936. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to reintroducing or expanding medical screening for infectious diseases and viruses among persons entering or residing in the State; if any risk assessments or public health reviews have been undertaken in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61029/25]
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937. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the contract between the HSE and a company (details supplied) regarding the provision of imaging scans; if there are caps on the number of public patients that can be taken for scans; if the reason for these caps is due to limited HSE funding or another reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61037/25]
938. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Health her views on including spinal muscular atrophy in the national newborn screening programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61040/25]
939. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Health her views on the rise of both childhood and adult obesity, the policies of her Department and Government plans to reduce obesity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61041/25]
940. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health in view of another recent failure to provide nursing cover for Tory Island, when commitments will be fulfilled regarding the provision of nursing cover on the island at all times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61059/25]
941. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital admissions for drug-induced psychosis, by drug type, hospital, and year from 2022 to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61062/25]
942. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Health if her Department would outline the reason that the DESMOND diabetes training held in the Celbridge Health Centre is no longer running, given it provided invaluable information to those in the locality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61072/25]
943. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the opening of the dementia unit in Heather House in Cork. [61073/25]
944. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health if her Department is considering adding a test for spinal muscular atrophy to the heel prick test for newborns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61074/25]
945. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the engagement between her Department officials and the HSE regarding implementing a timeframe for the introduction of screening for SMA and SCID; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61075/25]
946. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if she will report on the implementation of a report concerning the upgrading of radiotherapy services provided by the St. Luke’s network and radiotherapy services in general (details supplied). [61076/25]
947. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the plans she has to increase the number of dementia specific nursing home spaces in the CHO3 area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61085/25]
948. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of public beds in nursing homes suitable for people with dementia in years 2020 to 2025, within the CHO3 area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61086/25]
949. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the steps which are being taken to address the shortfall of nursing home spaces in the CHO3 area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61087/25]
950. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health her plans to make permanent the pilot Community Access Support Team in Limerick; if it will be expanded; if additional central funds will be provided in support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61088/25]
951. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for completion of the additional 96-bed unit at University Hospital Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61089/25]
952. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the plans which are in place to support the health service and hospitals in the mid-west region during, and in advance of, the Ryder Cup 2027, during which an additional 200,000 people are expected in the Limerick area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61090/25]
953. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of assertive outreach or on-street mental health intervention teams provided or funded by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61113/25]
954. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her plans to expand the community access support team, CAST, pilot model in budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61114/25]
955. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the amount of revenue generated through public parking charges at a hospital (details supplied) in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61127/25]
956. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have availed of HSE stop-smoking services from a centre (details supplied) in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61128/25]
957. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant neurologists based at Tallaght University Hospital in 2023 and 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61131/25]
958. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if she will report on the capacity of palliative care services within Kildare; the number of WTE staff, by job title, currently working within this service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61132/25]
959. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total amount of Exchequer funding paid to private hospitals in 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, including all payments made through the National Treatment Purchase Fund, block-funding arrangements, contractual agreements, or any other State-supported schemes; the percentage increase in such funding by year; if departmental analysis has verified reports that o…
960. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health the HSE costs attributable to international protection applicants, by service that is GP/primary care (including GP visit cards), pharmacy/medicines, public health (screening, vaccination), emergency department, inpatient and outpatient activity, mental-health services, dental, interpreting and any per-applicant or per-episode cost estimates used for internal pla…