1099. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant neurologists that are currently dealing and treating public only patients at University Hospital Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9827/26]
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1100. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the total number of children referred for spinal surgery under outsourcing arrangements in 2025; the number of children who have been treated in 2025 and to-date in 2026; the breakdown by destination hospital including Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital New York and Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital London; and if she will make a statement on the matter. …
1101. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant ophthalmologists and ophthalmologist registrars based at University Hospital Waterford as of 2 February 2026, in tabular form. [9840/26]
1102. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE public health nurses based in Waterford; and the locations each of those nurses cover, in tabular form. [9841/26]
1103. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to install a second MRI scanner (details supplied) at Cavan General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9847/26]
1104. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has assessed the need for a dedicated paediatric neurology service within Mayo University Hospital or elsewhere in the west; if so, the outcome of that assessment and any planned investment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9854/26]
1105. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the current status of the HSE’s pause on the recruitment of physician associates; the reason for the continued delay in completing the review of the PA role; the expected timeline for publication of this review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9855/26]
1106. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the number of physician associate graduates from the 2024 and 2025 cohorts who remain unable to take up employment in the HSE due to the recruitment pause; the measures being considered to support these graduates pending the completion of the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9856/26]
1107. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the way in which the pause in physician associate recruitment aligns with current workforce planning needs, including pressures on emergency departments, waiting lists, and consultant and NCHD staffing shortages; the role envisaged for PAs in addressing these challenges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9857/26]
1108. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if an urgent case (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9858/26]
1109. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the action that is being taken in relation to the fact that infant formula that was removed from shelves across Europe was also sold in Ireland, despite assurances to the contrary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9878/26]
1110. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to increase GP recruitment and retention in areas of population growth, including Blessington, Co. Wicklow; the supports available for those currently on GP waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9883/26]
1111. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or the HSE have carried out an internal review or investigation into the impact of the three-day waiting period provision within the existing abortion legislation, including input from women who continued their pregnancies after an initial consultation about abortion with a GP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9897/26]
1112. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health to report on current number of people opting out of organ donation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9899/26]
1113. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health her views on plans the HSE has to increase organ donations in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9900/26]
1114. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health to report on the most current organ donation refusal rate and consent rate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9901/26]
1115. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health to report on the most common reason stated for refusing to donate organs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9902/26]
1116. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health to report on the average wait time for a transplant, by organ for the most recent data available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9903/26]
1117. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health to report on the current number of people awaiting transplant by organ; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9904/26]
1118. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health to report on the number of people for most recent data available who were removed from the transplant wait list for reasons other than receiving a transplant and then died within 90 days of removal from the list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9905/26]
1119. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has any centrally approved governance, compliance, or safeguarding framework applicable to non-statutory bodies that receive direct funding from her Department, excluding bodies funded through or overseen by the HSE; and if not, to state when the absence of such a framework was last examined by her Department and the reason no framework is …
1120. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the minimum governance, reporting, and compliance standards are required by her Department to be applied by departmental line units when overseeing non-statutory bodies funded directly by her Department, excluding HSE-funded bodies; whether those standards are set out in written Departmental policy or guidance; and how her Department assures consistency of oversi…
1121. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health what risk assessment, safeguarding assurance, and service-quality oversight mechanisms are operated directly by her Department in respect of non-statutory bodies receiving direct Departmental funding, separate from financial audit, expenditure controls, or post-hoc review by the Comptroller and Auditor General. [10008/26]
1122. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has carried out any internal review, audit, or evaluation since 2020 of the adequacy of its governance and oversight arrangements for non-statutory bodies funded directly by her Department; and if so, to provide the date of each review, the scope of the review, and the principal findings. [10009/26]
1123. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if it has been brought to her attention that there is a gross lack of nursing home vacancies in the Mid-West region and that many families are finding it impossible to secure places for ill or disabled relatives that require full nursing home care; her plans to alleviate the situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10044/26]