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| TD | Party |
|---|---|
 Daniel Ennis | Social Democrats |
 Gary Gannon | Social Democrats |
 Mary Lou McDonald | Sinn Féin |
 Marie Sherlock | Labour Party |
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Gary Gannon
Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the number of publicly funded DEXA scans carried out in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025 and to date in 2026; and the current waiting times for access to such scans, by hospital; in tabular form.
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Gary Gannon
Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health whether consideration has been given to the introduction of a fully publicly funded national bone density screening programme, using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scans, for women aged 50 and over; whether such a…
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Marie Sherlock
Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the target agency conversions for 2026; the number of applications for agency conversions in 2026 to date; and the number of approved agency conversions in 2026 to date, in tabular form.
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Marie Sherlock
Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the publication of the new model of care for neonatology; and the timeline for when it will be completed and published.
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Marie Sherlock
Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when the HSE will appoint specialist lactation consultants who are on a panel awaiting appointment.
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Marie Sherlock
Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of disability placements that were budgeted for in 2025; the actual number of placements in 2026 to date, the budget for private placements; and the actual number of private placements, in…
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Gary Gannon
Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average proportion of a custodial sentence actually served in prison by persons who self-identify as Irish nationals compared with non-Irish nationals, in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025 and…
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Daniel Ennis
Deputy Daniel Ennis asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether he has met, or plans to meet, the newly appointed chair of the Steering Group on Integration of organisations (details supplied); the priorities he will raise regarding progress towards…
Gary Gannon
As a member of the justice committee, I was delighted to play a part in producing this report. I thank everyone who contributed, in particular the Chair of the committee, Deputy Carthy. What is particularly frustrating about this issue is that we all know the system is in crisis…
Marie Sherlock
I welcome all of the families in the Public Gallery. Today should have been a day of celebration because, after many years of fighting for justice for their children and the right care for their children, there would finally have been an inquiry into the wrongs that happened in…
Gary Gannon
I ask the Minister about the drug-related intimidation and violence engagement, DRIVE, programme, which is funded by her Department. We all recognise that drug-related intimidation is endemic the length and breadth of Ireland at the moment. We have seen the horrors of that in its…
Marie Sherlock
As the Minister knows, one in ten women in this country suffers from the condition of lipoedema. It is a chronic progressive condition. As the national lipoedema working group on diagnostics and management does not actually specify surgery as part of that management, women end up…
Marie Sherlock
Earlier this year, the Minister wrote in the HSE national service plan that we were to get rigorous oversight and transparent reporting over HSE funding. This was to be the year of no supplementary budgets, the year when agency spend was going to go down, not up. How is it then…