921. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to address the recruitment and retention crisis affecting clinical practice tutors in radiography; whether she intends on making funding available to the HSE to recruit a number of clinical practice tutors in radiography commensurate with the Government's increase in the number of student radiographer places; and if she will make a stateme…
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1686. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health whether an application for the inclusion of a cancer medicine (details supplied) in the HSE reimbursement scheme has been received; if she will expedite its inclusion when and if received; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18391/26]
2194. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the average waiting times to see a consultant paediatric nephrologist at CHI Crumlin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20589/26]
2195. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the average waiting times to see a consultant rheumatologist at Tallaght University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20590/26]
2196. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the key measures in the Day Services Capital Plan for 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20591/26]
249. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the reason Skyclarys has not yet been approved for reimbursement despite being authorised for use by the European Medicines Agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17273/26]
250. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the specific steps being taken to ensure the HSE considers the "time-critical" nature of FA during the current price negotiations for Skyclarys; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17274/26]
251. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the way in which the commitments in the National Rare Disease Strategy 2025-2030 and the 2026 IPHA Framework Agreement which aims for a 180-day decision timeline are being applied to the HSE’s consideration of Skyclarys, to prevent further delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17275/26]
904. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the reason the National Ambulance Service has asked a cohort of recently qualified paramedics to sign temporary contracts and apply for permanent jobs, rather than automatically transition into permanent positions as they have done historically; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16926/26]
905. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health whether there is a risk some newly qualified paramedics will not be hired by the National Ambulance Service as a result of the service’s new application process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16927/26]
906. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health whether there is a risk the National Ambulance Service’s operations could be disrupted by staffing issues as a result of the service’s new trainee application process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16928/26]
907. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health whether it is now National Ambulance Service policy to not automatically transition newly qualified paramedics into permanent contracts upon graduation, as they have historically done so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16929/26]
242. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health to provide details of all occasions in which she or her predecessors exercised the power conferred on them under Section 15(3) of the Climate Action & Low Carbon Development Act (2015), which states that ‘the relevant Minister may, from time to time, give a direction to a relevant body requiring it to adopt such measures as are specified in the direction for …
635. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that there are delays of up to ten working days arising in providing access to IT accounts for HSE staff returning to work after periods of statutory leave; the details of the average wait time for the provision of access to IT accounts for all grades of staff returning from statutory leave, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the…
1198. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the WTE staff, by job title currently working at the Supra-Regional Endometriosis Centre in Tallaght University Hospital; the WTE vacancies, by job title; the estimated timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10383/26]
1199. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE occupational therapists, by grade posts filled at Springfield-Tallaght primary care centre as of 4 February 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10384/26]
1089. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health if her Department has carried out research on the effect of privatisation in the home care sector on the pay and conditions of workers in the sector as well as the overall quality of service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8080/26]
943. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the consideration which has been given to the human-rights implications arising from the nationwide digital sharing of patient information under the phased roll-out of the HSE community care record programme (details supplied); which Department or statutory body will have responsibility for oversight and accountability during the early stages of the phased region…
510. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health to intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) to ensure that they can access vital medicines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5112/26]
512. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of service provision issues with a private mental health company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5115/26]
300. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health her views on an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4703/26]
926. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health to list the roles within public or semi-State organisations under her Department that are excluded from the single public service pension scheme; the number of people employed in those roles, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3620/26]
948. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health to provide an up-to-date contact list for queries from Oireachtas members to agencies under her Department, in tabular form. [3874/26]
1040. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of wholetime equivalent, WTE, consultant dermatologists based at Tallaght University Hospital as of 12 January 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4317/26]
1041. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in CHO 7 awaiting home help services as of 12 January 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4318/26]