1170. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists assigned to local authorities, in particular for assessment of housing adaption grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8543/26]
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1171. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health if a data-sharing agreement between the HSE and An Garda Síochána is in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8567/26]
1172. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if there is a planned consolidation of task forces; if there is a timetable in place; if so, if there will be consultation on the change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8580/26]
1173. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health to outline who is conducting the current review of the HSE's 2017 position paper on wind turbines and public health; the terms of reference governing this review; the expertise represented on the review group, including public health and environmental noise specialists; and when these details will be published, in order to support public confidence and plannin…
1174. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health what arrangements are in place to ensure that the HSE review of its 2017 position paper on wind turbines is conducted independently, transparently and in accordance with best practice in public health assessment; and whether there will be an opportunity for relevant stakeholders, including communities and planning authorities, to make submissions on implementa…
1175. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE review of its 2017 position paper on wind turbines will be explicitly required to assess the most up-to-date peer-reviewed scientific evidence and the latest WHO environmental noise guidelines; and whether she will publish confirmation of the evidentiary standards being applied, in order to provide long-term regulatory certainty and facilitate …
1176. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the long-awaited Killarney community hospital will open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8600/26]
1177. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to the to the drugs task force in Kilkenny in each of the past five years; to provide an outline of the activity in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8605/26]
1178. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an itemised breakdown of allocations made towards combatting loneliness between 2019 and 2025, indicating which specific organisations and projects have been supported, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8606/26]
1179. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she has directed, or will direct, the National Ambulance Service to collect and publish monthly data on the number of emergency calls classified as clinical status 1 purple and red where the response time exceeds 60 minutes; if not, the reasons this data is not currently required as part of national performance oversight; and the date from which such repo…
1180. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the rationale for excluding response times exceeding 60 minutes for clinical status 1 purple and red emergency calls from the key performance indicators of the National Ambulance Service; when this policy decision was taken; and whether she considers the exclusion of extreme delays to be consistent with patient safety and international best practice in emergency …
1181. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health when she was first made aware that the National Ambulance Service does not collate or report data on life-threatening emergency calls where response times exceed 60 minutes; whether this issue has been raised with her Department by the HSE or the NAS; and what actions, if any, she has taken since becoming aware of this gap in oversight. [8613/26]
1182. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health what formal escalation, intervention, or corrective measures are triggered when national or regional response time targets for clinical status 1 purple and red emergency calls are not met by the National Ambulance Service; whether any such measures were triggered during 2025; and if not, how target compliance is enforced in practice. [8614/26]
1183. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether median response times for clinical status 1 purple and red emergency calls are collected by the National Ambulance Service; if so, to provide the median response times for each of the past 12 months by HSE region; and if not, the reasons median data is not used alongside averages in assessing emergency response performance. [8615/26]
1184. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the assessment her Department has undertaken of the persistent variation in emergency ambulance response performance between HSE regions for clinical status 1 purple and red calls; whether staffing levels, fleet availability, or geographic coverage have been identified as contributory factors; and the national actions which are being taken to address regional ine…
1185. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will consider the provision of suicide crisis assessment nurses in the Kerry area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8655/26]
1186. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the rationale for the proposed establishment of regional structures under the National Drugs Strategy; to clarify the governance, funding and accountability arrangements for these structures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8672/26]
1187. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the way in which population-based planning, which will be used for the new National Drugs Strategy structures, will address deprivation and local need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8673/26]
1188. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the consultation which has taken place with Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces and communities ahead of the proposed regional structures under the National Drugs Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8674/26]
1189. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the way in which the independent, community-led nature, and preventative role, of task forces will be protected in the new proposed regional structures under the National Drugs Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8675/26]
1190. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the number of infringements of the Public Health (Sunbeds) Act recorded in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8750/26]
1191. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health her plans to introduce a legislative ban on sunbeds once the results of a working group report and public consultation are analysed; and the timeline of this. [8751/26]
1192. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health when the results of a public consultation on a potential ban on sunbeds will be made public; when the working group will submit its own report to her; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8752/26]
1193. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health her views that there is no safe limit for exposure to UV radiation from sunbeds and that using a sunbed even once increases your risk of cancer. [8753/26]
1194. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to provide financial supports for Irish students studying in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8325/26]