• Mental Health Services
  3061. To ask the Minister for Health to give a State apology to the hundreds of families and individuals whose lives were ruined as a result of the CAMHS Scandal, through mismedication and...
• Home Care Packages
  3062. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting a home help package in Kerry, broken down by area and by length of time waiting, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
• Mental Health Services
  3063. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young persons accessing a mental health service (details supplied) in Cork county in each of the past five years; the average waiting times; the...
• Departmental Data
  3064. To ask the Minister for Health the data available to her Department on trends in anxiety, depression, self-harm and eating disorders among children and young adults aged 12 to 25 years over...
• Health Services Staff
  3067. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant, approved and filled consultant psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, occupational therapist and nursing post within CAMHS teams...
• Health Services
  3068. To ask the Minister for Health the service responsible for assessing and treating children with standalone ARFID in the north Tipperary area; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
• Meals-on-Wheels Services
  3070. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide funding for a national baseline audit of meals on wheels services, in view of the absence of comprehensive national data on service users,...
• Health Services Waiting Lists
  3072. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently awaiting occupational therapy in CHO7; and the number of those waiting longer than 12 months. [57054/26]
• Health Service Executive
  3078. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be investigated; and when a follow-up appointment will issue. [57118/26]
• Health Services Waiting Lists
  3079. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on the occupational therapy first time assessment waiting list; and within that the number waiting less than 4 months; the number waiting...
• Ambulance Service
  3082. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a person (details supplied) that has returned as planned to an ambulance base following a career break; if anything can be...
• Health Service Executive
  3083. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE grants available for a para athlete who has been selected for the world championships in America for Para cycling having become national champion in...
• Health Services Waiting Lists
  3084. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people on waiting lists for occupational therapy, by length of wait, at the end of July 2026, in tabular form. [54768/26]
• Health Services
  3101. To ask the Minister for Health if she will give consideration to correspondence (details supplied) and allow for skyclarys treatment for the progressive neurological condition Friedreich's...
• Health Services Waiting Lists
  3102. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to SMS messages that are being sent by the validation team at UHL asking individuals to confirm that they wish to stay on a...
• Health Services
  3103. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the lack of availability to an oral immunotherapy treatment in Cork University Hospital for children with life challenging allergies (details...
• Disability Services
  3104. To ask the Minister for Health given that the HSE recognises dementia as not a normal part of ageing, the reason people living with dementia are routinely referred to older persons'...
• Health Services Staff
  3105. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm whether a value-for-money or cost comparison analysis between directly employed home support workers and externally procured providers has been...
• Health Services
  3106. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm whether the home support authorisation scheme includes profit margin controls for private providers; if so, to provide details of those controls;...
• Health Services Waiting Lists
  3109. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients, not the percentage, in Mayo University Hospital waiting more than 8, 12 and 24 hours in the emergency department, in each of the past...
• Departmental Data
  3110. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients admitted or discharged to or from Mayo University Hospital's emergency department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2026.;...
• Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
  3111. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an updated timeline for the construction phases and governance structure of the newly established project board managing the 44-acre hospital site...
• Primary Care Services
  3112. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the current primary care model of postnatal maternal support to extend structured clinical and mental health check-ins well beyond the...
• Departmental Data
  3113. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients diagnosed with functional neurological disorder within the public health service in each of the past five years; the hospitals...
• Health Service Executive
  3114. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE routinely collects national data on functional neurological disorder, including prevalence, referrals, waiting lists, treatment outcomes and...
• Health Services
  3115. To ask the Minister for Health if a national clinical programme for functional neurological disorder has been established within the HSE; if not, the current status of any work towards its...
• Hospital Services
  3117. To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of specialist functional neurological disorder services currently operating within the public health service; the hospitals in which...
• Departmental Data
  3118. To ask the Minister for Health the whole-time equivalent staffing currently assigned to each functional neurological disorder service, broken down by consultant, psychologist,...
• Hospital Services
  3119. To ask the Minister for Health the referral pathway currently in place for patients diagnosed with functional neurological disorder; the hospitals that accept referrals for specialist...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  3120. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently awaiting assessment or treatment in specialist functional neurological disorder services, by hospital; the average waiting...
• Health Services
  3121. To ask the Minister for Health the dedicated public services that are currently available for children and young people diagnosed with functional neurological disorder; the locations of...
• Hospital Services
  3122. To ask the Minister for Health the hospital groups and HSE health regions that currently have access to specialist functional neurological disorder services; the regions where no specialist...
• Health Services
  3123. To ask the Minister for Health whether persons diagnosed with functional neurological disorder are routinely eligible for referral to community neuro-rehabilitation teams; if eligibility...
• Health Services Staff
  3124. To ask the Minister for Health the formal education and training on functional neurological disorder that is currently provided by the HSE to neurologists, psychiatrists, physiotherapists,...
• Mental Health Services
  3125. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of vacancies, by job title within CAMHS in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54881/26]
• Departmental Properties
  3126. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of all the HSE owned buildings in County Wexford that are currently for sale or going through a defined process to facilitate a sale; and if...
• Hospital Appointments Status
  3128. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite a hospital appointment (details supplied) as this person is very isolated as a result of their illness; and if she will make a statement on the...
• Medical Cards
  3129. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address the ongoing inequity in access to low vision aids for medical card holders in the midlands, including Offaly, where the HSE currently...
• Health Services
  3130. To ask the Minister for Health if she has been informed that an organisation (details supplied) is working with 61 people in Offaly who are blind or vision impaired and who hold medical...
• Medical Aids and Appliances
  3131. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a full breakdown of counties where low vision aids are funded through the GMS scheme without restriction; the reason the midlands...
• National Children's Hospital
  3132. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2444 of 9 June 2026, the specific office or body that holds final authority to authorise day one opening of the National...
• Vaccination Programme
  3133. To ask the Minister for Health the annual health budget expenditure for immunisation programmes and national population screening programmes in Ireland in each year from 2018 to 2025...
• Medical Cards
  3134. To ask the Minister for Health if physical medical and GP cards are still issued when applicants are eligible or if it is an online card; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
• Health Services
  3135. To ask the Minister for Health to review the case of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54946/26]
• Health Services Staff
  3136. To ask the Minister for Health for an update in the case of a person (details supplied) regarding registration with CORU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54949/26]
• Budget 2027
  3137. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be allocated in Budget 2027 to a charity (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54950/26]
• Mental Health Services
  3138. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address the ongoing issue of children in acute mental‐health crises being left for extended periods in inappropriate hospital settings due...
• Nursing Homes
  3145. To ask the Minister for Health the minimum period that land or property has to be transferred by an elderly person to a family member in order for the land-property to be excluded as an...
• Health Services
  3146. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons an organisation sought access to undercover footage (details supplied); the costs incurred seeking permission to receive this footage; and if she...
• Alcohol Advertising
  3147. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 872 of 16 June 2026, if she will correct the inaccurate information provided previously with respect to alcohol...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  3148. To ask the Minister for Health for a detailed update on the Government's considerations of further long-term supports for healthcare workers suffering with long-Covid; the options being...
• Hospital Procedures
  3149. To ask the Minister for Health the reason faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) for symptomatic patients is not provided in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, or Louth County Hospital,...
• Mental Health Services
  3153. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 300 mental health posts funded in budget 2026 that have been filled; the number remaining vacant; and the grade and HSE Health Region...
• Medicinal Products
  3163. To ask the Minister for Health to report on the approval process of givinostat; and the estimated timeline for its reimbursement by the HSE. [55035/26]
• Hospital Services
  3164. To ask the Minister for Health whether the objective of providing continuity of maternity care through a named lead professional, as set out in the National Maternity Strategy, remains a...
• Health Services Staff
  3165. To ask the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55052/26]
• Assisted Human Reproduction
  3166. To ask the Minister for Health given the very long waiting times between diagnostic test and follow up appointment in many public IVF clinics, the legal basis for such clinics withholding a...
• Hospital Services
  3167. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to standardise access to prenatal testing for all those attending public maternity services here. [55078/26]
• Departmental Data
  3168. To ask the Minister for Health to list each consultancy contract entered into by her Department; the name of the contractor, purpose of the contract, output from the consultancy work and...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  3172. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a policy approach to support healthcare workers with long-Covid. [55089/26]
• Alcohol Advertising
  3173. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements in place to monitor and enforce the alcohol advertising provisions of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 and the relevant regulations; the...
• Nursing Homes
  3174. To ask the Minister for Health to examine a nursing home support scheme case in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55110/26]
• Primary Care Centres
  3175. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in her plans to provide a primary care centre in Killarney, County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55122/26]
• Mental Health Services
  3176. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an ongoing recruitment embargo within mental health services; the posts affected by this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55129/26]
• Hospital Services
  3177. To ask the Minister for Health if the Maternity Care Strategy provides for overnight partner or chosen support person access during the postnatal period, recognising the lack of uniformity...
• Health Services Staff
  3178. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies that are currently in the mental health services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55142/26]
• Departmental Data
  3179. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the vacant positions in the mental health services, by county, in both hospital and community settings, in tabular form; and if she...
• Health Services Staff
  3180. To ask the Minister for Health the number of transfers that have been approved in the past 12 months in the mental health services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55144/26]
• Hospital Appointments Status
  3182. To ask the Minister for Health if she will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied) [55163/26]
• Health Services
  3183. To ask the Minister for Health the funding which will be provided towards the women’s health action plan in respect of breastfeeding, particularly action 7k and 8F; and if she will...
• Public Procurement Contracts
  3188. To ask the Minister for Health the procurement process for the new shop facility at Louth County Hospital; the stages involved; the criteria applied; the expected timeframe for each stage;...
• Health Services
  3189. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated on a full year basis for the 24 BreastCheck mobile screening units; the estimated full year cost of providing an additional unit; and if...
• Programme for Government
  3190. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the programme for Government commitment to examine the introduction of free pelvic floor physical therapy sessions for women after childbirth;...
• Departmental Correspondence
  3191. To ask the Minister for Health if issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55182/26]
• Hospital Services
  3192. To ask the Minister for Health if there is no funding for new hip and knee replacement procedures at the National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh, Finglas; the funding that currently exists at...
• Home Care Packages
  3193. To ask the Minister for Health when the proposed statutory scheme for home support will be completed; the actions that have been completed to date as part of developing such a scheme; and...
• Hospital Appointments Status
  3194. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); if the appointment could be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55202/26]
• Mental Health Services
  3195. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and young people waiting for an appointment with child and adolescent mental health services at the end of each year in 2023, 2024 and...
• Health Services Staff
  3197. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE community ophthalmic physicians posts filled within CHO2 community services as of 13 July 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
• Hospital Staff
  3198. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the recruitment of an extra WTE consultant colorectal surgeon for the regional endometriosis services in Galway; and if she...
• Mental Health Services
  3199. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and young people currently awaiting access to CAMHS in each county, at the end of June 2026; the average waiting time for first-time...
