781. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the current criteria for admission to the nurse led transitional care service at the Cottage Hospital Drogheda. [48977/26]
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782. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown for the number of persons referred to and admitted to nurse led transitional care services in the Cottage Hospital Drogheda for the years 2020 to 2026, respectively, in tabular form. [48978/26]
783. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of registered nursing staff and healthcare professionals currently employed within the Cottage Hospital nurse led transitional care services in Drogheda. [48979/26]
784. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown outlining all other current staff employed within the Cottage Hospital transitional care services in Drogheda; and the grade or role that they are employed in. [48980/26]
785. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health if the option of providing an onsite consultant and ancillary specialist care services in the Cottage Hospital to increase capacity for providing transitional care for older persons has been considered by the Government; and if not can this now be actively considered. [48981/26]
786. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health if the HSE have proposed or requested an increase in resources to increase capacity to provide additional transitional care for older persons at the Cottage Hospital Drogheda. [48982/26]
787. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the mechanism by which HSE HR Shared Services independently verifies supplier compliance with HR Circular 06/2026, given that HR Shared Services has confirmed it has received no notifications of erasure or sanction from any framework supplier to date; whether the HSE cross-checks framework supplier notifications against erasure and sanction records held by regulat…
788. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants employed by the HSE, by contract type, speciality, principal clinical site and region, in tabular form. [48990/26]
789. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2547 of 9 June 2026, the number of the 12,899 respiratory medicine claims rejected under the PCRS between 2023 and 2026 to date, that remain unpaid following resubmission; the breakdown of this unrecovered figure, by year and, by rejection reason; the steps her Department and the HSE are taking to address the volume of rejecti…
790. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the reason the southwest HSE region accounts for five of the 18 invasive meningococcal disease cases notified to date in 2026 and four of the 11 serogroup B cases, a disproportionate share relative to its population; if any cluster investigation, outbreak control team, or enhanced surveillance response has been initiated in the southwest region in response to this…
791. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the current MenB vaccine uptake rate among the eligible infant cohort in the southwest HSE region compared to the national average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48999/26]
792. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2462 of 14 April 2026, if any timeframe targets exist within the HSE or her Department for the period between notification of a meningococcal disease case and completion of contact identification or commencement of post-exposure prophylaxis; if performance against any such timeframe is recorded or monitored; if a dataset exist…
793. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the mechanism in place to escalate or flag a meningococcal disease case where the duty consultant in public health medicine does not undertake the risk assessment described as “immediate” within a defined period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49001/26]
794. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health for an up-to-date report on a patient who requires surgery (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49002/26]
795. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the gross expenditure under the GMS, DPS, LTI and high-tech drug scheme for each year of the years 2020 to 2025; whether any formal national mechanism exists to monitor or analyse medicines waste across these schemes; and if no such mechanism exists, whether one is planned and the timeline. [49003/26]
796. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of extending the dental treatment services scheme to GP visit card holders. [49004/26]
797. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health her views in relation to the consideration of the health (regulation of termination of pregnancy) (amendment) Bill (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49018/26]
798. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the status of procedures for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49035/26]
799. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health the number of people over the age of 80 who currently have a medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49041/26]
800. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of removing the means test for 80's to allow medical cards automatically; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49042/26]
801. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health her plans to increase the income threshold in order to qualify for a medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49043/26]
802. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the amount spent per annum on agency staff at University Hospital Limerick for each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49044/26]
803. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the clinical care programme for epilepsy; if a clinical lead for the programme is in place; the future plans for the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49049/26]
804. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the reason there is no emergency dentist in University Hospital Waterford for children with special and additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49050/26]
805. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the options available in Waterford for children with special and additional needs who need anaesthetic for dental treatment; including those in a dental emergency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49051/26]