Written answers
Tuesday, 2 December 2025
- Health Services Waiting Lists
516. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on diagnostic scan waiting lists at the end of Quarter 3 2025. [67268/25] - Health Screening Programmes
517. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the addition of spinal muscular atrophy to the heel prick test for newborn babies; the actions she is taking to ensure no further delays to... - Health Services Staff
518. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed in the health service under employment visas or permits; and the percentage that this represents of overall staff. [67302/25] - Cancer Services
519. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the results/rollout of ongoing the PRAISE-U (PRostate Cancer Awareness and Initiative for Screening in the European Union) study; if... - Medical Cards
521. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card can be urgently provided to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67327/25] - Health Services
522. To ask the Minister for Health the services and organisations that will be supported by a project (details supplied); the amount each service or organisation will receive; and if she will... - General Practitioner Services
525. To ask the Minister for Health the National Gender Service's current advice for GPs whose patients are being prescribed HRT by EU telehealth services. [67338/25] - Health Service Executive
526. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2647 of 29 July 2025, if any further professional bodies have been asked for representatives for the HSE gender... - Health Services
529. To ask the Minister for Health the action she will take to ensure a person (details supplied) receives the diagnostic testing they need promptly; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Services Waiting Lists
535. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on South Tipperary primary care waiting lists for OT, SLT, psychology and physiotherapy; the breakdown of therapists available on... - Mental Health Services
536. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients being seen by an organisation (details supplied) in Clonmel; the frequency of clinics in Clonmel; the numbers waiting for mental health... - Health Services Waiting Lists
537. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on the occupational therapy first time assessment waiting list for each local health area as of 1st November 2025 or latest date... - Dental Services
538. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for adults special care needs GA waiting list for routine dental care in each hospital, in tabular form. [67394/25] - Hospital Procedures
540. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient surgeries cancelled at University Hospital Limerick during the years 2020 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
542. To ask the Minister for Health the status of future plans for the former health centre located in Kilsheelan, County Tipperary; the reason the building has remained vacant for over twelve... - Artificial Intelligence
543. To ask the Minister for Health the type of training provided to staff within her Department in the use of, or understanding of artificial intelligence; if a programme is planned for all... - Energy Usage
544. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.185 of 9 July 2025, the costs of electricity and gas for the same period for each hospital, in tabular form. [67486/25] - Health Services
545. To ask 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] - Home Care Packages
553. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will have her full home care hours re-instated as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the... - Hospital Staff
554. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons with a special interest in knee and replacement surgery at Beaumont Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025 that... - Health Services
556. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who were scheduled for scoliosis treatment or surgery in either Britain or the US for the period of January 2025 to November 2025; and... - Infectious Diseases
557. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has provided any resourcing or staffing to HSE to support expanded infectious disease screening at ports of entry. [67531/25] - Hospital Staff
558. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE secretaries filled working within the neurology department of Beaumont Hospital in the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular... - Mental Health Services
559. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on case of child (details supplied); and if CAMHS services will engage with the child’s parents; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Services
560. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the results of a pilot project (details supplied); if her Department has further plans to extend this pilot in other areas across the... - Dental Services
562. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application to the Dental Council (details supplied); the reason for the delay in processing same; and if she will make a statement on the... - Hospital Services
563. To ask the Minister for Health the oversight her Department has of the approach taken by a hospital (details supplied) in allocating patients for treatment based on teaching and training... - Youth Services
564. To ask the Minister for Health to provide confirmation on the proposed reorganisation of a youth services facility in Cork (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Cancer Services
565. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address concerns that women are still waiting an average of six months for a mammogram at the BreastCheck Eccles Unit, Dublin 7; if she is aware... - Departmental Properties
567. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount spent by her Department or the HSE on leasing a facility (details supplied) in each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on... - Health Services
568. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons a facility (details supplied) has not reopened; if there are any building issues; when the facility will be allowed to reopen; and if she will make... - Vaccination Programme
570. To ask the Minister for Health for an update regarding consideration of the shingles vaccine for inclusion in the national immunisation schedule for those aged 65 and over; if her Department... - Health Services
571. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the reason a person (details supplied) who made an appeal to the treatment abroad scheme on 16 June 2025 has yet to receive an update;... - Hospital Staff
572. To ask the Minister for Health `the number of WTE radiographers, by grade that were filled at National Orthopaedic Hospital in the years of 2024, and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [67627/25] - Ambulance Service
573. To ask the Minister for Health the average ambulance turnaround time within the accident and emergency department of the Mater Hospital; the steps being taken to reduce the turnaround time... - Hospital Facilities
574. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operating theatres currently at Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown; if each of those operating theatre are in full use at present. [67629/25] - Hospital Waiting Lists
575. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who has been waiting over 24 months for a knee operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Domestic Violence
576. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the rollout of National Clinical Practice Guideline Screening and Management of Domestic Violence in Pregnancy and the Early Postnatal... - Health Services Waiting Lists
577. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) has not been placed on the waiting list for surgery abroad. [67689/25] - Disability Services
579. To ask the Minister for Health the number of funded speech and language therapist and occupational therapist posts that are currently in place in the Irish health and disability systems; the... - Health Services Waiting Lists
580. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people for each local health area as of 1st November 2025 or latest date available, on the speech and language therapy initial treatment waiting... - Dental Services
583. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department recognises the severe consequences of maintaining the dental treatment services scheme at its current level which is clearly underfunded; the... - Medical Cards
585. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 896 of 20 September 2023, if she will outline all other medical procedures which medical card holders in CHO7 are not... - Dental Services
586. To ask the Minister for Health if adequate medical equipment could be provided to facilitate a dental operation for a full-time care hoist patient (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Health Services
587. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the eligibility criteria for the long-term illness scheme, with particular reference to the exclusion of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL)... - Health Service Executive
590. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of surgeries carried out by the HSE, outside of the NTPF, in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2025. [67716/25] - Healthcare Policy
591. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has assessed the health impacts of delays in providing accessible bathroom facilities for disabled and elderly citizens; the... - Medicinal Products
593. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons prescribed the weight loss drug ozempic, by county from 2023 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [67730/25] - Health Services Staff
595. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE adult physiotherapists by grade that are filled at a location (details supplied) in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form, the average... - Hospital Facilities
596. To ask the Minister for Health to advise the up-to-date position regarding land to the rear of the rear carpark at Monaghan Hospital, previously believed to be in the ownership of the... - Hospital Charges
597. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a schedule by hospital and HSE of the number of instances in which they utilised a debt recovery agency and or debt recovery individual to... - Mental Health Services
599. To ask the Minister for Health the number of families of children with a moderate or severe intellectual disability who have requested psychiatric assistance from CAMHS in Donegal and have... - Health Services Staff
600. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists by grade that were filled at a location (details supplied) in 2024 and to date in 2025, if this number will be increased... - Health Service Executive
602. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 428 of 18 May 2023, the progress which has been made since the completion of the remedial works in 2023 (details... - Hospital Appointments Status
603. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will receive an appointment in the Mater Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67881/25] - Cancer Services
605. To ask the Minister for Health how her Department intends to ensure national consistency in cancer care outcomes under a system where funding decisions will be largely devolved to HSE... - Health Services Staff
606. To ask the Minister for Health whether workforce needs for oncology, radiology and specialist nursing were incorporated in the regional funding allocations for 2026; and the projected... - Hospital Appointments Status
607. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment. [67898/25] - Cancer Services
608. To ask the Minister for Health the regional breakdown of funding allocated to the National Cancer Strategy for 2026 under the new devolved HSE regional budgeting model; and if she will make... - Departmental Funding
618. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2018 of 4 November 2025, the number of counselling sessions provided by a service (details supplied), by unplanned... - Health Services
619. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 134 of 7 May 2025, the criteria used to classify calls to a service (details supplied) in the previously referenced... - Mental Health Services
620. To ask the Minister for Health the measures she is taking to support those with a dual diagnosis of substance use disorder and another mental illness; and if she will make a statement on the... - Hospital Facilities
621. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address the urgent need for improved facilities and additional dedicated space for the rheumatology outpatient department at Cork University... - Health Services Waiting Lists
622. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide the most recent national data regarding the number of people on waiting lists for glaucoma treatment; and if she will make a statement on... - Hospital Waiting Lists
623. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide the most recent national data regarding the number of people on waiting lists for cornea and refractive surgery; and if she will make a... - Health Services Waiting Lists
624. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide the most recent national figures regarding the number of people on waiting lists for age-related macular degeneration; and if she will make... - Departmental Correspondence
628. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67956/25] - Registration of Deaths
629. To ask the Minister for Health the action needed to be taken to register a death (details supplied). [67965/25] - Health Service Executive
630. To ask the Minister for Health if she will arrange an appointment with the HSE (details supplied). [67982/25] - Hospital Waiting Lists
631. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated waiting times for required appropriate plastic surgery, surgical intervention, for patients in University Hospital Kerry; and if she will make a... - Medicinal Products
632. To ask the Minister for Health if a drug (details supplied) can be made available under the HSE drugs scheme given the very high monthly cost of €7,600 which is out of reach, given... - Legislative Programme
634. To ask the Minister for Health whether she intends to progress legislation to provide for assisted dying in line with the Report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Assisted Dying; and if... - Departmental Correspondence
635. To ask the Minister for Health if a reply will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67991/25] - Health Services Waiting Lists
636. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is on the urgent or routine adult audiology waiting list; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services
638. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68010/25] - Abortion Services
639. To ask the Minister for Health the number of babies born alive after an abortion procedure at 24-weeks' gestation or later; the number of these cases which involved babies diagnosed with... - Health Service Executive
641. To ask the Minister for Health if private practice will take place in the new HSE surgical hubs; if private work has been conducted in the South Dublin Surgical Hub since it opened in... - Healthcare Policy
642. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to Early Onset Parkinson's Disease in Ireland's call for community-based exercise supports (details supplied); if she has any... - Health Service Executive
643. To ask the Minister for Health to specify the projected date by which duplicate financial reporting requirements between the HSE and voluntary hospitals will be eliminated, and to confirm... - Health Services Staff
650. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the staffing and ICT resources required to support IFMS deployment to voluntary hospitals, and to provide the total estimated cost of these supports.... - Health Service Executive
652. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of the 2025 overspend in acute hospitals, primary care, agency staffing and high-tech drugs, disaggregated by hospital group... - Health Services Staff
654. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the 2025 agency-staffing cost increase between wage inflation, volume increases, and grade mix; and her Department's projected agency... - Hospital Procedures
656. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the current national policy governing circumcision procedures in public hospitals where there is no medical indication; and to specify the clinical,... - Hospital Waiting Lists
660. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department has carried out any assessment of the impact of non-medically indicated circumcision procedures on surgical waiting lists, day-case... - Hospital Procedures
661. To ask the Minister for Health the number of theatre slots allocated annually for non-medically indicated circumcision procedures in each of the past five years, broken down by hospital... - Health Service Executive
662. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will establish a formal reporting process to identify approved posts that remain unfilled for more than six months; and the expected timeline for... - Health Services Staff
663. To ask the Minister for Health to publish her Department's methodology for calculating the financial impact of long-term vacancies on agency spend, overtime costs and service capacity; and... - Health Services
667. To ask the Minister for Health when national reporting for chronic pain expenditure, activity and outcomes will be introduced; and the steps her Department is taking to ensure that the HSE... - Hospital Waiting Lists
668. To ask the Minister for Health the current national waiting times for chronic pain assessment and treatment at primary, secondary and tertiary levels; and the longest wait recorded in each... - Health Services Staff
669. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent consultants in pain medicine, by hospital group; and the number of unfilled or approved posts currently vacant. [68066/25] - Health Services
670. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community-based chronic pain programmes in operation nationwide; and the way in which the findings of the iPainCentre pilot have informed... - Health Services Staff
671. To ask the Minister for Health the current vacancy figures for occupational therapy posts in Cork, by network and grade; and the expected timeline for filling these posts. [68068/25] - Health Services Waiting Lists
672. To ask the Minister for Health her Department’s formal targets for reducing occupational therapy waiting times in Cork; and when waiting times in each network are projected to fall... - Health Services
673. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocation for occupational therapy services in Cork for 2026, including development posts, replacement posts and planned waiting-list initiatives.... - Health Services Staff
674. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists who left HSE posts in Cork in 2024, and to date in 2025; and the recorded reasons for exit. [68071/25] - Health Service Executive
676. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff recruited in 2024 and to date in 2025 in the South South-West Hospital Group and Cork Kerry Community Healthcare under the... - Health Services
677. To ask the Minister for Health the national spend on chronic pain services in each of the past five years; and when full and consistent reporting for chronic pain services will be in place... - Health Services Staff
679. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of consultants in pain medicine working in the HSE; the number of approved posts that remain vacant, and the steps planned in 2025 and 2026... - Health Services
680. To ask the Minister for Health to list all community-based chronic pain programmes funded by the HSE; the budget for each; and the date on which the evaluation of the iPainCentre pilot will... - Health Services Staff
681. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of unfilled occupational therapy posts in Cork, by network and grade; and the expected dates for filling these posts. [68078/25] - Health Services Waiting Lists
682. To ask the Minister for Health the targets set for reducing occupational therapy waiting times in Cork; and the date by which each network is expected to reach a waiting time of under 12... - Health Services
683. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding assigned to occupational therapy services in Cork for 2026, including new posts, replacement posts and resources for waiting list work.... - Health Services Staff
684. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff who left occupational therapy posts in Cork during 2024 and 2025; and the recorded reasons for their exit. [68081/25] - Health Services Waiting Lists
687. To ask the Minister for Health to publish the current waiting times for occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech and language therapy in Cork, broken down by network; the number of... - Health Services Staff
688. To ask the Minister for Health the vacancy rate across all community health disciplines in Cork, including occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy, social work and... - Pharmacy Services
690. To ask the Minister for Health if she will reverse the proposed changes to phased dispensing under the new community pharmacy agreement, which are due to come into operation on 1 January... - Hospital Equipment
692. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for an updated neurosurgical robot used in deep brain stimulation surgery (details supplied); if an immediate decision will be made... - Health Service Executive
693. To ask 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] - Ambulance Service
696. To ask 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... - Pension Provisions
698. To ask the Minister for Health if the wording on a pension rebatement form can be reviewed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68121/25] - Health Strategies
699. To ask the Minister for Health if she plans to provide specific funding for the delivery of the Collaborative Tuberculosis Strategy for Ireland: 2024–2030 to the HSE as the...
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