Marie Sherlock — Watch Them Work

2026-04-02

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Medical Emergency Response Education and Training

Medical Emergency Response Ireland (MER) provided written communications to members of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health in advance of a meeting on health services for allergies. The communication introduced the organisation and its objectives, and shared findings from a report on emergency preparedness in schools, including access to emergency medicines, training, and identified gaps in resources.

2026-03-25

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the procedure by which an individual can request a correction of their medical records in cases of misdiagnosis, where evidence is provided; if such as procedure exists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22785/26]

2026-03-25

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the clinical pathways in the health system for treating myalgic encephalomyelitis. [22956/26]

2026-03-25

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the hospitals that currently provide care to those with severe and very severe myalgic encephalomyelitis; and the names of the consultant doctors. [22957/26]

2026-03-25

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that sufficient care and treatment is available to sufferers of severe and very severe myalgic encephalomyelitis in the public health system. [22958/26]

2026-03-25

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the arrangements, if any, the HSE has entered into with clinics or hospitals abroad for the care of patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis. [22959/26]

2026-03-25

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of sufferers of severe or very severe myalgic encephalomyelitis that are currently in public nursing homes and are under 65 years-of-age [22960/26]

2026-03-25

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the status of the clinical lead to support the implementation of the National Model of Care for Epilepsy; whether clinical lead hours continue to be allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23064/26]

2026-03-24

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to outline the plan and timeframe for delivery of the proposed national elective hospital for enhanced provision of the Elective Care Programme which is to be located at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown; whether this has been delayed; when planning will be sought for this project and what is its estimated completion date. [22182/26]

2026-03-24

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to adding asthma to the long-term illness scheme for those who require the use of preventive inhalers; if there is a plan to review the list of illnesses on the long term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22235/26]

2026-03-24

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when the HSE will make a decision on the reimbursement of a medication (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22282/26]

2026-03-19

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the protocols that are in place for the diagnosis of Lyme’s disease in the health system. [21236/26]

2026-03-19

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of people who have used the travel abroad scheme for Lyme’s disease, or conditions associated with it, because of an absence of appropriate care here in Ireland, for the years 2020 to 2025. [21237/26]

2026-03-18

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given by her Department to the location of a future additional emergency department in the Midwest; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18966/26]

2026-03-18

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to amending the National Transfer Panel to ensure that trained public health nurses who wish to re-enter the panel can return to public health nursing without a requirement to retrain; the reason such requirements exist; if there is any update from conversations with unions on this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19663/26]

2026-03-18

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a detailed breakdown documenting the way in which the children's school flu programme is funded; the annual overall cost of the programme; the amount allocated for school-based delivery; and the number of participating schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19727/26]

2026-03-18

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the data available on the treatment abroad scheme; to provide a breakdowns per speciality or treatment available; and the reports made to her Department each year on the number of patients and type of treatment undertaken abroad by patients for treatment not available here. [20340/26]

2026-03-18

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she considers there to be good data records maintained on the treatment abroad scheme; and if she is satisfied that there is sufficient oversight and transparency of the scheme. [20341/26]

2026-03-11

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Health Research Charities Ireland Health

Support for the asks contained in the HRCI Position Paper 2026

2026-03-05

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of women who have applied for and who have travelled abroad under the endometriosis surgery abroad interim scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17509/26]

2026-03-05

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she will set out a clear and unambiguous statement on the medium-term location for the Rotunda Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17508/26]

2026-03-05

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the transition pathways from CAMHS to AMHS, particularly for children with eating disorders where continuity of care is critical; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17507/26]

2026-03-05

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she will take steps to rectify the current situation in which sanitary products are not available in every hospital and ward in the country when they are requested; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17506/26]

2026-03-05

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the reason, in the context of significant pressures on the National Ambulance Service, newly qualified paramedics have been informed that they must reapply to retain their jobs; the reason the break of this long-established practice has occurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17505/26]

2026-03-04

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of the recommendation of the High Level Taskforce on Mental Health and Addiction; and when the 2024 progress report will be published. [17314/26]

2026-03-04

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to clarify the Government's plans to establish "approved centres" within the prison system; and the rationale for such a policy. [17343/26]

2026-02-25

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time WTE psychiatrists per each CAMHS, per funded WTE, and per filled WTE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15503/26]

2026-02-24

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of geriatric consultants in Beaumont Hospital by funded WTE; vacant WTE posts; the number of individuals awaiting an appointment with a geriatric consultant in Beaumont; if Beaumont has requested additional geriatric consultant posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14053/26]

2026-02-24

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of all State agencies within her Department that allocate programme and project funding to section 39, section 56 and section 10 organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14393/26]

2026-02-24

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the State agencies within her Department that have made provision for the pension auto enrolment payment as part of their allocation to funded organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14411/26]

2026-02-24

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the contact details of a person will be provided (details supplied). [14463/26]

2026-02-24

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the reason access to the interpretation service for GPs has been cut and to set out the size of the funding reduction for each IHA. [15057/26]

2026-02-24

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to clarify how the cuts to the interpretation service are consistent with the HSE good practise guidelines entitled on speaking terms. [15058/26]

2026-02-24

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants that have signed up to the POCC across each speciality and the numbers that have not signed up across each speciality [15102/26]

2026-02-24

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the ambulance response times for each ambulance base for clinical status 1 ECHO and clinical status 1 DELTA; by end of 2023, 2024, 2025; in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15150/26]

2026-02-24

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances per ambulance base; the number of ambulances in use per ambulance base; the average age of those ambulances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15151/26]

2026-02-24

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of funded posts per each ambulance base; the number of vacancies per ambulance base; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15152/26]

2026-02-18

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the reason that preservative-free cosopt eye drops have not been made available on the drugs payment scheme given that it is being prescribed to patients in Ireland; the reason that the licence for preservative-free cosopt drops was withdrawn by the Health Products Regulatory Authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13130/26]

2026-02-17

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the briefings she has received on the auto enrolment scheme being rolled out to section 39 and 38 organisations operating on behalf of the State; if she has received any legal advice as to the employment status of employees in section 38 and 39 organisations as a result of the auto enrolment process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12440/26]

2026-02-17

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of individuals awaiting access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), per clinic; the average wait time to access PrEP, per clinic, as of December 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11789/26]

2026-02-17

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of employees in organisations that receive funding from the HSE but are not deemed HSE employees that have been included in the auto enrolment process; if so, if this has a financial impact for those organisations if this will be rectified in this financial year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12441/26]

2026-02-17

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently on waiting lists for in-patient rehabilitation care in Ireland; the total number of patients; broken down by condition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12817/26]

2026-02-17

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of staffing numbers within the National Rehabilitation Hospital; per nurse, physiotherapist, speech and language, occupational therapist, and psychotherapist grades; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12818/26]

2026-02-17

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of neuro-rehabilitation beds in Ireland; the total number of beds; beds operational, per facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12819/26]

2026-02-17

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the HIQA health technology assessment (HTA) for the shingles vaccines factored in the potential savings to the State and the HSE from the reported impact of the vaccine, from population studies in Canada, Wales, Australia and the US, on delaying the onset of dementia, slowing down its progress and cutting the risk of death among those already diagnosed; if she will carry out a revised HTA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12857/26]

2026-02-12

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the reason sanitary towels are not available whenever they are needed for patients in all wards in hospitals, both adult and paediatric; if the HSE has plans to ensure that sanitary towels will be available upon request in all wards in hospitals, both adult and paediatric; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11160/26]

2026-02-11

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the level of staffing in the specialised nursing service within the neurology service in CHI Temple Street; the capacity of their advice and information service offered between 8am-11am; and the number of children and families that they can see between these hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10834/26]

2026-02-10

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total sum of money allocated to fund the wait list action plan 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9152/26]

2026-02-10

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to restrict or reduce access free screening such as SH:24 for those who are asymptomatic; if so, the intentions behind such a move to reduce access to regular screening for sexually transmitted infections; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9262/26]

2026-02-10

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the ways an individual can complete the medical card review; if there is a paper form alternative for individuals to complete the review of the medical card; and if the HSE believes that the online system to renew medical cards is inclusive of older persons and individuals with a disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9266/26]

2026-02-10

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the date when the Government will issue its response to the Citizen’s Assembly on Drug Use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10267/26]

2026-02-10

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health for a list of all adult community mental health teams per IHA; the funded WTE posts; the vacant WTE posts; the numbers waiting to access each adult community mental health team; the average wait time to access each adult community mental health team; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10286/26]

2026-02-10

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when the HIQA Expert Advisory Group on modifications to the BreastCheck screening programme will be established; when she expects the publication of the health technology assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10416/26]

2026-02-04

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of emergency department admissions per each emergency department in the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7598/26]

2026-02-04

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of presentations per each emergency department that do not have a GP referral; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7599/26]

2026-02-04

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the share of presentations per each emergency department that do not have a GP referral; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7600/26]

2026-02-04

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health where a councillor cannot attend a meeting of a regional health forum, if it is possible for that councillor to be substituted on that day from the same council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8536/26]

2026-02-04

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to extending the bowel screening age beyond 70 years old; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8537/26]

2026-02-04

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number and location of housing or residential properties owned by the HSE per IHA; for a list of all vacant properties owned by the HSE per IHA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8538/26]

2026-02-04

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if attendance by the integrated health area (IHA) manager of each IHA is mandatory at regional health forums; and if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8539/26]

2026-02-04

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if there has been consideration of a paramedic bank or paramedic reserve to assist with surge capacity nationally and the figures required in each region to support surge weeks, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8540/26]

2026-02-04

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the current status of the building of the new planned Loughlinstown health centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8541/26]

2026-02-04

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists assigned to local authorities, in particular for assessment of housing adaption grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8543/26]

2026-02-04

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if there is a planned consolidation of task forces; if there is a timetable in place; if so, if there will be consultation on the change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8580/26]

2026-01-29

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of CAMHS patients who have been treated in a general children’s hospital ward in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7025/26]

2026-01-29

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the amount which has been spent sending patients to the United Kingdom to avail of rehabilitation psychiatry beds between the years 2019 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7026/26]

2026-01-29

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the amount which has been spent sending patients abroad, excluding the United Kingdom, to avail of rehabilitation psychiatry beds between the years 2019 to 2025; in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7027/26]

2026-01-29

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the amount of money which has been spent sending patients to the United Kingdom to avail of secure psychiatric units between the years 2019 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7028/26]

2026-01-29

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the amount of money which has been spent sending patients abroad, excluding the United Kingdom, to avail of secure psychiatric units between the years 2019 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7029/26]

2026-01-29

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the amount which has been spent sending patients to the United Kingdom for specialist forensic psychiatric treatment between the years 2019 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7030/26]

2026-01-29

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the amount of money which has been spent sending patients abroad, excluding the United Kingdom, for specialist forensic psychiatric treatment between the years 2019 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7031/26]

2026-01-29

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of individuals from Ireland who have availed of rehabilitation psychiatry beds in the United Kingdom and elsewhere between the years 2019 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7032/26]

2026-01-29

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of persons from Ireland who have availed of secure psychiatric units in the United Kingdom and elsewhere between the years 2019 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7033/26]

2026-01-29

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of persons from Ireland who have availed of specialist forensic psychiatric treatment in the United Kingdom and elsewhere between the years 2019 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7034/26]

2026-01-29

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in Ireland who met the threshold for specialistic psychiatric care, treatment, or hospitalisation, but were unable to or did not receive that care between the years 2019 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7035/26]

2026-01-29

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department has taken to reduce hospital car parking charges, as per the Programme for Government; when patients and their families can expect reduced hospital car parking charges; and if she plans to abolish hospital car parking charges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7047/26]

2026-01-29

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the funding allocation for general practice nurses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7299/26]

2026-01-29

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the funding opportunities available for general practice nurses in upskilling and training; the amount that has been spent in providing training and upskilling for GP nurses; how any such funds are distributed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7300/26]

2026-01-28

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the expenditure cost under the community drug scheme for continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) sensors with associated systems for each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; the number of patients availing of CGM sensors under the scheme for each year; the number of those patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6792/26]

2026-01-28

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she will sanction a HIQA review on the effectiveness of continuous glucose monitoring for type 2 diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6793/26]

2026-01-28

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when she will launch the ‘Diabetes Services and Policy Review’ report; if new funding will be made available to implement its recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6794/26]

2026-01-22

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the steps she has taken improve resourcing for the National Gender Service since the decision in December to close wait lists due to resourcing issues; if she, a Minister of State, and/or senior Department officials have met with the National Gender Service following their decision to close their wait list; to clarify that the National Gender Service is currently accepting new referrals as per HSE comments stating they do not have the authority to close that list; the other actions her Department is undertaking to improve the model of care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4912/26]

2026-01-22

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the actions her Department has undertaken to regulate the parent companies of nursing home operators in Ireland and to bring them under the remit of HIQA which the Minister of State recognised as a systemic flaw in the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health on the 18 June 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4909/26]

2026-01-22

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the steps that she is taking to increase the number of HSE community nursing home dementia beds which have decreased by 12% between 2020 and 2024, to increase community dementia respite beds, and to build capacity to address forecasting suggesting that the number of people with the condition in Ireland will more than double by 2050; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4911/26]

2026-01-22

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to ensure that the HSE commences allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) surgery to avert the need for families to travel abroad; the date when that repatriation of treatment will take place; the precise supports available for children and families travelling to Britain for paediatric haematopoietic stem cell transplant until such services are available in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4908/26]

2026-01-22

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE National Service Plan 2026 is only committing to 134 additional net new acute hospital beds, which is a significant drop on the HSE National Service Plan 2025 commitment for an additional 297 acute beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4913/26]

2026-01-21

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Irish Council for Psychotherapy Health

ICP concerns & recommendations re: the proposed CORU Standards of Proficiency & Criteria for Education & Training Programmes for Psychotherapists.

