911. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health to expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60906/25]
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912. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the current status of the recruitment campaign for an ophthalmologist in south Tipperary; the number of applications received; the number called for interview; the timeframe now for the position to be offered; the status of the recruitment campaign for an optometrist; when this position will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60911/25]
913. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive a very urgent appointment at UHL; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60930/25]
914. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health the number and value of contracts that underwent post-award variations; the net value change as a percentage of original awards, by CPV/category; and the three most common drivers of variation identified, for 2022–2024. [60944/25]
915. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the total number of staff in each public and voluntary hospital on a whole-time equivalent basis at the end of September 2025; the number of medical and dental staff on a whole-time equivalent basis and the number of nursing and midwifery staff on a whole-time equivalent basis in each public and voluntary hospital at the end of September 2025, in tabular form; and…
916. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an early date for surgery will be arranged for a person (details supplied). [60964/25]
917. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting ear, nose, throat surgery at the ENT department of the Mater Hospital; the types of surgeries being awaited; and the current waiting times for patients to receive ENT surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60966/25]
918. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of holter monitors and cardiac event monitors currently available at Beaumont Hospital; the number of patients awaiting the use of a holter monitor and cardiac event monitor; and the average wait time to access these monitors from the hospital. [60967/25]
919. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the average waiting times to see a consultant paediatric neurologist at CHI Temple Street. [60968/25]
920. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the EuroMOMO z-score for Ireland for each week from the beginning of November 2024 to the end of March 2025, in tabular form; if the table will state the z-score in respect of each week and the number of corresponding recorded deaths; if she will provide the respective figures for the corresponding period in respect of the EuroMOMO zone as…
921. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the number hospitalisations per 1,000 cases of influenza in adults aged 65 and over in Ireland, alongside available comparative data for other EU member states, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60979/25]
922. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health when the 'ADHD in Adults - National Clinical Programme' will be available to County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60981/25]
923. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the implementation of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) screening in the National Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme; if she will confirm the expected timeline for the commencement of routine SMA screening for newborns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60986/25]
924. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health her plans to expand dental surgery services under general anaesthetic at Galway University Hospital for adults and children with intellectual, physical, or sensory disabilities in the Galway-Roscommon region, given that the current provision of one session every second Tuesday morning is insufficient and elective procedures have been repeatedly cancelled due to ho…
925. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health her plans to conduct a review of maternity services in University Hospital Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60993/25]
926. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2278 of 8 September 2025, the number of families over the past five years that have availed of the International Outsourcing Initiative in relation to spinal surgery. [60995/25]
927. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health for an update on her Department's efforts to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to publish a national policy on adult safeguarding for the health and social care sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61008/25]
928. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health for an update on her Department's efforts to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to explore the establishment of a National Safeguarding Body to ensure the health, safety and welfare of vulnerable adults; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61010/25]
929. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the Health (assisted human reproduction) (amendment) Bill; the timeline she is working towards in publishing this supplementary legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61012/25]
930. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has considered the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health's Pre-Legislative Scrutiny Report on the health (assisted human reproduction) (amendment) Bill; if she will accept the committee's recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61013/25]
931. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently examine fair deal client contribution costs for a person (details supplied); to provide a breakdown of the way in which these costs were calculated, as the family cannot afford same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61014/25]
932. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the total number of consultant epileptologists who are employed by the HSE and based in Cork University Hospital; if they are full-time or part-time, for each of the years ending the 31 December 2023, the 31 December 2024 and the number working there as of 31 October 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61019/25]
933. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the staffing numbers in the national cervical screening laboratory, by discipline and Grade of their employment; the vacancies that exist in each discipline and in each grade, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61020/25]
934. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the total number of senior dental surgeons who are employed by the HSE part-time or full-time and who provide for those who have special needs based in HSE CHO4 area for each of the years ending 31 December 2023, 31 December 2024, and 31 October 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61021/25]
935. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if persons seeking to enter or reside in the State are currently required to undergo medical screening or testing for infectious diseases or viruses; if not, the reason for this change from previous practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61028/25]