860. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health if her Department will consider establishing a specific retention and recruitment initiative to support rural and regional home support services, including in Clonmel, where staff shortages are acute. [54932/25]
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861. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health for an update on the new primary care centre in Nenagh; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54938/25]
862. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health the total number of job posts anticipated for the Nenagh primary care centre; the total number of new posts anticipated for the Nenagh primary care centre; if she will provide a breakdown of these new posts by job title or position; when and where these new posts will be advertised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54939/25]
863. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the number of acute inpatient beds allocated to Mayo University Hospital in each year from 2015 to 2025, in tabular form, to include any changes in bed capacity over the period; and to specify whether the hospital's acute bed capacity has increased, decreased or remained static year on year. [54947/25]
864. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has engaged with CORU on the proposed changes in regulations for psychotherapists and counsellors, which include the removal of mandatory personal therapy and clinical supervision, along with the creation of a rigid separation between counselling and psychotherapy; if her Department has concerns over these changes; and if she will make a st…
865. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if she will address the delays faced by a person (details supplied) in accessing support from CAMHS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54952/25]
866. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); to outline in detail the procedures undertaken by her Department for medical evacuations from Gaza; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54953/25]
867. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she intends to fully fund the 2024–30 collaborative tuberculosis strategy for Ireland. [54966/25]
868. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of expenditure on services from the association of ambulance chief executives, by the National Ambulance Service and the HSE, for 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [54975/25]
869. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health if there are any technical, legal, operational or policy constraints preventing her Department, when publishing quarterly reports of payments or purchase orders over €20,000, from including additional columns that link each payment to its underlying procurement process, specifically tender or contract title, name and address of the awarded contractor or supplier,…
870. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health if all contracting authorities under the aegis of her Department are in full compliance with Circular 05/2023, in particular the mandatory requirement to publish contract award notices for all contracts above €25,000; and if she will provide details of the monitoring or enforcement arrangements in place to ensure this requirement is met. [55078/25]
871. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the action being taken in hospitals to improve the awareness among healthcare staff of the needs of visually impaired patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55105/25]
872. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when funding will be secured to establish a national chronic intestinal failure centre here, which is already established in the United Kingdom and other European countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55106/25]
873. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1161 of 17 September 2025, if Ireland has a stockpile or contingency plan for essential medicines unavailable here (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55111/25]
874. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health if she is concerned that the recent increase in tax for vaping products coming into effect as of 1 November 2025 could have a knock-on increase in the number of cigarette smokers; the actions she will take to address these concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55116/25]
875. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive the exam needed to practise in the medical profession here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55128/25]
876. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive confirmation of their place on the list for a kidney transplant in Beaumont Hospital. [55129/25]
877. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the ongoing shortage of a medication (details supplied), which has now been out of stock for approximately eight months; if she is aware of the impact this shortage is having on long-term patients who have relied on this medication for decades; and if she will confirm when supply is expected to resume. [55143/25]
878. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if contingency arrangements are in place to support patients who have been prescribed alternative medications such as (details supplied), both of which are now also reported to be in short supply, leaving patients without appropriate inhalation therapy; and if she will ensure that the HSE and HPRA work with community pharmacists and wholesalers to secure temporary…
879. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a respite bed can be sourced for a person in Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55152/25]
880. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total number of homecare hours delivered by the State to date in 2025; the number of persons in receipt of such care; the way in which this compares to the targets for volume of services which is ordinarily set out in the HSE National Service Plan; the corresponding figures for 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55153/25]
881. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of all studies, research and reports commissioned by her Department that were outsourced, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; the names of the companies to which each study, research and report was outsourced; the total cost for each; the number of reports finalised and presented to her that have yet to be released by her Departmen…
882. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the average cost to the HSE for one hour of work from an agency nurse within the health service. [55218/25]
883. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses working in the HSE for a recruitment agency at present. [55219/25]
884. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the average amount paid to homecare agencies by the HSE for one hour of care to a patient. [55220/25]