346. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the percentage capacity each endoscopy unit nationally is currently functioning at, by hospital; the plans to address any shortfall, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27430/26]
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347. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the current ratio of healthcare workers available to perform colonoscopies, by hospital nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27431/26]
348. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the HSE buildings in Offaly that are currently unoccupied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27441/26]
349. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of childcare facilities operating in a HSE owned facility who are now facing eviction due to the HSE decision to sell this property; if she has engaged with the provider; if she has considered selling the property with the tenant in situ to allow the provider to continue operating from the premises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. …
350. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the HSE buildings in Offaly that are proposed for sale; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27443/26]
351. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE medical secretaries, by speciality posts that have been filled at St. James Hospital as of 1 April 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27450/26]
352. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE medical secretaries, by speciality posts that have been filled at St. Vincent's University Hospital as of 1 April 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27451/26]
353. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the public treatment services that are currently available for persons that suffer with stiff-person syndrome; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27452/26]
354. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric orthopaedic surgeons with a special interest in spinal surgeries based at CHI Temple Street as of 1 April 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27453/26]
355. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of a physiotherapy service specifically for MS patients in Sligo Leitrim (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27464/26]
356. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of house calls that doctors from each D-Doc treatment centre carried out during each day of the recent Easter bank holiday weekend; the average time from receipt of call at each D-Doc treatment centre until the doctor arrived at that house in question, in tabular form. [27484/26]
357. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will issue an urgent response to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27499/26]
358. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the introduction of an extended working day and week in the HSE and HSE-funded agencies (details supplied); the status of engagement with union representatives; if each site and agency has to reach individual agreements with union representatives and staff; if a national implementation plan has been developed; and if she will make a statem…
359. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reasons the independent review of roles and responsibilities at the National Ambulance Service has not been implemented; the progress to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27501/26]
360. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has established a formal, national definition of “clinically critical medicines”; and if so, the criteria used to determine such classification; and if she will provide the current list of medicines designated under this definition. [27514/26]
361. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a formal risk-assessment or stratification model is in place to categorise medicines by clinical criticality and patient safety risk; and the methodology used within such a model; and if she will outline how it is applied in practice across the health service. [27515/26]
362. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether respiratory emergency medicines, including salbutamol nebules, are classified as clinically critical within any national prioritisation system; and if she will detail the specific safeguards applied to ensure continuity of supply for such medicines. [27516/26]
363. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the governance structure underpinning the Medicines Criticality Assessment Group; the decision-making authority within that structure; and the level at which final determinations are made in relation to supply risk mitigation actions. [27517/26]
364. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether formal escalation thresholds exist within the medicines shortages framework based on clinical risk levels; and if so, the criteria for escalation; and the actions triggered at each level. [27518/26]
365. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether minimum stockholding requirements or buffer stock policies are in place for medicines deemed clinically critical; and the basis on which such levels are determined; and the mechanisms used to monitor compliance. [27519/26]
366. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether national early warning or predictive monitoring systems are in place to identify potential shortages of clinically critical medicines in advance; and if she will outline the data sources and indicators used within such systems. [27520/26]
367. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of recorded patient safety incidents, adverse clinical outcomes, or treatment disruptions linked to medicine shortages in each of the past five years; and whether such data is centrally collected and analysed. [27521/26]
368. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health which body holds ultimate accountability for ensuring continuity of supply of clinically critical medicines at national level; and the oversight mechanisms in place to monitor performance against this responsibility. [27522/26]
369. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the preparatory steps that have been taken to align national policy with the forthcoming European Union list of critical medicines; and whether an interim national list is in operation pending the introduction of EU measures. [27523/26]
370. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the total amount of funding allocated and paid by the Health Service Executive under wig grant schemes (including medical wig or hairpiece supports) in each of the past five years; and the number of recipients in each year, broken down by county, in tabular form. [27591/26]