930. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the plans for the Elm Park Green campus, Dublin 4, purchased by the HSE in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71543/25]
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990. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will meet with an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71953/25]
991. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will respond to an issue identified with an application process (details supplied); if she will investigate the matters raised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71954/25]
992. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 22 October 2025, to provide an update on the number of full-time agency posts converted to HSE posts (details supplied) in 2024 and to date in 2025, by staff category, in tabular form. [71955/25]
563. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will commission a nationwide review of long and short-stay community beds, given the urgent need to increase capacity in community hospitals, community nursing units and long-stay facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70969/25]
564. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of long and short-stay community beds delivered to date in 2025, by site and region, in tabular form. [70970/25]
565. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her plans to increase capacity in community hospitals, community nursing units and long-stay facilities in the HSE South West Health Region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70971/25]
566. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her plans to ensure that hospitals have sight of community bed availability in their areas to support discharge planning; the steps being taken to support timely transfers of care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70972/25]
567. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the implementation of each of the recommendations from the Review of Nursing Homes Complaints Policies Report, published in 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70973/25]
568. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason the implementation oversight team for the COVID-19 Nursing Homes Expert Panel Report has not published a progress report since November 2024; if one will be published in 2025; the status of the recommendations that were outstanding in the last progress report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70974/25]
569. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the actions taken to date to strengthen the regulatory regime in the nursing home sector (details supplied); the remaining measures that will be taken; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70975/25]
338. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to address staff shortages in University Hospital Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70701/25]
339. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of unfilled posts in University Hospital Galway, by grade, in tabular form; and the number that are funded posts from 2024 and 2025 that remain unfilled. [70702/25]
340. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of regional sustainability officers in the HSE, by region and grade, in tabular form; the number that are on permanent contracts; and the number that are on agency contracts. [70703/25]
341. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the vendors shortlist for electronic health records; the number of vendors on the shortlist; if any vendors have been ruled out;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70704/25]
342. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health in relation to electronic health records, the market studies and due diligence that has been carried out to date to inform the procurement process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70705/25]
343. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the hospitals in which electronic health records are already in operation that her Department or the HSE has visited to garner learnings about the system and the specific providers; the learnings taken from these visits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70706/25]
344. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the hospitals in which electronic health records are already in operation that her Department or the HSE has visited to garner learnings about the system and the specific providers; the learnings taken from these visits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70707/25]
345. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address concerns related to vendor lock-in and interoperability risks with respect to electronic health records; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70708/25]
346. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason a Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency (VEAT) notice was chosen instead of a competitive tender to extend the National Laboratory Information System (MedLIS) contract, given that the original 2015 agreement had failed to deliver any live sites after seven years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70709/25]
347. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to explain the lack of progress from 2015 to 2019, on the National Laboratory Information System (MedLIS) project; her response to the fact that almost four years after the Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency (VEAT) notice, only one hospital is partially live; if the HSE conducted any market analysis before awarding hosting services directly to the vendor; and if she …
348. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the current total projected cost, not spend to date, of the National Laboratory Information System (MedLIS) project, including all CCNs and extensions, compared to the original €33 million contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70711/25]
349. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the current vendor-stated product lifecycle status of the cellular pathology and microbiology modules in the National Laboratory Information System (MedLIS) project; the hospital sites that have completed user acceptance testing for these modules and the outcomes; the feedback received from clinical and laboratory end-users on the suitability of these modules for…
350. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide a full risk register for the National Laboratory Information System (MedLIS), including risks associated with module lifecycle, site readiness, and clinical safety concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70713/25]
351. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason reimbursement for continuous glucose monitors is only available to patients with type 1 diabetes who have required insulin from the outset; if reimbursement will be extended to patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes who subsequently require insulin or develop type 1 diabetes later in life; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70714/25]