451. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of trainee GPs currently undertaking the National GP Training Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60773/25]
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452. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if there are the required number of accredited hospital training posts for all trainee GPs in the National GP Training Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60774/25]
453. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total number of GP practices in the State; and the number that are single-handed practices. [60775/25]
454. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of staff in the Central Mental Hospital Portrane, by grade, in tabular form. [60778/25]
455. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts in the Central Mental Hospital Portrane, by grade, in tabular form. [60779/25]
456. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting transfer from prison to the Central Mental Hospital Portrane, by prison and gender, in tabular from. [60780/25]
457. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for a transfer from prison to the Central Mental Hospital Portrane; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60781/25]
458. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 778 of 21 October 2025, the number of posts required to achieve baseline implementation of phases 1 and 2 of the Framework for Safe Nurse Staffing and Skill Mix (details supplied); to clarify the meaning of baseline in this context; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60782/25]
459. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked 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 tabular form. [60783/25]
460. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health to outline the engagement she has had with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage and his Department in order to streamline and speed up the planning and delivery of health infrastructure projects around the statutory planning process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60795/25]
461. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the strategic assessment report and preliminary business case regarding the co-location of University Maternity Hospital Limerick to University Hospital Limerick campus in Dooradoyle; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60796/25]
462. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if permanent transport will be provided for a person attending treatment (details supplied). [60799/25]
463. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.482 of 24 September 2024, the progress made in arranging an operation for a patient (details supplied) that was scheduled in 2022, 2023 and 2024 in Beaumont Hospital and if she will expedite the matter. [60802/25]
464. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the progress to date in arranging a date for a procedure for a person (details supplied) in University Hospital Waterford. [60803/25]
465. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that an appropriate location will be provided for the newly appointed GP and associated medical services at Mullinavat, County Kilkenny, if the local health centre has been assessed to determine its future use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60806/25]
466. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the way in which ambulance response times are measured from the time of 999 call to arrival at the scene of the emergency; the metrics and data which are involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60818/25]
467. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the status of the home birth service in Limerick including a date for its resumption; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60819/25]
468. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency department patients left on trolleys for over 12 hours in each of the past six months, by hospital; and the steps being taken to prevent a winter overcrowding crisis. [60821/25]
469. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if he has received reports, correspondence or internal assessments since 1 January 2025 concerning emergency department overcrowding at Mercy University Hospital Cork; if he is satisfied that patient numbers, waiting times and triage conditions at the facility meet national emergency care standards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60852/25]
470. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the current cleaning and infection control schedule in place at the Mercy University Hospital emergency department; the number of full-time and contracted cleaning staff assigned to the department during daytime and nighttime hours; and the date of the most recent deep-clean audit or environmental hygiene inspection overseen by her Department. [60853/25]
471. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the specific patient welfare measures mandated in emergency departments under HSE policy, including the provision of seating, refreshments, and pain relief for patients awaiting assessment beyond two hours; and whether she is satisfied that these minimum standards are being enforced at the Mercy University Hospital. [60854/25]
472. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of reported security or public order incidents recorded within the Mercy University Hospital emergency department in each of the past three years; the measures in place to protect staff and patients; and whether additional security staffing or Garda liaison has been requested by hospital management. [60855/25]
473. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she has commissioned or received any recent reports on stress, burnout, or workplace safety among nursing and support staff at the Mercy University Hospital emergency department; if he is satisfied that staffing ratios are adequate; and the steps being taken to retain and support front-line workers in that setting. [60856/25]
474. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health the status of two planning applications to the HSE (details supplied); whether the HSE received a notification of the planning application; the planning appeal; if so, the date of notification and the body that issued the notification; whether the HSE made a submission to the planning and/or appeal; and, if so, the date of any such submission; in tabular fo…
475. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the amount the HSE will be paying for the Killarney Community Hospital once the PPP is completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60867/25]