929. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of public health nurses, by funded WTE and filled WTE; the number of public health nurses per community health network; the number of public health nurses per 10,000 of population; and the number of public health nurses per integrated healthcare area, from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32759/25]
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509. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the HSE board has submitted a comprehensive plan to her Department to help monitor and measure the value gained as a result of the implementation of the new consultant contract, as directed in the letter of determination that issued in November 2024. [31442/25]
510. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has adopted a standardised approach regarding the number of outpatient clinics, consultants in their respective specialties would be expected to provide, in a given week, as directed in the letter of determination that issued in November 2024. [31443/25]
511. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has issued detailed guidance to hospitals around outpatient targets under any standardised approach to consultants working in individual specialties, as directed in the letter of determination that issued in November 2024. [31444/25]
512. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if consultants, across all specialities that have outpatient clinics, are now automatically receiving monthly data showing how their outpatient data compares with their peers in the same specialty, as directed in the letter of determination that issued in November 2024. [31445/25]
513. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the action the HSE board has taken on foot of concerns raised by her predecessor in relation to the lack of a standardised approach to large variations in the volume of outpatient work being carried out (details supplied). [31446/25]
514. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the quantitative data the HSE has sought from hospitals to ensure the phasing out of private practice for consultants who have moved to the new POCC contract. [31447/25]
515. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the quantitative data the HSE board has submitted to demonstrate the effective phasing out of private practice by consultants who switched to the new POCC contract, as requested in the letter of determination that issued in November 2024.
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536. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in the Ballymun area network, Blakestown area network, Blanchardstown area network, Coolock area network, coastal area network, Finglas area network, Kilbarrack area network, and Swords area network. [31531/25]
537. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in the community area networks of Cavan, central Meath, east Meath, Monaghan, north Louth, north Meath and Ardee, south Louth, and Bettystown and south-west Meath. [31532/25]
538. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in each community area network (details supplied). [31533/25]
539. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in each community area network (details supplied). [31534/25]
540. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in each community area network (details supplied). [31535/25]
543. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in the community area networks of Ballyfermot and Palmerstown, Clondalkin, Drimnagh, Crumlin, and Harold's Cross, Lucan, Newcastle, Citywest and Saggart, Rathfarnham, Knocklyon and Ballyboden, Rathmines, Terenure and Templeogue, south Dublin inner city, and Tallaght and Firhouse. [31559/25]
544. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in the community area networks of east Kildare and Blessington, east Offaly and north Laois, east Westmeath, north-east Kildare, north-west Kildare, south Kildare and west Wicklow, and south Laois. [31560/25]
545. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in each of the following community area networks; Offaly, West and Central Kildare, West Westmeath and Northwest Offaly and Longford and Central Westmeath [31561/25]
1397. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of abolishing all prescription charges under the general medical service scheme. [29493/25]
1398. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of reducing the drugs payment scheme threshold to €72, €50, and €0 respectively. [29494/25]
1399. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the cost to the State to fully subsidise the cost of all prescribed inhaled asthma medications and related devices. [29495/25]
1400. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health for an update on the review of the long-term illness scheme included as part of a review of the current eligibility framework carried out under commitments within the Sláintecare Implementation Strategy; to provide a timeline for the publication of the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29496/25]
1404. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the intentions of the HSE with regard to a nursing home (details supplied); if this facility will continue under the control of the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29516/25]
1420. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if her Department is considering a review of pay scales for clinical radiographer practice tutors to align with salaries for comparative tutor grades in other allied health professions, as noted in HR Circular 004 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29599/25]
1458. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if there is a protocol governing the treatment of referrals on the waiting lists when they are being referred back to primary care from a CDNT. [29746/25]
658. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the investigations she has initiated into alleged breached by businesses with HSE contracts of employment permit conditions in paying workers less than the permitted wage as in the case of a company (details supplied). [28775/25]
564. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to set out the accumulated deficits of each voluntary acute hospital in the country, as reported to her Department and-or the HSE, as of 1 January 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26692/25]