401. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of National Treatment Purchase Fund spending per speciality, per year, from 2018 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22983/25]
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402. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total amount spent by the HSE on the Waiting List Action Plan in 2022, 2023, 2024, and projected for 2025; a breakdown of that spending per HSE or National Treatment Purchase Fund, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22984/25]
403. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of acute hospital beds delivered from 2022 to date in 2025, and projected to the end of 2025, per year, per hospital, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22985/25]
404. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total spend by the National Treatment Purchase Fund on the treatment of Irish patients in Northern Ireland and the whole United Kingdom, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22986/25]
405. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of spending by the National Treatment Purchase Fund of private providers of care, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22987/25]
406. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total sum of money allocated to the National Treatment Purchase Fund from 2018 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22988/25]
407. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total sum of money spent by the National Treatment Purchase Fund from 2018 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22989/25]
408. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when she anticipates the report on the National Treatment Purchase Fund for 2024 will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22990/25]
409. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health if she will consider extending automatic medical card eligibility to adults with neurodiverse (e.g., with autism, ADHD) or related conditions, given the ongoing nature of their condition and the associated healthcare needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22995/25]
410. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of same sex marriages registered in the State in each of the years since 2015, by year, in tabular form. [22998/25]
411. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of marriages registered in the State in each of the years since 2015, by year, in tabular form. [22999/25]
412. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if allocation space for the National Gender Service in the Vista building has been approved by HSE estates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23008/25]
413. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health to outline the details of any planned future expansion at a hospital (details supplied) that would alleviate pressures and challenges being faced in the accident and emergency department, and would increase capacity to manage high volumes of people who present by ambulance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23011/25]
414. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the total number of vacant posts currently unfilled across all departments at a hospital (details supplied); and the length of time these posts have been vacant for, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23012/25]
415. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the case of a child (details supplied) who died following complications arising from an implanted cardiac device and multiple missed clinical red flags at CHI Crumlin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23013/25]
416. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if she will initiate an independent external clinical review of the care provided to a child (details supplied) at CHI Crumlin, given multiple missed clinical red flags, the apparent failure to act on Holter monitor results, and concerns regarding the veracity of posthumous documentation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23014/25]
417. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if CHI Crumlin has reviewed its internal handling of the medical care and communications with the family of the late child (details supplied); if any disciplinary action or systems reform has followed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23015/25]
418. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the reason no investigation, follow-up, or treatment was pursued in relation to a leaky heart valve identified in the medical records of a child (details supplied) in both 2017 and 2022; to outline the standard of care that applies in such cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23016/25]
419. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if any existing paediatric valve replacement therapies, including transcatheter options such as the harmony valve, were considered in the case of a child (details supplied); if not, the reason such interventions would have been ruled out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23017/25]
420. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if she will direct Children’s Health Ireland to publish clinical criteria used when determining whether a leaky heart valve in a paediatric patient with a cardiac history requires further investigation or treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23018/25]
421. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if Children’s Health Ireland filed a mandatory report under medical device regulations to the manufacturer of either the cardiac pacemaker or Holter monitor used in the care of a child (details supplied) following her death; if not, to provide an explanation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23019/25]
422. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health to outline the statutory obligations on hospitals to report adverse incidents or deaths potentially related to medical devices, including pacemakers and Holter monitors; and if these obligations were met by CHI Crumlin in the case of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23020/25]
423. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if CHI Crumlin considered growth-related complications, such as lead strain or displacement when planning the long-term management of an implanted pacemaker in a child (details supplied) given their family’s height and the warnings raised by the father of the child prior to the initial implantation in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23021/25…
424. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that CHI introduces protocols requiring that parental concerns, particularly those regarding surgical risks are formally documented and reviewed as part of informed consent processes for high-risk paediatric interventions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23022/25]
425. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if her Department has received complaints or concerns from other families regarding cardiac device management or pacemaker-related complications at CHI; if she will publish a summary of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23028/25]