Questions

210. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health when the HSE were first notified of aluminium levels that were exceeding the prescribed EU level at the Goatenbridge Water Treatment Plant in South Tipperary; if the HSE carried out inspections on this plant; when the HSE carried out such inspections; the findings at each inspection; the reason the public were not notified earlier of a do not consume notice whe…

1161. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health whether consideration was given to allocating the social deprivation practice support grant at practice level rather than individual GP level, given that the grant is intended to support additional clinical, nursing and key-worker resources within the practice; and if she will provide the analysis underpinning the decision taken. [64466/26]

1163. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the rationale for assessing eligibility for the Social Deprivation Practice Support Grant under Circular NCO-02-2026 on the basis of individual GMS GP patient panels rather than on the basis of the overall patient population served by a GP practice; and whether an assessment was undertaken of the impact of this approach on group practices. [64465/26]

1164. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of GP practices that received the Social Deprivation Practice Support Grant under the previous application-based system but were deemed ineligible under the 2025 geo-coding and deprivation ranking model; and if she will provide a county-by-county breakdown. [64463/26]

1173. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the reason a doctors practice in Tipperary did not qualify for the social deprivation practice support grant for 2025-2027 despite serving an area identified as experiencing significant socio-economic disadvantage under the Pobal HP (Haase-Pratschke) Deprivation Index; whether the HSE considered deprivation at practice level or solely at individual GP panel le…

1266. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of specialised coronary care beds provided in UHG, CUH, UHL, the Mater, St. James's and St. Vincent's hospitals that have real-time telemetry monitoring connected at bed to a live critical care unit, CCU, monitoring station. [64881/26]

535. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health to publish or provide the addendum report referred to in the supplementary note on the Department of Health's 2021 Annual Report of abortion statistics, which stated that "the Department will prepare an addendum report to update the notification figures" (details supplied) in order to address the recognised under-reporting of the number of abortions in the Depa…

536. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health to provide the total number of blood transfusions per year carried out in maternity hospitals, from 2016 to 2025; the reasons transfusions may be needed in maternity units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54492/26]

537. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 942 of 16 June 2026, to provide the number of claims for reimbursement via the primary care reimbursement scheme for a patient’s first visit for purpose of termination of pregnancy during 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of claims for combined termination procedure and aftercare during 2025 and to date in 2026; and if s…

266. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the rationale for permitting the continuation of the revised crewing model introduced by the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) during the Covid-19 pandemic, which allowed an emergency medical technician (EMT) and a paramedic to crew an emergency ambulance; whether this measure was intended to be temporary and pandemic-specific; if she is satisfied tha…

931. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the measures the Government and her Department are taking to support an increasing number of citizens who are unable to register with a GP, particularly private patients who, despite contacting multiple GP practices, have been refused due to capacity constraints; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45304/26]

1025. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if she will commit to investment to deliver a neurology service for Tipperary University Hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45916/26]

212. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the reason a relative of a deceased person has been refused access, under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, to non-clinical mortuary records, including mortuary logbooks, times of admission and release, and related administrative documentation held by a HSE hospital; if she will outline the policy basis on which such records may be withheld; if she will conf…

2258. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the specific safeguards in place to prevent drugs used for abortions (mifepristone and misoprostol) being supplied to or obtained by unauthorised people or used for abortions outside the terms of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; whether any regulatory changes have been made in light of evidence of coercive abortion in court cases; …

2259. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of any incidences where women requested abortion pill reversal treatments after coerced or forced abortion; if the possibility of prescribing progesterone in this circumstance has been examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43459/26]

246. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the current position with regard to the recruitment of a consultant ophthalmologist in south Tipperary, given the ongoing failures to recruit the urgent measures that will now be taken to address the ever growing waiting lists; the proposals in place to resolve this as a matter of urgency; the number of children now waiting to see an ophthalmologist in south Ti…

280. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the current waiting lists for the schools dental programme in south Tipperary; if the dental programmes are running up to date; the number of dental clinic days allocated in south Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38124/26]

253. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if she has plans to provide funding in the upcoming budget to fund the provision of the Freestyle Libre Flash Glucose Monitoring System to people with diabetes over 21 years-of -age based on clinical need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35643/26]

264. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if she will ringfence some of the anticipated 2021 cost savings from the recent HSE Medicines Management Programme (MMP) Preferred Blood Glucose Strips for adults with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes evaluation to fund the provision of the Freestyle Libre Flash Glucose Monitoring System to people with diabetes over 21 years-of-age based on clinical need; and if she …

265. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for Freestyle Libre were submitted by individual hospitals for people with diabetes over 21 years-of-age; the number that were approved; the number that were refused were refused in each of the years 2017-2021, in tabular form; are there plans to remove the age restriction on Freestyle Libre; and if she will make a statement on the ma…

1099. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health why dyslexic assessment of children in Ireland is solely carried out by educational psychologists, when current wait for a dyslexic assessment is reported to be around eighteen months, Dublin College University has a course to train teachers to assess dyslexia, and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's 2025 'Diaspora Strategy' aimed to promote opportun…

1183. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1727 of 18 March 2026, if she will clarify whether a family farm that is included in the nursing home support scheme (fair deal) may be leased while the applicant is availing of the scheme; and if the ownership of such a farm may be transferred in the third year of participation. [32977/26]

1248. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if there are national policies or additional resources being considered to support towns like Clonmel experiencing a rise in visible drug activity; if there is scope for legislative or policy changes to better address persistent public drug use and protect residential areas; if there are examples of successful interventions in other towns that could be applied…

1173. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1727 of 18 March 2026, when a response will issue to the question (details supplied). [30167/26]

1244. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health is she will make the shingles vaccine available for free for persons with underlying health issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30580/26]