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Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Written 28 Apr 2026 · to Health
1219. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE clinical nurse managers posts filled in the emergency department of Mercy University Hospital on 1 April 2024, 1 April 2025 and 1 April 2026, in tabular form. [30335/26]
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Written 28 Apr 2026 · to Health
1220. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE emergency medicine registrars posts filled at the emergency Department of Mercy University Hospital on 1 April 2024, 1 April 2025 and 1 April 2026, in tabular form. [30336/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 28 Apr 2026 · to Health
1221. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a child will receive a psychology services appointment; the current waiting times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30366/26]
Michael Collins Written 28 Apr 2026 · to Health
1222. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) waited three hours and ten minutes for an ambulance after it was requested by SouthDoc in Bantry on the night of 14 April 2026; whether this response time complies with HSE and National Ambulance Service targets for potentially life threatening respiratory emergencies; the measures she is taking to ensure that patients i…
Michael Collins Written 28 Apr 2026 · to Health
1223. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the reason a consultant in Cork University Hospital, a level one tertiary hospital, was unable to make an urgent or emergency referral to the ENT department in the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital (details supplied); whether it is policy that the South Infirmary does not accept consultant to consultant referrals from other hospitals; the steps bei…
Michael Collins Written 28 Apr 2026 · to Health
1224. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the reasons waiting times to be seen by the ENT department at the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital have exceeded 18 months for non urgent patients; the number of patients currently on the ENT waiting list at that hospital; the number that have been waiting longer than 12 and 18 months respectively; and the actions being taken to reduce these waiti…
Michael Collins Written 28 Apr 2026 · to Health
1225. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health her views on whether repeated reliance on antibiotics, prolonged ENT waiting lists and the absence of clear emergency referral pathways represent a failure of joined up care within the public health system; if she will provide a timeline for reform to ensure patient safety is prioritised over administrative barriers; and if she will make a statement on the ma…
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 28 Apr 2026 · to Health
1226. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if she will request the HSE to engage with a HIQA registered respite service (details supplied) with a view to establishing a service agreement to enable this ready-to-open service to become operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30388/26]
Louis O'Hara Written 28 Apr 2026 · to Health
1227. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health if staff of a Section 39 organisation (details supplied) are eligible for a pay increase for the years 2024-2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30393/26]
Pádraig Rice Written 28 Apr 2026 · to Health
1228. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 368 of 11 February 2026, the status of the tobacco-free Ireland policy review; the current timeline for completion of this review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30395/26]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 28 Apr 2026 · to Health
1229. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the number of instances where ambulances in Carlow and Kilkenny did not arrive within the targeted timeframe in 2023, 2024 and 2025; and the longest period that a person waited. [30397/26]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 28 Apr 2026 · to Health
1230. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health for an update on plans to increase the number of general practitioners in Carlow and Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30398/26]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 28 Apr 2026 · to Health
1231. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to increase the number of healthcare professionals in Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30399/26]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 28 Apr 2026 · to Health
1232. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to increase the number of healthcare professionals in Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30400/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 28 Apr 2026 · to Health
1233. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in infectious diseases based at St. James's Hospital as of 20 April 2026, in tabular form. [30435/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 28 Apr 2026 · to Health
1234. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE public health nurses based in CHO7 as of 17 April 2026; if she will provide the same figures as of 1 May 2023, in tabular form. [30436/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 28 Apr 2026 · to Health
1235. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff, by job title currently working at the pharmacy department of CHI Temple Street. [30437/26]
Emer Currie Written 28 Apr 2026 · to Health
1236. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the main policy achievements of her Department since 22 January 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30480/26]
Paula Butterly Written 28 Apr 2026 · to Health
1237. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Health to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30550/26]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 28 Apr 2026 · to Health
1238. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the limited consultant neurology outreach available in St. Lukes Hospital, Kilkenny; if she will commit funding to increase this in line with the 2016 Model of Care for Neurology Services in Ireland and the current Programme for Government. [30557/26]
Robert Troy Written 28 Apr 2026 · to Health
1239. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) in their latest report around consultant neurology outreach available in the Midlands Regional Hospital Mullingar; and if she will commit funding to increase this in line with the 2016 Model of Care for Neurology Services in Ireland and the current Programme for Government. [30560/26]
Ryan O'Meara Written 28 Apr 2026 · to Health
1240. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) in their latest report around the lack of consultant neurology services available in Tipperary University Hospital; and if she will commit funding to increase this in line with the 2016 Model of Care for Neurology Services in Ireland and the current Programme for Government. [30561/26]
Brendan Smith Written 28 Apr 2026 · to Health
1241. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the limited consultant neurology outreach available in Cavan General Hospital; and if she will commit funding to increase this in line with the 2016 Model of Care for Neurology Services in Ireland and the current Programme for Government. [30562/26]
Tony McCormack Written 28 Apr 2026 · to Health
1242. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the limited consultant neurology outreach available in Midlands Regional Hospital Tullamore; and if she will commit funding to increase this in line with the 2016 Model of Care for Neurology Services in Ireland and the current Programme for Government. [30563/26]
Naoise Ó Cearúil Written 28 Apr 2026 · to Health
1243. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) around the limited consultant neurology outreach available in Naas General Hospital; and if she will commit funding to increase this in line with the 2016 Model of Care for Neurology Services in Ireland and the current Programme for Government. [30564/26]