Questions

876. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of people in the midlands region who have been approved for HSE home support hours but are currently unable to access all or part of those hours due to a lack of available home support workers; the number of directly employed HSE home support workers and the number employed by private providers in the region; the current vacancy rate; the measures bein…

877. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the reason a person aged 98 years, who has been approved for thirteen hours of home support per week has been advised that no home support workers are currently available to provide the approved care, they are only available for four hours a week; the steps being taken to ensure that the approved hours are delivered; whether alternative arrangements through priva…

878. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to prioritise oral health within the universal healthcare agenda, develop a detailed implementation strategy and ensure stakeholder buy-in (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47747/26]

879. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health her plans to assist the small number of people who may have had adverse reactions to Covid-19 vaccines; and to provide and update on discussions with vaccine manufacturers or indemnities provided in relation to adverse reactions from those vaccines. [47757/26]

880. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health the current staffing levels for diabetes services in the Dublin Fingal West area; the extent of staffing shortages across the multidisciplinary diabetes team, including consultant, nursing, dietetic and podiatry posts; the impact these vacancies are having on patient access to care and waiting times; if additional funding has been allocated to address these …

881. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health whether implementation of the Diabetes Policy and Services Review: A strategy for Better Care Diabetes Strategy has been identified as a ministerial priority within the HSE national service plan and Estimates process for 2027; if new funding will be provided in the upcoming budget to support the implementation of the national diabetes strategy; and if she will…

882. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health with reference to the Diabetes Policy and Services Review: A strategy for Better Care Diabetes Strategy and the appendix outlining staffing gaps in current service provision, whether funding will be made available for the new posts identified in the HSE Dublin and north-east area to include acute hospital diabetes services, community specialist teams, paediatr…

883. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the lengthy waiting times for rheumatology outpatient appointments at Galway University Hospital; the steps being taken to reduce waiting lists for patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis and chronic pain; and if she will provide an update on when a person (details supplied) who was placed on the rheumatology waiting list in October 2025…

884. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1088 of 19 May 2026, if the HSE will confirm whether it intends to develop a clinical definition of “obesity-related conditions” for measurement purposes; if the healthcare pricing office will expand the ICD-10-AM code set used for this analysis beyond E66.1, E66.2 and E66.9 to capture conditions where obesity is a recognised …

885. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide a breakdown by hospital group or CHO area of the discharges with a secondary diagnosis of obesity reported to HIPE for 2020 to 2025; and if the HSE will indicate the estimated cost to the public hospital system associated with these admissions. [47805/26]

886. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the change in coding classification from ICD-10-AM 10th edition to 12th edition in 2024 has been assessed for its impact on the comparability of obesity-related discharge data; and if a methodology note will be published to allow accurate year-on-year analysis. [47806/26]

887. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total number of compliance inspections, audits and reviews conducted nationally under the home support authorisation scheme, broken down by year since the scheme’s commencement in 2023 and by integrated health area; the number of approved providers issued with a quality improvement plan in each of those years; the number of providers whose contracts were subse…

888. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the publicly available productivity dashboard for hospitals disaggregates data by the six health regions or only by individual hospital; and if it does not provide a regional breakdown, if she will commit to developing a dedicated comparative dashboard for the six health regions covering expenditure, workforce allocation, waiting times and service delivery…

889. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the specific tools, reports or mechanisms that currently allow for a direct comparison of performance between the six health regions, given that the health system performance assessment framework operates at aggregate national level only; and if she will provide a list of all such tools currently in use. [47809/26]

890. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the mechanism which exists to compare the performance of the six regional executive officers against one another, given that responsibility for regional performance rests with the REOs individually; and if no such comparative mechanism exists, the way in which regional underperformance is identified relative to other regions rather than solely against each region’…

891. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the timeline for making trauma-informed practice training mandatory for staff working with care-experienced young adults transitioning from CAMHS to adult mental health services; which staff cohorts will be prioritised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47811/26]

892. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the absence of a national reporting structure for trauma-informed practice training uptake has been recorded on any HSE risk register or audit plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47812/26]

893. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage, by community healthcare organisation, of staff currently engaging in CAMHS-to-adult mental health transition cases who have received no trauma-informed practice training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47813/26]

894. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she will direct the HSE to establish a distinct, trackable budget line for obesity-related healthcare expenditure; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47827/26]

895. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department has commissioned, or plans to commission, an updated national costing of overweight and obesity in Ireland, given that the most recent dedicated study dates from 2012 and current figures rely on academic estimates rather than HSE financial data; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47828/26]

896. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to reconcile the discrepancy between the 2012 Safefood estimate of €1.13 billion in direct and indirect obesity-related costs in the Republic of Ireland and the 2025 Irish Endocrine Society estimate of €1.1 billion in direct healthcare costs alone; the implications for the true current scale of obesity-related expenditure; and if she will make a statement on the m…

897. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, withdrew funding within weeks of a planned orthopaedic operation date for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47832/26]

898. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure that a life-changing prostate cancer medication, RLT, known as Pluvicto, will be made available to medically suitable patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47846/26]

899. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Health to update Dáil Éireann on the 10 June 2026 statement of the Beneluxa countries on a unified approach to access to and affordability of medicines; her Department’s engagement in 2026 with Beneluxa countries on this initiative; the possible advancements in pharmaceutical procurement across the Beneluxa countries in 2026 and 2027; and if she will make a statement on …

900. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Health when her Department and the HSE will commence work on developing a successor ten-year national cancer strategy given the imminent completion of the term of the 2017-26 national cancer strategy; her plans for developing the new policy, including the timeline for appointment of a chairperson to lead the creation of the strategy; the timeframe for a consultative proc…