2026-01-21

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Vulcan Consulting Limited 2 returns Health

Rare Disease Policy in Ireland
Rare Disease Policy

2026-01-21

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Avista 2 returns Health

Invitation to Autism Resource Booklet launch in partnership with Danu Special School
Deputy Sherlock visit to Avista Navan Road

2026-01-21

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Insurance Ireland Banking and Financial Institutions

On behalf of members, to raise awareness of issues pertinent to the Irish health insurance industry

2026-01-21

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The Irish Hospice Foundation Health

Written request to Chair and members of Oireachtas Committee on Health seeking opportunity to present findings from a report on the end of life experiences of older people to the Committee.

2026-01-21

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Irish Cancer Society 4 returns Health

Regional investment needs for cancer services
Oireachtas Committee on Health
Breast cancer
Oireachtas Cross-Party Group on Cancer

2026-01-21

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BeLonG To Youth Services Ltd. Children and Youth Affairs

Representatives from Belong To attended Dáil motion on trans healthcare on 3 December at the invite of the Labour party.

2026-01-21

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Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - IACP Health

Raised concerns about the Publication of the Standards and Criteria for Counsellors and Psychotherapists by the Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board of CORU

2026-01-21

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Alcohol Forum Ireland Health

To ensure meaningful inclusion of alcohol as a policy priority within the new National Drug Strategy.

2026-01-21

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Pender & Associates Ltd 2 returns Health

Letter seeking engagement on oral health policy
Engagement relating to the needs of oral healthcare

2026-01-21

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Rehab Group Public Expenditure and Reform

Rehab's Pre Budget Submission

2026-01-21

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National Centre for Youth Mental Health Health

Letter to the Oireachtas regarding subcommittee on mental health.

2026-01-21

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The Asthma Society of Ireland 2 returns Health

AV Room Briefing for World Lung Day
Pre-Budget Submission

2026-01-21

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LGBT Support and Advocacy Network Ireland CLG 2 returns Budgetary mattersHealth

LGBT Ireland Pre-Budget Submission
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health Report on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) (Amendment) Bill

2026-01-21

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AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals (Ireland) DAC 2 returns Health

Alexion - Joint Committee on Health session on the treatment of rare diseases
Meeting requests/Meetings - Proposal for an Early Access Programme for Innovative Oncology Medicines

2026-01-21

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Movember Health

Launch of the Real Face of Men's Health report focused on the delivery of the National Men's Health Action plan, with a range of recommendations on priority areas

2026-01-21

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of net new additional acute hospital beds (excluding any replacement beds) that have been constructed in the years 2023, 2024, and 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4555/26]

2026-01-21

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the staffing in all child and adolescent and adult eating disorder teams as of the end of year 2025, per WTE funded and per WTE filled, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4691/26]

2026-01-21

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 692 of 18 December 2025, to outline the process and criteria to be used to ensure an equitable distribution across the HSE where posts and funding are allocated; where the five WTE posts have been allocated to; how this funding adds incremental value to the HSE breastfeeding action plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4702/26]

2026-01-20

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Center for Independent Living Justice and Equality

Launch of ILMI position paper Care planning and the UNCRPD

2026-01-20

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College of Psychiatrists of Ireland Health

Mental Health Bill 2024 and concerns; correction of a public campaign by a major mental health advocate organisation & correspondence to Senators.

2026-01-20

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The Psychological Society of Ireland Health

Sent PSI press release to multiple TDs, highlighting key pre-budget priorities including increasing the mental health budget, extending CAMHS eligibility to age 25, culturally competent services, and zero restraint/seclusion with statutory advocacy.

2026-01-20

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Pfizer Health

Expansion of the National Immunisation Programme to include RSV vaccination for older adults

2026-01-20

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Kathleen O'Meara Public Affairs Consultant Health

Lobbying by Chime, Ireland's national charity for deaf and hard of hearing people, for a national hearing care plan

2026-01-20

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Mental Health Reform 2 returns Budgetary mattersHealth

MHR's event in Leinster House on 25th September; 'Meet&Greet'
MHR's event in Leinster House on 25th September; 'Meet&Greet' and PBS discussion

2026-01-20

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Irish Family Planning Association Health

National and international policy on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)

2026-01-20

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Irish Cancer Society 4 returns Health

Costs associated with a cancer diagnosis
Expansion of QUIT services
Nicotine product regulation
Access to cancer surgery

2026-01-20

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Hanover Media Strategy Limited 2 returns Health

AV Room Briefing Event to discuss a Proposal for an Early Access Programme for Innovative Oncology Medicines
Meeting request to discuss protection for over 65s in winter flu season

2026-01-20

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Asked Children

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children aged zero to 18 years in each of the integrated healthcare areas (IHA) by individual area, awaiting first-time intervention in all areas of early intervention; the number on the public list; the number on the children's disability network team list in each IHA; and the length of time awaiting intervention by age, as of year-end 2025, in tabular form (details supplied). [4017/26]

2026-01-20

PQ

Asked Children

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE health and social care professionals working in the children's disability network teams in the north inner city CDNT and Cabra CDNT at the end of 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4036/26]

2026-01-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the reason that an organisation (details supplied) has had funding withdrawn which threatens the provision of their service and may lead to the closure of the organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3488/26]

2026-01-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the annual share of emergency department admissions that do not have a GP referral, per each emergency department nationwide. [3541/26]

2026-01-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if a ward in a facility (details supplied) has closed; if so, the reason; to provide details of the ward; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3592/26]

2026-01-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her plans to extend community eating disorder services such as a facility (details supplied), particularly in areas with minimal services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3593/26]

2026-01-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the status of the commitment to open in James Connolly Hospital a general anaesthetic dental service for special care patients. [4066/26]

2026-01-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for paediatric general anaesthetic dental service for special care patients in each CHO. [4069/26]

2026-01-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for a general anaesthetic dental service for special care patients in each CHO. [4070/26]

2026-01-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the locations for each paediatric general anaesthetic dental service for special care patients. [4071/26]

2026-01-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the locations for each adult general anaesthetic dental service for special care patients. [4072/26]

2026-01-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the reason CervicalCheck does not inform a patient which HPV type or the number of HPV types which were found in a patient that tests positive for HPV viruses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4371/26]

2026-01-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her plans to expand CervicalCheck screening to include genotyping to identify the specific strains of HPV; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4372/26]

2026-01-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she has confidence that CervicalCheck screening covers all high-risk HPV types; how often an evidence review takes place into testing and risk in order to inform screening; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4373/26]

2026-01-19

LOBBY

Teiripe Pobail Éireann CLG 2 returns Health

Coru - Publication of the Standards and Criteria for Counsellors and Psychotherapists by the Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board
Community Therapy Ireland Clinical Governance Badge of Excellence

2026-01-19

LOBBY

Transgender Equality Network Ireland Health

Supported Labour private member's bill on trans healthcare and attended Dáil debate

2026-01-19

LOBBY

Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association Health

Moving Codeine containing OTC medicines from pharmacy only to prescription.

2026-01-19

LOBBY

BioMarin International Limited Health

Rare disease policy in Ireland and the EU

2026-01-19

LOBBY

Alcohol Action Ireland 2 returns Health

Youth drinking
Alcohol health information labelling

2026-01-19

LOBBY

Irish Medical Organisation Health

Digitalisation of the Health Services

2026-01-19

LOBBY

Healthy Homes Ireland Housing

To secure meetings and engage with elected/designated officials in order to communicate the findings of Healthy Homes Ireland's report; 'Our place: Towards Healthier Greener Homes'. Hosted a breakfast forum event to discuss to how Ireland balances the need to build affordable homes at pace with delivering homes that are high quality, focusing on upcoming EU housing policy developments including the recast Energy Performance of Buildings Directive and the European Affordable Housing Plan.

2026-01-19

LOBBY

Cheshire Ireland Health

Submission of Pre Budget Submission

2026-01-16

LOBBY

Fórsa trade union Health

Seeking changes to hiring practices in the HSE. Specifically backfilling maternity leave roles

2026-01-16

LOBBY

Irish Heart Foundation 3 returns Health

Statements on the use of vapes and nicotine products by young people and adolescents
Novel nicotine products and e-cigarettes.
Oireachtas Heart and Stroke Group

2026-01-16

LOBBY

Simon Communities of Ireland Housing

AV Room

2026-01-16

LOBBY

Royal College of Physicians of Ireland Health

Issues related to health policy

2026-01-15

LOBBY

Rosetta Care Ltd Health

Increased funding supports to independent nursing home operators, legislative changes review, budget submission

2026-01-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the rate of accrual for access to the public sector pension for those signing POCC23. [3251/26]

2026-01-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number signing up to POCC23 for each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025. [3252/26]

2026-01-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants aged over 55 years who signed the POCC23 by the end of 2025. [3253/26]

2026-01-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants aged between 45 and 55 years who signed the POCC23 by the end of 2025. [3254/26]

2026-01-14

LOBBY

ShoutOut Health

Attendance at Dáil Gallery for Labour motion on transgender healthcare

2026-01-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of children on CAMHS waiting lists, per region at the end of year 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2560/26]

2026-01-13

LOBBY

Muscular Dystrophy Society of Ireland GLC Health

Written statement in response to the Joint Committee on Health’s call for evidence on issues relating to rare diseases, including access to and reimbursement for medicines.

2026-01-13

LOBBY

Reduced Risk Products Association Company Limited Health

The Reduced Risk Products Association issued written communications to selected members of the Oireachtas following statements made during a Dáil debate on vaping, providing factual information and evidence on vaping and nicotine products, including youth use, smoking cessation, flavours, and potential implications of proposed regulatory measures.

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the actions being undertaken by the HSE to ensure that all individuals who are diagnosed with type-1 diabetes, including those diagnosed as adults, have access to CGM technology; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73926/25]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the reason approximately 500 to 700 people who received a late/delayed clinical diagnosis of type 1 diabetes are currently being denied CGM reimbursement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73927/25]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to a review of the single reimbursement application system for people with type 1 diabetes to access CGM technology to ensure that all individuals with type 1 diabetes, including those with adult-onset diabetes or delayed diagnosis, have access to this technology; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73928/25]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of official Food Safety Authority control or targeted audits FSAI has programmed from the years 2018 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73930/25]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health in relation to FSAI control and targeted audits, if reports on all audits have been drafted and agreed with the auditees involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73931/25]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if reports on all audits conducted since 1 January 2018 by FSAI have been published on the FSAI website in line with agreed procedures and protocols to ensure a high level of transparency regarding the outcomes of such audits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73932/25]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if all audits programmed and or commenced by FSAI have progressed to report or publication stage, and if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73933/25]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to list all primary schools and secondary schools who offered the opportunity for take up of the flu vaccine in school in each of the years, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. [1011/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to list the community health networks that coordinate the offering of the flu vaccine through the primary and secondary school system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1012/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the communication she has had with an organisation (details supplied) on the distribution of the flu vaccine by community pharmacists through the primary and secondary school system. [1013/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the amount the HSE has spent on the treatment of eating disorders in the United Kingdom in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1361/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the amount the HSE has spent on the treatment of eating disorders outside of Ireland, excluding the United Kingdom in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1362/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when the national hearing care plan will be published; if the working group has considered bone-anchored hearing aid services in its considerations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1366/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if CervicalCheck informs a patient which HPV type or how many HPV types were found in a patient that tests positive for HPV viruses; and if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1576/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her plans to expand CervicalCheck screening to include genotyping to identify the specific strains of HPV; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1577/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she has confidence that CervicalCheck screening covers all high-risk HPV types; how often an evidence review takes place into testing and risk in order to inform screening; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1578/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the actions her Department has undertaken to meet the Programme for Government objective to ensure that the administration of dermal fillers is only undertaken by trained healthcare professionals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1623/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if regulatory inspections take place of facilities, practitioners, and/or businesses that are providing dermal fillers or botox to ensure that those who are administering such treatments are qualified and permitted to administer those treatments and to ensure that the products they are administered are licensed products with approval from the HPRA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1624/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of new critical care beds delivered in 2025; the number of replacement critical care beds delivered in 2025; the total current number of operational critical care beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1892/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of new acute hospital beds that are to be delivered through the National Development Plan 2026-2030; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2139/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total amount that is to be spent from the NDP sectoral plan for 2026-2030 funding of €9.25 billion on new acute hospital bed capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2140/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when she expects the target of 446 beds, as committed to in the strategic multi-year plan to expand adult critical care capacity published in 2020, will be reached; the timeframe to reach that target of 446 critical care beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2156/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of acute inpatient hospital beds across all voluntary and public hospitals as of 31 December 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2196/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of new acute inpatient beds delivered in 2025; the number of replacement acute inpatient beds delivered in 2025; the total current number of operational acute inpatient beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2369/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of new community long stay beds delivered in 2025; the number of new community short stay beds delivered in 2025; the number of replacement short and long stay community nursing home beds; and the total current number of operational community short and long stay beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2370/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of new psychiatric beds delivered in 2025; the number of replacement psychiatric beds; the total current number of operational beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2371/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of new CAMHS beds delivered in 2025; the number of replacement CAMHS beds delivered in 2025; the total number of operational CAMHS beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2372/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health as per the HSE national service plan for 2026, if the national service plan will ensure the opening of all 20 inpatient CAMHS beds in the national children’s hospital; and, if not, which beds will open in NCHI; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2518/26]

2026-01-12

LOBBY

Climate and Health Alliance Transport

Launch of the Climate and Health Alliance Active Travel report.

