Questions

1161. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether she will commission a review of the issuing of discharge notices and termination of contracts of care in nursing homes, including the extent to which such notices follow complaints by families, increased care needs, safeguarding concerns, funding disputes, staffing limitations or inability to access specialist supports; whether such a review will examine …

1190. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the HSE's plans for the former dispensary building in Ballynoe, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35036/26]

1245. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of management staff recruited or redeployed as part of the HSE health region/integrated healthcare area restructuring, broken down by health region and integrated healthcare area; whether each post is a new post, redeployment or re-titled existing post; the grade and salary scale attached to each post; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3…

1246. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of additional clinical staff recruited in each health region and integrated healthcare area in 2025 and 2026 so far, broken down by discipline, grade and service area, in tabular form. [35333/26]

881. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the measures that are in place to address the service gap for people with disabilities who require therapeutic input after the age of 65, but who are no longer eligible to access physical and sensory disability teams due to their age; if there is a plan to increase primary care team staffing quotas to address this gap in service; and if she will make a statement o…

452. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the building works that have taken place since January 2026 on the grounds of the former Owenacurra Centre, Midleton; and the works expected to take place from May to August 2026. [31685/26]

1207. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant gynaecologists that are employed by the HSE and/or are on the Irish Medical Council’s specialist register for obstetrics and gynaecology; their locations throughout Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30253/26]

1208. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the current wait times for patients, across all counties, to get an initial endometriosis appointment with a consultant gynaecologist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30254/26]

1209. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to reduce long waiting lists for endometriosis patients to see a consultant gynaecologist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30255/26]

555. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has assessed the extent to which failures by employers to provide reasonable accommodation may contribute to deterioration in mental health, including crisis presentations, among disabled workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29488/26]

556. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has engaged with the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment on the mental health impacts of workplace discrimination and accommodation denial for disabled employees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29489/26]

557. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has examined the case for guidance or protocols for employers where an employee discloses a serious mental health crisis in the context of an unresolved workplace accommodation issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29490/26]

188. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the current level of investment in Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services for Children with Intellectual Disability (CAMHS-ID) in each HSE health region; within each region, each integrated health area; the level of investment required in each such area to achieve the service, staffing and team targets envisaged in the CAMHS-ID National Model of Se…

204. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the current level of investment in psychiatry of later life services in each HSE health region; the level of investment required in each such area to achieve the staffing and service targets envisaged in the 2019 Specialist Geriatric Services Model of Care, Part 2: Mental Health Service Provision; and to explain the shortfall between current investment and the inv…

865. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of all locations/centres in Dublin county within the Dublin and southeast region the number of vacant NCS counsellor/therapist positions in each respective location/centre. [28440/26]

871. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health her plans to address recruitment and retention issues affecting clinical practice tutors in radiography; her plans to ensure increases in the number of student radiographers are accompanied by an appropriate increase in the number of practice tutors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28486/26]

876. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if she will outline the engagements her Department has had with professional bodies representing athletic therapists who have approached her Department seeking regulation; the process by which professions not designated under existing regulatory frameworks can obtain statutory regulation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28626/26]

2850. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health in relation to the latest recruitment drive for HSE councillors to provide the number of individuals that are expected to be recruited for the Dublin/Wicklow region; will positions will begin to be offered; and how long will the panel remain in place. [24541/26]

2862. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has engaged with the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland regarding the operation of the HSE's single point of access CAMHS, CDNTs and primary care services; the dates of any such engagement; whether any concerns, reservations or conditions were raised by the college in relation to the model; whether the college has indicated that it is full…

2863. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of child and adolescent mental health service teams, by health region and the location of the CAMHS team in each case, that have been without a social worker, a psychologist or an occupational therapist for a period in excess of one year; the date on which each vacancy arose; the details of recruitment efforts taken in each case since the post was vaca…

3093. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health her plans to ban artificial intelligence 'therapy' or programmes mimicking therapy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25873/26]

3332. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the current average ambulance response times for life-threatening (category A) calls in County Cork and the wider Munster region, by urban and rural areas, in each of the past 24 months. [26943/26]

3333. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions in the past 12 months where ambulance response times in County Cork exceeded 30 minutes and 60 minutes, respectively, for emergency calls involving children. [26944/26]

3334. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the current staffing levels within the National Ambulance Service in the Munster region, including paramedics, advanced paramedics and emergency medical controllers; and her plans to increase staffing in 2026. [26945/26]

3335. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances currently in operation in County Cork and the Munster region; the hours of operation of these vehicles; and her plans to increase fleet capacity. [26946/26]