Questions

277. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health her Department’s position on the decriminalisation of drugs for personal use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13121/26]

278. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health when the public consultation on the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026-2029 will take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13123/26]

279. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an overview of her Department's responses to recommendations made in the report of the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13124/26]

287. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health her plans to add Acarizax to the reimbursement list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13176/26]

1080. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health to provide the reason for the moving of the speech and language therapy service from Lettermore Health Centre in County Galway to another health centre 17 kilometres away; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11784/26]

1081. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health how moving the speech and language therapy service from Lettermore Health Centre in County Galway to another health centre 17 kilometres away aligns with the implementation of Sláintecare, particularly regarding the delivering of health services in the community that is accessing them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11785/26]

1170. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a list of approved centres abroad under the endometriosis surgery abroad interim scheme and a list of registered surgeons under the scheme who can provide the highest standard of endometriosis care, and excision surgery (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12300/26]

1189. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health when the next phase of the Women’s Health Taskforce strategy is due to be published; whether that phase will include detailed measures on the recognition, diagnosis and evidence-based treatment of premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), including pathways for referral, clinician education and access to appropriate supports; and if she will make a statement on the…

1246. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if there are approved centres in any health regions at present without an assigned psychologist, occupational therapist or social worker; the duration of this staffing deficit where it may exist; the location of the approved centre; and for details of efforts to recruit to those posts. [12920/26]

1247. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health for an update on the development of intensive recovery support teams in each health region; the current level of capital resourcing and staffing of those teams when set against the benchmarks for rehabilitation and recovery mental health teams in A Vision for Change - i.e., current staffing levels of each discipline and current building provision for supported li…

1227. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether the Mental Health Commission analyses or publishes comparative data on the regional use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in approved centres; whether significant variation has been identified between centres or regions in recent years; the number of ECT treatments administered in each approved centre in each of the past five years. [10495/26]

1228. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if the Mental Health Commission receives details on instances of "enduring mechanical restraint" in mental health settings under its regulatory remit, such as the duration of restraint and the rationale, in each instance, and if these details will be published. [10496/26]

1229. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if complaints have been made to the Mental Health Commission, the HSE, or her Department concerning a hospital (details supplied) in the past five years; the number and nature of those complaints; and the outcomes. [10497/26]

1230. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether any external reviews, audits, or investigations, statutory or otherwise, have been commissioned into a hospital (details supplied) in the past ten years. [10498/26]

1231. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether she is satisfied that the Mental Health Commission currently has sufficient statutory powers and resources to regulate private psychiatric hospitals such as a hospital (details supplied); and if not, the legislative or administrative changes she intends to pursue. [10499/26]

1232. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether she is satisfied that inspection findings and compliance ratings issued by the Mental Health Commission in respect of a hospital (details supplied) in the years preceding the recent revelations adequately reflected the risks and deficiencies subsequently uncovered; whether her Department has sought an explanation from the Commission as to how such matters…

1233. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether the prevalence of chemical restraint has increased or decreased nationally over the past decade; and the conclusions drawn by her Department or the Mental Health Commission in relation to those trends. [10502/26]

1234. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the statutory reporting requirements which currently applies to the use of chemical restraint in approved centres; whether such episodes must be individually logged, audited and inspected; and whether she will publish centre-level data on its use. [10503/26]

1024. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of approved occupational therapy posts, per population, in psychiatry of later life services across each health region; if there are integrated health areas that currently do not have approved occupational therapy posts, in tabular form [7685/26]

1025. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of approved social work posts, per population, in psychiatry of later life services across each health region; if there are integrated health areas that currently do not have approved social work posts, in tabular form [7686/26]

1026. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of approved community mental health nurse posts, per population, in psychiatry of later life services across each health region; if there are integrated health areas that currently do not have approved community mental health nurse posts, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7687/26]

1089. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the percentage of children with complex needs that receive dietetic input as part of their assessment and intervention plan. [6302/26]

1090. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether there are any CHOs where dietetic services are provided only through private contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6303/26]

2. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of approved psychology posts, per population, in psychiatry of later life services across each health region; to indicate the integrated health areas that currently do not have approved psychology posts, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5414/26]

65. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of children referred by the HSE to private approved centres for psychiatric assessment and treatment in each of the years 2024 and 2025; to provide a breakdown of the data, by age, gender, reason for admission, admission status (voluntary or involuntary), and length of stay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4975/26]