777. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to delays in progressing the medical card application for a person (details supplied); and the actions she will take to ensure that it is progressed. [71740/26]
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778. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the average wait times for MRI Imaging by HSE area; and the steps being taken to reduce these wait times, in tabular form. [71814/26]
779. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health if a replacement social worker has been appointed to cover maternity leave at St. John’s Community Hospital, Sligo to ensure continuity of this important service for patients and their families; and if not, when a replacement will be put in place. [71942/26]
780. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to increase or improve parking facilities at St. John’s Community Hospital, Sligo, where there is inadequate parking spaces for staff and visitors. [71941/26]
781. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE provides hospitals in Cork with information materials on community stroke supports (details supplied); whether these organisations are included in discharge information or referral pathways for stroke patients; and the arrangements in place to ensure patients and families are made aware of available post-stroke supports before discharge. [71937/26]
782. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether there is a national HSE protocol requiring stroke patients to be provided, before discharge, with information on community and voluntary stroke supports (details supplied); whether patients are routinely offered referrals to such services; if not, the reasons for this; and if she will review arrangements to ensure patients and families receive information …
783. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or the HSE have conducted a cost-benefit or economic impact assessment of funding specialist FASD support services; whether the potential costs to health, disability, education, social care, justice and other public services arising from unmet FASD needs were considered when determining 2026 funding; and if she will provide details of any su…
784. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the reduction in funding for an organisation's (details supplied) helpline was undertaken following an assessment of the potential impact on people living with FASD, their families and professionals; whether a national framework of support was in place before funding was reduced; the annual cost saving to the HSE whether her Department has assessed the wid…
785. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the reason the staffing ceiling for the Health Vote remains at 139,744 in 2027, unchanged from 2026, as set out in the Budget 2027 Expenditure Report; the number of whole-time equivalents employed at the latest date compared with that ceiling, by HSE health region, in tabular form. [71829/26]
786. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the projected 2026 outturn for current expenditure on the Health Vote compared with the 2026 allocation of €25,790 million shown in the Budget 2027 Expenditure Report; the projected overrun in each HSE health region, in tabular form; and the way in which the 2027 allocation of €27,390 million provides for any 2026 overrun. [71828/26]
787. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the reason the allocation to the National Treatment Purchase Fund in the Estimates for Public Services has been reduced from €230 million in 2025 to €200 million in 2026 and to €150.4 million in 2027; the number of patients treated through NTPF-funded activity in 2025 and to date in 2026; the number expected in 2027; and whether the minimum waiting time for…
788. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the recruitment controls in place in HSE south west in 2026, including the pause on non-frontline recruitment introduced following the region's first-quarter deficit; the number of posts affected; and the effect on services in Cork. [71830/26]
789. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of additional acute and community beds opened in 2026 compared with the 220 to 265 acute beds and 280 to 290 community beds set out in the Budget 2026 expenditure report; and the number of additional beds to be opened in 2027, by HSE health region. [71831/26]
790. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the curtailments that will be made to the Domino maternity scheme at Cork University Maternity Hospital, as of 12 October 2026; the arrangements that have been made for expectant mothers currently booked under the Domino scheme; and the date the Domino maternity scheme will fully resume its normal independent operations. [71897/26]
791. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health whether she is aware of delays in accessing a drug (details supplied) for Friedreich’s ataxia due to capacity constraints at the Combined Ataxia Clinic, Tallaght University Hospital; the timeframe for all eligible patients to commence treatment; whether additional resources will be provided; the current clinic waiting times; and measures to ensure timely specia…
792. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of children in Offaly currently awaiting primary care supports; and to provide details of the number waiting 3, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months, by support, in tabular form. [71864/26]
793. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the €108 million allocated to mental health in Budget 2027, including the amount for each initiative announced; and if it is new development funding or the cost of maintaining existing levels of service. [71948/26]
794. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the reason HSE funding to the sexual health centre Cork increased from €480,000 in 2023 to €1.338 million in 2024; the specific programmes and services funded by this increase; whether funding was transferred for newly commissioned services; and if she will provide a breakdown of the total funding provided to the organisation in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. [71872/2…
795. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of psychiatry training places that are available under the HSE’s postgraduate schemes; and whether Budget 2027 provides for an expansion of these to meet projected service demand. [72016/26]
796. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated in Budget 2027 to continue establishing community-based specialist mental health services; the specific services to be developed; and their locations. [72014/26]
797. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a transgender patient must be accommodated in a ward, bedroom or bathroom corresponding to their gender identity where a patient of the opposite biological sex objects on grounds of privacy, dignity, previous sexual trauma or safeguarding; the national policy that governs such circumstances; and whether she will clarify which patient’s accommodation needs …
798. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant psychiatrist posts that are currently filled, vacant, and approved across the HSE; and the number of new or replacement posts funded in Budget 2027. [72015/26]
799. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the provision made in Budget 2027 for expanding postgraduate training places for clinical and counselling psychologists; and if financial supports or bursaries are being introduced to address recruitment and retention challenges in the sector. [72013/26]
800. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether national standards or guidance apply to maternity services regarding language used by midwives and other staff when informing parents of the sex of their newborn; whether staff are advised to use gender-neutral terminology or discouraged from stating that a newborn is a boy or girl; and whether gender-inclusive healthcare guidance affects communication of …
801. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the funding and number of posts allocated in Budget 2027 to create new ADHD pathways in CAMHS and to expand CAMHS clinical capacity for mental health intellectual disability services; the current waiting lists for each; and the expected impact on waiting times. [72012/26]