• Industrial Disputes
  3208. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to ongoing industrial action at a facility (details supplied); the actions she will take to ensure that these employees get a...
• Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
  3210. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 9 July 2026, to clarify the reason the manager at Letterkenny University Hospital was tasked with the response...
• Departmental Data
  3211. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the number of vagus nerve stimulation procedures which have taken place at a site (details supplied) in each of the past five years, and to...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  3215. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of patients awaiting vagus nerve stimulation battery replacement procedures at a site (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
• Hospital Staff
  3216. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE senior pharmacist posts filled at Portiuncula University Hospital as of 10 July 2026, in tabular form. [55234/26]
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  3217. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting to see a consultant rheumatologist at Galway University Hospital as of 10 July 2026, for a first appointment, in tabular form....
• Mental Health Services
  3218. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment by CAHMS and CDNT; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55239/26]
• Medicinal Products
  3219. To ask the Minister for Health the reason certain items (details supplied) have been delisted from the drug payment scheme; if she will consider the financial impact this causes for those...
• Health Promotion
  3221. To ask the Minister for Health whether she will introduce statutory restrictions on influencer and digital marketing of food and non-alcoholic beverages high in fat, salt or sugar to...
• Departmental Policies
  3225. To ask the Minister for Health whether she will examine a statutory prohibition on influencers promoting cosmetic surgery, invasive aesthetic procedures and unsubstantiated weight-loss or...
• Ambulance Service
  3226. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the planned new ambulance base at Gorey. [55323/26]
• Health Services
  3227. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied); if the case will be urgently reviewed and considered for prioritisation; and if she will make a...
• Departmental Strategies
  3228. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which families affected by substance use are represented in the development and implementation of the new National Drugs Strategy; and whether...
• Mental Health Services
  3229. To ask the Minister for Health the actions being taken to embed trauma-informed practice across HSE addiction, mental health and community services; the funding allocated for this work; and...
• Departmental Data
  3230. To ask the Minister for Health whether the Department intends to develop a national data collection framework on families affected by substance use, including the wider impacts on parents,...
• Departmental Funding
  3231. To ask the Minister for Health the funding currently provided for community-based family support organisations working with families affected by addiction, broken down by county and by...
• Mental Health Services
  3232. To ask the Minister for Health the measures in place to support frontline addiction workers experiencing secondary trauma and burnout, including access to clinical supervision and...
• Health Services Staff
  3233. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists and speech and language therapist posts by grade that were filled at Wexford General Hospital as of 14 July 2026, in...
• Health Service Executive
  3235. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE representative for the Local Community Safety Forum for Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council will be appointed. [55373/26]
• Departmental Funding
  3236. To ask the Minister for Health if she will examine the need for increased and sustained funding for personal assistance services, PAS, to support people older people to live independently...
• Health Services
  3237. To ask the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55382/26]
• Medicinal Products
  3239. To ask the Minister for Health her plans for patients to access belzutifan (welireg) for patients living with von hippel-lindau disease in Ireland. [55391/26]
• Departmental Funding
  3240. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding that has been allocated to implementing the hereditary cancer model of care in each of the years since its launch, including 2023 to...
• Departmental Data
  3241. To ask the Minister for Health the actual number and the percentage of electronic referrals from a GP to lung rapid access clinics, by hospital, in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to...
• Medical Cards
  3243. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available for a person (details supplied); the way in which they can access counselling on a medical card; and if she will make a statement on...
• Departmental Data
  3244. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of electronic referrals from a GP to urgent symptomatic breast disease clinics by hospital in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to...
• Mental Health Services
  3245. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of registered CAMHS inpatient beds; the number of those beds currently in operation; the number of beds not currently operational; the...
• Health Services
  3249. To ask the Minister for Health if she will urgently intervene in the case of a person (details supplied); if a review of the case will be expedited in light of the serious risks. [55411/26]
• Insurance Coverage
  3250. To ask the Minister for Health her views on whether the current regulatory framework governing minimum benefits under the Health Insurance Act 1994 provides sufficient flexibility for older...
• Home Care Packages
  3258. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to increase HSE funding for supported living packages so that community-based living can expand in line with identified needs. [55431/26]
• Departmental Strategies
  3260. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the development and publication of the next National Cancer Strategy; the process for stakeholder and patient involvement; and if she will...
• Vaccination Programme
  3262. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department have entered negotiations on a deal for the shingles vaccine (herpes zoster vaccine) for persons over 65 years of age as part of the...
• Mental Health Services
  3263. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to create a shared communication corridor between CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental health services), University Hospital Limerick and...
• Assisted Suicide
  3264. To ask the Minister for Health if she will report on the evaluation carried out on the recommendations of the report of the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying which are relevant to her...
• Hospital Staff
  3265. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants by speciality that are signed up to public only contracts at Beaumont Hospital. [55481/26]
• Departmental Data
  3267. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women who have received maternity care on a private or semi-private basis at a hospital (details supplied) in each of the past five years; the...
• Ambulance Service
  3268. To ask the Minister for Health if she has given consideration to allocating additional funding to the NAS to provide an ambulance for Inis Oírr; and if she will make a statement on the...
• Departmental Data
  3269. To ask the Minister for Health the compliance rate with key performance indicators and standards for each type of cancer treatment, by cancer centre, for quarter 1 and quarter 2 of 2026, in...
• Coroners Service
  3271. To ask the Minister for Health the policy framework within which coroners operate, having regard to the practice of retaining organs following the conduct of a post-mortem examination;...
• Departmental Programmes
  3272. To ask the Minister for Health whether premenstrual dysphoric disorder is explicitly recognised within the Women's Health Action Plan and Women's Health Programme; and if she will make a...
• Health Services
  3273. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department has considered the development of a national clinical pathway for the diagnosis and treatment of premenstrual dysphoric disorder; and...
• General Practitioner Services
  3274. To ask the Minister for Health the training or guidance provided to GPs regarding the recognition and management of premenstrual dysphoric disorder; and if she will make a statement on the...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  3275. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women awaiting gynaecology appointments where premenstrual dysphoric disorder is recorded as the primary or secondary reason for referral; and...
• Health Services
  3276. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE has identified specialist services or clinicians for the management of severe premenstrual dysphoric disorder; and if she will make a...
• Health Strategies
  3279. To ask the Minister for Health the preparations that are being made to develop an updated national maternity strategy; when this will be published; and if she will make a statement on the...
• Departmental Expenditure
  3280. To ask the Minister for Health the efficiency and reform proposals her Department has submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and...
• Departmental Bodies
  3281. To ask the Minister for Health the most up-to-date contact list for queries from Oireachtas Members to agencies under her Department, in tabular form. [55583/26]
• Health Service Executive
  3282. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that the HSE spent under the high-tech drug scheme in 2025 and for the first six months of 2026, in tabular form. [55626/26]
• Hospital Staff
  3283. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant urologist posts filled at the Mater Hospital as of 15 July 2026, in tabular form. [55627/26]
• Hospital Services
  3286. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding any engagement she had with maternity hospitals in relation to the phasing out of private maternity care; and if she will make a...
• Healthcare Policy
  3287. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider extending the age for free contraception, which is currently from 17 years to 35 years, to at least 40 years of age; and if she will make...
• Departmental Data
  3290. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ankle surgeries carried out at Tallaght University Hospital in the years of 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [55675/26]
• Health Services
  3295. To ask the Minister for Health the dietetic supports currently available to children with ARFID in the north Tipperary region, especially in light of the fact there is no dietician part of...
• Health Services Staff
  3296. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the work of the head of discipline dietician in the mid-west region; the specific work that has been carried out in the north Tipperary area;...
• National Treatment Purchase Fund
  3298. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria and methodology used by the National Treatment Purchase Fund in negotiating prices with private and voluntary nursing homes under the nursing...
• Nursing Homes
  3300. To ask the Minister for Health the total annual expenditure under the nursing homes support scheme in each of the years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form;...
• National Treatment Purchase Fund
  3301. To ask the Minister for Health when the review of the pricing system used by the National Treatment Purchase Fund to negotiate prices with private and voluntary nursing homes under the...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  3302. To ask the Minister for Health to allow for more time for, or cease the sending of, confirmation to remain on waitlist letters or face removal from the waitlists for hospital appointment...
• Dental Services
  3303. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to review the Dental Act 1985 in order that all patients will be allowed direct access to dental hygienists; and if she will make a statement on the...
• Medicinal Products
  3305. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding negotiations ongoing in relation to the approval for reimbursement status of a drug (details supplied), which is used as part of the...
• Health Services
  3311. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing blood-borne virus screening when individuals get a blood test at an emergency department; and if she will make a statement on...
• Healthcare Policy
  3312. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to providing injectable PrEP for clinically suitable individuals for whom this form of administration would be greatly...
• Health Services
  3313. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals received by a treatment centre (details supplied) in each of the past five years, broken down by programme and HSE health region; the...
• Departmental Funding
  3317. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of HSE and Exchequer funding provided to a treatment centre (details supplied) in each of the past five years; the key performance indicators or...
• Health Services
  3318. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE audits or reviews referral practices, waiting lists and admission criteria in publicly funded addiction services operated by a treatment...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  3321. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a person who has been referred by his or her GP to a psychiatric hospital before being admitted, by community healthcare...
• Health Services
  3322. To ask the Minister for Health whether the service level agreement between the HSE and a treatment centre (details supplied) requires the organisation to facilitate onward referral or...
• Health Services Staff
  3325. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1060 of 12 May, to provide an update on the ongoing consideration of longer-term measures to support healthcare workers...
• Data Protection
  3326. To ask the Minister for Health the number of data protection breaches which occurred in organisations that are under the aegis of the HSE under the Health Act 2004 and were reported to the...
• Medicinal Products
  3331. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to fund biological drugs for the treatment of lupus; the status of two applications (details supplied); and if she will make a...
• Health Services Staff
  3332. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the 11.6 % reduction in primary care WTE personnel numbers in the Carlow, Kilkenny and Tipperary south IHA between December 2025 and May 2026;...
• Hospital Appointments Status
  3333. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment for a scan will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55826/26]
• Mental Health Services
  3335. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women referred to specialist perinatal mental health services in each of the past five years; the average waiting time for assessment and...
• Health Services
  3336. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dedicated pregnancy loss clinics operating nationally; the staffing levels within these services; the average waiting time for referral and...
• Health Promotion
  3337. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to increase participation in CervicalCheck among younger women and underserved communities; and if she will make a statement on the...
• Healthcare Policy
  3338. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to improve access to hormone replacement therapy for women experiencing menopause and perimenopause; the measures in place to ensure the...
• Departmental Data
  3339. To ask the Minister for Health the number of couples and individuals who have accessed publicly funded IVF services since the commencement of the scheme; the number currently awaiting...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  3343. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women currently on waiting lists for assessment and diagnosis of polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome; the average waiting time involved;...