2026-01-08

LOBBY

Irish Green Building Council 2 returns HealthHousing

On behalf of members to discuss the key recommendations of the Healthy Homes Ireland Report
On behalf of members to inform discussions and raise proposals in relation to the transposition of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive into law and public consultations on the National Building Renovation Plan

2026-01-07

LOBBY

Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation Health

Formally classifying COVID-19 as an occupational disease in Ireland

2026-01-07

LOBBY

Gilead Sciences Ireland UC Health

Meetings to discuss HIV health policy and general access to medicine

2026-01-06

LOBBY

Neurological Alliance of Ireland Health

Establishment of a cross-party group to raise awareness of neurological conditions

2026-01-06

LOBBY

Irish Voluntary Healthcare Association CLG (formerly Voluntary Healthcare Forum CLG) Health

To discuss financial deficits in voluntary hospitals

2026-01-05

LOBBY

Chime Health

To advocate for a National Hearing Care Plan

2026-01-05

LOBBY

Parkinson's Ireland 3 returns Health

Wrote to the Deputy to ask them to raise a Parliamentary Question to the Minister to find the amount of adults waiting to see a psychologist
Wrote to the Deputy to ask them to raise a Parliamentary Question to the Minister to find the amount of Parkinson's Nurse Specialists recruited annually
Wrote to the Deputy to ask them to raise a Parliamentary Question to the Minister for our section 39 funding application

2026-01-05

LOBBY

FASD Ireland CLG Health

Delays with Grant Aid Agreement Funding being paid to FASD Ireland

2025-12-30

LOBBY

SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY IRELAND FOUNDATION CLG Health

Rare diseases and newborn screening of babies

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of the 44 hospital-controlled car parks that provide patient parking; to provide a list of those that provide concessions with details of such; to provide a list of those that provide free parking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73296/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the status of the programme for Government commitment to reduce hospital car parking charges; who holds responsibility for overseeing this commitment nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73297/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the net income raised through parking charges at car parks in hospitals across the State from 2023 to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73298/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the spending by her Department on breastfeeding support between the years 2020 and 2025, and planned for 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73528/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of individuals who received breastfeeding supports in 2024 per public health nurse services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73529/25]

2025-12-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health given the centralisation of surgeries to Dublin children's hospitals because of the anaesthesiologist issues with cranial paediatrics, if there is a plan in place to deal with increased surgical waitlists if they occur; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73063/25]

2025-12-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the cost to fully restore the cuts made from 2010 to the DTSS and DTBS schemes and to the public dental service for children and people with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73084/25]

2025-12-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the cost to equalise the treatment of PRSI contributors with that of medical card holders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73085/25]

2025-12-17

VOTE

Animal Health and Welfare (Ban on Fox Hunting) Bill 2025

A bill to amend the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 to ban the hunting of a fox or foxes; and to provide for related matters.

✓ voted for the motion motion failed · 24–124

2025-12-17

VOTE

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Restoration to Order Paper (Resumed)

✓ voted for the motion motion failed · 71–73

2025-12-17

VOTE

Health (Waiting Lists) Bill 2024

A bill to amend and extend the Health Act 2004 and for that purpose to provide for the conferral of additional functions on the Minister for Health in relation to setting of priorities and performance targets by that Minister in relation to maximum waiting times for health and personal social services; to amend the National Treatment Purchase Fund Board (Establishment) Order 2004 to provide for additional reporting, revised corporate governance and accountability arrangements; and to provide for related matters.

✓ voted for the motion motion failed · 66–80

2025-12-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the HIQA and NASC evidence review to consider changes to the BreastCheck programme, particularly the proposed expansion of the age range eligibility to those aged 70-74 as conditionally recommended by the European Guidelines on Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71830/25]

2025-12-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the average cost per unit of a holter monitor device; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69025/25]

2025-12-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of people on ophthalmology waiting lists in all hospitals offering ophthalmology services by length of time on such wait lists, and the average wait time someone can be expected to be seen in each of those hospitals if a referral is put in now, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68542/25]

2025-12-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of children travelling to Britain for paediatric haematopoietic stem cell transplant surgery, by year, from 2015 to date in 2055. [67495/25]

2025-12-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the cost to the State of sending a child to a British hospital for paediatric haematopoietic stem cell transplant surgery. [67496/25]

2025-12-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the supports which are available to families from the HSE having to travel to Britain for paediatric haematopoietic stem cell transplant surgery. [67497/25]

2025-12-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the actions her Department has taken to encourage CHI to adopt the findings and advice of the repatriation of paediatric haematopoietic stem cell transplant services to Ireland: a Health Technology Assessment – February 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67498/25]

2025-12-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to publish all correspondence between her Department and CHI relating to the implementation of the findings and advice of the repatriation of paediatric haematopoietic stem cell transplant services to Ireland: a Health Technology Assessment – February 2023. [67499/25]

2025-12-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the financial supports and logistical supports which are available to families upon the death of a child family member at a health facility abroad, for whom that child had been referred to treatment by health services in Ireland. [67500/25]

2025-12-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the financial supports and logistical supports which are available to families upon the death of an adult family member at a health facility abroad, for whom that adult had been referred to treatment by health services in Ireland. [67501/25]

2025-12-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the precise process following the publication of a HIQA health technology assessment report that makes specific findings and advice to the HSE and her Department, relating to the consideration and implementation or otherwise, of those findings and advice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67502/25]

2025-12-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE employees who do not have contracts of employment with the HSE, and to account for why no contracts are in place for those employees. [68091/25]

2025-12-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE employees who do not have access to the public service pension, and to account for why no access is in place for those employees. [68092/25]

2025-12-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that the HSE is fully compliant with employment law with respect to the employment and payment of its staff. [68093/25]

2025-12-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the internal investigation being undertaken by the NAS into unacceptable conduct at work and the leaked recording of same in early 2025; her expectation of when that investigation will be completed; the action taken if wrongdoing is found; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68102/25]

2025-12-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she has confidence in the NAS internal inquiry into unacceptable conduct at work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68103/25]

2025-11-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her plans to extend the public fertility scheme to same-sex couples who are currently excluded from the scheme; the timeline for any such changes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65252/25]

2025-11-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to protect the incomes of front-line healthcare workers who continue to suffer from long Covid and who are in receipt of the special scheme of paid leave, which is due to expire in the coming weeks; if she plans to protect these workers by extending this scheme or recognising long Covid as an occupational illness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64383/25]

2025-11-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the reason clinics in Romania and Greece that currently provide the majority of treatment abroad services to women travelling from Ireland were excluded from the list of clinics under the new ESAIS [64374/25]

2025-11-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to expedite the long delays in processing the applications for recognition to practice for psychologists; and if she will consider waiving of the 60-day clinical practice requirement for those coming from the UK and a temporary restriction of their practice, in order to bring more psychologists into practice within the HSE. [64372/25]

2025-11-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of children who were scheduled for scoliosis treatment or surgery in UK, the US and in private facilities in Ireland for the period January 2025 to October 2025; and the number who are scheduled for such treatment or surgery in the UK, US and in private facilities here for the next six months. [64373/25]

2025-11-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to address the unacceptable wait times for trans healthcare and to improve healthcare for trans people within the primary care system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64376/25]

2025-11-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when her Department will ensure the addition of spinal muscular atrophy to the Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme, which is crucial to early diagnosis and support, and which was endorsed by the then Minister in November 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64375/25]

2025-11-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the plans for multiannual funding for a national radiotherapy equipment replacement programme to ensure that the current scenario with equipment older than ten years in use (contrary to IAEA and ESTRO recommendations) is addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65071/25]

2025-11-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her plans for the replacement strategy for University College Cork/Cork University Hospital Cancer Centre and University Hospital Galway Cancer Centre respectively; if all machines will be replaced at one time, or if a staggered replacement programme is intended; the steps that will be made to avoid patient delays when machine replacement is being undertaken; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65072/25]

2025-11-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of adults waiting to see a psychologist through primary care services, by CHO and by wait times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63108/25]

2025-11-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to list the operational recommendations of the independent review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 that have been fully implemented; if she will outline plans to implement any outstanding recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63837/25]

2025-11-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the review of the operation of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Act 2024, which must be commenced not later than 18-months after commencement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63838/25]

2025-11-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the amount the HSE has spent on Holter monitors between the years 2020 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62384/25]

2025-11-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the shortage of Holter monitors and the wait lists and times for individuals to get access to a Holter monitors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62385/25]

2025-11-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her plans to reduce Holter monitor wait times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62386/25]

2025-11-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital admissions for drug-induced psychosis, by drug type, hospital, and year from 2022 to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61062/25]

2025-11-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of assertive outreach or on-street mental health intervention teams provided or funded by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61113/25]

2025-11-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her plans to expand the community access support team, CAST, pilot model in budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61114/25]

2025-11-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists and dental staff employed in the free HSE dental services providing emergency care for children under 16 years of age; the number working in the school dental programme from 2008 to present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61879/25]

2025-11-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of school visits undertaken under the school dental programme annually, by area, by year, from 2008 to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61880/25]

2025-11-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of the mobility allowance in the years 2020 to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61936/25]

2025-11-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of the mobility allowance which had their allowance either reduced or suspended because of no longer meeting the means test for this scheme between 2020 to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61939/25]

2025-11-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her plans to fund a national intestinal failure centre for adults; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57767/25]

2025-11-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants in Ireland who specialise in chronic intestinal failure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57768/25]

2025-11-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of individuals in Ireland estimated to be living with chronic intestinal failure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57769/25]

2025-11-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the steps she will take to engage with the market authorisation holders of medications (details supplied) to submit pricing and reimbursement applications for these drug treatments to commence in patients over 18 years of age who are diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57883/25]

2025-11-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the cost spend on medical claims by the HSE; and amount spent in legal fees on cases for the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58030/25]

2025-11-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her plans to expand community physiotherapy to the Phibsborough area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58056/25]

2025-11-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of costs of legal cases by providers of legal services to the HSE, in order of highest to lowest from 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58116/25]

2025-11-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of lactation posts, by integrated healthcare area, total number of posts, number of posts filled and number of vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58128/25]

2025-11-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to including the shingles vaccine (Herpes Zoster Vaccine) in the national immunisation programme, specifically for those with immunocompromising conditions, as recommended by NIAC in February 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58694/25]

2025-11-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the numbers of persons waiting to be seen at all endometriosis hubs, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58728/25]

2025-11-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for a person to receive an initial appointment in each of the endometriosis hubs following a referral to the hub, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58729/25]

2025-11-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the current staffing levels in each endometriosis hub by total WTE and filled WTE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58730/25]

2025-11-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if it the case that a service (details supplied) is not accepting any more referrals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58731/25]

2025-11-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if Members of Dáil Éireann will be informed as to when the letter of determination will be sent to the HSE and if it will be circulated to Members; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58753/25]

2025-11-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of adult ICU critical care beds per hospital; the bed occupancy per year, per hospital, from 2022 to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58887/25]

2025-11-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of ICU beds per 100,000 of population in the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and projected by year end 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58888/25]

2025-11-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to confirm the level of funding for local and regional drug and alcohol task forces in 2024 and 2025, respectively; the allocation for 2026; the level of funding increases that were awarded in budgets 2025 and 2026, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59624/25]

2025-11-03

LOBBY

Drury Health

Request for meeting to discuss the role of insourcing in reducing waiting lists in the health service.

2025-10-28

LOBBY

Age Action Health

Failures in care of older people in long term residential care

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Children

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of respite houses for adults with an intellectual disability across each integrated health area for each of the years 2020-2025. [56718/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Children

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of day services users who are adults with an intellectual disability across each integrated health area for each of the years 2020-2025. [56719/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the current capacity of the HSE to deliver bone anchored hearing aid (BAHA) services; the number of individuals awaiting BAHA's; the numbers who received BAHA's from 2020 to 2025; the number of surgeons who deliver this procedure in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56560/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her plans to expand bone anchored hearing aid services in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56561/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of new community beds provided for in Budget 2026. [56732/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the 500 additional nursing homes places committed to in Budget 2026 will be in the public or private sector. [56733/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of new acute hospital beds provided for in Budget 2026. [56734/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the Laura Brennan programme will be restarted as part of the Budget 2026 public health initiative to increase immunisation. [56735/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the hours of operation for the new specialist nursing teams (ANP and CNS) in emergency departments of all model 4 hospitals, out-of-hours; and to confirm if it will stop operations at 2 am, seven days a week. [56736/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of additional IBLC lactation consultants committed to in Budget 2026. [56737/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health whether funding has been provided in Budget 2026 for the operation of 37 currently unused beds in a facility (details supplied), under the social inclusion heading. [56738/25]

2025-10-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total acute bed capacity across all section 38 and HSE run hospitals, by year, from 2019 to date in 2025. [56406/25]

2025-10-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of ICU bed capacity across all section 38 and HSE run hospitals, by year, from 2019 to date in 2025. [56407/25]

2025-10-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of high dependency units bed capacity across all section 38 and HSE run hospitals, by year, from 2019 to date in 2025. [56408/25]

2025-10-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of operating theatres across HSE and S.38 hospitals, by year, from 2019 to date in 2025. [56409/25]

2025-10-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number waiting for diagnostic scans across all section 38 and HSE run hospitals at end September 2025 and to date in 2025; and the average and longest length of time waited per speciality. [56410/25]

2025-10-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of patients classified as delayed transfers of care across all HSE run and section 38 operated hospitals; and the average and longest length of delayed transfer. [56411/25]

2025-10-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the average and longest waiting times for admission from emergency departments (ED) across every ED in the country. [56412/25]

2025-10-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the measures her Department is taking to stop novel nicotine products, such as nicotine pearls, from entering and being sold on the marketplace; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55963/25]

2025-10-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the powers she has to prevent novel nicotine products being sold on the market before they have been regulated as genuine tobacco cessation products; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55964/25]

2025-10-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of Parkinson’s nurse specialists employed by the HSE, broken down by year from 2018 to 2024; the number of Parkinson’s nurse specialist positions advertised by the HSE in each of those years; the number of applications received for each of these positions, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54562/25]

