Questions

827. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has completed a systematic serious adverse incident investigation process, as required, into any ENT incident in the past 10 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69004/25]

828. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the lessons that have been documented and shared from adverse ENT incidents nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69005/25]

1001. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that the care pathway for patients experiencing miscarriage is removed from the maternity unit in UHL and relocated, to ensure those suffering after a miscarriage are not mixing with expectant mothers, which inevitably adds to their trauma and suffering; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69674/25]

529. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the action she will take to ensure a person (details supplied) receives the diagnostic testing they need promptly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67352/25]

790. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health to recognise student nurses as essential workers during placement; provide fair financial support or pay for the hours worked to ensure that no student is forced into unsafe levels of combined work simply to survive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65231/25]

151. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the resources that will be made available for the scanning of women with dense breasts, in whom cancer may not be detectable by mammogram; the protocols which would automatically refer such women for follow-up testing after a mammogram; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64319/25]

196. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if she will report on the three options outlined by HIQA into urgent and emergency healthcare services in the HSE Midwest region; her plans for their prompt implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64224/25]

979. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the recruitment of a psychologist for Ennis Day Hospital; whether the NRS commenced the recruitment process in July 2025 as previously promised; whether the previously flagged supplementary panel went live in September; whether principal psychology managers in the midwest held the intended recruitment webinar; if so, the results; when a psych…

982. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the reason a psychiatric patient in UHL from County Clare has been informed they cannot be seen by a doctor because they are from Clare and not under the care of a doctor from Clare; if this has occurred with other patients from Clare; the interventions she will take to ensure patients are treated regardless of home address; and if she will make a statement o…

473. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health for an update on plans to deliver a new primary care centre in Clonmel, County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62531/25]

474. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the current provision of staffing in the HSE substance misuse service in south Tipperary; the towns in which clinics or drop-in services operate, and their frequency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62532/25]

475. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health to outline the expected impact on the local community of the removal of diabetic clinics from Carrick primary care centre; if the HSE has any further plans to remove other services from the Carrick primary care centre campus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62533/25]

1009. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the current vacancies by job title within Clare Older Persons Services as of 31 October 2025; the estimated timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61429/25]

1010. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychologists, by grade, based at Ennis Primary Care Centre in the years 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61430/25]

1645. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the average number of patients seen for consultations by consultants in the health service; the number of patients seen by those same consultants under the NPTF; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57861/25]

1659. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure a person (details supplied) will receive a diagnostic exploration required without further delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57953/25]

1674. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health to ensure that HIQA reach out to an organisation (details supplied) in the process of forming an expert advisory group as they begin a health technology assessment on breast density reporting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58027/25]

1725. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if the CEO of UHLG ever blocked a member of staff from transferring to the community; the number of persons who have been blocked; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58172/25]

1726. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if there is a shortage of administration staff in the acute settings in Ennis Hospital and Nenagh Hospital; the number of staff; the reason staff are not selected from the panels instead of appointing agency staff to "permanent positions", as is the practice in Ennis Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58173/25]

1727. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of agency administration staff in Ennis Hospital and Nenagh Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58174/25]

1728. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the reason permanent administrative positions in Ennis General Hospital are being filled by agency staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58175/25]

1729. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the reason vacant posts in Ennis General Hospital are not being filled with WTE positions from active panels, or agency staff are not being offered to convert their status from agency to WTE as per the Pay and Numbers Strategy 2025; the annual monetary cost of the admin agency staff in Ennis and Nenagh hospitals; the number of agency staff in admin roles in …

1730. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the reason agency staff who fill temporary vacancies owing to staff shortages and are in a position for longer than 12 months are not regarded as having a permanent post that should be filled internally; if each location received guidance regarding their agency dependence; the amount by which it has to be reduced/converted by; and if she will make a statemen…

1731. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health her plans to convert the three agency staff in Ennis hospital to permanent staff, since a number of agency staff in administration in Ennis hospital have been there longer than one year but have been told they will not have their positions converted or be given the option to convert to WTE; her views this is against what is in the Pay and Numbers Strategy 20…

1932. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if the staff canteen in Nenagh hospital is subsidised for staff (details supplied); the number of staff working in the patient accounts/cash office in Nenagh hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59298/25]