• Departmental Data
  3344. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure that can be identified in respect of treatments, medicines, procedures and services provided to patients with erectile dysfunction in each...
• Departmental Expenditure
  3346. To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure incurred by her Department and the Health Service Executive, separately, on external consultancy and advisory services for each...
• Health Services Staff
  3347. To ask the Minister for Health the number and proportion of staff who have completed AI-related training programmes since January 2024; the levels of training, introductory or advanced use;...
• Hospital Investigations
  3349. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the serious incident management process, fact-finding exercise and proposed wider review and improvement plan initiated by the HSE following...
• Mental Health Commission
  3350. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1228 of 10 February 2026 and 1111 of 24 February 2026, the reason the Mental Health Commission does not publish...
• Health Services Staff
  3352. To ask the Minister for Health to provide, by integrated healthcare area, the number of currently funded whole-time-equivalent posts in general adult community mental health teams in each...
• Health Services
  3353. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of the single point of access model for child services; the precise process for adjudicating cases where there is...
• Hospital Services
  3354. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of serious concerns regarding the current state of the maternity services at UMHL (details supplied); the steps she plans to take in relation...
• Health Services
  3355. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the campaign related to trans healthcare in Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
• Hospital Appointments Status
  3357. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if she will seek an update on the timeline for this person's operation; and if she will...
• Medical Cards
  3358. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider changing eligibility criteria for medical card holders so that disabled people do not lose their access once they receive other State...
• Medical Research and Training
  3360. To ask the Minister for Health when the membership of the Clinical Trials Advisory Council will be appointed and announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56013/26]
• Health Strategies
  3361. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on cancer research priorities as part of the current National Cancer Strategy 2016-2017; the breakdown of funding invested in cancer...
• Health Services
  3362. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of cancer patients who had their first chemotherapy cycle between 1-15 days, 16-20 days, 21-25 days, 26-30 days and 31+ working days of being...
• Health Services Staff
  3368. To ask the Minister for Health when the promised two suicide crisis assessment nurses for Kerry will be delivered; if they will be operational by quarter 3; and the reason for failure to...
• Hospital Facilities
  3370. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the delivery of a minor injuries unit at UHK; when it will be delivered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56047/26]
• Health Service Executive
  3371. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will review the case of a child (details supplied) who is eligible for the under 8 GP visit card scheme and has been accepted by a GP practice in...
• General Practitioner Services
  3372. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people currently on a waiting list for a GP place in north Kildare; the average waiting time for same; the number of those who have been waiting...
• Health Services Staff
  3374. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in critical care medicine based at University Hospital Limerick as of 16 July 2026; if she will provide the same figures as of...
• Hospital Appointments Status
  3376. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an urgent appointment. [56075/26]
• Disease Management
  3377. To ask the Minister for Health the designated national lead with responsibility and accountability for the development, co-ordination and oversight of paediatric asthma care in Ireland,...
• Health Services Staff
  3379. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of medical consultants employed across all disciplines in 2023, 2024 and 2025; the total cost of consultant salaries in each year; and if she...
• Hospital Equipment
  3381. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of CT, MRI and PET scanners currently in use by all hospitals; the average cost of a scanner; the total annual cost of operation in 2023,...
• Health Services
  3382. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Clare regarding the five-day support which is in line with an approved support plan and...
• Hospital Services
  3383. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE mid-west development board for the new acute hospital is to be formally established; if a timeline will be published. [56159/26]
• General Practitioner Services
  3384. To ask the Minister for Health to implement targeted GP recruitment and retention incentives specifically for east Clare (details supplied). [56160/26]
• Health Services
  3385. To ask the Minister for Health to extend structured postnatal care and maternal mental health check-ins well beyond the current six-week model, particularly in rural areas where GP and...
• Nursing Homes
  3386. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be allocated a nursing home place close to home in Cahersiveen or Valentia; and if she will make a statement on the...
• EU Regulations
  3387. To ask the Minister for Health to outline Ireland’s position on the development at EU level of maximum permitted levels for vitamins and minerals in food supplements; whether Irish...
• Disability Services
  3388. To ask the Minister for Health if she will introduce a National Safeguarding Authority to ensure improved safeguarding duties, accountability mechanisms and oversight enforcement across...
• Health Services Staff
  3389. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the recruitment of an occupational therapist in north Tipperary CAMHS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56195/26]
• Disability Services
  3391. To ask the Minister for Health the interim supports available to children who require occupational therapist supports, as the north Tipperary CAMHS OT post is currently vacant; and if she...
• National Treatment Purchase Fund
  3395. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide details of the endometriosis surgery abroad interim scheme; the qualification criteria for this scheme; and the appeal or follow up...
• Health Services Staff
  3396. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time the recruitment has been ongoing for the occupational therapist post in North Tipperary CAMHS; and if she will make a statement on the...
• Departmental Properties
  3399. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant or derelict buildings owned or leased by her Department or by the HSE. [56220/26]
• Health Services
  3400. To ask the Minister for Health the reason fewer than 5,000 interRAI assessments were carried out in 2025 to evaluate the healthcare needs of older and medically vulnerable persons when the...
• Cancer Services
  3401. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of breast cancer cases whose referrals were triaged as urgent and met the national standard of two weeks for urgent referrals; the total...
• Vaccination Programme
  3402. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who received the MMR vaccines in 2025; the percentage that forms of the relevant age cohort; the reasons not all children received the...
• Health Strategies
  3403. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the Tobacco Free Ireland policy. [56224/26]
• Health Service Executive
  3404. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE owned properties that have been vacant for more than 12 months, per county. [56233/26]
• Hospital Facilities
  3405. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planning application for the oncology day unit at Cavan General Hospital as outlined in the 2026 HSE Capital Plan; and if she will make a...
• Hospital Equipment
  3408. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of expanding or upgrading radiology equipment as outlined in the 2025 HSE Capital Plan at Cork University Hospital, University Hospital Limerick,...
• Hospital Facilities
  3409. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of extending oncology units/day wards as outlined in the 2025 HSE Capital Plan at Portiuncula University Hospital, Naas General Hospital, Midland...
• Healthcare Policy
  3412. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide clarity on the decision to remove access to private maternity services as part of Sláintecare; the details of the consultation which...
• Health Strategies
  3413. To ask the Minister for Health whether radiation oncologists, radiation therapists and medical physicists will be included as members of the Working Group on a Strategic Infrastructure...
• Medicinal Products
  3416. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline from application for reimbursement of new cancer medicines to a decision to reimburse in each of the years 2019 to 2025 and to date 2026, in...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  3419. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people in counties Cavan and Monaghan currently awaiting a CT scan in Cavan Hospital for a period of 0-3 months, 3-6 months, 6-12 months and for...
• Medical Cards
  3421. To ask the Minister for Health if she will initiate a review of the decision to deny a GP visit card to an individual (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
• Hospital Appointments Status
  3423. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently awaiting a maxillofacial surgery appointment for patients in County Clare broken down by Hospital and by length of time, in...
• Dental Services
  3424. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting to see a dentist at Ennis Primary Care Centre;and the average waiting time to see a dentist. [56297/26]
• Health Services Staff
  3425. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrist and senior psychologists posts that are filled at Clare CAMHS as of 16 July 2026, in tabular form. [56298/26]
• Health Service Executive
  3426. To ask the Minister for Health her views on a matter (details supplied); the assistance or services available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56306/26]
• Primary Care Centres
  3427. To ask the Minister for Health the primary care centres within CHO2 that currently provide wound dressing clinics, in tabular form. [56317/26]
• Hospital Services
  3428. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulatory assessment spaces within the accident and emergency department of Galway University Hospital. [56318/26]
• Health Services Staff
  3429. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant respiratory physicians working in public health services; her plans to expand this number; the international recommended best...
• Mental Health Services
  3432. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to meet the Sláintecare commitment to allocate 10% of the health budget to mental health by 2030; and if she will make a statement on the...
• Health Services
  3434. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to establish and increase inpatient and outpatient mental health support services in west Cork to support the acute service in Bantry Hospital; the...
• Health Services Staff
  3436. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses working in mental health services in Cork South-West, from 2022 to date; the current number of vacant positions in the service in Cork...
• Dental Services
  3437. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on waiting lists for access to dental treatment under sedation at the end of July 2026, by sedation type, by patient type, by wait time...
• Hospital Services
  3441. To ask the Minister for Health the average time to admission, waiting-time distribution, and the number leaving without being seen via emergency departments, to date 2026, in Kerry, with...
• Hospital Procedures
  3442. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations in quarters 1 to 4 in each of the years 2020 to date in UHK broken down by appointment/procedure...
• Medical Cards
  3443. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in receipt of a medical card between the ages of 0-12 and 12-19, respectively, in tabular form. [56362/26]
• Health Services Staff
  3444. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2281 of 9 June 2026, if her Department will direct the HSE to introduce value-for-money evaluation of recruitment...
• Health Service Executive
  3445. To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure by the HSE on consultant recruitment advertising in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025, broken down by advertising channel including...
• Health Services Staff
  3446. To ask the Minister for Health further to parliamentary Question No. 761 of 7 July 2026, the reason the number of internationally recruited nursing and midwifery staff appointed through HSE...
• EU Regulations
  3447. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently examine proposed EU measures that would set lower limits on the strength of vitamins and minerals in food supplements (details supplied); and if...
• Legislative Measures
  3449. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider introducing a prohibition on the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to children under 16 yeas-of-age, in view of the announcement by the...
• Departmental Data
  3451. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department or the Food Safety Authority of Ireland holds data on the consumption of high-caffeine energy drinks by children in Ireland; the most...
• EU Data
  3453. To ask the Minister for Health the findings of the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs 2024 in respect of nicotine pouch use among adolescents in Ireland, which her...
• Healthcare Policy
  3454. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department monitors sales volumes of nicotine pouches in Ireland, in view of reports of an almost five-fold increase in sales of one...
• Social Media
  3458. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department holds or has commissioned any data on the association between social media use and mental health presentations among persons under 18...
• Patient Files
  3459. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount spent to date in preparation for the digitalisation of all health records; the projected budgets over the next five years; and if she will...
• Nursing Homes
  3461. To ask the Minister for Health when the opening-transfer of patients from Killarney District Hospital-St. Columbanus Home to the new Killarney community nursing unit will take place...
• Disability Services
  3462. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young persons aged 0 to 18 years-of-age on primary care waiting lists for speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and...
• General Practitioner Services
  3463. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners in CHO1 that have contracts with the HSE under the GMS Scheme, and have informed the HSE that they intend to retire within...
• Health Services
  3464. To ask the Minister for Health the locations within Donegal where the HSE community specialist teams provide respiratory outreach service clinics and diabetes outreach service clinics, in...
