698. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the current status of the Domino midwife led service at Cork University Maternity Hospital; whether the service has been suspended, curtailed or altered since June 2026; the number of women who availed of the service in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of women currently booked under the scheme with expected delivery dates in 2027…
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699. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the average length of stay following a spontaneous vaginal birth at Cork University Maternity Hospital for women under the Domino scheme compared with women under standard consultant led care, in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; the estimated cost of an inpatient postnatal bed night at CUMH; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70593/26]
700. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 68927/26, the sanctions or disciplinary measures, that apply to HSE staff or managers where a doctor is permitted to commence employment before mandatory pre-employment checks are completed; the number of such sanctions applied in each of the years 2023 to 2025 and to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matte…
701. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 68927/26, the dates of each periodic review of recruitment records carried out to monitor compliance with pre-employment screening requirements in each HSE health region since January 2023; the body or unit that carried out each review; the findings of each review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70584/26]
702. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 68927/26, the number of doctors who commenced employment in each HSE health region before garda vetting, overseas police clearance, occupational health clearance or English-language competency checks were completed, in each of the years 2023 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the …
703. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 66152/26, whether the HSE or the health regions record requests from public health nurses and health and social care professionals in work sharing arrangements to increase their hours or return to full time; the number of such requests received and refused in each health region in 2025 and to date in 2026; and if …
704. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether an increase in hours for a staff member in a work sharing arrangement counts against a health region's approved whole time equivalent ceiling under the pay and numbers strategy; whether health regions have been instructed to refuse or defer such increases to remain within that ceiling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70583/26]
705. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with type 1 Diabetes currently receiving insulin-pump therapy through the Public Health Service by adults and children and by Hospital at which their Diabetes care is provided in the years of 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [70605/26]
706. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated towards research into multiple sulfatase deficiency in each of the years of 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [70602/26]
707. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant radiologists, advanced nurse practitioners and radiographers posts filled within BreastCheck Service as of 21 September 2026; and if she will provide the same figures as of 30 September 2023, in tabular form. [70601/26]
708. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE public health nurses based at Stranorlar Primary Care Centre, Donegal as of 21 September 2026. [70598/26]
709. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 68927/26, the name and grade of the officer in each HSE health region with responsibility for ensuring that pre-employment checks, including Garda vetting, overseas police clearance, occupational health clearance and English-language competency, are completed before a doctor commences employment, in tabular form; and if a stat…
710. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the date on which Cork University Hospital sought approval to fill the vacant clinical nurse specialist post supporting skin cancer surveillance; the reason national approval has not issued in the seven months since the post became vacant; when a decision will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70656/26]
711. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the arrangements now in place at Cork University Hospital for patients at elevated risk of melanoma who have no previous skin cancer diagnosis but were previously under surveillance in the discontinued service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70654/26]
712. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of patients under active surveillance in the pigmented lesion service at Cork University Hospital at the time of its cessation; the number subsequently transferred to other clinicians; the number discharged to GP care; the number who received written notice of the change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70653/26]
713. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 65824/26, if the HSE operates a written protocol or policy on succession or continuity planning for established clinical services on the retirement of a Consultant; if so, if she will publish same; if not, if she will direct that one be developed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70651/26]
714. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 62012/26,which stated that an external review of CHI contained 13 recommendations and that 45 actions were identified in the CHI Implementation Plan, the number of those 45 actions completed; the number in progress; the number not yet commenced, respectively, as of the latest date for which data is available; and if she will m…
715. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if a successor to the National Skin Cancer Prevention Plan 2023 to 2026 is being prepared; if it will address surveillance of high-risk individuals; the expected publication date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70659/26]
716. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of Clinical Nurse Specialist and Advanced Nurse Practitioner posts in the HSE South West region identified as priority vacancies and currently awaiting national HSE approval to recruit, by hospital and specialty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70657/26]
717. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the external review of CHI referenced in the HSE reply to PQ Ref 62012/26 has been shared with the Board of CHI, the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board, or HIQA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70669/26]
718. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 62012/26, whether she has personally received and read the external review of CHI referenced in the HSE reply; whether she will commit to publishing the review, or a redacted version or executive summary of it, once the new children's hospital has opened; the reason a redacted version cannot be published now, given that redact…
719. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 62012/26, the number of actions from the CHI Implementation Plan that have "transitioned" into the operational, commissioning, governance and clinical integration workstreams; the target completion date for each such action; the body responsible for monitoring their completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. […
720. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health the current status of the HSE's assessment of dupilumab for eosinophilic oesophagitis; and the expected date of a decision on the use of this medicine. [70680/26]
721. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health the action the HSE and HPRA are taking on the current supply shortage of budesonide orodispersible tablets in the State. [70677/26]
722. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the identity of the person or organisation that carried out the external review of CHI referenced in the HSE reply to PQ Ref 62012/26; the date on which the review was commissioned and the date on which it was completed; the total cost of the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70676/26]