276. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health if a timeline for when the vaccine injury payment programme may be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49936/26]
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277. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health whether travel and subsistence expenses for home care assistants have been reviewed or are under review; the last time that allowable amounts were updated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49941/26]
278. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health to outline Government policy on access to continuous glucose monitoring devices for people with type two diabetes; whether she will request a rapid health technology assessment to inform future eligibility and reimbursement; if so, the expected timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49946/26]
279. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health having regard to her responsibility for national diabetes policy, the steps she is taking to ensure that the HSE publishes the outcome of the preferred sensor exercise, which was due in the first quarter of 2026; the revised publication date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49947/26]
280. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); if the matter raised is the case; if arrangements will be put in place to rectify this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49954/26]
281. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has sought or received cumulative manganese exposure data from water suppliers, broken down by age group or vulnerability category; the basis on which the reported guideline value (details supplied) is considered adequate for infants, children, older persons and medically vulnerable groups; whether the absence of a vulnerable-group-specific protoco…
282. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether an audit, review or evaluation mechanism exists to assess the public health advice issued by the HSE following the conclusion of a drinking water contamination incident; if such a mechanism exists, the frequency of review; the body or office responsible for conducting it; and if no such mechanism exists, to confirm this and to state the reason no post-inci…
283. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has assessed manganese exposure risk in drinking water by reference to Irish-specific exposure pathways, including private well usage and known geological manganese hotspots, as distinct from the general parametric values set under the European Union Drinking Water Regulations 2023; if such an assessment has taken place, to provide details; and if …
284. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health to ensure that all mental health services implementing the TrakCare electronic health record system comply with Regulation 27 (Maintenance of Records), which requires records to be maintained so as to ensure completeness, accuracy and ease of retrieval (details supplied); to provide details of the governance, audit, training and assurance measures in place to ens…
285. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the arrangements in place to monitor the implementation of the TrakCare electronic health record system across mental health services; how compliance with regulatory requirements, including Regulation 27 (Maintenance of Records), will be assessed during and after implementation; the key performance, quality and safety indicators that will be monitored; the measur…
286. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of samples of nicotine-inhaling products submitted by the National Environmental Health Service to the State Laboratory for testing of nicotine content and liquid volume in 2024, in 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of those samples that failed to meet legal limits in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49977/26]
287. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the reason the number of European safety alerts issued by the National Environmental Health Service in respect of nicotine-inhaling products fell to zero in quarter one 2026, compared with 15 in 2025, notwithstanding that inspection numbers in quarter one 2026 remained high; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49978/26]
288. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of inspections, compliance notices and prohibition orders issued by the National Environmental Health Service in respect of nicotine-inhaling product retailers, broken down by county, for 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49979/26]
289. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of retailers of nicotine-inhaling products inspected by the National Environmental Health Service more than once in the same calendar year in 2024, in 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of those retailers referred for summary proceedings as repeat offenders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49980/26]
290. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the expected court dates for the three prosecution cases currently before the District Court against retailers of nicotine-inhaling products referenced in a reply to the Deputy dated 16 June 2026; the legislative basis applied in determining penalties in such cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49981/26]
292. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health when it was decided by her Department and agreed with the Health Research Consent Declaration Committee (HRCDC) that persons making applications to the Minister for membership of the Committee would be informed that they must instead make their applications through the Committee; if that agreement was formally recorded by the Department and the HRCDC: if the ar…
293. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health whether her Department considered the data protection implications of the arrangement with the Health Research Consent Declaration Committee (HRCDC) whereby it requires applicants for membership of the Committee to provide their personal data to the Committee without a statutory basis for that requirement. [49988/26]
294. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the reason the Health Research Consent Declaration Committee is able to periodically publicly invite expressions of interest for membership of the committee. [49989/26]
295. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health to examine an appointment referral case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50001/26]
296. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric cardiologists based at CHI Temple Street Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50004/26]
297. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE environmental health officers employed by HSE in Dublin north county formerly CH09 in 2024, 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50005/26]
298. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE specialist registrars in vascular surgery based at Beaumont Hospital as of 22 June 2026; if she will provide the same figure as of 30 June 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50006/26]
299. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health whether GPs can currently refer directly for gynaecological pelvic MRI under the GP access to community diagnostics scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50007/26]
300. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the reason gynaecological pelvic MRI is not available through GP referral where other MRI indications, including orthopaedic pelvic indications, are available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50008/26]
301. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or HSE intends to review GP access to gynaecological pelvic MRI as part of the national endometriosis framework and wider women’s health policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50009/26]