864. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that children and families were genuinely at the centre of the scoping exercise in to the CHI inquiry when the final report identifies only two individual parents of children with scoliosis who spoke directly with the facilitator; and to provide the evidence on which she bases that view. [72284/26]
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865. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason the final report into the proposed public inquiry into CHI provides extensive detail on the engagement, correspondence and concerns of SAN and SBHPAG, while providing significantly less detail on the nature and extent of engagement with other stakeholder groups; and if she is satisfied that the report presents stakeholder participation in a balanced an…
866. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health in relation to the proposed inquiry in to CHI to explain precisely what is meant by the statement that "most clinicians and staff" preferred a commission of investigation, including the number consulted, the number supporting a commission and the number supporting a tribunal. [72282/26]
867. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of individual parents who engaged directly with the facilitator (details supplied), broken down between scoliosis and spina bifida; and the number of affected children and young people who were directly consulted. [72281/26]
868. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health of the five clinicians who met the facilitator (details supplied), the specialties of each, the hospitals and-or sites each clinician represented, and whether any had direct involvement in the services or matters subsequently recommended for investigation. [72280/26]
567. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the Irish National ICU Audit Annual Report for 2025; and the timeline for publication. [69907/26]
569. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health of the 162 workers who were on the special scheme of paid leave for healthcare workers with long-Covid when it concluded, the number that have returned to work; the number that have retired; and the number that have transitioned to other sick leave schemes, by scheme. [69899/26]
571. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide data with respect to the length of time ICU admissions took in each of the years from 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026, by site (details supplied). [69913/26]
572. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of ICU admissions in each of the years since 2020 and to date in 2026, by site. [69909/26]
169. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1218 of 12 May 2026, to provide an update on the final evaluation report into the 18-month pilot phase of the supervised injecting facility in Dublin; and if it will be completed and published by year end. [69072/26]
184. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the restrictions on child visitations in place in Irish maternity hospitals; the existence of protocols in place to accommodate circumstances where a patient’s child must be in attendance due to exceptional circumstances, particularly in the case of emergency referrals. [69192/26]
194. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to outline, in detail, the new spending and recruitment controls referenced in a media report (details supplied); and to clarify if these new measures will apply to all HSE regions or just the four HSE regions in which spending controls already apply. [69270/26]
434. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the policy in Ireland on umbilical cord donation for stem cell collection and treatment; and if her Department has considered the creation of a public cord blood bank. [67690/26]
465. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if approval has been granted to Cork University Hospital to recruit the staff required to operationalise 21 additional acute inpatient beds, due to be delivered by year end. [67774/26]
466. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the 21 in-patient beds due to be delivered in Cork University Hospital this year; the timeline for opening these beds; and the total additional staff requirement to operationalise all 21 beds, by grade. [67773/26]
467. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of days in which CT scanners in Cork University Hospital were closed or capacity was restricted due to staff shortages in 2026. [67771/26]
468. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of CT scan machines in Cork University Hospital. [67769/26]
469. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of radiographers employed in Cork University Hospital in each of the years from 2020 to date in 2026. [67763/26]
474. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if staff from existing HSE sites are to be redeployed to commission the HSE South West Surgical Hub; if so, the number of staff, broken down by grade and location (details supplied). [67754/26]
475. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of posts required for the HSE South West Surgical Hub, by grade; the number of posts funded; the number of posts approved; and the number of staff in post. [67752/26]
172. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will commit to completing and publishing a national model of care for acute and chronic pain services, together with a funded, time-bound implementation plan. [67494/26]
173. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will implement the ICD-11 chronic-pain classifications; and to outline her plans to improve national chronic-pain data on need, service capacity, access, waiting times and outcomes. [67493/26]
175. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason for a tender (details supplied); the cost and duration of same. [67491/26]
176. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will request the HSE to release an outstanding assessment report to a child's parent (details supplied); the reasons it was omitted from the disclosure schedule; if any formal decision was taken to withhold it; and if so, the basis for this decision. [67490/26]
177. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she plans to begin implementation of the National Diabetes Strategy by providing funding to create a regional diabetes clinical lead post in each HSE health region. [67489/26]