healthcare services in the event of power, water, or communication failures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4140/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 February 2025
600. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health what coordination exists between her Department, ESB Networks, and local authorities to ensure that critical healthcare infrastructure, including GP practices, remains operational during extreme weather events; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4138/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 February 2025
597. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health to outline the healthcare areas where there are currently no advanced paramedics working for the National Ambulance Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4112/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 February 2025
589. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health if she would consider utilising community audiologists to serve HSE medical card holders, who already provide care to PRSI contributors through the treatment benefit scheme as this would drastically reduce the waiting list for adult-onset hearing loss, free up HSE audiologists' resources for children and adults, whose hearing loss relates to illness or injury, improving access to timely care for vulnerable populations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4035/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 February 2025
588. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health if the same provisions shared by the various support dogs recognised under legislation can be extended to medical alert dogs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4022/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 February 2025
587. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health why medical alert dogs are not recognised under legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4021/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 February 2025
584. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health to provide confirmation of required documentation for an S1 application (details supplied). [4010/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 February 2025
579. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the compensation and additional supports that will be provided to employees of companies currently involved in stocking and servicing self-service tobacco and vaping vending machines, who are at risk of losing their jobs when the ban under the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2024 takes effect on 31 August 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3987/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 February 2025
575. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the fact that those suffering from Duchenne muscular dystrophy are currently not able to get treatment in the State and are forced to travel to the United States; if she will ensure that these people receive treatment in Ireland and if in the interim her Department will cover this procedure under the treatment abroad scheme. [3952/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 February 2025
574. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health the steps his Department has taken to provide support to Palestinian children in need of medical treatment to access treatment in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4807/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 February 2025
395. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Social Protection the compensation and additional supports that will be provided to employees of companies currently involved in stocking and servicing self-service tobacco and vaping vending machines, who are at risk of losing their jobs when the ban under the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2024 takes effect on 31 August 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3986/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 February 2025
229. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the compensation and additional supports that will be provided to employees of companies currently involved in stocking and servicing self-service tobacco and vaping vending machines, who are at risk of losing their jobs when the ban under the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2024 takes effect on 31 August 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3985/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 February 2025
246. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health for an update on any plans to provide a new dental hospital for Cork, given that significant investment in the provision of dental services in the Cork region is urgently needed. [3815/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 February 2025
242. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health her plans to introduce regional rehabilitation services for amputees. [3761/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 February 2025
239. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when she will be in a position to make a decision on the provision of a new model 3 hospital in the mid-west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3749/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 February 2025
233. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if her Department or the HSE were informed of the deaths from bubonic plague, also known as the Black Death, of monkeys at Dublin Zoo in 2024; the steps that were taken to avert the danger to public health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3699/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 February 2025
232. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health to detail the HSE's recommended schedule for post-natal developmental checks; whether the HSE is appropriately staffed to carry out the recommended schedule for post-natal developmental checks; whether she is aware that new mothers in Ballyfermot are being advised by the local public health network that they are not staffed to perform post-natal developmental checks except for at two weeks and three months of age; whether Ballyfermot and/or its network needs additional public health staff to perform post-natal developmental checks and how many additional staff members would be needed to appropriately staff the network; whether all the other networks in Dublin are appropriately staffed for these checks; are there plans to hire such additional staff members and when; what are the obstacles to bringing staffing to appropriate levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3696/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 February 2025
225. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health for a timeline on the drafting, publication and introduction of the general scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2024; if pre-legislative scrutiny is planned in respect of the same planned legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3663/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 February 2025
224. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health for an update on the position of a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3660/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 February 2025
222. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health for an update on the position of a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3658/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 February 2025
220. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health for clarification on the Government's policy towards the farming of hemp, particularly in light of a number of cases of licensed hemp farmers being monitored and raided by An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3906/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 February 2025
1343. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, for December of each year 2019, 2023, and 2024 and for January 2025, in tabular form; the breakdown, by length of wait and by age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3505/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 February 2025
1329. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health for an update in relation to the proposed HSE primary health care centres in Rathmines, Baggot Street and Terenure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3475/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 February 2025
1278. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to progress a surgical hub at Letterkenny, County Donegal to reduce waiting lists for patients in the county and to attract and retain quality consultant surgeons and their support teams to serve those patients. [3313/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 February 2025
1265. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health when the freeze on public health nurses conducting developmental checks for all children in the Killester/Millmount area in Dublin will end; what steps are being taken to ensure the timely resumption of this vital service; the measures being taken to ensure adequate staffing levels within the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3227/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 February 2025
1214. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to provide an ambulatory care block, to include endoscopy, surgical and medical day units, outpatient department and radiology, at University Hospital Kerry as a matter of priority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2933/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 February 2025
1213. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to provide as a matter of extreme urgency a new maternity unit at University Hospital Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2932/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 February 2025
1212. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to provide as a matter of priority a permanent oncology-haematology build at University Hospital Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2931/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 February 2025
1210. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) diagnosed with functional neurologic disorder (FND) can be funded in these exceptional circumstances by the HSE to attend a private FND specialist in Dublin, as this is the only treatment available for FND in Ireland and no other hospital in Ireland can treat this person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2911/25]