879. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on plans to increase the number of dental hygienists in Ireland and to allow them to make a greater contribution to oral healthcare in Ireland. [45147/26]
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880. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that all consultants on public only consultant contracts are only carrying out public work; if any hospital apart from the Rotunda Hospital has advised her that this was not the case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45148/26]
881. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the current average waiting time for access to home help supports in each county; and the number of persons currently on waiting lists in each county. [45149/26]
882. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the reasons that are contributing to the waiting lists, and the allocation of home help supports across the State; the specific measures to seek to reduce those waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45150/26]
883. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health to outline her Department's approach to raising awareness of schizophrenia; the supports in place for those with schizophrenia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45151/26]
1126. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the mechanisms in place in her Department to ensure delivery on the commitments in the Programme for Government; the civil servant specifically responsible for overseeing such delivery; the measures that are used to assess progress; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38815/26]
1133. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health if there will be an independent assessment within the HSE of the pension entitlements of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38844/26]
1241. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the progress on the public-only consultant contract; the number of consultants now signed to the system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39125/26]
1144. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health if her Department has any usage policy on or if it sanctions for official purposes the use of messaging apps (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37204/26]
1183. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of additional staff employed or that will be employed by her Department directly or under contract for the purposes of Ireland’s presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2026. [37455/26]
1242. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the total number of missed appointments across the HSE in 2025; the action she is taking to reduce this number; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37818/26]
863. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the local mental health services available to a young person aged 18 to 30 years of age in the Gorey, north Wexford area; if such services are available 24/7; the length of waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32021/26]
864. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the local mental health services available to a young person aged 18 to 30 years of age in the Arklow, south Wicklow area; if such services are available 24/7; the length of waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32022/26]
865. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the status of plans to establish a CAMHS team to serve north Wexford, based in Gorey; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32023/26]
253. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the formal coordination mechanisms that exist between her Department and the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to ensure that Ireland’s implementation of the EU AI Act and the European Health Data Space regulation is fully reflected in the design and procurement of national health IT infrastructure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. …
254. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the way in which the Government intends to ensure that any national electronic health record system incorporating high-risk AI complies fully with the transparency and oversight requirements of the EU AI Act; if an assessment has been undertaken of the implications where a supplier of such services may be subject to legal obligations in a non-EU jurisdiction tha…
287. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health whether an assessment has been undertaken of where patient data would reside under the recent Government approved plan for a national electronic health record system; how legal control over that data would be exercised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31255/26]
288. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health whether, in the context of Ireland’s implementation of the EU AI Act and the forthcoming European Health Data Space, if her Department has assessed the potential jurisdictional implications of selecting a non-EU headquartered supplier for critical national health data infrastructure, including the possible interaction of foreign legislation with Irish and EU dat…
1002. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health for an update on the planned national strategy on haemochromatosis. [29623/26]
1003. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the funding available from her Department for an organisation (details supplied); if she will consider additional funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29624/26]
180. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health for an update on plans to increase the number of general practitioners in Ireland.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28389/26]
199. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health for an update on plans to increase the number of dentists in Ireland. [28390/26]
3021. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the total pay bill for the Civil Service in her Department for each year from 2016 to 2025, inclusive. [25446/26]
3360. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health to provide an estimate of the total volume of data currently stored by or on behalf of the State by her Department in data centres in Ireland, data centres outside of Ireland but within the European Union, data centres outside of the European Union and data storage facilities within her own Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27049/26]
3363. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the projected healthcare needs of the population over the next ten, 20 and 30 years based on current demographic trends; the modelling used for such projections; the way in which these measures are informing capital planning and service delivery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27068/26]