1817. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to including the shingles vaccine (Herpes Zoster Vaccine) in the national immunisation programme, specifically for those with immunocompromising conditions, as recommended by NIAC in February 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58694/25]
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1821. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the numbers of persons waiting to be seen at all endometriosis hubs, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58728/25]
1822. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for a person to receive an initial appointment in each of the endometriosis hubs following a referral to the hub, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58729/25]
1823. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the current staffing levels in each endometriosis hub by total WTE and filled WTE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58730/25]
1824. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if it the case that a service (details supplied) is not accepting any more referrals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58731/25]
1831. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if Members of Dáil Éireann will be informed as to when the letter of determination will be sent to the HSE and if it will be circulated to Members; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58753/25]
1871. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of adult ICU critical care beds per hospital; the bed occupancy per year, per hospital, from 2022 to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58887/25]
1872. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of ICU beds per 100,000 of population in the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and projected by year end 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58888/25]
1998. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to confirm the level of funding for local and regional drug and alcohol task forces in 2024 and 2025, respectively; the allocation for 2026; the level of funding increases that were awarded in budgets 2025 and 2026, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59624/25]
742. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the current capacity of the HSE to deliver bone anchored hearing aid (BAHA) services; the number of individuals awaiting BAHA's; the numbers who received BAHA's from 2020 to 2025; the number of surgeons who deliver this procedure in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56560/25]
743. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her plans to expand bone anchored hearing aid services in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56561/25]
783. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of new community beds provided for in Budget 2026. [56732/25]
784. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the 500 additional nursing homes places committed to in Budget 2026 will be in the public or private sector. [56733/25]
785. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of new acute hospital beds provided for in Budget 2026. [56734/25]
786. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the Laura Brennan programme will be restarted as part of the Budget 2026 public health initiative to increase immunisation. [56735/25]
787. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the hours of operation for the new specialist nursing teams (ANP and CNS) in emergency departments of all model 4 hospitals, out-of-hours; and to confirm if it will stop operations at 2 am, seven days a week. [56736/25]
788. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of additional IBLC lactation consultants committed to in Budget 2026. [56737/25]
789. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health whether funding has been provided in Budget 2026 for the operation of 37 currently unused beds in a facility (details supplied), under the social inclusion heading. [56738/25]
384. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total acute bed capacity across all section 38 and HSE run hospitals, by year, from 2019 to date in 2025. [56406/25]
385. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of ICU bed capacity across all section 38 and HSE run hospitals, by year, from 2019 to date in 2025. [56407/25]
386. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of high dependency units bed capacity across all section 38 and HSE run hospitals, by year, from 2019 to date in 2025. [56408/25]
387. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of operating theatres across HSE and S.38 hospitals, by year, from 2019 to date in 2025. [56409/25]
388. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number waiting for diagnostic scans across all section 38 and HSE run hospitals at end September 2025 and to date in 2025; and the average and longest length of time waited per speciality. [56410/25]
389. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of patients classified as delayed transfers of care across all HSE run and section 38 operated hospitals; and the average and longest length of delayed transfer. [56411/25]
390. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the average and longest waiting times for admission from emergency departments (ED) across every ED in the country. [56412/25]