• Departmental Data
  3465. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE posts, by job title that are filled within the pharmacy department of Mullingar Regional Hospital. [56492/26]
• Hospital Procedures
  3467. To ask the Minister for Health the number of neck fusion surgeries carried out in Beaumont Hospital in the years of 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form. [56494/26]
• Health Services
  3468. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the reason a service has been withdrawn from a hospital in County Kildare (details supplied), and what actions she is taking to address this. [56507/26]
• Hospital Procedures
  3469. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm that the HSE has a plan to increase the capacity for stem cell transplantations within the Public Health Service. [56508/26]
• Healthcare Policy
  3470. To ask the Minister for Health the recommended best practice guidelines for paediatric hearing assessments including timelines for screening and interventions; and the way in which these...
• Departmental Funding
  3471. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm that funding will be provided in respect of capital costs, commissioning and the recruitment of the required specialist staff to proceed with the...
• Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
  3472. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm an opening date for the new Midleton CNU. [56519/26]
• Primary Care Centres
  3475. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the work on the Midleton primary care centre. [56522/26]
• Mental Health Services
  3476. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the Owenacurra centre in Midleton, County Cork. [56523/26]
• Patient Safety
  3477. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address patient safety concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [56526/26]
• Healthcare Policy
  3478. To ask the Minister for Health when the next national survey of food and nutrient intake in children will be carried out (details supplied); whether her Department has considered...
• Emergency Departments
  3479. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of persons that presented to the accident and emergency department of University Hospital Limerick that were liable to the €100 fee in...
• Hospital Services
  3480. To ask the Minister for Health to provide for each hospital that is currently providing faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) for symptomatic patients; the average waiting time from GP...
• Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
  3481. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to open a new regional ataxia clinic at University Hospital Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56534/26]
• Legislative Measures
  3482. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a campaign in relation to proposed amendments to the permissible use of vitamins and supplements at a EU level (details...
• Hospital Staff
  3488. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the Implementation Action Group 5 process addressing the pay banding and grading structures for senior nursing and midwifery managers,...
• Home Help Service
  3489. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Galway awaiting home help services as of July 2026 or the latest data available; and if she will make a statement on the...
• Mental Health Services
  3491. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons and the average wait time on the waiting list for CAMHS in County Galway as of July 2026 or the latest data available; and a breakdown...
• Health Services Waiting Lists
  3492. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list, and within that, the numbers waiting less than four months; the number...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  3493. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists and average waiting times for each type of cancer treatment at the University Hospital Galway cancer center; and the compliance rate with...
• Health Services Staff
  3494. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on agency staff in 2025 and 2026 to date respectively in Cork hospitals by hospital and year, in tabular form. [56591/26]
• Hospital Transfers
  3496. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on taxi services in Cork hospitals in 2026 to date; the number of these that took place; and the number that did not include a patient on...
• Home Care Packages
  3497. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on private healthcare assistants for home care services in Cork in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, by year, in...
• Healthcare Policy
  3498. To ask the Minister for Health the current position regarding access to the HSE Critical Illness Protocol for healthcare workers suffering from long-Covid contracted in the course of their...
• Health Services
  3499. To ask the Minister for Health for the integration of community audiology services into HSE care pathways to reduce audiology waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
• Cancer Services
  3501. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for commencing the evaluation for the National Cancer Strategy 2017-2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56654/26]
• Departmental Data
  3502. To ask the Minister for Health to provide further details on the Strategic Infrastructure Programme established to examine the replacement and expansion of radiation therapy equipment...
• Cancer Services
  3508. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people triaged as urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic; the proportion who were offered an appointment in each of the...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  3509. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive the operations they require; the current average wait for these operations; and if she will make a statement on...
• Medicinal Products
  3510. To ask the Minister for Health if an antihistamine (details supplied) is available in Ireland; if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56666/26]
• Healthcare Policy
  3511. To ask the Minister for Health if she has been consulted regarding proposed EU measures to introduce harmonised maximum levels for vitamins and minerals in food supplements; the position...
• Departmental Expenditure
  3514. To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure for HSE older persons home support compared to its budget in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56707/26]
• Ambulance Service
  3515. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe in which the outstanding complaints and investigations in relation to leaked recordings at the National Ambulance Service will be dealt with;...
• General Practitioner Services
  3519. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the efforts being made to incentivise the setting up of new GP practices given the chronic shortage of GP places; and if she will make a statement...
• Care Services
  3521. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE respite beds available for County Laois in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026 ; if she is aware of the need for additional...
• Disease Management
  3522. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the steps being taken to support the continuation and expansion of a service for people living with Parkinson's disease (details supplied); if...
• Hospital Staff
  3524. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of consultant neurologists employed nationally; the number of vacant consultant neurologist posts across the health service; the progress...
• Disease Management
  3525. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to improve supports and services for the estimated 18,000 people living with Parkinson's disease in Ireland, including access to...
• Health Services
  3526. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to improve the provision of palliative care services for persons with dementia in County Laois; whether additional funding, staffing...
• Health Services Waiting Lists
  3528. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to reduce waiting times for audiology services, particularly for people with medical cards; whether she will consider the introduction...
• Mental Health Services
  3530. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to strengthen mental health crisis supports, including the development of 24/7 community-based crisis services and ensuring emergency...
• Social Welfare Payments
  3533. To ask the Minister for Health to intervene on behalf of a person (details supplied); to allow for CIP payment in this case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56760/26]
• Hospital Appointments Status
  3534. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on an appointment for a person (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56775/26]
• Hospital Staff
  3535. To ask the Minister for Health the actions she is taking to ensure adequate staffing at University Maternity Hospital Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56776/26]
• Hospital Appointments Status
  3539. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56784/26]
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  3540. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the delays in accessing orthopaedic surgery in Cappagh hospital due to lack of funding; if lists have been suspended and that only...
• Health Services Waiting Lists
  3541. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents waiting for an initial CAMHs appointment in Kerry, broken down by the duration of time waiting, in three months...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  3542. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting for an outpatient appointments at UHK, broken down by three month intervals, in each of the years 2020 to 20 July 2026. [56827/26]
• Health Services Staff
  3543. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GP posts, public health nursing posts and therapy posts currently vacant in County Kerry, in each of the years 2020 to 20 July 2026. [56828/26]
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  3544. To ask the Minister for Health the number of publicly owned buildings that were vacant on the latest date available, broken down by purpose and/or last previous use; the length of time each...
• Departmental Data
  3547. To ask the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost to delayed discharge at UHK in each of the years 2020 to date in 2026. [56870/26]
• Healthcare Policy
  3557. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department or the HSE maintains records of the number of children with scoliosis travelling outside the State to access treatment unavailable in...
• Departmental Data
  3558. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost incurred by the HSE and her Department in funding overseas treatment for children with scoliosis in each of the past ten years, in tabular...
• Healthcare Policy
  3559. To ask the Minister for Health whether consideration is being given to extending funding supports for children requiring specialist scoliosis treatment outside the European Union where an...
• Health Services Waiting Lists
  3562. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women that are on the endometriosis waiting lists in County Kerry; the number that are on the national waiting list; the number that are waiting...
• Home Help Service
  3563. To ask the Minister for Health if a relocation decision will be reversed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56909/26]
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  3564. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time to see a consultant ENT surgeon for a first appointment at St Vincent's University Hospital. [56912/26]
• Hospital Staff
  3565. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE cardiac physiologists and cardiac radiographers posts filled at St James's Hospital as of 16 July 2026, in tabular form. [56913/26]
• Health Services Waiting Lists
  3566. To ask the Minister for Health her immediate plans to clear the current delay for post-cancer annual surveillance mammograms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56924/26]
• Health Screening Programmes
  3567. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to address the growing volume of women who fall outside the age range for BreastCheck screening that require symptomatic and surveillance breast...
• Health Services
  3568. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the impending threat of closure to a centre (details supplied); her views on ensuring this essential service remains in its current...
• Clinical Trials
  3569. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a clinical trial (details supplied); and the steps being taken to ensure that Ireland does not fall behind other European countries in...
• Hospital Equipment
  3570. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in the coronary care unit at UHW that presently have integrated technology telemetry connections to the coronary care monitoring suite...
• Hospital Services
  3571. To ask the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that all patients who have either received treatment or are awaiting treatment in the cath lab suite at UHW or that are short stay...
• Departmental Data
  3574. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds that are available in the cardiac day wards in Cork University Hospital, University Hospital Limerick, St. James's Hospital, St. Vincent's...
• Ambulance Service
  3575. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of concerns regarding ambulance response times in County Mayo; the steps being taken to improve National Ambulance Service coverage and...
• Health Services Staff
  3579. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to recruit and retain paramedics and advanced paramedics in County Mayo; whether additional ambulance resources are planned for the...
• Healthcare Policy
  3580. To ask the Minister for Health if she has been made aware of reports that the Saint Marie Goretti Ward at the Cluain Lir Care Centre, Mullingar, may be facing closure; if she will confirm...
• Cancer Services
  3587. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to provide radiation services in the Midlands for cancer patients in recovery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56974/26]
• Departmental Funding
  3588. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocation to a hospital (details supplied) in the years 2022 to 2025; the spending for each of those years; the funding allocated for the year...
• Hospital Staff
  3589. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing at a hospital (details supplied) in the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; per job type and WTE funded and WTE filled; and if she will make a...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  3590. To ask the Minister for Health the current average wait time per speciality in a hospital (details supplied); the longest waiter per speciality; the number of patients waiting to be seen...
• Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
  3591. To ask the Minister for Health the capital funding allocation for a hospital (details supplied) between the years 2022 to 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56979/26]
• Mental Health Services
  3592. To ask the Minister for Health the current arrangements with regard to equity and access in the specialist perinatal mental health services at a hospital (details supplied); if this is in...
• Health Service Executive
  3595. To ask the Minister for Health the number of call outs by the HSE pest control services in the Dublin region in 2025 and in 2026 year to date. [56987/26]
• Health Services
  3598. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently assist a constituent (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56992/26]
• Medical Cards
  3599. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently address a query for a constituent (details supplied); to allow for an interim medical card given that national appeals are taking upwards of three...
• Care Services
  3600. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review correspondence (details supplied); the supports available to HSE carers who are required to submit travel expenses online but have not been...
• Medical Cards
  3601. To ask the Minister for Health to issue a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56996/26]
• Home Help Service
  3602. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the significant number of people currently awaiting home support hours in Donegal; the recruitment measures underway within the HSE to...
• Cancer Services
  3604. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department is currently considering implementing measures to help clear the 10-12 week delay for post-cancer annual surveillance mammograms; and if she...
• Health Screening Programmes
  3605. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department is currently considering changing the BreastCheck screening age or taking other measures to address the fact that a growing volume of...
• Hospital Procedures
  3606. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to concerns that public hospital units are often unable to coordinate mammograms and ultrasounds on the same day for...
