166. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health her plans to ensure timely access to therapists for children with disabilities and mental health difficulties; if she plans to work with her counterpart at the Department of Education and Youth regarding NEPS vacancies; and if NEPS vacancies are accounted for in the allocation of therapists to HSE-funded services in a given catchment. [73017/26]
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203. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health her plans to ensure the timely replacement of linear accelerator machines for radiotherapy. [73018/26]
222. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health her engagements with her counterparts at the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation regarding pay, recruitment and retention of healthcare staff in the public sector; and to detail the policies of her Department and agencies under her remit related to the same subject. [73014/26]
228. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health her most recent engagements with trade unions representing public sector healthcare workers, in particular the engagements she has had within the past month. [73015/26]
550. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 16642/26 (details supplied), if she is aware that graduate paramedics are currently being redeployed from understaffed stations close to where they live, to other more distant stations that are fully staffed against their will and under the threat of unemployment; her views on this regarding previous commitments made …
526. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health whether she will introduce a no wait card for those with medical conditions requiring urgent access to toilets; and if so, when she expects that it will be available. [66345/26]
338. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if general nursing graduates are being phased into employment over the coming months; the reason for this; and the criteria being used to determine when individual graduates can commence employment. [66019/26]
339. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health when can the 2026 graduating class of general nursing students realistically expect to receive written confirmation of their employment and start dates. [66017/26]
340. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the number of 2026 nursing graduates have currently been offered employment; and the number that are still awaiting contracts. [66016/26]
341. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health whether, in respect of 2026 general nursing graduates who might have expected to be offered permanent HSE contracts per outlined in HR Memo 013/2026?2, but who have not yet received contracts or confirmed commencement dates, the delay in commencement of employment related to HSE financial pressures, workforce ceilings or a lack of funding from the Departm…
342. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if 2026 general nursing graduates are entitled to the permanent HSE contracts outlined in HR Memo 013/2026?2; the reason graduates who have completed their internships have not yet received contracts or confirmed commencement dates. [66014/26]
343. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health whether all 2026 general nursing graduates entitled to the permanent HSE contracts outlined in HR Memo 013/2026. [66012/26]
1257. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the details of any contracts in place between her Department and agencies under her remit with a company (details supplied) known to have provided material support to the IDF in Gaza, which the Government considers to be guilty of genocide, since 2023. [64859/26]
3219. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the reason certain items (details supplied) have been delisted from the drug payment scheme; if she will consider the financial impact this causes for those who are on low incomes but are ineligible for a full medical card, and often have to pay the full €80 DPS limit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55259/26]
492. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) and expedite an appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54355/26]
499. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if she will review the case of an elderly person with dementia (details supplied) including their treatment to date with a view to expediting an MRI scan in order that they can leave hospital and return home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54383/26]
806. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health to provide a social worker for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53119/26]
818. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health to outline the process for the review of the National Cancer Strategy which is due this year; and to confirm that the Cancer Patient Advisory Committee will be included as one of the stakeholders in this review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53157/26]
868. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners that were employed through the general medical services scheme in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the estimated annual cost of the GMS in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53384/26]
869. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the total number of sanctioned whole-time equivalent posts per medical discipline in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of posts that remain unfilled per discipline, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53385/26]
870. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the total number of locum staff employed in public hospitals through private healthcare agencies in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the total estimated cost in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53386/26]
871. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated total spend on the National Treatment Purchase Fund to address the waiting lists in each of the years 2024 and 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53387/26]
872. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the amount of the total healthcare budget that is outsourced to provide healthcare through independent bodies, private providers or agencies in each of the years 2024 and 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53388/26]
873. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated average wage of Section 38 and Section 39 workers separately; the number of workers in each section in 2024 and 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53389/26]
800. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the number of children still waiting on autism assessment of needs; the estimated additional cost to clear assessment of needs waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51320/26]