1360. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the progress on the recruitment of a specialist mental health nursing team for Beaumont Hospital; and the timeline for commencement. [65336/26]
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1361. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health if a commercial relationship exists between a company (details supplied) and the HSE; and if so, the extent of that relationship and the cost to the HSE. [65364/26]
1363. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health when the next intake for the National Ambulance Service student paramedic apprenticeship (NRS14980) will commence, and when prospective students will be interviewed. [65397/26]
1365. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will supply the bed occupancy figures of ICU beds, adult inpatient beds, paediatric inpatient beds in model 4 hospitals for Q1 and Q2; the number of beds included in each count, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65393/26]
1366. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the number of people who have been removed from a GP patient list in each of the past five years, by county; the measures in place to support patients who cannot secure a place with another GP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65389/26]
1368. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the specific actions and timelines in place to increase capacity and reduce orthopaedic and pain medicine outpatient waiting times at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital. [65384/26]
1369. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently on the urgent outpatient waiting list for orthopaedic appointments at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital; the average and longest waiting times; and the additional capacity being considered to reduce these waiting lists. [65383/26]
1370. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to public assurances given by the HSE in December 2024, and in July 2025, that unit 1 at St. Stephen's Hospital, Sarsfield's Court, Glanmire, would remain open and continue to admit residents, the specific reasons the position has now reversed with the announced deregistration and phased closure of the unit; the date on which the decision to close was…
1371. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to confirm, for each current resident of unit 1, that a suitable dementia-specific placement will be offered within their own community in Cork city; the number of dementia-specific residential beds currently available; the current waiting list for such beds, in the Cork city area; and the additional dementia capacity the HSE states has come onstream, including a…
1372. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to publish in full the recent HIQA inspection report into unit 1 at St. Stephen's Hospital; the recent Mental Health Commission inspection findings in respect of block 8 at the same hospital; and if the deficiencies identified by HIQA in unit 1 relate to resourcing, staffing or management decisions taken by the HSE, rather than to the standard of care provided by…
1373. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on community podiatry services in Cork city and county in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025, including any expenditure on outsourcing or private provision; the number of patients referred to private providers in each of those years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65421/26]
1374. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the arrangements in place to provide community podiatry to persons with disabilities and reduced mobility, including wheelchair users and persons with spinal cord injuries, who are unable to access mainstream clinic settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65419/26]
1375. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the eligibility criteria for accessing HSE community podiatry services in Cork; whether those criteria have been changed or narrowed in the past three years; the categories of patient currently prioritised for treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65418/26]
1376. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the current waiting list for community podiatry and chiropody services in the HSE south-west health region, covering Cork city and county; the number of persons waiting and the average and longest waiting times, broken down by care area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65415/26]
1377. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of podiatrists, expressed in whole-time equivalents, currently employed in community services in Cork city and county; the number of funded posts; the number of vacant posts as of the latest date available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65417/26]
1378. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant ophthalmic surgeons posts filled at University Hospital Waterford as of 9 September 2026; and if she will provide the same figures as of 31 December 2023, in tabular form. [65413/26]
1379. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE clinical geneticists, genetic counsellors and genetic resource associates that have been recruited into HSE in 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form. [65414/26]
1381. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to resolve issues and long delays with PHN transfers between different regional HSE areas (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65429/26]
1382. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health in cases in which a building under her control is not wheelchair accessible, the reason for this; her plans to remedy this; and the timeline for measures to be completed. [65349/26]
1383. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of residents accommodated and the number of admissions in each year from 2019 to date in 2026, in respect of unit 1 at St. Stephen's Hospital, Glanmire; the nursing and healthcare assistant posts assigned to the unit in each of those years; the number left unfilled at year end; if admissions to the unit were paused at any point; and if so, on whose in…
1385. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to address the serious delays in processing power of attorney cases which are needed to access the nursing home loan schemes in some cases (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65499/26]
1388. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE remains on schedule to recommence the South Tipperary Memory Clinic in October 2026, as advised in response to PQs 45675/26–45684/26; the precise date on which clinics will recommence; whether all staffing and administrative arrangements necessary to facilitate reopening are now in place; [65502/26]
1389. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health the current number of patients awaiting an initial assessment and a follow-up appointment at the South Tipperary Memory Clinic; the corresponding figures at 8 July 2026 were 450 and 168 respectively; the number waiting longer than 6, 12 and 18 months; [65503/26]
1390. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals to the South Tipperary Memory Clinic that have been returned to GPs since the service was paused to referrals on 1 January 2026; the clinical pathway available to those patients; whether they will require re-referral when the clinic reopens. [65504/26]
1391. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to concerns raised by the South Tipperary Faculty of the Irish College of General Practitioners regarding the continuing unavailability of the Memory Clinic; the additional pressure being placed on GPs, patients and family carers; the risk of delayed diagnosis and treatment; and the action being taken in response. [65505/26]