Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Ambulance Service

Peadar Tóibín

242. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1440 of 9 April 2024, if he will provide an update on the current status of the National Ambulance Service recruitment process; the expected timeline for further communication or placements for those on the current panel; if the HSE embargo is having an impact on the recruitment and placement process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24434/24]

Nursing Homes

Jackie Cahill

243. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will review the cost demands being placed on private nursing homes by HIQA, considering the large financial cost that can be placed on a nursing home after a HIQA inspection, and considering that numerous HIQA inspections at the same nursing home and the demands arising out of these can make the operations of a private nursing home financially unviable, resulting in their closures across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24435/24]

Health Services

Michael Healy-Rae

244. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24451/24]

Nursing Homes

Mark Ward

245. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if he will outline, in relation to a nursing home (details supplied), who made the decision to deregister, HIQA or the management company;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24457/24]

General Practitioner Services

Pearse Doherty

246. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when the GP surgery in Lettermacaward in County Donegal will be open to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24472/24]

Mental Health Services

Fergus O'Dowd

247. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 619, 620 and 621 of 25 April 2023, to provide a full update on the matter; to provide details on the discussions or engagement that have taken place within his Department and the HSE further to his statement that his Department “is currently examining all of the issues around the scope of the scheme, including this issue”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24476/24]

Hospital Facilities

Fergus O'Dowd

248. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1737 of 17 January 2024, if he can seek an urgent update and outcome of the business case that was submitted to the HSE for additional funding and approval to open the nine new development beds; if approval has been granted to provide an update from older persons' services as to the recruiting of additional staffing to support these beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24479/24]

Hospital Services

Pearse Doherty

249. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when respite services will be available again at Killybegs community hospital; when the service will be returned to a five-day-a-week service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24481/24]

Health Services

Fergus O'Dowd

250. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if the spark initiative (details supplied) will be considered for long-term funding and/or expansion across all of CHO8, considering the impact and effectiveness the programme has had to date and with consideration of the award it has won for innovation in the CHO8 awards. [24482/24]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

251. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health to provide a comprehensive breakdown of funding for trainee counselling psychology positions at Trinity College Dublin; what options are available to students in positions that are unfunded; if efforts will be made to fund these positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24485/24]

Health Services

Michael Ring

252. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health the reason no response has issued to a previous Parliamentary Question from the HSE (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24494/24]

Hospital Services

Brian Stanley

253. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health when colposcopy testing will resume in Portlaoise Hospital, given that women who need this procedure in the midlands have to travel to either Galway or Dublin. [24502/24]

Nursing Homes

Alan Kelly

254. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if a nursing home (details supplied) in Nenagh has received HIQA accreditation. [24503/24]

Health Services

John McGuinness

255. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the services and supports that have been put in place for a child (details supplied); if he has responded to correspondence from the child’s mother; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24504/24]

Health Services

Paul Murphy

256. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health his views on the conditions reported at a transitional care unit (details supplied); if this is a HSE-run facility; and if he will ensure that an inspection of this unit is carried out urgently. [24507/24]

Disabilities Assessments

John McGuinness

257. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if he will arrange an immediate autism assessment for a child (details supplied); if the range of services they urgently require will be put in place; and if he will expedite the matter. [24517/24]

Health Services

Claire Kerrane

258. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if he will publish a fully funded comprehensive newborn screening programme given how far off Ireland is from the EU average for newborn screening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24519/24]

Health Services

Brendan Smith

259. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that new facilities (details supplied) will be provided in all hospitals and in other major health care centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24526/24]

Health Services

Bernard Durkan

260. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 305 of 2 May 2024, if the case will be considered for even a partial contribution (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24560/24]

Hospital Facilities

Frankie Feighan

261. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health if a permanent cath lab for University Hospital Sligo will be provided; when the National Cardiac Review will be published; and if he expects Sligo to be included in that review of cardiac services. [24561/24]