Questions

251. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, at the end of the first nine months of each year 2023 to 2025, by length of wait and by age, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52620/25]

252. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on home support waiting lists for a carer at the end of the first nine months of each year 2023 to 2025, by length of wait, in tabular form; and the number of persons who are receiving less than their full allocation of home support hours. [52621/25]

253. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health in light of recent figures released by the HSE on the horrendous growth in the numbers of children on waiting lists in Kerry and in the Kerry-Cork region from 2022 to 2025 inclusive (details supplied), the reason the figures for Kerry and Kerry-Cork are so much worse than other regions; the plans now in place to address the waiting lists; and if she will make a…

254. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will support the establishment of a dedicated pilot study focused on all aspects of the health service in the Iveragh and Dingle peninsulas, including staffing challenges, mental health, day care, primary care, home care, respite, palliative care, community hospital beds and ambulance provision, with a view to developing a model for service delivery in s…

255. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she recognises the concerns of residents in the Iveragh and Dingle peninsulas in County Kerry, who feel they have long suffered from substandard health services due to their remoteness from the centres of decision-making; and if she agrees that the need to travel long distances for basic care amounts to a form of geographic discrimination. [51843/25]

256. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health the progress to date in reducing waiting lists for children with additional needs accessing therapies in Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50457/25]

257. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to expand the accessibility of forensic examinations for victims of sexual assault; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36375/25]

258. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health whether plans for specialist health nurses, as outlined in the National Early Years Framework, which would help to identify vulnerable or at risk young children, will be operationalised and funded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50166/25]

259. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if the locating of a surgical hub at Sligo University Hospital was discussed prior to the forming of Government with prospective members of Government; and, if so, the promises that were made at the time. [36718/25]

260. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if she was personally aware that during negotiations to establish the current Government, a commitment was given, as stated by the Minister of State, Deputy Harkin, on local radio, for the surgical hub for the north west to be located at Sligo University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37249/25]

261. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to recent changes in the eligibility criteria for funding of current PhD candidates who commenced their research prior to 1 September 2025; his views on the impact this will have on this cohort of candidates who would have had a reasonable and legitimate expectation of being ab…

262. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pearse Doherty den Aire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail, agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil aon mholadh aige maidir le cothromaíocht ó thaobh pinsin agus cearta fostaíochta de do na Cúntóirí Teanga; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [52257/25]