735. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health whether demand modelling for elective treatment centres for Limerick will be carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27976/26]
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860. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE advanced nurse practitioners and emergency medicine registrars based at St. John's minor injuries unit, Limerick as of 13 April 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28263/26]
2620. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 559 of 11 December 2025, if there has been any progress in sourcing a dedicated space for rheumatology patients at Cork University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23598/26]
2699. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health if she has had any engagement with healthcare workers suffering from long-Covid regarding accessing financial supports; if she will declare Covid-19 an occupational illness, as has been done in many other European Union member states, so that healthcare workers suffering from long-Covid can continue to access financial supports; and if she will make a statement…
2991. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health if working hours have been reduced for student nurses in University Hospital Limerick; if she will engage with the HSE to ascertain the reason these hours have been cut considering the constant levels of overcrowding in UHL; if these hours will be reinstated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25203/26]
2993. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of healthcare assistants employed in University Hospital Limerick in 2020 to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25227/26]
3089. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the five year survival rate for people diagnosed with bowel cancer, broken down by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25831/26]
3090. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the five year survival rate for people diagnosed with prostate cancer, broken down by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25832/26]
3091. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the five year survival rate for people diagnosed with melanoma, broken down by county and by gender, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25833/26]
1648. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE HSE employed podiatrist by grade working within Limerick Older Persons Services as of 2 March 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18232/26]
1649. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the capacity which currently exists for robot-assisted deep brain stimulation; if additional capacity has been sought; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18233/26]
1650. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year current costs if the HSE pathfinder services was extended to 12 midnight, seven days a week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18234/26]
1651. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE reproductive medical consultants based at Limerick Regional Fertility Hub as of 2 March 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18235/26]
1652. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health further to the publication of the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026-2029, to outline the proposed governance, funding flows and accountability arrangements for the regional structures within the HSE Health Regions; whether Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces will retain independent governance and decision-making authority over locally delivered programmes; and …
1653. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the way in which funding will be allocated within the proposed regional structures under the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026-2029; whether deprivation, social exclusion and patterns of entrenched drug-related harm will be formally weighted alongside population in determining resource allocation; and if she will publish the criteria to be used by HSE Health R…
1654. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the specific measures which will be put in place to protect the independent, community-led role of Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces under the proposed regional governance arrangements in the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026-2029; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18238/26]
1655. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health whether, under the proposed regional structures in the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026-2029, all public funding for community-based drug services, including Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces, will be pooled at HSE Health Region level; what safeguards will be put in place to prevent dilution of funding to areas of high deprivation; and if she will make a sta…
1769. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health if she has undertaken any analysis of the estimated cost of introducing a publicly funded elective egg freezing scheme; the projected annual cost based on likely eligibility criteria and uptake rates; if she will provide a breakdown of costs including medication, clinical procedures, storage and associated IVF treatment for women aged 29 to 38 years of age; and…
1770. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to increase the number of eating disorder beds available in the Mid-West region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18882/26]
1930. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health given her decision to alter the policy of co-location in respect of the Rotunda hospital, if she will clarify her Department's position is in respect of the co-location of University Maternity Hospital Limerick with University Hospital Limerick; the position regarding the co-location, including an indicative timeline of each stage of the process; and if she wil…
1971. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric social admissions by hospital, by year, from 2021 to 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19773/26]
1983. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the negotiations around the inclusion of the shingles vaccine in the national immunisation programme; when she will make a decision on whether to include the shingles vaccine in the national immunisation programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19852/26]
1984. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the action she proposes to take to address the fact that Ireland has the lowest penetration of long acting HIV treatment at 1%; the measures she proposes to take to address logistical issues around the increased resource constraints around the additional staffing requirements in sexual health services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19853/26]
1985. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of whole time equivalent staff in sexual health service delivery in the HSE, by CHO, in each of the years 2021 to 2025, and to-date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19854/26]
1986. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE vacant posts in sexual health service delivery in the HSE, by CHO, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19855/26]