Questions

264. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the turnover of psychiatrists within the community mental health team in County Donegal for the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47929/26]

265. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will have access to a community mental health nurse in addition to a psychiatrist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47930/26]

266. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the rationale for permitting the continuation of the revised crewing model introduced by the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) during the Covid-19 pandemic, which allowed an emergency medical technician (EMT) and a paramedic to crew an emergency ambulance; whether this measure was intended to be temporary and pandemic-specific; if she is satisfied tha…

267. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health if she will review eligibility criteria for publicly funded fertility treatment to ensure the inclusion of same-sex couples and single women who require donor sperm; if she will confirm the current eligibility structure contravenes equality legislation; her plans to reform this discriminatory element of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on th…

268. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health if her Department is aware of unequal access to public IVF funding, specifically disadvantaging single parents and same-sex families; whether her Department is taking steps to address this discriminatory aspect of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47935/26]

269. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health if she has conducted an assessment of pharmacies following the introduction of the NVPS mandatory veterinary prescriptions for animal antiparasitic products, if its having an impact on pharmacy incomes and operation and if any pharmacies have ceased dispensing animal antiparasitic products as a result; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47962/2…

270. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the number of pharmacies participating in the National Veterinary Prescription System (NVPS); the number of prescriptions processed each month by pharmacies since the beginning of 2026, in tabular form; if any pharmacies have withdrawn from dispensing animal antiparasitic products since the beginning of 2026; if she has engaged with the Minister of Agricultu…

271. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health to review case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48020/26]

272. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health the measures planned to increase capacity and reduce average waiting times for gynaecology outpatient appointments across hospitals, including the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48036/26]

273. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health whether consideration will be given, as part of the ongoing review of medicines reimbursement, to strengthen and formalise the role of the Rare Disease Technology Review Committee; whether she will consider ensuring its early, consistent and structured involvement alongside the health technology assessment process in order to improve timely access to orphan m…

274. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if assistance will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48040/26]

275. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the elements of the National Oral Health Policy, Smile agus Sláinte, that remain unimplemented; the timeline for implementation of the outstanding measures; the funding allocated for their delivery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48068/26]

276. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the person or body that currently holds overall responsibility for delivery of national oral healthcare reform under Smile agus Sláinte within her Department and the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48069/26]

277. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health whether a National Clinical Director for Dentistry is currently in post; if not, whether such an appointment is under consideration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48070/26]

278. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated to implementation of Smile agus Sláinte in each year since 2019; the projects funded under those allocations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48071/26]

279. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the assessment that has been undertaken of consultant dental workforce requirements over the next ten years; the number of consultant vacancies currently existing; the number of consultants expected to retire within five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48072/26]

280. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of specialist dental training places available in each dental specialty in each of the past five years; her plans to increase training capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48073/26]

281. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting assessment or treatment through public dental services, broken down by community healthcare organisation area; the average waiting time involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48074/26]

282. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the assessment that has been undertaken of access to dental services for medical card holders; the number of dentists participating in the dental treatment services scheme in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48075/26]

283. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health whether national clinical pathways and models of care for dentistry have been completed under Smile agus Sláinte; if not, when these will be finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48076/26]

284. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health whether consideration has been given to establishing a dedicated national leadership structure for oral healthcare reform, including the appointment of a national clinical director for dentistry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48077/26]

285. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health given that the Sláintecare 2026 Action Plan cites findings from the independent evaluation of the Phase 1 Postnatal Hubs commissioned in 2025, if she will publish that evaluation in full; the date on which it will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48122/26]

286. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health further to the commitment in the Sláintecare 2026 Action Plan that at least 327 healthcare professionals will be trained in interRAI assessment in each region by the end of Quarter 3 2026 and that 60 % of all new home support applications will be carried out using interRAI, the number of healthcare professionals trained in interRAI assessment to date in eac…

287. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health when the focused two-year oral health action plan referred to in the Sláintecare 2026 Action Plan, described as expected to be completed shortly and presented to her ahead of publication, will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48125/26]

288. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health further to the commitment in the Sláintecare 2026 Action Plan to implement changes under the Framework Agreement on the Supply and Pricing of Medicines, the number of items reviewed by the HSE Drugs Group and the frequency of HSE Drugs Group meetings; the number of items reviewed by the HSE Drugs Group and the number of meetings held in each of the years 20…