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Mary Lou McDonald Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1978. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to review the provision of night support care as part of the HSE Home Support Package in relation to older persons in particular; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19833/26]
Ruth Coppinger Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1979. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if risk assessments were undertaken in the process of service change in a section 38 organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19834/26]
Ruth Coppinger Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1980. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the reason therapy posts in section 38 organisations that were HSE funded were not filled (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19835/26]
Donna McGettigan Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1981. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide supplementary payments or other measures to healthcare support carers in the community who will not be able to afford to travel to parts of East Clare and West Clare due to the dramatically increasing costs of petrol and diesel, some are expected to travel to 1 client up to 44km; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19850/26]
Conor D McGuinness Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1982. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if agency workers working as health care assistants who are not employed directly by the HSE will be entitled to basic protections such as sick pay or guaranteed hours (details supplied). [19851/26]
Conor Sheehan Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1983. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the negotiations around the inclusion of the shingles vaccine in the national immunisation programme; when she will make a decision on whether to include the shingles vaccine in the national immunisation programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19852/26]
Conor Sheehan Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1984. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the action she proposes to take to address the fact that Ireland has the lowest penetration of long acting HIV treatment at 1%; the measures she proposes to take to address logistical issues around the increased resource constraints around the additional staffing requirements in sexual health services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19853/26]
Conor Sheehan Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1985. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of whole time equivalent staff in sexual health service delivery in the HSE, by CHO, in each of the years 2021 to 2025, and to-date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19854/26]
Conor Sheehan Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1986. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE vacant posts in sexual health service delivery in the HSE, by CHO, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19855/26]
Conor Sheehan Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1987. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital staff that have completed sexual health services signposting training, by CHO, in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19856/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1988. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department requires the Health Service Executive to maintain a centralised register of residential properties owned by the HSE which are vacant; if not, whether she will introduce a policy requirement for the HSE to maintain such a register including the associated annual costs of security, insurance and maintenance; and if she will make a statement o…
Ken O'Flynn Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1989. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has conducted any review or assessment of the number of residential properties owned by the Health Service Executive which are vacant at present; the potential use of such properties for housing or accommodation purposes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19869/26]
John McGuinness Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1990. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a detailed account of the efforts made to identify an appropriate service provider regarding the care needs of a child (details supplied). [19876/26]
Claire Kerrane Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1991. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the number of hours or persons availing of home care hours, from private home care providers contracted by the HSE, to provide such services in County Roscommon and Galway. [19878/26]
Claire Kerrane Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1992. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health to advise if the HSE will contract out more private home care providers to meet the waiting list for home care in County Roscommon and Galway to ensure that those who need home care supports receive them, if not from the HSE directly, then contracted via the HSE. [19879/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1993. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or the Health Service Executive has undertaken any national or regional analysis examining the relationship between funded staff vacancy levels and agency staffing expenditure in the public health service; if such analysis has been undertaken, to provide the dates, methodology and key findings of that analysis; and if no such analysis has b…
Ken O'Flynn Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1994. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total number of agency staff engaged within the public health service expressed as whole-time equivalents in each regional health area for the years 2024 and 2025; the total associated expenditure on those staff in each region; and the proportion of agency expenditure represented by clinical, nursing, health and social care professionals and other staffing ca…
Ken O'Flynn Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1995. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the measures introduced since 2024 to reduce reliance on agency staffing within the public health service; the targets set by her Department or the Health Service Executive for reducing agency expenditure; the progress made against those targets to date; and the number of agency workers who have transitioned to direct employment contracts with the Health Service …
Carol Nolan Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1996. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason 50 beds and associated supports at the new Central Mental Hospital (CMH) have not opened, given the urgent need and concerns raised in a recent programme (details supplied) for appropriate mental health facilities; if she will give a commitment to ensure these 50 beds are made available immediately; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1988…
Roderic O'Gorman Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1997. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the legal measures or other options that are in place in a situation where a family member believes another family member is exercising coercive control over a parent, where that family member has moved in with that parent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19899/26]
Séamus McGrath Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1998. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health to consider including stiff person syndrome on the long term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19903/26]
Michael Cahill Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1999. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently reverse the respite cut from four weeks to two weeks given the four weeks was a tremendous help to families and carers who give 24/7 care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19904/26]
Conor Sheehan Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
2000. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health her plans to raise awareness of the new organ donation consent legislation as awareness levels are very low; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19909/26]
Liam Quaide Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
2001. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if she is reviewing the requirement on families to maintain indefinite responsibility for the care of a dependent adult with impaired decision-making capacity; the affects of restrictions in their participation of formal decisions affecting that person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19913/26]
Ivana Bacik Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
2002. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health her plans to raise public awareness of new laws pertaining to organ donation; and the public information measures that will be put in place this year. [19915/26]