Questions

2166. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of CAMHS-ID teams nationally currently operating without the full multidisciplinary complement recommended by the HSE; and the disciplines currently missing from those teams. [20422/26]

33. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints relating to mental health services that have been submitted through the Your Service, Your Say complaints system in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; whether any audits or reviews have been carried out on these complaints, including assessments of complainant satisfaction with the resolution process; and if so, whether the findings of …

99. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if the integrated healthcare areas currently lacking approved multidisciplinary posts for older adult mental health (psychiatry of later life) services will be prioritised for development posts; and when primary notification numbers and funding will be provided to achieve the staffing targets of the Model of Care for Specialist Mental Health Services for Older Peop…

591. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE senior management staff pre-reconfiguration to the HSE health regions; and the number of HSE senior management staff as of March 2026. [18165/26]

311. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the National Ambulance Service (NAS) operational area, management division and reporting unit that covers the towns and villages and rural hinterland of Midleton, Youghal, Carrigtwohill, Cobh, Aghada, Castlemartyr, Killeagh, Cloyne, Mitchelstown and Fermoy; and to clarify whether NAS reporting aligns with the new HSE Health Regions and Integrated Healthcare Areas.…

312. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency incidents within the HSE South West’s Cork North and East Integrated Healthcare Area, in each of the years 2024 and 2025 where National Ambulance Service response times exceeded times (details supplied), by call priority and year, in tabular form. [17726/26]

313. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of frontline emergency ambulances, rapid response vehicles and other National Ambulance Services resources routinely rostered to serve the HSE South West’s Cork North and East Integrated Healthcare Area (IHA), to cover Youghal to Midleton specifically; and the number of shifts or hours where cover was reduced or unavailable due to staffing shortages or …

314. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the whole-time equivalent (WTE) staffing complement of the National Ambulance Service in the operational area identified as serving the east Cork towns of Midleton and Youghal listed, including, sanctioned posts, filled posts, vacant posts, staff on long-term leave, broken down by grade (paramedic, advanced paramedic, EMT, control staff and support grades) for eac…

315. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the whole-time equivalent (WTE) staffing complement of the National Ambulance Service serving the HSE South West’s Cork North and East Integrated Healthcare Area (IHA), including, sanctioned posts, filled posts, vacant posts, staff on long-term leave , broken down by grade (paramedic, advanced paramedic, EMT, control staff and support grades) for each of the years…

823. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the current WTE community mental health nurse provision, per head of population, in psychiatry of later life services in each integrated healthcare area of each health region, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16413/26]

824. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the current WTE social worker provision, per head of population, in psychiatry of later life services in each integrated healthcare area, of each health region, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16414/26]

825. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the current WTE occupational therapy provision, per head of population, in psychiatry of later life services in each integrated healthcare area of each health region, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16415/26]

826. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the current WTE psychology provision, per head of population, in psychiatry of later life services in each integrated healthcare area of each health region, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16416/26]

827. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the current WTE psychiatry provision, per head of population, in psychiatry of later life services in each integrated healthcare area of each health region, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16417/26]

828. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the current number of approved psychiatry posts, per head of population, in psychiatry of later life services in each integrated healthcare area of each health region, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16418/26]

835. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints relating to mental health services that have been submitted through the Your Service, Your Say complaints system in each of the past three years; whether any audits or reviews have been carried out on these complaints, including assessments of complainant satisfaction with the resolution process; if so, whether the findings of these audits…

1111. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1228 of 10 February 2026, if the Mental Health Commission will provide details, not available in its annual Restrictive Practices activity report, relating to the duration of restraint and the rationale for such around instances of "enduring mechanical restraint" in mental health settings under its regulatory remit; and if sh…

1117. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if the role of directors of psychology will be developed in all health regions; if their reporting relationship is to the director of health and social care professions or the regional executive officer; if the title of this role is director of psychology or regional director of psychology and if they are proposed to be part of the regional directorate of health …

1118. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health her plans to develop directors of disciplines such as occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, physiotherapy which are experiencing crises in waiting-lists, in addition to psychology, within primary care services. [15204/26]

1119. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health for an update on recruitment to the role of director of health and social care professions across each health region. [15205/26]

1120. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if the remit of directors of nursing extends to both adult mental health services and child and adolescent mental health services in each health region; to identify health regions where the remit is different; and the rationale for this. [15206/26]

1121. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if the clinicians implicated in over-prescribing practices in the North Kerry CAMHS have worked in other services outside of this catchment and whether cases they may have been involved in outside North Kerry will also now be subject to review. [15207/26]

1122. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if the clinicians implicated in over-prescribing practices in North Kerry CAMHS continue to work in the Irish health service. [15208/26]

275. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health for an update on the progress in implementing the 22 recommendations outlined in the 2022 Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice report entitled An Examination of the Present Approach to Sanctions for Possession of Certain Amounts of Drugs for Personal Use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13117/26]

276. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if she will enact the recommendations relevant to her Department outlined in the Joint Committee on Drugs Use interim report published on 22 October 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13119/26]