• Healthcare Policy
  3607. To ask the Minister for Health if she will set out Ireland's current position at the EU PAFF Committee in relation to the development of maximum permitted levels for vitamins and minerals...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  3611. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment at the Centre for Obesity Management in St Columcille's Hospital, Loughlinstown, County Dublin;...
• Disease Management
  3612. To ask the Minister for Health the financial assistance or schemes available for a person (details supplied) with type two diabetes in purchasing sensors; and if she will make a statement...
• Departmental Data
  3613. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurse posts per CHO; and the number of posts filled and the number of vacancies, in tabular form. [57062/26]
• Health Services Waiting Lists
  3614. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on a waiting list for orthodontic treatment in the CHO7 area; the average waiting time; and the number of those waiting more than 12...
• Health Services Staff
  3615. To ask the Minister for Health the number of filled and vacant dietitian WTEs in the CHO7 area, in tabular form. [57064/26]
• Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
  3617. To ask the Minister for Health the status of Kelvin Grove, Carlow; the plans in place for its use; and the date by which it will be brought back into use. [57066/26]
• Mental Health Services
  3618. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts in perinatal mental health services per CHO area; and the number of posts filled and the number of vacancies, in tabular form. [57067/26]
• Home Care Packages
  3619. To ask the Minister for Health the number of older persons on a waiting list for home care packages in the CHO7 area; and the number of those who have been waiting more than six months....
• Health Services Waiting Lists
  3620. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people currently on the waiting list for the Centre for Obesity Management; and the average waiting time to access services once a referral has...
• Health Services Staff
  3623. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full time Public Health Nurses covering the Donaghmede area of Dubin 13; and the contact details of same. [57101/26]
• Hospital Equipment
  3624. To ask the Minister for Health the number of MRI, CT and PET machines currently available for use at Beaumont Hospital. [57102/26]
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  3625. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for patients to access oncology services, the longest waiting time, broken down by hospital; the number of patients currently...
• Medicinal Products
  3626. To ask the Minister for Health her views on proposed EU rules on vitamin and mineral supplements (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57105/26]
• Health Services Staff
  3627. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of a non-profit initiative to provide evidence-based care to patients with osteoarthritis (details supplied); the measures being taken by her...
• Hospital Facilities
  3628. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on current works on a hospital (details supplied); when she expects these works to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the...
• Hospital Staff
  3629. To ask the Minister for Health the list of agencies in receipt of money for the provision of agency staffing services in each acute hospital; the cost of those services provided per agency...
• Health Services Staff
  3630. To ask the Minister for Health the list of agencies in receipt of money for the provision of agency staffing services per regional health area; the cost of those services provided per...
• Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
  3632. To ask the Minister for Health the plans for the funds raised to date by Children’s Health Ireland and Children's Health Foundation through fundraising, following the integration of...
• Health Services
  3634. To ask the Minister for Health the designated national lead with responsibility and accountability for the development, co-ordination and oversight of paediatric asthma care in Ireland,...
• Hospital Staff
  3636. To ask the Minister for Health if she will maintain the pay link between the grades of advanced nurse practitioner (ANP) and advanced midwife practitioner (AMP) with assistant director of...
• Health Service Executive
  3637. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the approval process for costs in excess of €10,000 within the HSE; if such costs can be approved by hospital CEOs and regional executive...
• Hospital Staff
  3638. To ask the Minister for Health the number of eye clinic liaison officers, by hospital, in tabular form; and the plans to expand the number of eye clinic liaison officers in public...
• Medical Aids and Appliances
  3640. To ask the Minister for Health the reason low vision aids are not covered under the local GMS budget in a number of counties in the south east (details supplied); if the necessary funding...
• Assisted Human Reproduction
  3643. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons commencement of the retrospective surrogacy provisions contained in Part 12 of the Assisted Human Reproduction Act 2024 are contingent upon the...
• Hospital Staff
  3648. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff currently employed in the dermatology department at Regional Hospital Mullingar, broken down by grade and whole-time equivalent; the...
• Hospital Facilities
  3649. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of car parking spaces available on the St. Mary's Campus, Mullingar; the categories of persons for whom these spaces are designated; the...
• Public Procurement Contracts
  3650. To ask the Minister for Health the total value of non-compliant public procurement identified within her Department and in bodies under the aegis of her Department in 2025 and to date in...
• Artificial Intelligence
  3651. To ask the Minister for Health the usage of artificial intelligence within her Department; the categories of usage; the usage of artificial intelligence within any bodies under the aegis of...
• Departmental Data
  3652. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults who have presented to emergency departments due to e-scooter related injuries in the years 2021 to present, by year, in tabular form; and...
• Hospital Staff
  3653. To ask the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to ensure that the concerns of expectant parents and families are being directly considered during the phasing out of...
• Health Services
  3655. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to include the information contained in the CSO report 'Measuring Distance to Services in Ireland 2026 - Health Services' in health service and...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  3656. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently awaiting a first outpatient neurology appointment at the Regional Hospital Mullingar, by the length of time waiting, zero to...
• Hospital Staff
  3663. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff WTE employed in Cork University Maternity Hospital in May 2026 and in December 2019 in medical, dental, nursing and midwifery, in tabular...
• Departmental Funding
  3665. To ask the Minister for Health if she will detail for each public hospital and for each voluntary hospital for each year 2019 to 2025, the gross Exchequer allocation to each; the net...
• Departmental Expenditure
  3666. To ask the Minister for Health if she will detail for each public hospital and for each voluntary hospital for 2026, the gross Exchequer allocation to each; the net allocation to each, in...
• Hospital Facilities
  3667. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of inpatients beds in each public/voluntary hospital including any beds currently/temporarily closed; the number of day case beds in each...
• Home Help Service
  3668. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who have been recruited through the healthcare assistant-home support recruitment campaigns in each county in 2026, in tabular form; the...
• Hospital Services
  3671. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department or HSE has assessed the impact of overnight partner restrictions on postnatal anxiety, depression, breastfeeding, dignity, safety and...
• Ambulance Service
  3674. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 768 of 23 June 2026, to clarify if an onboard recording of the second incident exists (details supplied); if so, the...
• Patient Safety
  3675. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 768 of 23 June 2026, the reason the employee concerned resigned; the date at which events occurred (details supplied);...
• Hospital Services
  3677. To ask the Minister for Health if she will implement routine opt-out HIV testing in emergency departments; the timeframe for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57376/26]
• Health Services
  3678. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to expand equitable access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and eliminate waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the...
• Departmental Strategies
  3679. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the development of a HIV Action Plan; the timeline for publication; if she intends to provide sustainable funding for the voluntary...
• Ambulance Service
  3680. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the development of additional entry pathways into the National Ambulance Service (details supplied); if consideration is being given to such an...
• Hospital Services
  3681. To ask the Minister for Health the volume of samples processed in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda laboratory that are from private clinics; if consultants on public only contracts...
• Departmental Reviews
  3684. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 478 of 26 March 2026, the status of the review of helicopter emergency medicine services (details supplied); the...
• Health Services
  3686. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a funding proposal submitted to the HSE (details supplied); the timeline for a decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57387/26]
• Healthcare Policy
  3687. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to address chronic understaffing and stark regional gaps in podiatry identified in her Department’s Diabetes Policy and...
• Hospital Staff
  3688. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 861 of 7 July 2026, the number of instances of breaches of the public only consultant contract which came to the...
• National Treatment Purchase Fund
  3690. To ask the Minister for Health the average weekly price negotiated by the National Treatment Purchase Fund with private and voluntary nursing homes under the nursing homes support scheme in...
• Departmental Data
  3691. To ask the Minister for Health the number of living donor kidney transplants carried out in each of the years 2021 to date in 2026, in tabular form; the steps being taken to expand the...
• Departmental Expenditure
  3693. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing and funding allocated to Organ Donation Transplant Ireland in each of the years 2021 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
• Disability Services
  3694. To ask the Minister for Health if additional speech therapy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and rehab assistant posts will be provided at the new Killarney community nursing unit; if...
• Hospital Facilities
  3695. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a radiotherapy unit at University Hospital Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57421/26]
• Departmental Data
  3696. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients from Kerry who used the five radiotherapy suites at Cork University Hospital in each of the years since January 2020 and to date in...
• Healthcare Policy
  3698. To ask the Minister for Health her views on a recently launched report (details supplied) which outlines a critical roadmap for Ireland to meet its international commitment to end new HIV...
• Hospital Procedures
  3699. To ask the Minister for Health whether there are national clinical guidelines regarding the use of a tenaculum during outpatient hysteroscopy procedures; and if she will make a statement on...
• Medicinal Products
  3703. To ask the Minister for Health the total dispensing costs for individuals of a medication (details supplied) nationally for each month in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; to provide the...
• Medical Aids and Appliances
  3707. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for reimbursement of continuous glucose monitoring systems submitted on an exceptional or case by case basis in each of the years...
• Home Care Packages
  3708. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons approved for home support services in County Cork who are currently awaiting commencement of services; the number awaiting additional...
• Dental Services
  3709. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE dentists assigned to CHO4 in each of the past three years; the current waiting times for school screening and treatment services for schools...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  3710. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting cataract ophthalmology outpatient appointments, diagnostics and cataract surgery procedures in CHO4 as of the latest available...
• Mental Health Services
  3712. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of a new medical facility (details supplied); the estimated capital cost; the projected completion date; and if she will make a statement...
• Departmental Data
  3713. To ask the Minister for Health the number of individuals in CHO area 4 diagnosed with cancer in each of the past five years; the number referred to Cork University Hospital and the Mercy...
• General Practitioner Services
  3714. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GMS GP posts vacant in Cork County as of latest date available; the number of practices closed to new patients; the number of retirements and...
• Health Services Staff
  3715. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses assigned to CHO area four in each year since 2023; the current vacancy rate; the current number of births and over 65s...
• Hospital Services
  3716. To ask the Minister for Health the specific actions her Department is taking to address the extremely serious concerns regarding conditions within Beaumont Hospital's neurology and epilepsy...
• Departmental Data
  3717. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide the number of people resident in County Offaly who are currently attending or accessing Beaumont Hospital's neurology and epilepsy...
• Healthcare Policy
  3718. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the implementation of the National Neurorehabilitation Strategy 2011 and the subsequent implementation plans published in...
• Departmental Reviews
  3719. To ask the Minister for Health if she will confirm whether her Department has reviewed the recent inquest findings relating to the death of a patient (details supplied); the actions that...
• Hospital Services
  3720. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for the reported relocation of Beaumont Hospital's Patient Advocacy and Liaison Service (PALS) into a significantly reduced space; if she will...
• Medicinal Products
  3722. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to correspondence received (details supplied) in relation to EU proposals regarding vitamin and mineral supplements; and if she will make a...
