Questions

108. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if she will commission a feasibility study into the provision of MRI and CT scanners at Monaghan hospital. [52348/25]

168. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if she will report on the provision of orthodontal services in the north-east region; the reasons for delays in accessing services; and her proposals to ensure adequate service levels. [52349/25]

351. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of orthopaedic surgeons within Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) who are able to perform surgeries on children with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC); the qualifications, sub-specialities and fellowships of each; the experience or qualification of each which provides assurance to CHI that each have specialism in limb reconstruction; the total numbe…

1225. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the status and timeframe for the delivery of a single point of access for families to enter into appropriate services for therapies, such as primary care and CAMHS in County Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48257/25]

1312. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the status and timeframe for the delivery of a single point of access for families to enter into appropriate services for therapies that is primary care and CAMHS in County Cavan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48780/25]

1314. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that presented to the emergency department of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda either by ambulance, through GP referral or self-presentation who subsequently left the emergency department before their treatment was completed, by method of presentation, in each month inclusive since January 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a…

1315. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that presented to the emergency department of Cavan Hospital, by ambulance, through GP referral or self-presentation who subsequently left the emergency department before their treatment was completed, by method of presentation, in each month inclusive since January 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [488…

2500. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2101 of 29 July 2025, if the information is now available regarding the number of prisoners transferred to the central mental hospital from each prison in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, including the average wait time for transfer each year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46407/25]

2532. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment to see a consultation at National Orthopaedic Hospital, Cappagh; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46597/25]

2752. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 772 of 25 March 2025, if she will provide an update on proposals to deliver improved Wi-Fi and mobile phone coverage for patients at Cavan and Monaghan hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41863/25]

2786. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health when the family of a child (details supplied), who apparently received operations at CHI for development dysplasia of the hip which were unnecessary, will receive an MRI appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41960/25]

2787. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if the family of a child (details supplied), who apparently received operations at CHI for development dysplasia of the hip which were unnecessary, will be provided copies of the minutes of the independent clinical review meetings in respect of this patient; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41961/25]

3203. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on CAMHS waiting lists and the length of wait in the years 2023 to date, by CHO area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43847/25]

3204. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the WTE staffing allocation for CAMHS; the number of which are vacant; by CHO area, in quarter 1 and quarter 2 of 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43848/25]

13. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that a CT scanner and MRI scanner are located within Monaghan Hospital. [34678/25]

31. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if she will report on the provision of orthodontal services in the north-east region; the reasons for delays in accessing services; and her proposals to ensure adequate service levels. [34677/25]

882. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if CHI have used National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) money to pay orthopaedic consultants at rates above the standard approved fees or during their contracted public working hours; if any CHI consultants were effectively double-paid that is, receiving their normal salary plus NTPF-funded fees for treating public patients, contrary to the intent that NTPF work …

883. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if those who approved arrangements (details supplied) ensured that all such work was done strictly on overtime with no clash with consultants' public duties; if all payments to consultants for these sessions processed transparently via CHI payroll in line with NTPF's rule against direct pay to consultants; who in CHI management signed off on these arrangements; if…

884. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the internal processes that CHI have had in place from 2019 onward to oversee the use of NTPF funds and special waiting-list initiatives; if the CHI executive or board were required to sign off on decisions to use NTPF money for private or insourced clinics; If so, if those protocols followed, for example, if the CEO, CFO, or clinical directors formally approved p…

885. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if she has ascertained the way in which CHI ensured that patients chosen for any NTPF-funded surgery or clinic were selected based on medical priority and waiting time; if there were instances where long-waiting children were bypassed in favour of others in NTPF sessions; if she is assured that CHI did not engage in any practice of resetting or manipulating waitli…

886. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if she has ensured that CHI utilized National Treatment Purchase Funds monies to reduce waiting times for the longest-waiting orthopaedic patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34333/25]

890. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if she has commissioned an investigation into the response of CHI management and board to internal warnings that arose in 2022 that the allocation of €19 million of scoliosis funds were not being utilised for the intended purpose; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34348/25]

891. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health in response to reports that CHI orthopaedic surgeons performed hip surgeries at University Hospital Galway and Cork in recent years, who approved sending CHI orthopaedic doctors to Galway and Cork; whether this was part of an official waiting-list initiative or NTPF arrangement; if the same oversight and patient-selection standards applied there as CHI sites; whet…

892. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of surgeries outsourced by CHI to private providers in each year since 2020, in tabular form; the total amount paid to each private provider in each year; the governance policies in place to determine each private provider; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34350/25]

893. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health whether any CHI-affiliated surgeons were involved in treating CHI patients at any private providers under NTPF contracts at any stage since 2020; to provide details of each instance; whether any conflict-of-interest declarations or audits have been carried out to ensure that outsourcing decisions were made solely to benefit patients and reduce waiting times; and i…