2358. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the details of the companies involved in HSE overseas nurse recruitment; the amount spent for recruitment per employee and the amount paid to such recruitment companies over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1014/26]
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922. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health to increase the number of GPs in County Wexford. [71493/25]
925. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if she will consider a proposal to provide a 20-bed demountable unit at Wexford General Hospital while awaiting the completion of the new 97-bed facility, which will take three years to deliver at an estimated cost of €3 million (details supplied). [71507/25]
926. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if she will examine ways to improve a service (details supplied) in County Wexford, with a view to reducing the number of patients who have to attend emergency departments. [71508/25]
317. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the reason Wexford General Hospital's diabetic department does not currently provide insulin pump therapy for patients in County Wexford (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70573/25]
318. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of people on the waiting list to receive a diabetic pump; the waiting times, broken down per county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70574/25]
319. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if she will approve a 20-bed demountable unit for Wexford General Hospital, noting the serious need for such following ambulance delays reported on 3 December 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70579/25]
452. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently waiting for BreastCheck screening in counties Wicklow and Wexford; the length of time they have been waiting; the number of patients carried over on the waiting list from 2024 who were not seen on time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62450/25]
379. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if she will seek funding for a service (details supplied) in Courtown, County Wexford, as a matter of urgency, to prevent this vital service closing on 6 November 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60893/25]
380. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if she will meet with all stakeholders involved with a service (details supplied) to secure the future of the Courtown service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60894/25]
1865. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the current rates of vacancy for mental health staff across counties Wicklow and Wexford; a breakdown per profession; the length of time the roles have been vacant for, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58832/25]
1866. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if she accepts that the average cost of a legal claim for medical negligence in Ireland is almost three times higher than in the UK; that cases take over 50 per cent longer to resolve than in the UK; her views that a medical negligence claim in Ireland takes 1,462 days on average (four years), 14 per cent longer than in South Africa and 56 per cent lo…
1867. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the 2026 Budget for mental health, including programme-level funding per county, including regional health allocations; to include specific suicide prevention funding for counties Wicklow and Wexford, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58839/25]
1868. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if she will consider allocating a specific mental health crisis unit in County Wexford to provide for the number of patients who have presented to Wexford Accident and Emergency Department with suicidal thoughts and/or in a mental health crisis, for the past 5 years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58841/25]
343. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the reason oncology patients cannot get a medication (details supplied), even though it has been licenced in Ireland (details supplied). [50968/25]
1610. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of public dentists who have retired in counties Wicklow and Wexford in the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30519/25]
1611. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant dental positions in counties Wicklow and Wexford in the past five years; the positions of these that were filled, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30520/25]
1612. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents on waiting lists for public dentists in counties Wicklow and Wexford in the past five years, including time spent on the list, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30521/25]
1613. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of adults on waiting lists for public dentists in counties Wicklow and Wexford in the past five years, including the time spent on the list, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30522/25]
853. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if she will approve the outstanding service level agreement for a meals-on-wheels group (details supplied); if funding will be provided as agreed in 2024, noting that no funds have been received since September 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25762/25]
1013. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of cases of spiking that have been reported in the past five years, per county; including reports to hospitals and gardaí, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23280/25]
1183. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if she will approve the outstanding service level agreement for a meals on wheels group (details supplied); if funding will be provided as agreed in 2024, noting that no funds have been received since September 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24335/25]
2361. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if the drug entresto is included on the drugs payment scheme; the consultation given to eligible patients eligible for this scheme when a new prescription is given; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20478/25]
1494. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists currently employed in counties Wexford and Wicklow, in tabular form; to outline plans to address the ongoing crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10709/25]
1495. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if a preferred location/site/building has been identified for a primary care centre in Gorey, County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10710/25]