485. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will publish a report by the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21221/26]
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486. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to address the shortcomings identified in the regulatory framework for emergency services practitioners and providers (details supplied); the steps she has taken since she was first informed of this issue in September 2025; if she has met with the chairperson of the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council regarding this issue; and if she will …
487. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2673 of 29 July 2025, if any work has been carried out to develop standard diagnostic policies or guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21223/26]
488. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder services or initiatives in each of the years from 2020 to 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21224/26]
489. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to an organisation in 2026 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21225/26]
490. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of optometrists providing services to medical card patients under the community ophthalmic services scheme in January of each year since 2020, by HSE Health Region, in tabular form. [21226/26]
491. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the budget for each hospital in 2025, in tabular form. [21227/26]
492. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of beds utilised by the HSE in private nursing homes in the HSE Mid West region in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, by site, in tabular form. [21228/26]
493. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of private nursing home beds utilised by the HSE in the Mid West region without a prior agreement in place in 2025 and to date in 2026, by site, in tabular form. [21229/26]
494. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide further information with respect to the acquisition of a site in Raheen, Limerick to progress Option B from the Health Information and Quality Authority’s review of the design and delivery of urgent and emergency healthcare services in HSE Mid West (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21230/26]
495. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the protocols that are in place for the diagnosis of Lyme’s disease in the health system. [21236/26]
496. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of people who have used the travel abroad scheme for Lyme’s disease, or conditions associated with it, because of an absence of appropriate care here in Ireland, for the years 2020 to 2025. [21237/26]
497. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a post-implementation review of the Public Only Consultant Contract is planned; and if so the timeline. [21246/26]
498. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform approved the Public Only Consultant Contract without a requirement for a value-for-money review. [21247/26]
499. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total estimated annual cost of the Public Only Consultant Contract since introduction. [21248/26]
500. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any analysis has been undertaken measuring the contract’s impact on waiting lists or consultant recruitment. [21249/26]
501. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Health the number of people in the County Wexford area awaiting paediatric and juvenile primary care psychology; the number waiting over six months, 12 months and two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21274/26]
502. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Health the services available to newborns and infants from public health nurses in each district in County Wexford; the steps being taken to increase public health nurses in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21275/26]
503. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE Emergency Medicine Registrars and Advanced Nurse Practitioners based at the HSE Minor Injuries Clinic, Smithfield as of 12 March 2026, in tabular form. [21279/26]
504. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE Cardiology Registrars based at St Vincent's University Hospital as of 12 March 2026, in tabular form. [21280/26]
505. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the staffing budget allocation for National Rehabilitation Hospital in the years of 2024, 2025 and 2026, in tabular form. [21281/26]
506. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of resuscitation bays currently available at St James's Hospital. [21282/26]
507. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any independent evaluation, review or cost-benefit assessment has been conducted by her Department or the HSE to determine whether the Public Only Consultant Contract introduced in March 2023 has delivered increased consultant presence in emergency departments, medical assessment units and inpatient wards during evening, weekend or public-holiday periods; …
508. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department considers it satisfactory from a governance and accountability perspective that the HSE DIME Work Practice Plan system records only planned consultant schedules rather than actual attendance or hours worked; whether any policy direction has been issued to introduce a time-and-attendance or equivalent verification system for consultant workin…
509. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of the Public Only Consultant Contract since its introduction in March 2023; whether the Department has established measurable performance indicators to determine whether the contract has delivered its stated objectives of increased senior clinical decision-maker availability in hospitals; and if she will provide de…