142. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health for an overview of the additional mental health capacity that will be opened and brought into operation following Budget 2027. [72374/26]
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191. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health her plans for a major expansion of community crisis mental health supports. [72377/26]
188. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the estimated reduction in income to public hospitals arising from the removal of private practice from public hospitals in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 to date; the projected reduction for 2027 and 2028; and the basis on which the estimate of approximately €140 million for 2026 was calculated, in tabular form. [69201/26]
189. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the number of private inpatient and day case discharges from public acute hospitals; and the income received from private health insurers in respect of those discharges, in each of the years 2021 to 2026 to date, by hospital; in tabular form. [69202/26]
190. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the value of claims submitted by public and voluntary hospitals to private health insurers that remain unpaid; the value of such claims that were written off, in each of the years 2021 to 2026 to date, by hospital; and the principal reasons for non-payment, including the late or non-submission of claim forms, in tabular form. [69203/26]
191. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants employed in public hospitals by contract type, including the public only consultant contract 2023 and each category of the consultant contract 2008, in each of the years 2023 to 2026, by health region; the number who retain an entitlement to private practice in public hospitals, in tabular form. [69204/26]
193. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the measures in place to ensure that claims to private health insurers in respect of private patients treated in public hospitals are completed and submitted within the required period; whether recovery of this income is monitored as part of hospital performance management; and the steps being taken to recover claims reported as unpaid over the past five years. …
197. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or the health insurance authority has assessed the effect of reduced private activity in public hospitals on private health insurance premiums, on the number of people holding private health insurance, and on demand for capacity in private hospitals; and if such an assessment will be published. [69207/26]
827. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on a case (details supplied). [68736/26]
451. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will seek an update from her officials. [67819/26]
356. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on an ongoing industrial dispute (details supplied). [66084/26]
357. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the number of outstanding legal actions involving a medication (details supplied) and associated costs paid from 2018 to 1 July 2026. [66063/26]
3278. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if given the evidence to support the benefits of the shingles vaccine, known as shingrix, she will examine bringing forward a free or subsidised vaccination programme for people over 50 years of age as part of budget 2027; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55517/26]
97. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health when the strategic review of general practice will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48211/26]
547. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if she will be providing funding for regional diabetes clinical leads to ensure consistent and accountable delivery of the Diabetes Policy and Services Review: A Strategy for Better Care across all six regional health areas in line with national standards and models of care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48715/26]
548. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if she will make a commitment to provide sustained, ring-fenced, multiannual funding to ensure full implementation of the Diabetes Policy and Services Review: A Strategy for Better Care report; if she will be establishing a national diabetes office to oversee implementation of the strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48716/26]
549. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health whether implementation of the Diabetes Policy and Services Review: A strategy for Better Care has been identified as a Ministerial priority within the HSE National Service Plan and Estimates process for 2027; if new funding will be provided in Budget 2027 to support the implementation of the strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48717/26]
660. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the details of the way in which acute hospitals will be integrated in the HSE/Tusla joint protocol; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46823/26]
756. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the current status of the European Commission's proposals to set harmonised maximum permitted levels for vitamins and minerals in food supplements and fortified foods; if her Department and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland are represented on the relevant European Commission task force; if she will ensure that Ireland advances the need for a degree of nationa…
757. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if her Department or the Food Safety Authority of Ireland intends to make a submission to any forthcoming European Commission consultation on harmonised maximum levels for vitamins and minerals in food supplements; if she will ensure that any such submission reflects the need for national flexibility to account for the specific nutritional needs of the Irish pop…
758. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if her Department or the Food Safety Authority of Ireland will ensure the EU Commission's upcoming public on harmonised maximum permitted levels for vitamins and minerals in food supplements and fortified foods will be publicised so that citizens and interested parties in Ireland will be aware of the proposals and have an opportunity to participate in the proces…
531. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied); if she will investigate this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46750/26]
532. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the current waiting list for the school-based oral health screening programme, by community healthcare organisation area, in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46751/26]
533. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent dentists and dental staff employed in the public dental service, in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46752/26]
351. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health number of consultant obstetricians contracted under the old arrangements and the new public only consultants contract 2023, by maternity hospital, during the years 2023 - 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44838/26]