Questions

839. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the training or guidance being provided to assessment of need officers and multidisciplinary teams to ensure that complex presentations, including masking and twice-exceptionality, are recognised under the revised model; if her Department intends to review the implementation of the revised assessment of need framework to ensure tha…

840. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of primary medical certificate applications by region, including the number of applications made, the number accepted and the number rejected, for each region, in tabular form. [21389/26]

841. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of neurosurgery places for each of the past ten years in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin; the number of people that have been on the outpatients neurosurgery waiting list for each of the past ten years; the average waiting time for neurosurgery patients in Beaumont Hospital for each of the past ten years; the number of neurosurgeons that have been employed …

842. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health to outline the availability of specialist services and treatment pathways for patients diagnosed with functional neurological disorder in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21420/26]

843. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if the treatment abroad scheme is available to people who are unable to receive treatment for functional neurological disorder within the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21421/26]

844. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently awaiting assessment for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) supports; the number awaiting provision of AAC devices following assessment; the average waiting time for such supports; and whether additional funding has been allocated to reduce delays. [21443/26]

845. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if she will urgently review the decision not to award student paramedic contracts upon graduation; and her views on whether this change in policy could have a very negative impact on paramedic numbers in terms of fully trained paramedics travelling abroad rather than applying for positions throughout the country (details supplied). [21445/26]

846. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 9 of 22 January 2026, the status of a new psychiatric unit at Cavan General Hospital; if that project is currently included in the HSE capital plan; the timeframe within which it is expected to be delivered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21447/26]

847. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if she will consider the creation of a support scheme for those health workers who been diagnosed with long-Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21466/26]

848. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health her plans to rectify concerns that have been raised by radiographer tutors (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21473/26]

849. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the list of all consultants that were engaged as part of the north Kerry CAMHS lookback review; the dates of their engagement; the nature of their work; the reports produced and the cost associated with their services. [21486/26]

850. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the consultant reports commissioned as part of the north Kerry CAMHS lookback review; the objective of each report and any actions that arose from each report; and the progress to date on said actions and the costs associated with each report. [21487/26]

851. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the consultant reports commissioned as part of the south Kerry CAMHS lookback review; the objective of each report; and any actions that arose from each report; and the progress to date on said actions and the costs associated with each report [21488/26]

852. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the consultants that have been engaged as part of the south Kerry CAMHS lookback review; the dates of their engagement; the nature of their work; the reports produced and the cost associated with their services. [21489/26]

853. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide an online payment facility for persons accessing emergency department services at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and if not if this will be considered. [21490/26]

854. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 966, 968 and 1013 of 4 February 2026, to identify the category of food business operation of each of the three food businesses identified as having received consignments of contaminated beef in September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21491/26]

855. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 966, 968 and 1013 of 4 February 2026, to confirm whether the phrase; “that none of the implicated meat remained on the Irish market” means that at the time of inspection by environmental health officers from the HSE, the contaminated beef had all passed on to final consumers; and if she will make a statement on the ma…

856. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 966, 968 and 1013 of 4 February 2026, to identify the category of beef products such as, fresh beef, frozen beef, minced beef, beef preparations, processed beef, ready-to-eat meals (details supplied) containing beef contained in the consignments of contaminated beef in September 2025; and if she will make a statement …

857. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) does not have the supports they require in their school, resulting in missed school days through no fault of their own; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21496/26]

858. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to respond to concerns with respect to the recruitment and retention of clinical practice tutors in radiography (details supplied); if additional practice tutors posts will be provided to support additional clinical placements; if she will address outstanding issues related to pay, conditions and career progression; and if she will make a statement on the matter.…

859. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the amount of requested funds by regional executive offices; the amount approved; the amount outstanding for each of the past 12 months for taxi services, including the transport of patients for dialysis treatment, by county, in tabular form. [21530/26]

860. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of patients Lucena CAHMS have refused in the past five years; the reasons for refusal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21532/26]

861. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of patients Wexford North CAHMS team have refused in the past five years; the reasons for refusal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21533/26]

862. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the reason patients diagnosed with ADHD cannot access CAHMS services in counties Wicklow and Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21534/26]

863. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that are currently waiting to receive home care in North Wexford; the length of time they have been waiting; if her Department plans to increase the number of carer positions in that area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21535/26]