1144. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of serious concerns raised by a patient regarding standards of care, patient dignity, privacy and infection prevention practices in the surgical day ward at Mayo University Hospital following surgery on 13 August 2026; whether the HSE has investigated these allegations; if any breaches of patient dignity, privacy or infection control procedures w…
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1145. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains records of consultants working outside their registered speciality; the number of such consultants currently employed in each acute hospital; and whether any review has been undertaken of the practice at Mayo University Hospital since 2021. [64389/26]
1146. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the number of nursing vacancies currently approved in Mayo University Hospital; and the number currently filled. [64429/26]
1147. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses recruited to Mayo University Hospital in each of the years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, broken down by permanent, temporary and agency appointments. [64428/26]
1148. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of complaints regarding care standards, patient dignity and infection control practices at Mayo University Hospital following surgery on 13 August 2026; whether a patient was required to change for surgery in a public toilet due to bed shortages; whether concerns regarding post-operative supervision, privacy during wound examinations and infectio…
1149. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Health the services the HSE and her Department have in assisting a person who has been living in an area for five years and is struggling to secure a GP place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64436/26]
1150. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the number of newly qualified nurses who applied for nursing positions in Mayo University Hospital in each of the past five years who were interviewed and offered employment. [64431/26]
1151. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 766 of 14 July 2026, to identify who holds national accountability for detecting and reducing unnecessary or duplicate laboratory testing across the 41 hospital laboratories (details supplied); the estimated annual cost of unnecessary or duplicate testing nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64446/26]
1152. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the reason equivalent guidance (details supplied) cannot be adopted or adapted in the State before 2028 to 2030; whether the HSE has considered adopting the existing published guidance on an interim basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64445/26]
1153. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 1089 and 1092 of 19 May 2026, and 768 of 14 July 2026, to reconcile these two positions (details supplied); the date on which this document was reclassified from in development to not scheduled before 2028; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64444/26]
1154. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 745 of 14 July 2026, to confirm directly whether any such review, audit or costing has ever been carried out (details supplied); if not, whether one will now be commissioned; the total number of lipid profile tests processed nationally in the most recent 12-month period for which figures are available; the estimated cost of s…
1155. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the number of student nurses who graduated from nursing programmes in County Mayo in each of the past five years; and the number who subsequently obtained employment in Mayo University Hospital. [64430/26]
1156. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if the HSE permits multi-task attendants (grade 6015) to undertake the duties of theatre operatives (grade 6013) within acute hospitals; if such arrangements are in place at Mayo University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64454/26]
1157. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has received reports, complaints, industrial relation concerns or patient safety concerns regarding multi task attendants covering theatre operative duties at Mayo University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64456/26]
1159. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the training, competency assessment and governance requirements that must be met before a staff member who is not employed as a theatre operative can perform duties within an operating theatre environment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64455/26]
1160. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if she will consider making the testing of lipoprotein available to general practitioners given this will help to identify individuals who are at high risk for developing cardiovascular disease due to the nature of their genetics; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64362/26]
1161. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health whether consideration was given to allocating the social deprivation practice support grant at practice level rather than individual GP level, given that the grant is intended to support additional clinical, nursing and key-worker resources within the practice; and if she will provide the analysis underpinning the decision taken. [64466/26]
1162. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of perinatal psychiatrists per WTE, by location in September 2026, 2025 and 2024. [64470/26]
1163. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the rationale for assessing eligibility for the Social Deprivation Practice Support Grant under Circular NCO-02-2026 on the basis of individual GMS GP patient panels rather than on the basis of the overall patient population served by a GP practice; and whether an assessment was undertaken of the impact of this approach on group practices. [64465/26]
1164. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of GP practices that received the Social Deprivation Practice Support Grant under the previous application-based system but were deemed ineligible under the 2025 geo-coding and deprivation ranking model; and if she will provide a county-by-county breakdown. [64463/26]
1165. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the current staffing levels in the surgical day ward at Mayo University Hospital compared with approved levels; the number of complaints received in 2026 concerning patient supervision, discharge procedures and complaint handling; whether a review has been undertaken following reports of patients being discharged without written discharge information or adequate…
1166. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of complaints regarding care standards, patient dignity and infection control practices at Mayo University Hospital following a surgery on 13 August 2026 (details supplied); whether a patient was required to change for surgery in a public toilet due to bed shortages; whether concerns regarding post-operative supervision, privacy during wound exam…
1167. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of specialist perinatal mental health services clinical staff, by WTE and location, in each of the years 2024, 2025, and to date in 2026. [64471/26]
1172. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the current number of vacancies across community mental health teams, by discipline and HSE health region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64479/26]
1173. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the reason a doctors practice in Tipperary did not qualify for the social deprivation practice support grant for 2025-2027 despite serving an area identified as experiencing significant socio-economic disadvantage under the Pobal HP (Haase-Pratschke) Deprivation Index; whether the HSE considered deprivation at practice level or solely at individual GP panel le…