• Primary Care Centres
  3723. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the proposed development of a building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57489/26]
• Mental Health Services
  3724. To ask the Minister for Health to report on the progress made to date on the development of a building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57490/26]
• Departmental Data
  3725. To ask the Minister for Health the number of days that MUH was at black escalation levels, in 2025 and in 2026 to date. [57504/26]
• Mental Health Services
  3736. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed in July 2021, 2022 and 2023 in community psychiatry, community psychology and community CAMHS areas in County Cork by area; and...
• Hospital Staff
  3740. To ask the Minister for Health the number of neurology specialist nurses that are employed at Cork University Hospital in comparison to the national guidelines; and the steps she will take...
• Health Services Staff
  3741. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychiatrists designated in a full-time capacity to the Carrigaline primary care centre; if there are locums; and her plans to recruit further...
• Mental Health Services
  3743. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists to be seen by a psychiatrist at the Carrigaline primary care centre by waiting times of three, six, nine, 12, 18 and 24 months,...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  3746. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for pain management in CUH and the Mercy Hospital by three, six, nine, 12, 18 and 24 months. [57529/26]
• Home Help Service
  3748. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for home help in south Lee, Cork; the number of patients that are approved for home help but have not been allocated care, and broken down by...
• Mental Health Services
  3751. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for CAMHS in south and north Lee by three, six, nine, 12, 18 and 24 months. [57534/26]
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  3752. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for neurology in CUH and the Mercy Hospital by three, six, nine, 12, 18 and 24 months. [57535/26]
• Dental Services
  3753. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists operating under the DTSS who are operating in each of the HSE health regions and broken down by county. [57536/26]
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  3754. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for ophthalmology in CUH and Mercy Hospital, broken down by whether they are waiting by 3, 6, 9, 12, 18 and 24 months. [57537/26]
• Departmental Data
  3755. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons and the number of persons aged over 75 years of age respectively, who presented at an emergency department who spent more than 12...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  3757. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for ophthalmology in CUH and Mercy Hospital, broken down by people waiting by two, three, four, and five years. [57540/26]
• Dental Services
  3760. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for dentistry services in the CUH and Cork south Lee, broken down by people waiting by two, three, four, and five years. [57543/26]
• Hospital Procedures
  3762. To ask the Minister for Health the number of heart and lung transplant operations that have been carried out in the first six months of 2026, in tabular form. [57602/26]
• Ambulance Service
  3763. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2027 of providing five additional 24-7 ambulances for the Cork Ambulance Services. [57603/26]
• Mental Health Services
  3764. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrists posts filled within Cork City Mental Health Service as of 21 July 2026; if she will provide the same figures as of...
• Hospital Procedures
  3765. To ask the Minister for Health the number of knee replacement surgeries carried out at Cork University Hospital in 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form. [57605/26]
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  3766. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting to see a consultant ophthalmologist at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital for a first appointment; and the average...
• Ambulance Service
  3767. To ask the Minister for Health the number of instances in 2023 to 2025 and to date in 2026 when ambulances in Cavan and Monaghan did not arrive within the targeted timeframe; and the...
• National Treatment Purchase Fund
  3770. To ask the Minister for Health if the national treatment purchase scheme (NTPF) engaged individually or collectively with a nursing home group (details supplied) during 2024; the basis on...
• Nursing Homes
  3771. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Information & Quality Authority reviewed the evidence regarding the operation of a nursing home group (details supplied) in France before...
• Meals-on-Wheels Services
  3773. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider using existing meals on wheels services provided through local community based organisations in the process of expanding provision of...
• Nursing Homes
  3774. To ask the Minister for Health the clinical governance arrangements planned to enable HSE clinical supports to be provided to private nursing homes in the context of the development of the...
• Health Service Executive
  3775. To ask 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...
• Hospital Services
  3776. To ask the Minister for Health if the 441 hospital beds categorised as ‘committed’ in Appendix 1 of the Acute Hospital Inpatient Bed Capacity Expansion Plan 2024–2031...
• Dental Services
  3778. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider the introduction of a network of HSE-operated mobile dental clinics to address the deficiencies in the current model of routine HSE...
• Hospital Staff
  3779. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding advanced nurse practitioners; if she is aware of concerns expressed (details supplied) regarding remuneration; if she intends to break...
• Ambulance Service
  3780. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the review of senior nurse management pay; when this review will take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57684/26]
• Health Services
  3786. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who have undergone serial casting treatment for scoliosis in each of the past five years; the number who achieved full spinal...
• Departmental Data
  3790. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children diagnosed with scoliosis or other spinal deformities who have been removed from, or phased out of, active follow-up by paediatric...
• Patient Files
  3792. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of the 19 maternity hospitals that are fully computerised/digitised, which can operate without paper files; and if she will make a statement...
• Hospital Appointments Status
  3793. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive a consultant appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57720/26]
• Food Safety
  3794. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the engagements her Department has had with the European Commission in relation to the proposed changes relating to maximum permitted levels of...
• Abortion Services
  3796. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to issues in relation to accessing translation services at GPs for women who wish to avail of abortion services; and if she...
• Medicinal Products
  3797. To ask the Minister for Health when saxenda (liraglutide) will be reimbursed for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57778/26]
• Assisted Human Reproduction
  3799. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider extending the current state funded IVF scheme to allow who had previous IVF Treatment to be admitted to the scheme; and if she will make...
• Mental Health Services
  3800. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the sanctioned WTE, filled WTE, vacant WTE, temporary agency WTE and recruitment status by grade within the CAMHS service serving Waterford, as of...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  3802. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the number of persons awaiting a first outpatient urology appointment at University Hospital Waterford, broken down by waiting-time bands of under...
• Tobacco Control Measures
  3805. To ask the Minister for Health the expected implementation timeline for each individual provision of the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) (Amendment) Bill...
• Health Strategies
  3806. To ask the Minister for Health if she is considering developing a national clinical pathway for Functional Neurological Disorder (FND); if such a pathway could include equitable access to...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  3807. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims made and proceedings initiated against the HSE or hospital groups by persons or groups of persons whose loved ones died after contracting...
• Hospital Staff
  3809. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the sanctioned consultant posts, filled posts, vacant posts and recruitment status by specialty at University Hospital Waterford, in tabular form....
• Hospital Procedures
  3811. To ask the Minister for Health the monthly theatre utilisation rate, the number of scheduled theatre sessions and the number of cancelled theatre sessions at University Hospital Waterford...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  3813. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting MRI by hospital and waiting-time band, together with the longest individual waiting time at each hospital, in tabular form....
• Health Services Waiting Lists
  3816. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a first community psychology appointment by county and waiting-time band, in tabular form. [57855/26]
• Dental Services
  3820. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting orthodontic assessment and the number awaiting orthodontic treatment, by county, age group and waiting-time band, in tabular...
• Health Services Waiting Lists
  3822. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a first audiology appointment by county, age group and waiting-time band, in tabular form. [57861/26]
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  3823. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting cataract surgery by hospital, age group and waiting-time band, in tabular form. [57862/26]
• Hospital Staff
  3828. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the sanctioned WTE, filled WTE, vacant WTE, temporary agency WTE and recruitment status for mental health nursing services in Waterford, in tabular...
• Home Care Packages
  3829. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours approved; the number delivered; the shortfall between approved and delivered hours; and the number of persons awaiting...
• Hospital Procedures
  3830. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges at University Hospital Waterford by month since January 2022, in tabular form. [57869/26]
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  3831. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who waited more than 12 hours in the emergency department at University Hospital Waterford before admission, by month since January...
• Hospital Overcrowding
  3832. To ask the Minister for Health the number of theatre sessions cancelled at University Hospital Waterford due to a lack of inpatient bed capacity, by month over the past three years, in...
• Hospital Staff
  3833. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the sanctioned WTE, filled WTE, vacant WTE, temporary agency WTE and recruitment status for public health nursing services by county, in tabular...
• Nursing Homes
  3834. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons approved for nursing home support scheme funding who are awaiting placement due to the unavailability of a nursing home bed, by county,...
• Mental Health Services
  3835. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the planned delivery of Jigsaw youth mental health services in County Waterford, including the expected opening date for a permanent...
• Hospital Equipment
  3836. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1018 of 12 of May 2026, to provide an update on the progress of a linear accelerator (LINAC) replacement programme for a...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  3837. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the current wait times for hip operations at a hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57976/26]
• Food Safety
  3839. To ask the Minister for Health if she has given consideration that Ireland’s representatives at the EU PAFF committee seek a temporary pause in the current process on maximum...
• Hospital Equipment
  3840. To ask the Minister for Health when an MRI machine will be operational within Monaghan hospital; the reason for delays which may have occurred; and if she will make a statement on the...
• Dental Services
  3844. To ask the Minister for Health the current WTE allocation to dental and orthodontic services in Cavan and Monaghan; the number of which are vacant; the reason for and duration of such...
• Mental Health Services
  3846. To ask the Minister for Health the pathways by which a person can access mental health supports in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the WTE allocation to each service; the number of which are...
• Primary Care Services
  3847. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for initial appointments in Cavan and Monaghan across primary care services; by service; duration of wait; and if she will make a...
• Health Strategies
  3848. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe in which she intends to expand the eligibility criteria of the free contraception scheme. [57990/26]
• Hospital Admissions
  3849. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who have presented to Tallaght Hospital due to complications from nitrous oxide misuse; for the years 2012 to present; by year, in...
• Health Service Executive
  3850. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58034/26]
• Health Services Staff
  3851. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 903 of 14 July 2026, if any further action will be taken at this stage; to outline in detail, the steps being taken by...
• Hospital Facilities
  3852. To ask the Minister for Health the number of private consultancy rooms on the grounds of public hospitals, by site; the manner in which the rent is set for these rooms; if the rent rates...
• Health Services Waiting Lists
  3855. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on a waiting list for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) by clinic; and the wait time to be offered a new appointment in each clinic, in...
• Health Services Staff
  3858. To ask the Minister for Health the number of social care workers who have applied for registration with CORU (details supplied); the time it will take to process these applications; the...
• Hospital Charges
  3859. To ask the Minister for Health the amount collected by each public hospital in respect of car parking charges for visitors and patients in each of the years since 2020, in tabular form; and...
• Cancer Services
  3861. To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure spent on contracting out radiotherapy treatment for public patients to private providers in 2025 and to date in 2026, by hospital, in...
• Dental Services
  3866. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists contracted to the dental treatment services scheme in each regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in 2025 and 2026, in...
• Health Strategies
  3870. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the promised national oral health action plan, following publication of national oral health policy entitled Smile agus Sláinte, in 2019;...
• Dental Services
  3871. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dental school places in third level institutes in each of the years from the 2019-2020 academic year to 2025-2026 academic year, by third level...
• Hospital Overcrowding
  3873. To ask the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rate for each public hospital in 2025; the national average for 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58075/26]
• Health Services
  3875. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public hospitals that have implemented their own electronic health records; to list each site; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
• Pension Provisions
  3877. To ask the Minister for Health if data has been gathered from Section 39 organisations, funded by the HSE, to establish the level of staff for which auto-enrolment applies; if this data is...