2025-10-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health further to the decision to subsume CHI into the HSE, the plans that are being progressed for the buildings and land at Crumlin, Temple Street and Tallaght when the move to the new children’s hospital takes place. [54476/25]

2025-10-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number on trolleys in emergency departments and wards in all model four hospitals, and Connolly Hospital, University Hospital Kerry, Letterkenny University Hospital, Wexford General Hospital and Mercy Hospital Cork, from January 2025 to September 2025, by month, and by ages 18-24, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55-64, 65-69, 70-75, 75-85, 85-90, 90+; in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52969/25]

2025-10-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number waiting on trolleys in emergency departments and wards in all CHI operated hospitals, by month from January 2025 to September 2025 and by ages 0-1, 2-3, 4-8, 9-12, 13-16; in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52970/25]

2025-10-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of people who presented to accident and emergency departments, per level four hospital, but leave before they are fully assessed in the years 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form and by number and percentage of total presentation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52974/25]

2025-10-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of people who presented to accident and emergency departments, per level four hospital, where the presentation might have been more appropriate at another service, the number of presentations that were considered inappropriate for accident and emergency, in the year 2024 and to date in 2025, by number and percentage of total presentation, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52975/25]

2025-10-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an auditory brainstem response hearing test which the person was referred for in June 2023, or a timeframe as to they can expect to receive this appointment for this essential hearing test; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53218/25]

2025-10-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to account for the dramatic drop over the past eight years in breast cancer patients with an identified B5 or C5 receiving surgical intervention within the 20-working day target - with surgery identified as the first treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52489/25]

2025-10-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the plans to reopen the lymphedema clinic in St. James’s Hospital to support patients with this debilitating condition and which is closed over a year (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52429/25]

2025-10-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the plans to address the significant waiting list for endometriosis care, the understaffing of endometriosis hubs, with 747 women waiting for surgery; the financial supports being considered for women who are forced to travel abroad for essential care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52430/25]

2025-10-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the drastic impact that the ending of reason one and reason four for phased dispensing in the recent community pharmacy deal will have on vulnerable older persons and those with a disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52428/25]

2025-10-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she is confident that the 4,000 to 4,500 new and refurbished inpatient hospital beds across the country that have been committed to in the programme for Government will be delivered by 2029; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52427/25]

2025-10-01

LOBBY

Childhood Cancer Foundation Health

To ask TDs to submit a parliamentary question on the lack of paediatric bone marrow transplant currently available in Ireland

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment to see a neurologist in Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52457/25]

2025-09-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of knife violence presentations to each hospital for each of the years from 2019 to date in 2025. [51566/25]

2025-09-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that were on the drug alcarizax through the discretionary hardship arrangements; if patients were informed where they received this drug through these arrangements that such arrangements can be withdrawn pending a reimbursement decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51588/25]

2025-09-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the arrangements that will be put in place for those who received the drug alcarizax through discretionary arrangements but cannot receive this due to a negative reimbursement decision, and who require completing this course of medication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51589/25]

2025-09-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the supports that will be put in place for a person (details supplied) who received a medication (details supplied) under the hardship scheme, but is no longer receiving this medication because of a negative reimbursement decision, and who was advised not to stop this medication mid-course; if the HSE will continue to fund this medication for this patient; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52082/25]

2025-09-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the reason a private operator has been chosen for non-emergency patient transport in the greater Dublin area while the National Ambulance Service already operates an ICV service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49968/25]

2025-09-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of holter monitors and cardiac event monitors available in all level four hospitals, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50421/25]

2025-09-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting the use of a holter monitor and a cardiac event monitor; the average wait time to access such monitors in all level four hospitals, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50422/25]

2025-09-22

LOBBY

Epilepsy Ireland 2 returns Health

Seeking Deputies submit parliamentary questions on the status of epilepsy services in their local hospitals.
Seeking Deputies submit parliamentary questions related to Ireland's Neurosurgery service

2025-09-21

LOBBY

Vulcan Consulting Limited Health

Rare Disease Policy in Ireland

2025-09-21

LOBBY

Irish Medical Organisation Health

Mental Health Bill

2025-09-20

LOBBY

Rare Diseases Ireland Health

Request to prioritise rare diseases for discussion at Health Committee meetings

2025-09-20

LOBBY

National Infertility Support and Information Group Health

NISIG emailed members of the Oireachtas our 2026 pre-budget submission. Key asks in the pre-budget submission included funding our NISIG Helpline, a request for a wider and more sufficiently funded public funded IVF scheme. Also, that eligibility and criteria be broad, equitable, inclusive and reflective of those who seek infertility treatment. Also, that donor conception must be ready to roll out in conjunction with the establishment of the new Regulatory Authority

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Chime Health

To advocate for a National Hearing Care Plan

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Sage Advocacy Health

Part 5 Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Royal College of Physicians of Ireland Health

Engagement with Oireachtas members on health policy issues

2025-09-19

LOBBY

LGBT Support and Advocacy Network Ireland CLG Health

Joint LGBTQ+ Parenting Alliance Submission to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health regarding the Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Amendment Bill 2025

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Pfizer Health

Ireland's medicine reimbursement system and funding for access to new medicines and vaccines

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Irish Cancer Society 6 returns HealthPublic Expenditure and Reform

Cancer-related capital programmes
Cancer-related capital programmes
Alcohol health labels
Colonoscopy services
Migrant communities access to healthcare
Prostate cancer diagnostic pathway

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Movember Health

Liaison on the upcoming launch of the Real Face of Men's Health report which makes clear the need for the government to progress the National Men's Health Action plan, with a range of recommendations on priority areas including the need for cross government support statement and clarity on initial funding for the action plan.

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association 2 returns Health

Future Framework Agreement - issues concerning timely reimbursement of medicines in Ireland.
Future Framework Agreement - issues concerning timely reimbursement of medicines in Ireland.

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Stratagem (NI) Ltd Health

Provision of audiology services and eye care services

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - IACP Health

IACP Pre-Budget Submission 2026

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Vape Business Ireland Health

Regulation of vaping

2025-09-19

LOBBY

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals (Ireland) DAC Health

Sharing a Proposal for an Early Access Programme for Innovative Oncology Medicines Budget 2026

2025-09-19

LOBBY

GSK Health

Investment in treatment of HIV

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Irish Family Planning Association Health

National and international policy on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)

2025-09-19

LOBBY

The Wheel Community

The Wheel hosted launch event for our Pre-Budget Submission 2026. It comprised a panel discussion with speakers from community and voluntary organisations and an overview of The Wheel's priorities for Budget 2026. We invited Ministers, TDs and Senators from the most relevant departments and joint Oireachtas committees and several attended in person.

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Roche Economic Development and Industry

The development of a National Life Science Strategy should embrace international best practices through a coordinated, cross-departmental approach

2025-09-19

LOBBY

National Youth Council of Ireland Health

National Drugs Strategy

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Mental Health Reform Health

PBS Campaign

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Drury Health

Request for meetings with DPOs to discuss the role of insourcing in reducing waiting lists in the health service

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Neurological Alliance of Ireland Health

Call for Investment in Budget 2026 to begin to implement the commitments to the development of neurorehabilitation services within the current Programme for Government

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Pinnacle Public Affairs Ltd Health

Cardiovascular Health Policy in Ireland and the EU

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Padraig McKeon Health

Organising a briefing in Leinster House on June 18, 2025 for Oireachtas members on behalf of 221+ Patient Support Group outlining requests for continued support for those impacted by the past missteps of CervicalCheck

2025-09-18

LOBBY

Mental Health Reform 4 returns Health

The Mental Health Bill
The Mental Health Bill
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: MHR submission and Presentation on observations on the Mental Health Bill
Mental Health Bill 2024 & mental health party political view points

2025-09-18

LOBBY

Pender & Associates Ltd 2 returns Health

Pre-Budget 2026 engagement relating to the needs of oral healthcare
Engagement on dental policy

2025-09-18

LOBBY

Hanover Media Strategy Limited Health

Meeting request to discuss protection for over 65s in winter flu season

2025-09-18

LOBBY

221+ Patient Suport Group Health

Update to members of Oireachtas on 221+ work

2025-09-18

LOBBY

P. J. Carroll & Company Ltd Health

Tobacco harm reduction and future regulation of nicotine products

2025-09-18

LOBBY

RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) Health

Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022

2025-09-18

LOBBY

Multiple Sclerosis Ireland 2 returns Health

MS Ireland launched Pre-Budget submission
Courtesy communications sent to members

2025-09-18

LOBBY

Home and Community Care Ireland Health

Engagement with Oireachtas Members on home care issues

2025-09-18

LOBBY

The Asthma Society of Ireland Health

Submitting PQs

2025-09-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the age limit for eligibility for access to CAR T-cell therapy in Ireland; the reasons for such an age limit; her plans to expand access across all age groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49445/25]

2025-09-17

LOBBY

Irish Heart Foundation 2 returns Health

Quit Like Sweden.
Oireachtas Heart and Stroke Group.

2025-09-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the issuance of letters of authorisation to practice, in the case of recently qualified paramedics, have been disrupted (details supplied); if so, the reason if this is the case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47998/25]

2025-09-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when recently qualified paramedics and advanced paramedics graduates will formally be able to practice and receive letters of authorisation to practice, in the case of paramedic classes (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47999/25]

2025-09-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of generic medicine producers that supply medicines to the HSE. [48340/25]

2025-09-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the actions she has taken on foot of letters from health professionals to her seeking a boycott of the purchase of generic medicines from a company (details supplied) by the HSE. [48341/25]

2025-09-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to set out the amount spent by the HSE in procuring medicines each year, and the amount spent per individual medicines supplier, from 2019 to 2025, in tabular form. [48342/25]

2025-09-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if every model 3 and model 4 hospital is now compliant with the national clinical programme for self-harm and suicide-related ideation guidance issued in 2024. [48639/25]

2025-09-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of psychiatric clinical nursing specialists, psychiatric advanced nurse practitioners and psychiatric non-consultant hospital doctors assigned in each emergency department in each model 3 and model 4 hospital here, in tabular form. [48640/25]

2025-09-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when her Department will commence negotiations on a framework agreement for the pricing of medicines (details supplied) which is due to expire on 30 September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48774/25]

2025-09-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if smoking cessation services also extend to the use of vapes or e-cigarettes [48822/25]

2025-09-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that the position of HSE clinical lead on foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) prevention will continue to be funded and filled, pending the retirement of the current clinical lead on FASD prevention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48914/25]

2025-09-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if there are proposals or plans to discontinue using the Health Performance Visualisation Platform in HSE and voluntary hospitals; if so, the reason this is being considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48965/25]

2025-09-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her plans to progress reforms of the medico-legal system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48966/25]

2025-09-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the HSE or voluntary hospitals carry out exit interviews with staff on leaving the organisation; if so, the categories and grades of staff with which such interviews are conducted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48967/25]

2025-09-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of people who had surgery for breast cancer and the percentage of patients seen within NCCP target surgery timeframes, as outlined in the National Cancer Strategy, in each of the years 2017 to 2024 and to date in 2025. [49062/25]

2025-09-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of people who had surgery for lung cancer; the percentage of patients seen within NCCP target surgery timeframes, as outlined in the National Cancer Strategy, in in each of the years 2017 to 2024 and to date in 2025. [49063/25]

2025-09-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of people who had surgery for prostate cancer; the percentage of patients seen within NCCP target surgery timeframes, as outlined in the National Cancer Strategy, in each of the years 2017 to 2024 and to date in 2025. [49064/25]

2025-09-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of people who had surgery for pancreatic cancer; the percentage of patients seen within NCCP target surgery timeframes, as outlined in the National Cancer Strategy, in each of the years 2017 to 2024 and to date in 2025. [49065/25]

2025-09-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her plans to establish a National Radiotherapy Equipment Replacement Programme to ensure the timely upgrading of linear accelerator machines; the estimated timeline for its implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49083/25]

2025-09-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a breakdown of the current age profile of radiotherapy LINAC machines under the HSE; the replacement schedule in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49084/25]

2025-09-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to ensure cancer patients have access to up-to-date radiotherapy comparable to international best practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49085/25]

2025-09-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she will address concerns raised by a group (details supplied), that delays in replacing outdated radiotherapy equipment are resulting in poorer outcomes for patients, poorer access to clinical trials; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49086/25]

2025-09-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the screening target for the BowelScreen Programme, and the number of individuals who have received screening between the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49165/25]

2025-09-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the current status of the tender process for the new national maternity hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49248/25]

2025-09-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of contractors who tendered for the construction phase of the new national maternity hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49249/25]

2025-09-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when construction is due to start on the new national maternity hospital; if she has been provided with a completion date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49250/25]

2025-09-16

LOBBY

ARI Health

ARI policy recommendations as included in the pre-budget submission to the Department of Health, including medical card, Dental Treatment Scheme, prescription charges, shingles vaccination, cancer screening, hospital waiting times, homecare. Whole of government strategies for positive aging, combatting ageism and establishment of an Independent Commissioner for Ageing and Older People.

2025-09-16

LOBBY

Irish Association of Social Workers Health

Opening Statement by the Irish Association of Social Workers (IASW) to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health

2025-09-16

LOBBY

Healthy Homes Ireland Housing

To secure meetings and engage with elected/ designated officials in order to communicate the findings of Healthy Homes Ireland's report; 'Our place: Towards Healthier Greener Homes'.

