545. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health the incidence of shingles (varicella zoster), by age for each year 2015-2019 and 2021-2025, in tabular form. [69750/26]
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546. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health her plans to make the shingles vaccine (shingrix) available through the HSE. [69824/26]
547. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the number of capital projects that are under way to ensure that every sample in Ireland is not sent abroad, including the amount of equipment and machinery needed; and the stages of current procurement. [69841/26]
548. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the number of staff positions that are currently vacant in the testing of cervical smear samples; and the full complement of staff required in order to test every sample in Ireland and not be sent abroad. [69840/26]
549. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the current pathway to reducing the number of cervical screening samples being tested outside of ireland. [69839/26]
550. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 16642/26 (details supplied), if she is aware that graduate paramedics are currently being redeployed from understaffed stations close to where they live, to other more distant stations that are fully staffed against their will and under the threat of unemployment; her views on this regarding previous commitments made …
551. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if a replacement has been recruited for a senior psychologist from Ennis Day Hospital who retired in 2025; the number of psychologists of each grade currently in Ennis Day Hospital; the number of vacancies there are; and when vacancies are likely to be filled. [69845/26]
552. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the average turnaround time for results of a cervical check; and where they were tested, in the past five years, in tabular form. [69844/26]
553. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the equipment related to processing cervical check samples that is not currently in use; the location in which such equipment is being stored; and the reason for such equipment lying idle. [69843/26]
554. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric gastroenterologists and WTE paediatric gastroenterologist registrar posts filled at CHI Temple Street as of 28 September 2026, in tabular form. [69860/26]
555. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list to see a consultant gastroenterologist for a first appointment at a hospital (details supplied); and the steps being taken to reduce the waiting times. [69809/26]
556. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health the incidence of sepsis by age for each year 2015-2019 and 2021-2025, presented in tabular form. [69752/26]
557. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the percentage of people who received the HPV vaccine, the booster, by gender, over the last five years, in tabular form. [69866/26]
558. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the current staffing complement of the 22q11 Clinic at Children's Health Ireland, Crumlin (details supplied); the staffing levels recommended for the service; whether any sanctioned posts remain vacant; the funding allocated to the clinic in each of the past five years; and if additional resources will be provided to meet increasing patient demand. [69760/26]
559. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if her Department and the HSE are aware of reports that the 22q11 clinic at Children's Health Ireland, Crumlin, no longer has capacity to accept new patients; the assessment that has been undertaken of current and future demand for the service; the measures being taken to increase clinic capacity; whether consideration is being given to expanding specialist serv…
560. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health the incidence of sudden adult death syndrome, by age in each of the years 2015-2019 and 2021-2025, in tabular form. [69751/26]
561. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that advanced nurse practitioners working within CHO9 are still being paid at the candidate rate despite being formally registered for several months. [69870/26]
562. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health to provide the percentage uptake of the HPV vaccine in all girl schools and all boy schools. [69867/26]
563. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the percentage of children in the ages of 0-6 months, 6-12 months, 1-2 years, 3-5 years that have recieved a visit from a public health nurse in Dublin south central over the last five years, in tabular form. [69878/26]
564. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health if free cervical smear tests are available to all women regardless of citizenship, visa or status in Ireland. [69877/26]
565. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the percentages of age groups diagnosed with cervical cancer for each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [69876/26]
566. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health her plans to increase education about HPV, and the vaccine in schools. [69875/26]
567. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the Irish National ICU Audit Annual Report for 2025; and the timeline for publication. [69907/26]
568. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a date for surgery at University Hospital Limerick given that they have been waiting since November 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69905/26]
569. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health of the 162 workers who were on the special scheme of paid leave for healthcare workers with long-Covid when it concluded, the number that have returned to work; the number that have retired; and the number that have transitioned to other sick leave schemes, by scheme. [69899/26]