• Departmental Reviews
  3878. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 220 of 28 January 2026, to provide an update on her Department’s review of the Primary Care Centre Programme; if...
• Departmental Data
  3879. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 992 of 16 December 2025, to provide an update on the number of agency posts converted to HSE posts from the 960 figure...
• Hospital Facilities
  3882. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 776 of 21 October 2025, to provide an update on the delivery of the 297 acute beds provided for in the HSE National...
• Health Service Executive
  3883. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the delivery of the 177 acute beds provided for in the HSE National Service Plan 2026, by hospital and region; the number delivered...
• Departmental Reviews
  3886. To ask the Minister for Health following an internal review which found that the rostering of consultants on evenings and Saturdays remained low, if this matter has been remedied (details...
• Health Service Executive
  3887. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 783 of 14 May 2026, to provide a breakdown of vacant posts in the HSE, by staff category (details supplied); the number...
• Health Services Staff
  3889. To ask the Minister for Health if a person was appointed under the relevant terms and conditions of the public only consultant contract (details supplied); if this person is still engaged...
• Health Services
  3891. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on National Electronic Health Record (EHR) project; the status of the vendors shortlist; the expected length of this process; following...
• Health Strategies
  3893. To ask the Minister for Health to list the ten major programmes under her Department’s digital health reform agenda (details supplied); if there are any she would add to this list;...
• Home Care Packages
  3900. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for home care packages, by health region and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [58102/26]
• Health Services Waiting Lists
  3904. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for physiotherapy by health region and integrated healthcare area, age category and time waiting, in tabular form....
• Primary Care Centres
  3913. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the proposed Primary Care Centre at Virginia, County Cavan; the timeframe within which it is expected to become operational; and if she...
• Nursing Homes
  3914. To ask the Minister for Health if there are proposals to increase the numbers of nursing home places in the area of Virginia, County Cavan; the current status of any proposals; and if she...
• Primary Care Centres
  3915. To ask the Minister for Health the services available at each primary care centre in County Monaghan, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58118/26]
• EU Regulations
  3920. To ask the Minister for Health the steps her Department has taken to give effect to Ireland's obligations under Regulation (EU) 2021/2282 on health technology assessment, including the...
• Healthcare Policy
  3922. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the publication of updated low-risk alcohol guidelines, in view of the two reports published by the Health Information and Quality Authority...
• Patient Files
  3923. To ask the Minister for Health her response to the findings of the Health Information and Quality Authority's readiness assessment for data holders, published in March 2026, on Ireland's...
• Mental Health Services
  3927. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of residences providing 24-hour staff support for people using mental health services that are operated or funded by the HSE; the number of...
• Primary Care Services
  3932. To ask the Minister for Health the whole-time equivalent staffing in primary care services for 0-18s, as of 30 June 2026, by discipline, including psychology, occupational therapy, speech...
• Health Strategies
  3936. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the Health Performance Visualisation Platform; whether a decision has been made to pause or discontinue its use or rollout, not to renew...
• Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
  3938. To ask the Minister for Health for a list of all mental health capital projects costing in excess of €1 million in the South West region since 1 January 2023; the location and...
• Community Care
  3939. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the proposed Midleton Community Nursing Unit; the date the project received planning permission; the date works commenced on the build;...
• Hospital Services
  3940. To ask the Minister for Health across all diagnostic imaging modalities, the number of scans outsourced by the HSE in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the associated...
• Hospital Charges
  3943. To ask the Minister for Health the level of income raised by each HSE and section 38 acute hospital through private practice-related income in each year 2021 to 2025, in tabular form; and...
• Departmental Reviews
  3945. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Nayagam review and its expected completion date; and the amount spent on this to date. [58257/26]
• Hospital Procedures
  3949. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated cancellations of spinal surgery appointments in each year from 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026. [58261/26]
• Dental Services
  3951. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists participating in the dental treatment services scheme at the end of each year from 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026; the number who...
• General Practitioner Services
  3957. To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure incurred on GP services provided under the medical card and GP visit card schemes to persons seeking international protection,...
• Dental Services
  3958. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons seeking international protection, beneficiaries of temporary protection, and other persons accommodated under State-funded international...
• General Practitioner Services
  3959. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards and GP visit cards granted to persons seeking international protection, beneficiaries of temporary protection, and other persons...
• Hospital Admissions
  3960. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient admissions, outpatient appointments and emergency department attendances by persons seeking international protection and beneficiaries...
• Dental Services
  3961. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual expenditure on primary care, dental care, hospital care, prescribed medicines and community health services provided to persons seeking...
• Mental Health Services
  3962. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting to access each discipline within psychiatry of later life teams, broken down by discipline, HSE health region and integrated...
• Disabilities Assessments
  3963. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals received for ADHD assessment, broken down by child and adolescent services and adult services, in each month since January 2025; the...
• Hospital Staff
  3964. To ask the Minister for Health the number of newly-qualified full-time permanent job offers for occupational therapists at Tipperary University Hospital in 2025; and of the job offers, the...
• Health Services Staff
  3965. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant WTE positions, by job title currently within Tipperary Mental Health Services; and the expected timeframe for filling each of those...
• Hospital Services
  3971. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adverse incidents reported through the National Incident Management System by each hospital in the State in each of the past ten years, by...
• Health Service Executive
  3972. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid out in medical compensation by the HSE in each of the past ten years and to date in 2026, by CHO area or hospital group, in tabular form....
• Hospital Deaths
  3973. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who died on hospital trolleys in each of the past five years and to date in 2026, by county, in tabular form. [58374/26]
• Ambulance Service
  3974. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance call outs across the State in 2025, by county. [58375/26]
• Hospital Appointments Status
  3977. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cancelled hospital appointments in each hospital in the country in each of the past ten years and to date in 2026, by hospital, in tabular form....
• General Practitioner Services
  3978. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners working in each county in the State, in tabular form. [58379/26]
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  3979. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an outpatient appointment, inpatient treatment and day-case treatment within Children's Health Ireland at the end of each year...
• Disabilities Assessments
  3983. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals received for ADHD assessment in each of the past five years, and to date in 2026, broken down by children, adolescents and adults; the...
• Mental Health Services
  3984. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults with autism currently awaiting mental health supports; the average waiting time for access to these services; and if she...
• Primary Care Services
  3986. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals made to HSE counselling and counselling in primary care services in each of the past five years; the number of people awaiting their...
• Hospital Services
  3987. To ask the Minister for Health the level of revenue and capital funding allocated to or spent at Cavan General Hospital in each years 2021 to date in 2026, in tabular form. [58442/26]
• Hospital Staff
  3989. To ask the Minister for Health the level of approved staffing at Cavan General Hospital in each year 2021 to date in 2026, in tabular form. [58444/26]
• Mental Health Services
  3990. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 3034 of 14 April and 409 of 21 May 2026, the approved WTE, filled WTE and vacant WTE in social work, psychology and...
• Food Safety
  3991. To ask the Minister for Health whether she has had any engagement at European Union (EU) level regarding proposals that will set lower limits on the strength of vitamins and minerals in...
• Hospital Services
  3992. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 300 of 24 June 2026, in which the Health Service Executive confirmed the occurrence of incidents at Connolly Hospital...
• Departmental Data
  3993. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 300 of 24th June 2026, in which the Health Service Executive confirmed the occurrence of incidents at Connolly Hospital...
• Hospital Services
  3994. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 300 of 24 June 2026, in which the Health Service Executive confirmed the occurrence of incidents at Connolly Hospital...
• Eating Disorders
  3999. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline whether the inpatient bed capacity for adults with eating disorders report was published, the key findings of the report; and if she will...
• Cancer Services
  4001. To ask the Minister for Health the compliance rate with key performance indicators and standards for each type of cancer treatment, by cancer centre, for each year 2022 to 2025, inclusive;...
• Hospital Procedures
  4003. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people referred for urgent colonoscopy by hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [58557/26]
• Cancer Services
  4007. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which people with lived experience of a cancer diagnosis, their carers, clinical staff, advocacy groups and so on, will be involved in the external...
• Healthcare Policy
  4008. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the work to examine biobanking in Ireland, and the potential for legislation to underpin it, as recommended by the Irish Health Research...
• Hospital Staff
  4009. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent chefs, by grade, employed at Beaumont Hospital as of 18 May 2026; and to indicate the number directly employed and the...
• Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
  4010. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated timeline for completion of the detailed design stage of the new emergency department at Beaumont Hospital; when the construction tender is...
• Health Services Staff
  4013. To ask the Minister for Health the number of funded, filled and vacant speech and language therapist posts assigned to adult community rehabilitation and stroke recovery services in north...
• Health Services
  4014. To ask the Minister for Health whether she is aware of reports that stroke survivors in north Dublin are unable to access speech and language therapy services due to staffing shortages or...
• Mental Health Services
  4015. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and young people waiting to access each discipline within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, by discipline, HSE health region...
• Hospital Services
  4018. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community beds and step down beds available in South Lee in each of the years from 2023 to 2025 and to date in 2026. [58573/26]
• Food Safety
  4019. To ask the Minister for Health the number of premises serving food that were inspected by the FSA in 2025 and 2026; the number that were deemed unhygienic; and the number of premises...
• Departmental Funding
  4020. To ask the Minister for Health if she plans to provide additional funding for a facility (details supplied) to address the increasing demand in Cork. [58577/26]
• Health Services Staff
  4022. To ask the Minister for Health to directly employ two senior physiotherapists delivering specialist neurological physiotherapy services across Cork and Kerry. [58579/26]
• EU Presidency
  4023. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of her Department’s budget for the EU Presidency; the details of any planned gifts for attendees and dignitaries;...
• Ministerial Responsibilities
  4024. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of all gifts received in her capacity as Minister; the nature of these gifts and potential monetary value; the procedures...
• Departmental Expenditure
  4025. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of spending on media training or strategic consultants by her Department and all bodies under her aegis’ in preparation...
• Artificial Intelligence
  4026. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an overview of the AI policy in place within her Department; if AI has been incorporated into any work streams; if AI is ever used in reply to...
• Ministerial Communications
  4027. To ask the Minister for Health if she uses personal emails for Government business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58681/26]
• Child and Family Agency
  4030. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times that TUSLA have had to be called for a child under 18 left unaccompanied in accident and emergency by hospital in each of the last 6...
• Health Services Staff
  4031. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to expand or increase the staffing levels within each National Counselling Service, local County office and the wider National Counselling...
• Healthcare Policy
  4032. To ask the Minister for Health if she will be engaging with European partners to establish a European neurological health strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58845/26]
• Home Care Packages
  4033. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications received for homecare support in Wicklow in 2025 and to date in 2026; broken down by Municipal District, in tabular form; and if...