2025-09-16

LOBBY

Merchants QuayIreland Ltd Community

Proposals re drug treatment, homelessness, mental health and related matters

2025-09-15

LOBBY

Nursing Homes Ireland Health

NHI invited Ministers, TD's and MEP to the launch of NHI/RCSI research on the Placing Human Rights at the Heart of Nursing Home Care

2025-09-15

LOBBY

Rosetta Care Ltd Health

Increased funding supports to independent nursing home operators, legislative changes review, budget submission

2025-09-15

LOBBY

Dexcom Health

Diabetes Policy in Ireland

2025-09-12

LOBBY

Creative Retail Distribution Limited Taxation

Support for Classification of HHC as a Schedule 1 Controlled Drug

2025-09-11

LOBBY

Inclusion Ireland Budgetary matters

We contacted Deputies Wall, Nash, Kenny, Sherlock, and Senator Harmon, in their respective capacities as Labour's disability, social protection, education, and health spokespeople, to invite them to a briefing of Inclusion Ireland's Pre-Budget Submission's priorities, along with a fully copy of the document for their consideration.

2025-09-11

LOBBY

The Psychological Society of Ireland Health

Email sent to opposition party TDs circulating the PSI’s Press Release advocating for a Shared Governance Leadership Model in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).

2025-09-09

LOBBY

Alcohol Action Ireland 2 returns Health

Alcohol health information labelling
Costs of alcohol harm

2025-09-09

LOBBY

Parkinson's Ireland Health

Wrote to the representative to advocate for our pre-budget requests to be included in their parties alternative budget.

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of transfers from CUH of neonates to CHI Crumlin/Temple Street in 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date; the numbers discharged from CHI and numbers discharged back to CUH, in tabular form. [45010/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of transfers from CUH of paediatric patients to CHI Crumlin/Temple Street in 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date; the numbers discharged from CHI and numbers discharged back to CUH, in tabular form. [45011/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of holter monitors and cardiac event monitors available in a hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45328/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting the use of a holter monitor and cardiac event monitor and the average wait time to access such monitors in a hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45329/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the names of all community health networks; whether the names correspond with the regional population profiles (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45572/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health for an overview of the current neurosurgery services provided at a hospital (details supplied); the current infrastructure available to surgical teams at this site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45916/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health for an update on the HSE's plans to expand Ireland's neurosurgery programme and infrastructure to ensure patients can potentially more readily avail of life-changing procedures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45917/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for EU (Regulated Professions Proportionality Assessment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 413 of 2022) to be complied with in order for standards of proficiency and criteria in education and training programmes to be finalised for psychotherapists and counsellors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46295/25]

2025-09-05

LOBBY

Diabetes Ireland Health

To seek sustained investment in supporting people living with diabetes and promote a more strategic approach to addressing long term improvements making huge government cost savings, increase Oireachtas members awareness about the scale and severity of diabetes and its impact on society and to work together to seek ongoing government commitment to a long-term innovative strategic framework for managing diabetes with committed annual funding.

2025-09-03

LOBBY

BioMarin International Limited Health

Rare disease policy in Ireland and the EU

2025-09-01

LOBBY

Irish Lung Fibrosis Association Health

Kathleen O'Meara, Public Affairs Consultant and ILFA members made representations to John Lahart who supported the launch of the prospectus report in Leinster House AV Room on the 11th June 2025

2025-08-27

LOBBY

Health Research Charities Ireland Health

Support for the asks contained in the HRCI Position Paper 2025

2025-08-22

LOBBY

Polio Survivors Ireland 2 returns Health

Parliamentary Questions
Wrote to the Joint Committee on Health

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of community nursing home beds specifically available to persons with Alzheimer's disease, per county, per year between the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41703/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the occupancy rate of community nursing home beds specifically available to persons with Alzheimer's disease, both dementia beds and dementia respite beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41704/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the waiting list for dementia beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41705/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the waiting list for dementia respite beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41706/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of newborn hearing screenings that have missed target screening dates under each of the hospitals in the Dublin region, in tabular form and by date line missed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42557/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the provision of audiology and newborn hearing screenings will be made available in the new children's hospital campus near to neonatology wards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42558/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of sleep study machines available for use; if the demand is outweighing the number of machines available in CHI; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42559/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to clarify the legal minimum level of qualification, if any, required for health care assistants to work in a nursing home. [42649/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the legal minimum staffing ratio of nurse to nursing home residents in a nursing home. [42650/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the legal minimum staffing ratio of health care assistants to nursing home resident in a nursing home. [42651/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the average annual rate of staff turnover of nurses working in nursing homes. [42652/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the average annual rate of staff turnover of health care assistants working in nursing homes. [42653/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the average rate of pay for health care assistants working in nursing homes. [42654/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the average length of service for health care assistants working in nursing homes. [42655/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the average staff vacancy rate in nursing homes. [42656/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the timeframe between an initial appointment at each of the rapid access prostate clinics and diagnosis with prostate cancer where it occurs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42866/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the timeframe between an initial referral to each of the rapid access prostate clinics and a diagnosis with prostate cancer where it occurs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42867/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to outline the longest, the median and the shortest timeframe between a patient’s initial appointment date in each of the prostate rapid access clinics (details supplied) and the date of diagnosis with prostate cancer in each of the years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42960/25]

2025-07-18

LOBBY

FASD Ireland CLG Health

Delays with the introduction of health information labelling on alcohol

2025-07-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health that Children's Health Ireland would produce a booklet of medical acronyms that can be given to parents of all new admissions in the CHI group. [40463/25]

2025-07-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the current ownership status of each site and the building of each primary care centre, respectively, nationwide, delivered via her Department and HSE public private partnership; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40298/25]

2025-07-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if her Department has considered the model whereby funding follows the patient (MFTP) for vasectomy services, as with termination of pregnancy services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39807/25]

2025-07-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been, or will be, given to extending free family planning to the provision of vasectomy services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39809/25]

2025-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to outline the reason allogeneic stem cell transplantation for paediatric cancer patients is not currently available at CHI at Crumlin under the National Children’s Cancer Service; when this service will be restored; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38448/25]

2025-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if respect for international law and human rights throughout the supply chain, from production to delivery, is written into the HSE's procurement policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38603/25]

2025-07-09

PQ

Asked Education

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider targeted investment in State-run youth spaces as part of Budget 2026, given the growing demand for early intervention mental health, education, and wellbeing supports for young people, and the opportunity these hubs present to deliver multiple services under one roof; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38082/25]

2025-07-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of drug-related intimidation and violence engagement leads per local drug and alcohol taskforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38006/25]

2025-07-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken in response to ensure female paramedics feel safe within the National Ambulance Service and that the issues that emerged from an investigation in relation to their experiences of an "unsafe culture" are examined (details supplied); if she will outline any strategy to address concerns about such a culture; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38228/25]

2025-07-09

VOTE

Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages · 3 divisions

✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 86–69
✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 67–86
✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 64–86

2025-07-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision in relation to an application for blind welfare allowance, awaited since November 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37170/25]

2025-07-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the average length of time it takes to recruit non-clinical staff off a panel in the HSE; and the length of time the recruitment of technical service officers takes. [37260/25]

2025-07-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE cardiology registrars based at Saint James's Hospital, Beaumont Hospital and the Mater Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37542/25]

2025-07-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to outline details of the recent move of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee from the Royal College of Physicians to the Health Information and Quality Authority; the impact this development will have on the speed at which vaccines could be added to the national immunisation programme bearing in mind it currently takes on average six years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36487/25]

2025-07-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if there has been an increase in the budget and extra resources allocated to the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) arising from the recent move of NIAC from the Royal College of Physicians to the Health Information and Quality Authority as a consequence of this move; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36488/25]

2025-07-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the National Immunisation Advisory Committee will remain an independent committee with the ability to define their own work programme, arising from the recent move of NIAC from the Royal College of Physicians to the Health Information and Quality Authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36489/25]

2025-06-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she will act to protect front-line healthcare workers impacted by long Covid and who are in receipt of the special scheme of paid leave; if she plans to extend this scheme or recognise long Covid as an occupational illness to quality for occupational injury benefit payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34984/25]

2025-06-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her plans to strengthen the inspection and regulatory regime in HIQA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34932/25]

2025-06-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if her Department is considering amending the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Act 2023 to ensure that this includes the advertising of all nicotine products, including nicotine pouches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34931/25]

2025-06-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the specific actions her Department is taking to ensure that GP practices are being set up in disadvantaged areas and/or areas with few or no GPs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34933/25]

2025-06-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the actions her Department has taken to implement the report of the Strategic Workforce Advisory Group on Home Carers and Nursing Home Healthcare Assistants, particularly recommendations five, six, and seven; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34929/25]

2025-06-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her views on whether the CAMHS unit based in the new children’s hospital will be fully staffed and operational on day one of operations, the actions undertaken by the HSE to ensure that this unit is fully staffed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34930/25]

2025-06-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the medical card policy towards funding to replace a prosthetic limb in adults in circumstances including natural lifespan of the prosthetic of circa five years, damage beyond repair to the prosthetic and need for different prosthetic arising from surgery. [35127/25]

2025-06-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the medical card policy towards funding to replace a prosthetic limb in children in circumstances including damage beyond repair to the prosthetic and need for different prosthetic arising from surgery. [35128/25]

2025-06-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to outline the assisted transport options in place for individuals attending a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35129/25]

2025-06-25

LOBBY

Irish Platform for Patients' Organisations, Science and Industry Health

Implementation of the National Rare Disease Plan

2025-06-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of community nursing home beds specifically available to individuals with Alzheimer's, per county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34579/25]

2025-06-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the funding provided from the years 2020 to 2025 for the employment of HSE-salaried general practitioners, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34576/25]

2025-06-25

VOTE

Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022

A bill to require pharmaceutical companies, medical equipment suppliers and their servants or agents, to declare payments, gifts, donations or other transfers of values provided to healthcare professionals or health care organisations on an annual basis.

✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 85–67

2025-06-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the national treatment purchase fund engaged individually or collectively with nursing homes (details supplied) during 2024; the basis on which they calculated the funds that could be paid to the homes through the HSE administered nursing home support scheme and if the NTPF, at any stage in the negotiation process, examined the books of the group or of their individual nursing homes. [33720/25]

2025-06-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the Health Information and Quality Authority reviewed the evidence regarding the operation of a nursing home group (details supplied) in France before deciding on registering any of their nursing homes in Ireland; and, if so, if they decided on any special oversight measures as a condition of registration or reregistration of nursing homes linked to the group. [33721/25]

2025-06-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health who she believes is responsible for the signing of contracts for care of residents in nursing homes who lack capacity to make the decision to sign. [33722/25]

2025-06-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the clinical governance arrangements that are planned to enable HSE clinical supports be provided to private nursing homes in the context of the development of the six HSE health regions. [33724/25]

2025-06-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the common assessment approach to the needs of older people known as InterRAI is fully operational across all six HSE health regions; and if the electronic version piloted with co-funding from an organisation (details supplied) almost a decade ago forms part of this process. [33725/25]

2025-06-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to provide details on how often KPI data from the National Cancer Control Programme online portal is updated; its intended use; who the KPI data is shared with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34193/25]

2025-06-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to provide details on the services currently provided for adult patients with epilepsy at Mater University Hospital; the number and grade of staff that are currently attached to this service at this site; the number of current staff vacancies within this service; the number of epilepsy patients currently registered with this service; the number of patients currently awaiting first consultations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34497/25]

2025-06-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if her Department has any plans to purchase an available near Crofton Road in Dún Laoghaire, adjacent to St. Michael’s Hospital, to help alleviate parking issues at St. Michael’s Hospital, Dún Laoghaire; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33445/25]

2025-06-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists employed by the HSE, per local health area, per grade, from the years 2018 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33474/25]

2025-06-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists contracted to the dental treatment services scheme, per local health area, from the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33475/25]

2025-06-18

VOTE

Mental Health Bill 2024 · 3 divisions

A bill to provide for the admission to, and discharge from, registered acute mental health centres, of adult persons in certain circumstances and, for the involuntary admission of adult persons who meet the criteria for involuntary admission to such centres; to provide for the criteria for, and review of, involuntary admission of adult persons to registered acute mental health centres; and, for those purposes, to provide for the establishment of mental health review boards; to provide for the care and treatment of adult persons in registered acute mental health centres and to provide that treatment, other than in certain limited circumstances, shall not be given to adult persons without consent being given for such treatment; to regulate the application, in certain limited circumstances, of restrictive practices in respect of adult persons who are admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the admission to and discharge from registered acute mental health centres of children on a voluntary basis and with parental consent; to provide for the involuntary admission to, and discharge from, registered acute mental health centres of children who meet the criteria for involuntary admission of children to registered acute mental health centres by way of application to the District Court; to provide for the criteria for, and review of, involuntary admission of children to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the treatment of children in registered acute mental health centres and to provide that treatment, other than in certain limited circumstances, shall not be given to children without consent being given for such treatment; to regulate the application, in certain limited circumstances, of restrictive practices in respect of children who are admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for applications to be made to court to provide for the entitlements of persons admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the continuation in being of the Mental Health Commission and the Inspector of Mental Health Services; to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a register of acute mental health centres, a register of community mental health centres and a register of community mental health services for such centres and services registered under and in accordance with this Act; to provide for the regulation of mental health services including registered acute mental health centres, registered community mental health centres and registered community mental health services; to provide for the monitoring and enforcement of compliance with the provisions of this Act by the Mental Health Commission; to repeal the Mental Health Act 2001 and certain other enactments; to provide for the amendment of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 and certain other enactments; and to provide for related matters.

✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 65–82
✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 65–86
✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 65–86

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in each of the community area networks of north Kerry, south Kerry and west Kerry. [32009/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in each of the community area networks of northeast Cork, south Cork city, west Cork, north Cork city, central Cork, east central Cork, Douglas Blackrock, Mahon and east Cork city. [32010/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in each of the community area networks of Ballincollig, Bishopstown, Macroom, Bandon, Kinsale, Carrigaline and Blarney. [32011/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in each of the community area networks of Mallow, Charleville, Newmarket, Kanturk and Millstreet. [32012/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in each of the community area networks of east Clare and west Clare. [32014/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in each of the community area networks of east Limerick, Ballina, north Limerick city, south Limerick, south Limerick city and west Limerick. [32015/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in each the community area networks of north Tipperary. [32016/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in each of the community area networks of central Galway, east Galway city, east Galway, west Galway, northeast Galway, west Galway city, Tuam, Athenry and Loughrea. [32018/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in each of the community area networks of Donegal east, Donegal north, Donegal south and west, Inishowen and south Donegal. [32019/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in each of the community area networks of south Roscommon, east Mayo, north Mayo, north Roscommon and west Mayo. [32020/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in each of the community area networks of Sligo, west Cavan and Leitrim. [32021/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of inspectors in HIQA in 2019 to 2024 and to date 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32368/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of private nursing homes that the HSE have taken control of; to set out the reason, clinical or financial, for 2019 to 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32369/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the rate of recruitment turnover of staff at the rank of inspector in HIQA for each of the years 2019 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32370/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health for breakdown of agency spend, per job rank/type, in HIQA, for each of the years 2019 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32371/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her plans to end the differential in the age of which a person ages out of paediatric mental health services and paediatric physical health services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32514/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of public health nurses, by funded WTE and filled WTE; the number of public health nurses per community health network; the number of public health nurses per 10,000 of population; and the number of public health nurses per integrated healthcare area, from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32759/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the HSE board has submitted a comprehensive plan to her Department to help monitor and measure the value gained as a result of the implementation of the new consultant contract, as directed in the letter of determination that issued in November 2024. [31442/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has adopted a standardised approach regarding the number of outpatient clinics, consultants in their respective specialties would be expected to provide, in a given week, as directed in the letter of determination that issued in November 2024. [31443/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has issued detailed guidance to hospitals around outpatient targets under any standardised approach to consultants working in individual specialties, as directed in the letter of determination that issued in November 2024. [31444/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if consultants, across all specialities that have outpatient clinics, are now automatically receiving monthly data showing how their outpatient data compares with their peers in the same specialty, as directed in the letter of determination that issued in November 2024. [31445/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the action the HSE board has taken on foot of concerns raised by her predecessor in relation to the lack of a standardised approach to large variations in the volume of outpatient work being carried out (details supplied). [31446/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the quantitative data the HSE has sought from hospitals to ensure the phasing out of private practice for consultants who have moved to the new POCC contract. [31447/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the quantitative data the HSE board has submitted to demonstrate the effective phasing out of private practice by consultants who switched to the new POCC contract, as requested in the letter of determination that issued in November 2024. [31448/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in the Ballymun area network, Blakestown area network, Blanchardstown area network, Coolock area network, coastal area network, Finglas area network, Kilbarrack area network, and Swords area network. [31531/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in the community area networks of Cavan, central Meath, east Meath, Monaghan, north Louth, north Meath and Ardee, south Louth, and Bettystown and south-west Meath. [31532/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in each community area network (details supplied). [31533/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in each community area network (details supplied). [31534/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in each community area network (details supplied). [31535/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in the community area networks of Ballyfermot and Palmerstown, Clondalkin, Drimnagh, Crumlin, and Harold's Cross, Lucan, Newcastle, Citywest and Saggart, Rathfarnham, Knocklyon and Ballyboden, Rathmines, Terenure and Templeogue, south Dublin inner city, and Tallaght and Firhouse. [31559/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in the community area networks of east Kildare and Blessington, east Offaly and north Laois, east Westmeath, north-east Kildare, north-west Kildare, south Kildare and west Wicklow, and south Laois. [31560/25]

2025-06-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in each of the following community area networks; Offaly, West and Central Kildare, West Westmeath and Northwest Offaly and Longford and Central Westmeath [31561/25]

2025-06-11

VOTE

Mental Health Bill 2024 · 2 divisions

A bill to provide for the admission to, and discharge from, registered acute mental health centres, of adult persons in certain circumstances and, for the involuntary admission of adult persons who meet the criteria for involuntary admission to such centres; to provide for the criteria for, and review of, involuntary admission of adult persons to registered acute mental health centres; and, for those purposes, to provide for the establishment of mental health review boards; to provide for the care and treatment of adult persons in registered acute mental health centres and to provide that treatment, other than in certain limited circumstances, shall not be given to adult persons without consent being given for such treatment; to regulate the application, in certain limited circumstances, of restrictive practices in respect of adult persons who are admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the admission to and discharge from registered acute mental health centres of children on a voluntary basis and with parental consent; to provide for the involuntary admission to, and discharge from, registered acute mental health centres of children who meet the criteria for involuntary admission of children to registered acute mental health centres by way of application to the District Court; to provide for the criteria for, and review of, involuntary admission of children to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the treatment of children in registered acute mental health centres and to provide that treatment, other than in certain limited circumstances, shall not be given to children without consent being given for such treatment; to regulate the application, in certain limited circumstances, of restrictive practices in respect of children who are admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for applications to be made to court to provide for the entitlements of persons admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the continuation in being of the Mental Health Commission and the Inspector of Mental Health Services; to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a register of acute mental health centres, a register of community mental health centres and a register of community mental health services for such centres and services registered under and in accordance with this Act; to provide for the regulation of mental health services including registered acute mental health centres, registered community mental health centres and registered community mental health services; to provide for the monitoring and enforcement of compliance with the provisions of this Act by the Mental Health Commission; to repeal the Mental Health Act 2001 and certain other enactments; to provide for the amendment of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 and certain other enactments; and to provide for related matters.

✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 64–85
✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 64–85

2025-06-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of abolishing all prescription charges under the general medical service scheme. [29493/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of reducing the drugs payment scheme threshold to €72, €50, and €0 respectively. [29494/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the cost to the State to fully subsidise the cost of all prescribed inhaled asthma medications and related devices. [29495/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health for an update on the review of the long-term illness scheme included as part of a review of the current eligibility framework carried out under commitments within the Sláintecare Implementation Strategy; to provide a timeline for the publication of the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29496/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the intentions of the HSE with regard to a nursing home (details supplied); if this facility will continue under the control of the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29516/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if her Department is considering a review of pay scales for clinical radiographer practice tutors to align with salaries for comparative tutor grades in other allied health professions, as noted in HR Circular 004 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29599/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if there is a protocol governing the treatment of referrals on the waiting lists when they are being referred back to primary care from a CDNT. [29746/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the investigations she has initiated into alleged breached by businesses with HSE contracts of employment permit conditions in paying workers less than the permitted wage as in the case of a company (details supplied). [28775/25]

2025-05-28

VOTE

Animal Health and Welfare (Ban on Fox Hunting) Bill 2025

A bill to amend the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 to ban the hunting of a fox or foxes; and to provide for related matters.

✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 113–49

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to set out the accumulated deficits of each voluntary acute hospital in the country, as reported to her Department and-or the HSE, as of 1 January 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26692/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if a voluntary acute hospital (details supplied) carried out a review of services to align them with available funding in 2024; the outcome of any such review; to set out which services, including patient services, were reduced to align with the available funding, including the time period for which any reduction in services applied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26693/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of staff working in adolescent addiction services, per IHA, per speciality, per funded WTE post and per filled WTE post; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26694/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of psychiatric units and staff in each unit within the public health service, by CHO area, from the years 2018 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26720/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she will increase the number of breast screening locations, given that the wait time of some patients is over a year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26731/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that CHI is providing clarity, appropriate information and guidance to parents of patients attending CHI in respect of the medium- to long-term use of bladder gastrostomy buttons between 2018 and to date in 2025 and specifically information on protocol and clinical guidelines in use for the insertion of gastrostomy buttons into the bladder, the patient enquiry (HIPE) code(s) used for such devices and the procedure, the parental consent and explanatory material that was given prior to the procedure, patient management instructions and an appraisal of any long-term impacts arising from such use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26929/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she will outline the policy governing the Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) Family Forum, including the expected frequency of the meetings, whether minutes are taken and circulated to members and how parental engagement is maintained; to confirm the relationship between the CHI Family Forum and The Family Advisory Network as described on the CHI website; to respond to concerns raised by parents who report that it has been over a year since they were last invited to attend a CHI Family Forum meeting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26930/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the State of hiring an additional 50, 100 and 250 clinical psychiatrists, psychologists and psychiatric nurses, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26964/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for CAMHS by community health organisation, age category, and time waiting, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26965/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who aged out of CAMHS while on the waiting list, by community health organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26966/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on wait lists at the supra-regional endometriosis specialist centres in Tallaght and Cork University Maternity Hospital and five regional endometriosis hubs in the Rotunda, the Coombe Hospital, the National Maternity Hospital, University Hospital Limerick and University Hospital Galway, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27234/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of staff positions funded at the supra-regional endometriosis specialist centres in Tallaght and Cork University Maternity Hospital and five regional endometriosis hubs in the Rotunda, the Coombe Hospital, the National Maternity Hospital, University Hospital Limerick and University Hospital Galway; the number of staff positions filled, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27235/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if prosthetic legs are included under the medical card scheme, a second prosthetic leg and replacement prosthetic when required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27392/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the status of the national framework on endometriosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27433/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when the Budget 2025 announcement relating to the expansion of the publicly-funded IVF scheme will take effect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27588/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the status in progressing to phase 2 of the model of care relating to assisted human reproduction treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27589/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she intends to review the criteria for eligibility such as BMI, to publicly funded assisted human reproduction services. [27590/25]

2025-05-21

LOBBY

Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association Health

Issues concerning the timely reimbursement of medicines in Ireland.

2025-05-21

LOBBY

The Psychological Society of Ireland 2 returns Health

Email circulating the PSI's Press Release on Calling for Suicide-Specific, Evidence-Informed Care in Next National Suicide Reduction Policy to opposition party spokespeople on health and mental health
Email circulating PSI's Press Release on Welcoming the Publication of the Sharing the Vision Implementation Plan 2025–2027 to opposition party spokespeople on health and mental health

2025-05-21

LOBBY

Irish Cancer Society 5 returns Health

Daffodil Day 2025
Access to health services (e.g. GP and colonoscopy, etc.)
HPV Vaccination Programme
Financial costs of cancer
Nicotine Inhaling Products Bill

2025-05-21

LOBBY

Irish Medical Organisation Health

Invitation to attend the IMO AGM 2025 educational sessions

2025-05-21

LOBBY

Fórsa trade union Health

Emails, letters, including letters to two Ministers, phone calls and an online meeting was organised with the aim of seeking more funding for the healthcare system, and to support unions in being consulted regarding the pay and numbers strategy in the Health Service Executive. There were discussions in relation to the then impending Pay & Numbers dispute including possible solutions with some TDs.

2025-05-21

LOBBY

Autism Spectrum Information, Advice and Meeting Point Ltd, Trading as AsIAm Children and Youth Affairs

Meeting of the Parliamentary Group on Autism

2025-05-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurse's per community health network, and per 10,000 of population, across each community health network from 2018 to 2020, in tabular form. [26089/25]

2025-05-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her Department's forecast of the number of GMS retirements over the next two years, five years and ten years. [26090/25]

2025-05-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the numbers of those currently in receipt of GP only card; and the estimated numbers of the population entitled to the card. [26091/25]

2025-05-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the numbers of those currently in receipt of medical card; and the estimated numbers of the population entitled to the card. [26092/25]

2025-05-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her Department's assessment of the number of GP's with a GMS contract who work part-time hours. [26093/25]

2025-05-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health whether she is satisfied that, by reference to the ratio between GPs operating the GMS scheme and eligible persons, the general practitioner medical service is provided by the HSE evenly throughout the State; whether blackspots have been identified where, due to a local shortage of GPs, delivery of the service is sub-optimum and, if so, if any particular benchmark is used; if she is concerned at the failure to provide a statutory service under her aegis at the same level of adequacy to all eligible persons regardless of their place of residence; to outline any proposals to ensure a minimum level of GP service throughout the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26105/25]

2025-05-20

LOBBY

Vulcan Consulting Limited Health

Rare Disease Policy in Ireland

2025-05-20

LOBBY

Alcohol Action Ireland 4 returns Health

Health information labelling of alcohol products
Alcohol advertising in sporting events
Zero alcohol product advertising
Alcohol policy development

2025-05-20

LOBBY

Vape Business Ireland Health

To request Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the 2024 Vaping Bill

2025-05-20

LOBBY

College of Psychiatrists of Ireland Health

Mental Health Bill 2024 and concerns re inability to provide treatment to all who will be involuntarily hospitalised due to current iteration.To provide descriptions using video recordings of people who had benefited from treatment under the current Mental Health Act explaining their illnesses and the necessary treatment provided in a timely manner.

2025-05-20

LOBBY

Healthy Homes Ireland Housing

To secure meetings and engage with elected/ designated officials in order to communicate the findings of Healthy Homes Ireland's report; 'Our place: Towards Healthier Greener Homes'.

2025-05-20

LOBBY

Epilepsy Ireland Health

Seeking support for Epilepsy Ireland's campaign to have epilepsy added to the Chronic Disease Management Programme (CDMP)

2025-05-20

LOBBY

The Sunbed Association Health

Public policy and legislation concerning sunbeds in Ireland

2025-05-20

LOBBY

Home and Community Care Ireland Health

Meetings and briefings on general home care issues & HCCI updates

2025-05-20

LOBBY

Irish Heart Foundation 4 returns Health

To establish an Oireachtas Heart and Stroke Group
Welcoming and congratulating new TDs on their election to the 34th Dáil.
To raise awareness of the priorities of the Irish Heart Foundation and the needs to cardiovascular patients in Ireland.
Seeking information on cardiovascular health policy.

