1137. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance callouts to road traffic accidents which were responded to in 2024 and 2025, by region; the number where the person was deceased at arrival to the scene; the number where a person concerned was deceased by arrival at a hospital; the response times of ambulances concerned; the average response time to road traffic accidents; the number …
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1144. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when screening for spinal muscular atrophy, a rare genetic condition affecting approximately six babies born in Ireland each year, will be included in the national newborn bloodspot screening programme; if SMA screening will be implemented before the end of March 2026, as cited by a leading paediatric clinician in recent media coverage; the preparations curre…
569. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the extent to which a company’s systems (details supplied) are used by the HSE; where such systems are used to process and or store patient data.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11324/26]
570. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11326/26]
574. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); if these beds will be retendered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11330/26]
575. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if the bexcero vaccine has been examined and will be made available through such clinics; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11338/26]
282. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the data collected by her Department and the HSE relating to disabled drivers and primary medical certificates. [10728/26]
338. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the expenditure at hospitals (details supplied) on taxis and private transport services for patient transfer, file transfer and other services identified as appropriate, for each of the years from 2021 to 2025 inclusive, in tabular form. [10710/26]
341. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the longest wait time recorded for an ambulance in each ambulance region in each year 2022-2025, in tabular form. [10719/26]
342. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the longest turnaround time recorded for an ambulance at each hospital in each year 2022-2025, in tabular form. [10720/26]
343. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of instances where an ambulance did not reach a high priority callout within the target timeframe; the number which did not reach such a callout within an hour; and the number of instances where an ambulance never arrived at a high priority callout. [10721/26]
344. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and the details of medications and medical products approved for reimbursement, but which received a recommendation to not consider the product for recommendation from an agency (details supplied), in tabular form. [10723/26]
345. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason pluvicto was not approved for reimbursement but luthathera received approval; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10724/26]
346. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of sanctioned pathologist posts at University Hospital Waterford; the number of vacant posts; the details of recruitment timelines for unfilled posts; the details of staffing levels and additional posts sought in each of the years since 2020 to-date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10725/26]
347. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her plans to restore full operational capacity of pathology at University Hospital Waterford (UHW); if she or the HSE or UHW has been engaged by the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration regarding the inability of UHW to provide post-mortems for coroner inquests. [10726/26]
348. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the data collected by her Department and the HSE relating to primary medical certificates. [10727/26]
385. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of applications received for the disabled drivers scheme and a primary medical certificate, by county in each of the years 2021 to 2025; the number accepted and rejected, in tabular form. [11207/26]
1127. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of funding provided to the national treatment purchase fund in 2026, by funding purpose; if there is a stay on funding for outsourcing or any other service provided, or organised by, or through the national treatment purchase fund in general, or for any specific institutions, clinics, or provider otherwise, in tabular form; if so, the reason; and if…
1128. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason funding is not available to Tallaght University Hospital for outsourcing inpatient procedures through the National Treatment Purchase Fund; whether this is due to funding not been sanctioned for the year; if there is a reason the hospital is prevented from accessing such funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10146/26]
1136. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of approved, funded, filled, and vacant posts at University Hospital Waterford associated with emergency PPCI as of 8 April 2025; the level of current funding associated with the service; and the approved but unspent capital funding, if any, allocated for the service at that date. [10205/26]
1137. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional capital investment allocated to emergency PPCI at University Hospital Waterford since 8 April 2025; and the additional amount allocated since that date to progress 24/7 PPCI. [10206/26]
1138. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional current funding allocated to delivering 24/7 PPCI at University Hospital Waterford since 8 April 2025; the purpose of same; and the timeframe to deliver the necessary amount to open 24/7 PPCI. [10207/26]
1139. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional staffing posts required, sought, sanctioned, funded, and vacant or filled to deliver 24/7 PPCI at University Hospital Waterford since 8 April 2025; the total inclusive of existing posts pre-8 April 2025, in tabular form; and the timeframe to deliver the full complement and open 24/7 PPCI. [10208/26]
1014. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the work of the Covid-19 evaluation panel; the timeframe for completion; the costs to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7614/26]
188. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the contingency plan and guidance in place and issued by the HSE in response to the shortages of certain salbutamol products; the list of salbutamol products which are approved for reimbursement; whether each of these is in stock; the availability of substitute products for which a reimbursement price has not been agreed but which have been identified as an ap…