Questions

810. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the amounts spent under the Treatment Purchase Fund in each of the years 2015 to 2024; the main countries and recipients of those payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54633/25]

811. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the average time a person is waiting for medical services before availing of the Treatment Purchase Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54634/25]

812. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health that status of the €500,000 put aside in Budget 2025 to fund the HSE for the refurbishment, operation and staffing of existing hydrotherapy pools that are currently closed; if this money was drawn down in 2025 in full or in part; or if it will be drawn down in full or in part by the end of 2025; if there was draw down, which services benefitted from it; if th…

813. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health if the allocation of €500,000 put aside in Budget 2025 to fund the HSE for the refurbishment, operation and staffing of existing hydrotherapy pools that are currently closed, will be repeated in Budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54640/25]

814. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to address deficits accruing to major Section 39 providers of disability services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54641/25]

815. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the reason no proportionality assessment was carried out in respect of changes to the CORU standards and criteria for counsellors and psychotherapists; and if the implementation of these standards will be delayed to facilitate a proportionality assessment. [54652/25]

816. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the reason an organisation (details supplied) was not consulted after 2023 as part of the development of the 2025 CORU standards and criteria for counsellors and psychotherapists despite the professional expertise available in the organisation. [54653/25]

817. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if incremental credit will be provided to newly appointed radiation therapists in the HSE for previous relevant experience gained in the private sector or as an agency worker in a public hospital (details supplied); the reason radiation therapists are not currently included in the categories of staff in which incremental credit may be granted for previous relevan…

818. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of patients admitted to the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick having been previously discharged from the same hospital in the previous 96-hours in each of the years 2021 to 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54668/25]

819. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health her expenditure on advertising, with details of the objective, duration, social media platforms, reach, audience, CTR and cost of each social media advertising campaign, in 2023 to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54673/25]

820. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the staffing levels in primary care child psychology in the Dublin mid-west; to outline where these services have been paused; the time and the reason these were paused; the steps being taken to resume services; the number of children on waiting lists for psychology services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54681/25]

821. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health to outline the process of accepting a referral for primary care child psychology services; if letters are sent to parents asking to consent their child for services following a GP referral letter; to outline the need for this if a GP referral has been made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54682/25]

822. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if plans were considered to move cancer services in the Galway/Roscommon area to Merlin Park; if consultants in the area put together a clear proposal to set up a day ward type service on a floor of the building; if such a proposal was refused by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54690/25]

823. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if plans were considered to move accident and emergency services in the Galway/Roscommon area to Merlin Park; if consultants in the area put together a clear proposal to set up a day ward type service on a floor of the building; if such a proposal was refused by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54691/25]

824. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health if she will report on the capacity of palliative care in County Monaghan; the number of beds available; the WTE equivalent allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54693/25]

825. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if she will consider matters raised correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the funding of dexcom medication for a patient to manage type 1 diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54697/25]

826. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene in an urgent case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54730/25]

827. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the details of the works undertaken at the site of the former Owenacurra Centre, Midleton, since construction barriers were erected on 6 August 2025; and the timeline for the completion of the new build facility at that location. [54736/25]

828. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health if she will consider extending State-subsidised access to dexcom to a person (details supplied) who was prescribed this treatment following the correction of their diagnosis from type 2 to type 1 diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54759/25]

829. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for next hiring EMT's (details supplied) in Mayo, Sligo and Galway University Hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54768/25]

830. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the development of a national strategy to reduce sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) and epilepsy-related deaths here; if her Department has engaged with a group (details supplied) regarding their calls for such a strategy; the measures currently being taken to improve awareness and communication of SUDEP risk among pa…

831. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if she will confirm the reunification for families of medical evacuees from Gaza that was announced in July 2025; the date on which these families will be reunited with their family members already here receiving treatment; the way in which the reunification process will proceed; the details of the way and when family members still in Gaza will be brought…

832. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on efforts to secure a suitable long-term residential placement for a person (details supplied); the steps being taken by the HSE to identify or develop appropriate residential care options for individuals with complex psychological needs and acquired brain injury who do not meet existing service criteria; and if she will make a st…

833. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 668 of 7 October 2025, if her Department has accepted the recommendations of the Marie O’Shea report in regard to the removal of the three-day waiting period, the end of criminalisation of doctors and the need for clarity when it comes to providing abortion in cases of fatal foetal abnormality; and to detail the work of her D…

834. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health for an update on information sought during the summer from the Department of Health in the North in relation to cross-Border work ongoing in scoping the paediatric pathology services in both jurisdictions with a view to creating one cross-Border service; the timeframes relating to the overall project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54863/25]