2025-05-20

PQ

Asked Children

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she has any intention of taking up the issues arising from the Organisation of Working Time (Reproductive Health Related Leave) Bill 2021, which would give workplace leave in the event of miscarriage or fertility treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25472/25]

2025-05-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to detail any proposals under consideration by her Department relating to reforms of the medical card system; the stage of consideration of each; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25288/25]

2025-05-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the reason surgery has not be scheduled for a person (details supplied) as of 13 May 2025, despite his passing his pre-surgical assessment and being told that he is ready for surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25898/25]

2025-05-19

LOBBY

Irish Heart Foundation Health

Tobacco and e-cigarette policy

2025-05-19

LOBBY

BioMarin International Limited Health

Rare disease policy in Ireland and the EU.

2025-05-19

LOBBY

ALLIANCE OF MEDICINES FOR IRELAND COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE Health

Correspondence to relevant stakeholders regarding the implications of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive.

2025-05-16

LOBBY

Sage Advocacy Health

services provided by Sage Advocacy to survivors of institutional abuse

2025-05-15

LOBBY

Gilead Sciences Ireland UC Health

Sent email to DPO's to request meeting to discuss HIV Action Plan

2025-05-15

LOBBY

Rare Diseases Ireland Health

Re-launch All Party Group on Rare Diseases. Update on the need for a new National Strategy for Rare Diseases, including background data on rare diseases in Ireland and the challenges that people living with rare diseases face.

2025-05-15

LOBBY

GP Care For All Health

Request amendment to Legislation

2025-05-14

LOBBY

Samaritans Ireland Health

Follow up concerning key priorities for the implementation and delivery of the programme for government

2025-05-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the accumulated deficits of each voluntary hospital in the country as reported to her Department and/or the HSE as of 1 January 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24771/25]

2025-05-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if a voluntary acute hospital (details supplied) carried out a review of services to align them with available funding in 2024; the outcome of any such review; which services, including patient services, were reduced to align with the available funding; the time period for such reduction in services applied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24772/25]

2025-05-13

LOBBY

Polio Survivors Ireland Health

Emailed TDs

2025-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the action she has taken to ensure that community pharmacists will administer the free hormone replacement therapy, HRT, scheme from 1 June 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24511/25]

2025-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health for a clear timeline as to when the HIQA review on a breast density notification within the BreastCheck Programme will begin; when it is expected that it will make its conclusions and report back to her; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24019/25]

2025-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she is confident that the HSE’s Roadmap for Service Improvement, relating to the Progressing Disability Services Strategy, will succeed in ensuring that there is timely and appropriate access to children’s disability services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24016/25]

2025-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the reason her Department has not commenced an information and awareness campaign on the use of HHC products and the associated harms, especially in young people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24020/25]

2025-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to clarify the scale of the financial deficit that each level four hospital is operating under and her plans to gap this funding in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24017/25]

2025-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to set out the bed base occupancy rates for each model 3 and model 4 hospital in this State as of 31 March 2022 and 31 March 2025, or on similar and relevant dates, in tabular form. [23449/25]

2025-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to set out the increase in emergency department (ED) presentations for each model 3 and model 4 hospital ED between 31 March 2022 and 31 March 2025, and their corresponding admission rates for each of these dates, in tabular form. [23450/25]

2025-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the share of GMS practices that receive the social deprivation practice grant, from the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24080/25]

2025-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to provide a comprehensive list of support schemes and grants that general practitioners on the general medical services scheme can avail of; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24082/25]

2025-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the accumulated deficits of each voluntary hospital nationwide as reported to her Department and or the HSE as of 1 January 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24426/25]

2025-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if a voluntary acute hospital (details supplied) carried out a review of services to align them with available funding in 2024; the outcome of any such review; and which if any services, including patient services, were reduced to align with the available funding, as well as the time period for such reduction in services applied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24427/25]

2025-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the action she is planning to take on the implementation of alcohol labelling, as per Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; her views on the proposed pausing or delaying of such an introduction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23787/25]

2025-05-09

LOBBY

FTI Consulting Health

Jazz Pharmaceuticals Introductory Outreach

2025-05-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of National Treatment Purchase Fund spending per speciality, per year, from 2018 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22983/25]

2025-05-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total amount spent by the HSE on the Waiting List Action Plan in 2022, 2023, 2024, and projected for 2025; a breakdown of that spending per HSE or National Treatment Purchase Fund, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22984/25]

2025-05-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of acute hospital beds delivered from 2022 to date in 2025, and projected to the end of 2025, per year, per hospital, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22985/25]

2025-05-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total spend by the National Treatment Purchase Fund on the treatment of Irish patients in Northern Ireland and the whole United Kingdom, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22986/25]

2025-05-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of spending by the National Treatment Purchase Fund of private providers of care, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22987/25]

2025-05-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total sum of money allocated to the National Treatment Purchase Fund from 2018 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22988/25]

2025-05-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total sum of money spent by the National Treatment Purchase Fund from 2018 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22989/25]

2025-05-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when she anticipates the report on the National Treatment Purchase Fund for 2024 will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22990/25]

2025-05-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the funding that has been allocated to the national stroke strategy in order that its recommendations are implemented in full; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22172/25]

2025-05-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the funding that has been made available for the national stroke strategy; what the funding is being used for; the actions being implemented in 2025 as part of the national stroke strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22173/25]

2025-05-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the estimated costs of ensuring adequate national capacity to deliver cardiac rehabilitation to all patients for whom it is recommended, ensuring that staffing and resources are protected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22174/25]

2025-05-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the plans that have been established to fund the implementation of the new cardiac rehabilitation model of care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22175/25]

2025-05-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the names of the hospitals that have written to the chairperson of the board of the HSE in 2024 to raise concerns about their funding allocation for each of the years 2020 to 2025. [22195/25]

2025-05-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the plans she has to increase bed capacity and resourcing to address overcrowding and pressure on the accident and emergency department at Tallaght University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22377/25]

2025-05-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if her Department will take steps to ensure medical card eligibility thresholds are reviewed and adjusted regularly in response to rising social protection payment rates and inflation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22697/25]

2025-04-30

VOTE

Unnecessary Hip Surgeries at Children's Health Ireland

✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 85–68

2025-04-29

LOBBY

Inner City Organisations Network (ICON) Community

Seeking Imnplementation of Peer Led Research Recommendations on Autism and Additonal Needs

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure the extension of the national orthopaedic joint register to paediatric patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19203/25]

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure the extension of the national monitoring system for post-surgical infections to paediatric patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19204/25]

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when the Adamstown primary care centre is scheduled to open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19260/25]

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has attended the Labour Court, or if a date has been set for a meeting, regarding the extension of the long-Covid sick pay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19445/25]

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she intends on introducing the shingles vaccine for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia patients under the medical card or drug payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19692/25]

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of care hours that were cancelled in 2023 and 2024 and the associated saving to the HSE, per integrated healthcare area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19827/25]

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of care hours provided, per integrated healthcare area, in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19828/25]

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant consultant posts at the Mater Hospital, by speciality; the length of time each vacancy; and the estimated timeframe in which each vacancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19938/25]

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant consultant posts at CHI Temple Street, by speciality; the length of time each vacancy; and the estimated timeframe in which each vacancy will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19939/25]

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of data breaches across each of the level 2, 3 and 4 hospitals that were reported to the Data Protection Commissioner for each of the years 2019 to 2024, in tabular form. [19968/25]

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of data breaches in CHI that were reported to the Data Protection Commissioner for each of the years 2019 to 2024, in tabular form; and the actions taken on foot of such data breaches. [19969/25]

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she was made aware of any or all of the data breaches in CHI that were reported to the Data Protection Commissioner for each of the years 2019 to 2025. [19970/25]

2025-04-10

PQ

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for initial appointment with the national gender service for each of the years 2020 to date. [18088/25]

2025-04-10

PQ

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of clinicians and their speciality, working for the national gender service for each of the years 2020 to date. [18089/25]

2025-04-10

PQ

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her plans to introduce publicly available gender affirming surgery here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18146/25]

2025-04-09

PQ

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the share of general medical services scheme practices that received the social deprivation practice grant, in the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17858/25]

2025-04-09

PQ

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of general medical services scheme practices in receipt of the social deprivation practice grant, in the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17859/25]

2025-04-09

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a comprehensive list of support schemes and grants general practitioners on the general medical services scheme can avail of; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17860/25]

2025-04-09

PQ

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if her Department intends on including mandatory breast density notification within the BreastCheck Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17960/25]

2025-04-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 (ISL) within her Department and its associated public bodies, including details of any ISL strategies that have been developed; and if no ISL strategy has been developed to date, the details of plans her Department has to address this gap in the near future. [17968/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of regional community-based specialist eating disorder services; the locations of these services; the number of WTE health and social care professionals working in these services both total funded and filled positions, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16647/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when her Department plans to deliver upon the commitment of 16 community-based specialist eating disorder services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16648/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when it is intended to fully implement the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16655/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the consultations or actions her Department has taken with regard to the extension of the temporary scheme of paid leave for public health service employees unit for work post Covid-19 infection, which is due to expire by 30 June 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16787/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she plans to extend the temporary scheme of paid leave for public health service employees for work post Covid-19 infection beyond 30 June 2025, for HSE staff with long-Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16788/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to outline where the €54 million in HSE savings on medicines was achieved in 2024; what medicines savings were achieved; if it was through negotiation or substitution to generics or other branded drugs; how the figure of €54 million was compiled; to provide copies of the documentation underpinning this figure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16963/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to outline where the €34 million in HSE savings on management consultancy was achieved in 2024; whether contracts were renegotiated, or how the level of saving was determined; whether contracts ended or the HSE availed of less services; how much was paid to each management consultant company or partnership in 2024, and the reduction on 2023; to provide copies of the documentation underpinning this figure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16964/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to outline where the published figure of €163 million in HSE savings on pay and non-pay costs was achieved in 2024; the main headings where savings were achieved; to provide copies of the documentation underpinning this figure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16965/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number and location of HSE health and social care facilities that are planned to have solar panels installed in 2025, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17327/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the value of solar panel installation contracts that have been issued, per county, for HSE buildings in 2022, 2023, 2024 and that are planned for 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17328/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number and location of HSE health and social care facilities that have received solar panels in 2024 and 2023, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17329/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the average length of time that patients are awaiting for an initial appointment after being referred for care in hospitals (details supplied), per speciality, per inpatient and outpatient, from 2018 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17386/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of all hospitals, separated by model one, two, three and four, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17436/25]

2025-04-03

PQ

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time and length of the waiting list for children to access insulin pumps for the management of diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16336/25]

2025-04-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of patients claimed for code N08Z under the cross-border directive in 2022, 2023, and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15909/25]

2025-04-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the details of any public information campaigns undertaken to raise awareness of the use of HHC vapes, particularly with parents and within schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16166/25]

2025-04-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who have had treatment for eating disorders funded by the treatment abroad scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16175/25]

2025-04-01

PQ

Asked Children

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of health and social care professional positions approved, and the number of social care professional positions filled, in each Cork city CDNT, from 2023 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15074/25]

2025-04-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she intends introducing registration for care workers and home carers, much like registration of social care workers through CORU following qualification; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15052/25]

2025-04-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the capital budget or total capital spend at Beaumont Hospital in each of the years 2018 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15060/25]

2025-04-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the capital budget or total capital spend at the Mater Hospital in each of the years 2018 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15061/25]

2025-04-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the actions she is taking to increase HSE home support hours for the elderly following a report that CHO 4 has had a waiting list of over 1,000 since 2022, which is the highest currently in the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15076/25]

2025-03-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the process for renewal of medical cards, the frequency in which they are required to be renewed; if the HSE insists upon online applications; if the HSE consider it reasonable that a postal renewal application form should be completed within five to seven working days; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14749/25]

2025-03-27

PQ

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to publish responses to parliamentary questions for the year 2025, as it has for previous years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14756/25]

2025-03-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health how much money the HSE has spent on the treatment of eating disorders by private providers in Ireland from the years 2018 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14760/25]

2025-03-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health how much money has been spent by the National Treatment Purchase Fund for the treatment of eating disorders by private providers from the years 2018 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14761/25]

2025-03-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health how much money has been spent by the HSE on the treatment of eating disorders in the United Kingdom from the years 2018 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14762/25]

2025-03-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health how much money has been spent by the National Treatment Purchase Fund for the treatment of eating disorders in the United Kingdom from the years 2018 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14763/25]

2025-03-25

PQ

Asked Children

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for the number of children aged zero to 18 in each of the integrated healthcare areas (IHA) by individual area, awaiting first-time intervention in all areas of early intervention; the number on the public list; the number on the children's disability network team list in each IHA; and the length of time awaiting intervention by age, as of the end of February 2025 and in tabular form. [13296/25]

2025-03-25

PQ

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the average length of time that patients are awaiting for an initial appointment after being referred for care in Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, CHI Temple Street, and Beaumont Hospital, per specialty, per inpatient-outpatient, from 2018 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13328/25]

2025-03-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting longer than 12 months for an initial appointment after being referred for care in Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, CHI Temple Street, and Beaumont Hospital, per speciality, per inpatient/outpatient, from 2018 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13329/25]

2025-03-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of home care hours, as a percentage of total care hours funded by the HSE, that are cancelled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13384/25]

2025-03-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the unpaid cost, money not paid to providers, in cancelled home care hours that are funded by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13385/25]

2025-03-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when she plans to publish a new national cardiovascular health policy, which expired in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13254/25]

2025-03-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the amount the health service has spent on the provision of private psychiatric care and mental illness in Ireland and the United Kingdom from 2018 to 2025, by year, and in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13261/25]

2025-03-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of psychiatric units and staff within each unit that are within the public health service from the years 2018 to 2024, by CHO area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13262/25]

2025-03-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of psychiatric units within the private health system that were availed of through public funding from the years 2018 to 2024, by CHO area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13263/25]

2025-03-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of admissions to mental health facilities by Gardaí in the years 2018-2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13264/25]

2025-03-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when she plans to publish the strategic review of general practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13270/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Children

