Emer Currie (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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1829. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a defined timeline and specific areas of expansion planned for the new diagnostic services in hospitals, as referenced in Budget 2026. [58750/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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The additional funding for current expenditure in Budget 2026 for the Health Vote is €1.5 billion, bringing the total current allocation to €25.8 billion. This includes funding to maintain existing levels of service and for new service developments.

The measures to be prioritised in 2026 will be set out in a Letter of Determination to the HSE. The HSE will then prepare its National Service Plan for 2026, to be submitted to the Department for approval, setting out how the HSE will operationalise those priorities.

Once the Letter of Determination and the National Service Plan have been finalised, a breakdown of all measures to be progressed in 2026 will be available.

As this question is an operational matter this PQ has been referred to the HSE to respond to you after they have completed their National Service Plan, which sets out details of timing and designated areas for expansion of diagnostic services.

Emer Currie (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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1830. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of her Department's €27.4 billion allocation which will be directed towards the diagnostics expansion initiative. [58751/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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The measures to be prioritised in 2026 will be set out in a Letter of Determination to the HSE. The HSE will then prepare its National Service Plan for 2026, to be submitted to the Department for approval, setting out how the HSE will operationalise those priorities.

Once the Letter of Determination and the National Service Plan have been finalised, a breakdown of all measures to be progressed in 2026 will be available.

As this question is an operational matter this PQ has been referred to the HSE to respond to you after they have completed their National Service Plan.