• Disability Services
  4035. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications received in 2025 and 2026 to date for respite care in Wicklow; the number of people awaiting for their respite care service to be...
• Health Services Waiting Lists
  4036. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who are on the waiting list for an appointment for speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and psychology broken down by...
• Dental Services
  4037. To ask the Minister for Health the number of independent dental practices who are currently signed up to the dental treatment services scheme in Wicklow; to provide a list of dental...
• Health Services Waiting Lists
  4040. To ask the Minister for Health the number currently on the waiting list for adult physiotherapy in CHO 6 and CHO 7, Wicklow broken down by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will...
• Mental Health Services
  4043. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the CAMHS waiting list in CHO6 & CHO7 County Wicklow; the average waiting time, by length of time three, six, 12+ months, in...
• Nursing Homes
  4044. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications received under the fair deal nursing home support scheme in County Wicklow in 2025 and to date in 2026; and if she will make a...
• Primary Care Services
  4045. To ask the Minister for Health the services provided in each primary healthcare centre in Wicklow, in tabular format; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58863/26]
• Primary Care Centres
  4046. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the upgrade of a primary healthcare centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58864/26]
• Health Service Executive
  4048. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will confirm what data is, was, or will be created in respect of (details supplied}; and if she will request that a full copy of this data be...
• Laboratory Facilities
  4049. To ask the Minister for Health if a laboratory will sell, retain, or transfer any of the data held (details supplied); and if she will request that the laboratory will delete any and all...
• Primary Care Services
  4054. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Primary Health Centre in Spiddal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58952/26]
• Mental Health Services
  4055. To ask the Minister for Health the additional measures being considered to improve access to community mental health services in north Dublin, including increased staffing, reduced waiting...
• Suicide Prevention
  4056. To ask the Minister for Health whether consideration is being given to expanding community-based suicide prevention services in north Dublin, including crisis intervention, bereavement...
• Health Services
  4057. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department has assessed the availability of specialist trauma services in north Dublin for children, adolescents and adults; whether additional...
• Budget 2027
  4058. To ask the Minister for Health whether Budget 2027 proposals include additional investment in community mental health and suicide prevention services, particularly in areas with growing...
• Health Service Executive
  4059. To ask the Minister for Health to address concerns related to service providers in receipt of HSE funding transferring funds to other jurisdictions; if any reviews are currently in place to...
• National Children's Hospital
  4060. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the new target completion date for the National Children's Hospital; the number of rooms now completed; the number of outstanding...
• Parking Provision
  4061. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a full breakdown of parking charges and revenues at hospitals across the State since 2020; the plans in place to reduce charges; and if she will...
• Health Screening Programmes
  4062. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the National Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme; the progress that has been made by the National Screening Advisory Committee to...
• Health Services
  4064. To ask the Minister for Health to address issues in relation to diabetic care in Wicklow in view of the transfer of some services to Dublin and patients being directed to access private...
• Departmental Legal Cases
  4065. To ask the Minister for Health the number of legal cases currently in progress in relation to delayed diagnosis of Endometriosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59008/26]
• Health Services
  4066. To ask the Minister for Health to commit to providing a national brain injury case management service to reach every person with a brain injury regardless of location; the specific...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  4067. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the Covid Inquiry; when it is expected to conclude and produce its findings; the amount expended on the process to date; and if she...
• Healthcare Policy
  4068. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the development of a model for a vaccine damage scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59017/26]
• Hospital Overcrowding
  4072. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the actions being taken by her Department and the HSE to increase inpatient bed capacity at a hospital (details supplied) in order to meet...
• Mental Health Services
  4073. To ask the Minister for Health whether there are plans to expand or develop HSE-led digital mental health supports for young people, particularly those who experience difficulties accessing...
• Hospital Equipment
  4074. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the procurement process for a new positron emission tomography scanner for HSE west; the current status of the project, including...
• Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
  4075. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the feasibility study being undertaken in respect of the Toghermore site in County Galway; the stage the study has reached and the...
• Cancer Services
  4077. To ask the Minister for Health the consideration being given in the development of the next national cancer strategy to expanding access to multi-biomarker testing using next-generation...
• Departmental Funding
  4079. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the National Oral Health Office has not been allocated funding for patients, in particular paediatric patients, who are on public orthodontic...
• Primary Care Centres
  4084. To ask the Minister for Health the primary care centres within CHO4 that currently provide child development checks, in tabular form. [59182/26]
• Hospital Facilities
  4085. To ask the Minister for Health the last date an external audit of fire safety checks were carried out at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital; and when the next external in-person...
• Dental Services
  4086. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE orthodontist posts filled within CHO4 as of 15 July 2026; and if she will provide the same figures as of 31 December 2023, in tabular form....
• Hospital Services
  4087. To ask the Minister for Health the number of opened and staffed critical care and high dependency unit beds at Cork University Hospital as of 15 July 2026, in tabular form. [59185/26]
• Hospital Procedures
  4088. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to reports that delays to surgery in a hospital (details supplied) are being caused by funding issues; and if she will make a statement on the...
• Hospital Staff
  4090. To ask the Minister for Health the number of unfilled consultant, SPR, Reg and SHO posts in a hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59194/26]
• Health Services Staff
  4091. To ask the Minister for Health the whole-time equivalent staffing levels in each community mental health team and CAMHS team, together with the approved staffing complement and vacancy...
• Primary Care Services
  4093. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting primary care services, by discipline, Community Healthcare Network and length of wait, in tabular form. [59297/26]
• Ambulance Service
  4095. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operational ambulance crews covering Co. Mayo each month from January 2025 to July 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59278/26]
• Hospital Services
  4098. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients treated at the accident and emergency department at Mayo University hospital each month in 2026; the number of staff working at the...
• Hospital Overcrowding
  4099. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on trolleys at MUH each month from January 2025 until July 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59282/26]
• Medicinal Products
  4100. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider adding moviprep to the list of drugs covered under the medical card scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59283/26]
• Primary Care Services
  4101. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the opening of the new regional specialist adult ADHD service for Mayo, Galway and Roscommon planned to open at the Castlebar primary care...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  4103. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on inpatient waiting lists at Mayo University Hospital broken down by treatment category for each month in 2026; and if she will make a...
• General Practitioner Services
  4104. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GMS-contracted general practitioners practising in each county in each of the past ten years, together with the number of GMS list closures and...
• Healthcare Policy
  4105. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the implementation of the National Policy and Strategy for the Provision of Neuro-Rehabilitation Services; the progress made...
• Health Services Staff
  4106. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of consultant neurologists employed by the HSE; the recommended number based on population need; the number of vacant posts; and the plans...
• Health Services
  4107. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for access to community and inpatient neuro-rehabilitation services in each HSE health region; and if she will make a statement on...
• Health Services Staff
  4110. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to address workforce shortages across neurological services, including neurology, neuropsychology, specialist nursing and allied...
• Health Services
  4112. To ask the Minister for Health the initiatives currently under way to improve diagnosis, treatment and multidisciplinary care for persons living with rare neurological diseases; and if she...
• Healthcare Policy
  4113. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to the development of a national neurological registry to improve planning, service delivery and research; and if she will...
• Health Services
  4114. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to support the adoption of innovative technologies, including digital health and precision medicine, to improve outcomes for people...
• Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
  4115. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the major capital development programme at a hospital (details supplied), including the proposed new emergency department, the 95-bed...
• Health Services Staff
  4116. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE currently on staff to deliver chemotherapy in each of the relevant hospitals in HSE Mid-West; and if she will make a statement on the...
• Health Services
  4118. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for diagnostic imaging tests at the end of Quarter 1 2025, in tabular form. [59337/26]
• Hospital Overcrowding
  4122. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure that there is no overcrowding at the emergency department at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda; and if she will make a...
• Health Services
  4123. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on podiatry services in the Louth area; and the plans there are to ensure adequate personnel and services; and if she will make a statement on...
• Dental Services
  4124. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the progress by the National Oral Health Office for orthodontists to provide care to Grade 5 dental patients; and if she will...
• Addiction Treatment Services
  4126. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider additional funding for addiction services provided through the North Eastern Regional Drugs and Alcohol Task Force; and if she will make...
• Health Services
  4128. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider additional funding and a strategy to deal with obesity issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59362/26]
• National Treatment Purchase Fund
  4129. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the numbers of people who availed of the Northern Planned Healthcare Scheme from June 2024 to June 2025; if she will detail the types of treatment...
• Health Services
  4130. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline the range and nature of diabetes services available to Louth-based adults and children at hospitals; if there are plans to improve the...
• Health Services Staff
  4131. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline any plans to introduce specialist public health nurses; the number; and at what cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
• Primary Care Services
  4132. To ask the Minister for Health if she will detail the positions unfilled in primary care; and the number on waiting lists in each county, broken down by team and by length of time, in...
• Mental Health Services
  4133. To ask the Minister for Health if she will detail the positions unfilled in CAMHS; the number on waiting lists in each county, broken down by team and by length of time, in tabular form;...
• Primary Care Centres
  4136. To ask the Minister for Health if she will detail the plan and timeline to deliver a fully populated primary care centre in Dundalk; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59370/26]
• Mental Health Services
  4137. To ask the Minister for Health if she will detail the plan and timeline to deliver the ten-bed extension in the Drogheda DOP, Crosslanes; outline any plans to improve the acute mental...
• General Practitioner Services
  4138. To ask the Minister for Health if she will detail the plan to deal with the lack of GP provision in Louth, and throughout the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59372/26]
• Dental Services
  4139. To ask the Minister for Health if she will detail the plan to deal with the lack of dental services for those on medical cards and PRSI patients; and the engagement she has had with the...
• Cannabis for Medicinal Use
  4140. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the current state of play with the MCAP scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59374/26]
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  4141. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time to see a consultant orthopaedic surgeon for a first appointment at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and if she will make a...
• Vaccination Programme
  4142. To ask the Minister for Health the current MenB Vaccine uptake rate among the eligible infant cohort in the HSE North East Region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59427/26]
• Health Services Staff
  4143. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE executive chefs employed by HSE and are based at Louth County Hospital as of 14 July 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement...
• Dental Services
  4144. To ask the Minister for Health if the recruitment campaign for an orthodontist to work at the Dundalk Orthodontic Unit located at the Louth County Hospital campus in Dundalk has been...
• Health Services Staff
  4148. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies, of all clinical grades at the Mater Pain Management Clinic; the efforts are being made to fill those vacancies; the way patients on...
• Departmental Projects
  4149. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the National Hearing Care Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59434/26]
• Hospital Facilities
  4150. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made to provide a shop/café facility at the Louth County Hospital, Dundalk; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59435/26]
• Disability Services
  4151. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list; the number waiting less than 4 months, the number waiting 4-12 months; and...
• Departmental Funding
  4154. To ask the Minister for Health the 100 non-governmental organisations that received the highest levels of public funding in the most recent year for which figures are available; the amount...

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