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE health and social care professionals working in the children's disability network teams in CHO9 in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12144/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if her Department is planning to introduce legislation that will regulate and restrict the sale of nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, and prevent its sale to persons under eighteen years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10720/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she will provide details of public information campaigns her Department has undertaken to raise awareness of the use of nitrous oxide, particularly with parents and within schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10721/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the date she plans to publish the HSE capital plan for 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10731/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the numbers of children seen by HSE dentists, by CHO area, in the years 2019 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10732/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she will consider adding the rental of breast pumps and attachments to the long-term illness scheme for tube fed children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10789/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when the updated national rare disease strategy will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10822/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GP practices that took on new general medical services scheme patients, per county, in each of the years 2019 to 2024. [11319/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of individuals funded by the Health Service Executive for care for eating disorders by private providers, from the years 2022 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11566/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of people admitted to acute medical hospitals for treatment for eating disorders in the years 2022 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11567/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the status of the national audit for cleft services; the metrics used on the audit; if she will provide the results of the audit to Deputies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11689/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of SLT assigned to specific cleft services, per hospital, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11690/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of cleft surgeries and general age spread, by cleft centre of work/hospital, for the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11691/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment for a cleft nurse in CUH; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11692/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if durvalumab is being considered for use by the HSE as part of the first-line treatment of patients with cholangiocarcinoma (bile duct cancer) as is now the case in the United Kingdom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11901/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the HSE or other health supports that are available to individuals with korsakoff syndrome; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11998/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to ensure that individuals with korsakoff syndrome can avail of all supports from organisations in receipt of HSE grant funding that support individuals with brain injuries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11999/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of individuals, in ranges of 18-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69 years who are in receipt of full-time nursing home care, private and public, by IHA area. [12001/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if there is mandatory training for all in-patient staff in psychiatric services on the management and treatment of eating disorders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12146/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health how long the HSE is actively involved in the recruitment process to find a replacement GP following a vacancy in a practise with a GMS contract, if this involvement always results in a new GP to fill the vacancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12242/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs replaced following vacancies in a practise with a GMS contract, from 2018 to 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12243/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs on the GP training scheme from 2018 to 2024; the number of GP’s in those years who signed up for the GMS scheme, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12244/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she has sought legal and policy advice in 2024 on the impact of Prospectus regulation (EU) 2017/1129 on the Central Bank of Ireland and its licensing of Israeli Government bonds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12361/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if her Department has considered allowing Ukrainian doctors to work under close supervision as junior doctors after passing their OET exam; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12457/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her plans to increase English language support for Ukrainians with medical qualifications in order to complete their medical registration process; her Department’s work to date in improving English language support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12458/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of Ukrainian doctors who have had their medical qualifications recognised by the Irish Medical Council from January 2024 to March 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12459/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of applicants from Ukraine who sat the pre-registration examination for Irish Medical Council registration in 2023 and 2024 and are registered for exams in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12460/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the work his Department has undertaken towards the mutual recognition of Ukrainian medical qualifications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12461/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the GP to community health network population ratio for all HSE health regions, broken down into healthcare areas, for the years 2018 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12462/25]

2025-03-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the actions taken by her Department to ensure the continued existence of a practice (details supplied) in Dublin 1 which is currently facing closure due to provisions introduced in the Finance (No. 2) Act 2003 amending section 1008A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997; her plans to support the existence of medical charities operating GP practices in socially disadvantaged areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10130/25]

2025-03-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her plans to deliver on the previous Government commitment from 2018 to increase the number of specialist public eating disorder adult in-patient beds to 23; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10127/25]

2025-03-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the actions her Department has taken to investigate the incidence and health impact of hexahydrocannabinol, a synthetic cannabinoid which is widely available for purchase in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10125/25]

2025-03-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if there is specialist training for all staff in in-patient psychiatric services in this country on the management and treatment of eating disorders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10128/25]

2025-03-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her plans to recommend the regulation and restriction of hexahydrocannabinol, a synthetic cannabinoid which is widely available for purchase in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10126/25]

2025-03-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the date she will end the practice of child admissions to adult psychiatric services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10129/25]

2025-03-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the reason the existence and tax treatment of medical charities operating GP practices is currently not under consideration as part of the primary care review is being undertaken by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10131/25]

2025-03-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals made to HSE ADHD services in HSE Dublin north city and west, and HSE Dublin north county, in 2023 and 2024, separated by adults and children, in tabular form. [10150/25]

2025-03-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the current average wait time to receive an appointment for an initial ADHD assessment for children in HSE Dublin north city and west and HSE Dublin north county areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10159/25]

2025-03-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the current average wait time to receive an appointment for an initial ADHD assessment for adults in the HSE Dublin north city and west and HSE Dublin north county areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10160/25]

2025-03-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the current average wait time for an adult to receive an appointment for an initial ADHD assessment in all IHA areas, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10161/25]

2025-03-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the average length of time between an initial assessment for ADHD and access to an appointment for therapies and services in all IHA areas, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10162/25]

2025-02-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs per hundred thousand of population in each county for each of the years 2018 to 2024 in tabular form. [8442/25]

2025-02-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs on the GMS contract, per hundred thousand of population in each county for each of the years 2018 to 2024 in tabular form. [8443/25]

2025-02-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the identified shortage of GPs in each county for each of the years 2018 to 2024 in tabular form. [8444/25]

2025-02-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs per hundred thousand of population in Dublin north city and county for each of the years 2018 to 2024, tabular form. [8445/25]

2025-02-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs per hundred thousand of population in the north inner city network for each of the years 2018 to 2024, tabular form. [8446/25]

2025-02-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs per hundred thousand of population in the Ballymun area network for each of the years 2018 to 2024, tabular form. [8447/25]

2025-02-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs per hundred thousand of population in the Cabra area network for each of the years 2018 to 2024, tabular form. [8448/25]

2025-02-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs per hundred thousand of population in the Clontarf network area for each of the years 2018 to 2024, tabular form. [8449/25]

2025-02-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when will the strategic review of general practice be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8450/25]

2025-02-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number and name of hospitals where the health performance visibility platform systems has yet to go live. [8452/25]

2025-02-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if a pause remains in place on approving all capital proposals associated with each hospital that has yet to demonstrate compliance with the health performance visibility platform programme. [8453/25]

2025-02-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the reason not every hospital has yet to go live with the health performance visibility platform system; and if she believes she will get 100% compliance and the actions she has taken to ensure every hospital does implement it [8454/25]

2025-02-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the overtime annual cost in each acute hospital, per staff type, consultant, non-consultant, nursing, support grades and administration for each of the years 2018 to 2024, in tabular form. [8456/25]

2025-02-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the annual bill for agency staff in each acute hospital, per staff type, doctor, nursing, support grades and administration for each of the years 2018 to 2024, in tabular form. [8457/25]

2025-02-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the share of the total wage bill in each acute hospital that is attributable to agency staffing for each of the years 2018 to 2024, in tabular form. [8458/25]

2025-02-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the supports for Marfan syndrome sufferers in Ireland; the number of clinics in operation; the frequency of scanning for each patient; whether HSE funding has increased, stayed the same or reduced in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7200/25]

2025-02-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the payments made to a company (details supplied) in respect of services to the HSE for the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024; the number of contracts for services the firm provided in each of those years; the details of those contracts; and the number of contracts the firm currently has with the HSE in 2025, in tabular form. [7026/25]

2025-02-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of capital projects his Department is engaged in with the HSE; the status of each project, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6736/25]

2025-02-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the entitlements of British state pension recipients ordinarily resident in this country to apply for a medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6662/25]

2025-02-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of additional staff that have required to implement the National Endometriosis Framework; the number of posts already filled; the number remaining vacant; the plans to fill these vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6724/25]

2025-02-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of women on waiting lists for excision surgery for endometriosis; the length of the waiting times in view of the fact that any undue delay to this type of surgery may impact severely on women's reproductive health, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6728/25]

2025-02-19

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Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of people who travelled abroad under the EU cross-Border directive for treatment for endometriosis in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6729/25]

2025-02-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure the regular (monthly or quarterly) publication of figures relating to cancer care from all hospitals, in consistent machine readable formats, as per the NHS in the UK, specifically outlining: monthly numbers of newly diagnosed cancers and referral sources; types of cancer; time from first contact to first consultation in weeks (2, 3, 4, 6 and 6+); time from first consultation to definitive diagnosis and reasons for any delay; time from diagnosis to first treatment and reasons for any delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6730/25]

2025-02-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the investment in genetics testing that has been spent in Children's Health Ireland Crumlin since 2019; if the investment is considered to have kept pace with genitive advancement testing in London; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6732/25]

2025-02-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of genetic testing swabs that are being sent to London for the years 2019 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6733/25]

2025-02-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she will examine a process where section 38 and section 39 staff could transfer to be employees of the HSE; the cost factors associated with same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6734/25]

2025-02-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of capital projects being undertaken by the HSE nationally that are in excess of €200 million; the status of each project, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6735/25]

2025-02-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of capital projects that consultancy houses are giving advice on currently; the spend per project to each consultancy house, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6737/25]

2025-02-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the amount of staff and clinicians allocated to cleft lip and palate services in Cork and Dublin respectively; the associated support services needed for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6738/25]

2025-02-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the status of the Laura Brennan HPV Vaccination Catch-Up Programme; the strategy and key performance indicators for the programme; if a review will be carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5833/25]

2025-02-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of people who received a HPV vaccination as part of the Laura Brennan HPV Vaccination Catch-Up Programme; and the total cost per vaccine administered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5834/25]

2025-02-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee recommendation that HPV vaccination should be offered to unvaccinated women who require excisional treatment for CIN 2+ lesions; if there are plans to provide vaccination to this group free of charge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5835/25]

2025-02-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health for an update on the National Genetics and Genomics Office priority deliverables for 2025; the additional resources required to fully ensure the key performance indicators are achieved within the relevant timeframes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5836/25]

2025-02-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the status of proposed legislation banning the sale of disposable nicotine inhaling products, banning the sale of flavoured nicotine inhaling products and placing restrictions on the advertising of such products; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5837/25]

2025-02-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of the 44 hospital-controlled car parks that provide patient parking; a list of those that provide concessions with details of such; a list of those that provide free parking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5838/25]

2025-02-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of meetings that have taken place of the working group to implement guidance to hospitals in relation to car parking charges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5839/25]

2025-02-18

PQ

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Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the value to each hospital in the State of the car parking charges system, in each of the years from 2018 to 2024; and if each system is under the hospitals control or run by a private operator, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5840/25]

2025-02-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the status of the national endometriosis framework; when it will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5906/25]

2025-02-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the status of the additional staff to implement the national endometriosis framework; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5907/25]

2025-02-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the status of the five regional endometriosis hubs and two specialist endometriosis centres for complex care which have been established; where the staff recruitment process is at; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5908/25]

2025-02-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if he will add endometriosis to the long-term illness scheme; if this is being considered as part of the development of the national endometriosis framework; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5909/25]

2025-02-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of women on waiting lists for excision surgery for endometriosis; the length of the waiting times in view of the fact that any undue delay to this type of surgery may impact severely on women's reproductive health, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5911/25]

2025-02-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of people who travelled abroad under the EU cross-border directive for treatment for endometriosis in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5912/25]

2025-02-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if BreastCheck will be extended to the 20-49 age group; the estimated cost to extend BreastCheck to the 20-49 age group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5986/25]

2025-02-11

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Asked Health

Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the reason for the cessation of the Heartwatch programme; the number of patients participating in the programme each year; and her plans for the resumption or the establishment of a similar programme. [4418/25]

2025-01-21

LOBBY

Epilepsy Ireland Health

Contacted listed DPOs in their capacity as General Election Candidates to support EI's advocacy campaigns if elected to the next Dáil

2025-01-21

LOBBY

Insurance Ireland Banking and Financial Institutions

On behalf of members, to issue the insurance sector's priorities for the General Election and new government.

2025-01-21

LOBBY

Irish Cancer Society Health

General Election campaign

2025-01-21

LOBBY

Rehab Group Public Expenditure and Reform

Rehab's Pre Budget Submission

2025-01-21

LOBBY

Reduced Risk Products Association Company Limited Health

The Reduced Risk Products Association conducted analysis of Census 2022 and the results of the Healthy Ireland Survey 2024 to examine the likely implications of proposed restrictions on flavoured vapes for adult vapers including smokers who rely on vapes to quit or reduce their smoking returning to smoking, with consequent impacts on deaths from smoking. This analysis was prepared on a Dail constituency basis and sent to all members of Dáil Eireann.

2025-01-20

LOBBY

Veterinary Ireland Agriculture

Communications with Taoiseach, Tanaiste, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Minister for Health, Chief Veterinary Officer, and other DPOs, regarding Veterinary Ireland concerns on the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023, and associated Statutory Instrument.

2025-01-20

LOBBY

Alcohol Action Ireland Health

Alcohol policy development in relation to a new strategy for alcohol and the establishment of an Alcohol Office

2025-01-20

LOBBY

Transgender Equality Network Ireland 2 returns Justice and Equality

TENI advocates for equal rights and access to healthcare for trans people.
TENI advocates for equal rights and access to healthcare for trans people.

2025-01-20

LOBBY

Children's Books Ireland CLG Education and Training

We were asking for investment in school libraries and policies to support reading for joy for children and young people, locally, nationally, and in school communities

2025-01-17

LOBBY

Chronic Pain Ireland Health

General Election to pledge support to add chronic pain key asks to the programme for government

2025-01-15

LOBBY

Multiple Sclerosis Ireland Health

General Election manifesto provided to all members

2025-01-10

LOBBY

Outhouse CLG Health

Healthcare for LGBTQ+ People

2025-01-09

LOBBY

Samaritans Ireland Health

3 Asks 4 Change: Key Priorities for the 34th Programme for Government