768. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason University Hospital Galway did not put alternative arrangements in place to ensure that it adhered to the terms of the public only consultant contract in its laboratories ahead of January 2026; if any preparatory work was carried out, given that management is expecting public only consultants to breach their contracts until the end of September; and if…
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788. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants employed by the HSE, by contract type, speciality, principal clinical site and region, in tabular form. [48990/26]
478. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her Department has concluded the local bargaining phase of the current public service pay agreement (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48576/26]
479. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to any other breaches of the public only consultant contract within other specialities other than obstetrics in the Rotunda Maternity Hospital; if so, to identify the specialities and the nature of the breaches; the engagement she has had with the Rotunda Maternity Hospital about such breaches; the enforcement action taken; and if …
480. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of gynaecologists working in the HSE, by contract type and site, in tabular form. [48580/26]
481. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of endometriosis surgeries carried out in 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, by site; and the number that were private patients undergoing surgery in public facilities, in tabular form. [48581/26]
482. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the procedures in place to ensure that common surgical waiting lists in public hospitals for all gynaecology patients is in line with the terms of the 2023 public only consultant contract, the 2012 consultant contract and the 2008 consultant contract, respectively (details supplied); if audits are carried out by hospitals or HSE regions; and if she will make a st…
483. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her views on the proposed European Common Training Framework for physiotherapy; if she will engage with an organisation (details supplied) regarding their concerns to ensure that the standard of physiotherapy care in Ireland is safeguarded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48583/26]
484. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the position regarding implementation of the dementia model of care; the status of each of its recommendations; the funding provided to delivery of this model of care in each of the years since its publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48584/26]
485. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of all HSE-funded memory clinics in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48585/26]
486. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the dementia model of care recommendation to provide five regional specialist memory clinics (RSMCs) nationally has been delivered; the location of each of the RSMCs; the staff complement by grade in each RSMC; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48586/26]
487. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the programme for Government commitment to increase ringfenced home care hours and funding for dementia intensive home care packages; the funding and hours provided for dementia specific home care in 2024, 2025 and 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48587/26]
543. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if implementation of the Diabetes Policy and Services Review: A strategy for Better Care Diabetes Strategy has been identified as a Ministerial priority within the HSE National Service Plan and Estimates process for 2027; if new funding will be provided in the upcoming budget to support the implementation of National Diabetes strategy; and if she will make a stat…
544. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address staffing resource shortages in the HSE South West region, identified in the Diabetes Policy and Services Review: A strategy for Better Care Diabetes Strategy (details supplied); if additional funding will be made available for the new posts identified in the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48707/26]
294. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to outline the HSE's policy on the integration of qualified engineering expertise into capital project planning at acute hospitals; the way in which compliance with that policy is monitored; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48151/26]
295. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to identify the role which carries technical engineering responsibility in acute hospitals, where critical engineering systems provide life-essential support to patients (details supplied); the qualifications required of the person in that role; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48152/26]
296. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has a national governance framework for the management of capital projects at acute hospitals, including defined roles and responsibilities for the acceptance and sign-off of infrastructure against national standards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48153/26]
297. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the minimum standards that apply to out-of-hours engineering cover at Level 3 and Level 4 acute hospitals; if she will confirm that those standards are being met across the HSE's hospital network; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48154/26]
298. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the oversight that exists to ensure that National Incident Management System (NIMS) reports filed by clinical and technical staff are properly investigated; the mechanisms, if any, to prevent a report being voided at hospital management level without independent review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48155/26]
299. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if any accountability mechanisms exist for HSE compliance with the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) recommendations; the actions that have been taken in respect of a decision issued on agreed terms in August 2023 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48156/26]
300. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if a review has been conducted at Connolly Hospital following the fire safety breaches, emergency department power failure, and delays to capital infrastructure (details supplied); if any remediation has been put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48157/26]
725. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if Action 7 of the 2022 HSE Position Paper on FASD Prevention, which was due to be completed within three years of publication, has now been completed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47101/26]
765. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if third-party insourcing will end as a practice within the HSE on 30 June 2026, as per the HSE Review of Insourcing and Outsourcing published in June 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47379/26]
766. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 737 of 21 April 2026, if the new community nursing unit at St Finbarr's, Cork has been handed over to the HSE; if not, if the unit will be handed over before the end of Q2 2026 as previously indicated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47380/26]
767. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the person or body that authorised the transmission of sensitive patient safety video material to the Office of the Protected Disclosures Commissioner on 22 May 2026 (details supplied); if the material was viewed before transmission; if she personally considered the governance issues raised before that transmission; and if not, her reasoning; and if she will make…