827. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the current waiting times for counselling services under the HSE and its funded partners, by RHA area; and to indicate the reduction targets being set for 2027. [72007/26]
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828. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the locations of the 12 new suicide crisis assessment nurse teams announced in Budget 2027; the funding allocated; the number of WTE posts to be recruited; the way in which GP referral pathways will operate; and whether every county will have a fully staffed team operating by the end of 2027. [72006/26]
829. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health her views on the situation facing survivors of institutions who have been given an enhanced medical card (details supplied) whereby the various health professionals are unaware of the enhanced medical card; if she believes that greater communication is needed so that this type of card is readily accepted and that holders of these cards should not experience fu…
830. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); if she will ensure the care necessary if provided to the person. [72193/26]
831. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently address access to stem cell transplant treatment at Cork University Hospital and allow patients in the Southern region to remain closer to their support networks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72190/26]
832. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of business cases submitted by UHL to the HSE regarding additional capacity within the ophthalmology Department over the past three years; and the current status of each business case, in tabular form. [72134/26]
833. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the number of beds currently available at Macroom Community Hospital; the number occupied and vacant as of the latest date available; the reasons for any bed vacancies; the immediate measures being taken by the HSE to ensure that the hospital is operating at full capacity in order to meet local healthcare needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter…
835. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [72123/26]
837. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if it is current HSE policy to prevent the advertisement of a post until the outgoing staff member has left the payroll; and if so, if this policy, combined with the accumulation of annual and other leave, results in specialist posts, or any post remaining vacant for extended periods. [72239/26]
838. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health for an update with regard to the regulation of vapes; and if she plans to restrict retail vaping outlets. [72238/26]
839. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason the Lactation Consultant post at Sligo University Hospital has been effectively vacant for close to a year; and whether it is acceptable for a specialist post of this nature to remain unfilled for such a prolonged period of time. [72243/26]
840. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the way in which the HSE is applying its commitment of 29 August 2025 that patients with confirmed treatment appointments prior to the implementation of a change to Cross Border Healthcare Directive processes will be considered on a case by case basis, in respect of lipoedema patients who had confirmed appointments and incurred costs before a clinical review requi…
841. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if applications for reimbursement under the Cross Border Healthcare Directive are processed in chronological order by date of receipt; if not, the circumstances in which applications are processed out of sequence; the number of applications for procedures other than lipoedema treatment received in 2026 that have been reimbursed while lipoedema applications receive…
843. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the measures that were put in place to maintain safe staffing levels at Sligo University Hospital this year while up to 14 midwives were on maternity leave at one time; and whether she is satisfied that the remaining midwifery staff were not placed under undue pressure as a result. [72253/26]
844. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health when the community lactation consultant post serving the Sligo/Leitrim area was advertised; the projected timeline for it being filled; and the interim measures being taken to ensure community based lactation support in the region does not suffer in the meantime. [72252/26]
845. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the specific measures she intends to introduce to ensure that specialist posts in maternity, midwifery, and perinatal mental health services are not left vacant for prolonged periods. [72254/26]
846. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the details of the number of home help provision hours approved by the HSE and left unmet due to staff shortages in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, by region in County Kerry. [72257/26]
847. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 913 of 14 July 2026, to provide the updated spend on outsourcing arrangements in University Hospital Galway to address laboratory backlogs to date in 2026. [72260/26]
848. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to confirm that a service level agreement between a private hospital and a public hospital for the provision of laboratory services has ceased (details supplied); the date at which it ceased; and to confirm that this public laboratory is not longer accepting samples from private providers. [72261/26]
849. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide further details regarding the funding shortfall in the National Orthopaedic Hospital; the exact figure identified; the funding sought by the hospital to address this shortfall; and the status of talks between the hospital and the region to address this matter. [72263/26]
850. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if any further patients of Children's Health Ireland have undergone spinal surgeries abroad through outsourcing arrangements (details supplied); and to provide a total by year and country. [72264/26]
851. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the way in which inherited capital is assessed for medical card purposes in the case of an adult with a lifelong disability; if the HSE has discretion to retain a medical card where loss of eligibility would cause undue hardship given the person's ongoing medical needs; the number of such discretionary cards granted in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the…
852. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to granting medical card eligibility to persons with a lifelong disability on the basis of medical need rather than means; the number of persons with a lifelong disability who lost a medical card in each of the years 2020 to 2025 following the assessment of inherited capital, if this data is recorded; if not, the reason; and if she …
853. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of persons aged 70 and over who lost eligibility for a full medical card on review in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of these cases where an increase in social welfare or occupational pension income was the reason for loss of eligibility; the number estimated to lose eligibility in 2027 following the pension increases ann…
854. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the reason the gross weekly income limits for the over 70s medical card, which have remained at €550 for a single person and €1,050 for a couple since 1 November 2020, were not increased in budget 2027; the estimated cost of increasing the limits in line with the cumulative increase in the maximum rate of the State Pension (Contributory) since 2020; and if she wil…