201. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for new home support hours, additional home support hours, or reassessments that have been refused, deferred, or approved at a lower level than recommended by the assessing clinician in each HSE Health Region since 1 January 2026; the reason recorded in each case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51898/26]
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202. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether it is now HSE policy in any health region that home support services should be limited to persons requiring palliative or end-of-life care, persons at immediate risk of hospital admission, or other exceptional categories; if so, the criteria applying in each health region and the date on which they came into effect; and if she will make a statement on the …
203. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of persons assessed as requiring home support who, at the latest available date, are awaiting a new home support package; an increase in home support hours; and commencement of an approved package, broken down by HSE Health Region and by priority category assigned by the HSE. [51900/26]
204. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether any HSE Health Region has exhausted, or is projected to exhaust, its allocated home support budget during 2026; whether any financial control measures have been introduced as a consequence; and if she will provide, by Health Region, the allocated budget, expenditure to date, projected year-end expenditure and estimated funding shortfall. [51901/26]
205. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges currently attributable, in whole or in part, to the unavailability of home support services, broken down by hospital and HSE Health Region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51902/26]
206. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the approved whole-time equivalent complement, filled posts and vacancies for HSE-employed home support workers in each HSE Health Region at the latest available date, together with the number of hours of home support unavailable due to staff shortages. [51903/26]
207. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether clinical recommendations regarding home support hours may be reduced or declined for budgetary or resource reasons notwithstanding an assessed care need; if so, the policy basis for this practice; the number of occasions on which this has occurred during 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51904/26]
208. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the key measures taken to improve cancer care since January 2025; her priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51930/26]
209. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the key measures taken to improve screening services since January 2025; her priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51931/26]
210. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the key measures taken to improve pharmacy services since January 2025; her priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51932/26]
211. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the key measures taken to improve social care services since January 2025; her priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51933/26]
212. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the key measures taken to support and improve GP services since January 2025; her priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51934/26]
213. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health to provide the amounts by which her Department or agencies within the aegis of her Department has that been defrauded as a result of a cyberattack; and the total amount which has been recovered for each of the years 2021 to 2025, and to date in 2026. [51986/26]
214. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if she will include the shingles vacation for adults aged 65 years and over free of charge at the point of delivery in the national immunisation programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51994/26]
215. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if her Department will publish the independent review of HIQA on nursing homes; to publish HIQA's action plans and implementation; the timeframes to implement each recommendation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51995/26]
216. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health if her Department is considering a ban on the purchase of tobacco products for future generations, such as was introduced in countries such as New Zealand and the UK; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52003/26]
217. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health for an update on hospital appointments for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52027/26]
218. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the funding available for a Women's Shed (details supplied). [52059/26]
219. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health if she will provide clarity on recent changes to home support services; if it is correct that new home support packages are now only being approved for people in critical or urgent need and those receiving palliative or end-of-life care; whether home support packages are now being capped at 14 hours per week; and if complex care funding, including nursing support…
220. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that home support services are vital in enabling people to remain safely in their own homes; and if she will outline the rationale for the measures. [52061/26]
221. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the specific measures that will be put in place to protect vulnerable individuals who will be unable to access necessary support, including people who require assistance with essential daily activities such as washing, dressing and eating, as well as younger people with disabilities who depend on home support to live independently. [52062/26]
222. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health her views on the circular issued by the HSE on 25 June 2026 that will, from 29 June 2026, that will refuse new home support to roughly 85% of the people who need it across CHO7; the rationale for these restrictions; and the measures being taken to protect those who are now unable to access support.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52063/26]
223. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to procure additional ophthalmology service provision to address the needs of the more than 58,000 patients currently on waiting lists for ophthalmology care nationwide; when the next National Treatment Purchase Fund Framework for waiting list activity is expected to be published; when procurement under that framework is expected to commence; …
224. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health for an update on the extension and reconfiguration of St Anne's Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52087/26]
225. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of a new primary care centre at Inisboffin, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52088/26]