428. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if her Department tracks data on rare complications associated with pacemaker leads in paediatric cases; if she will publish the number of such cases recorded in Ireland since 2010, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23031/25]
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433. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if she will initiate an external audit of how Children’s Health Ireland manages diagnostic data and patient-submitted information (e.g. Holter monitor diaries); if she will investigate whether failures to retain such materials have impacted patient outcomes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23036/25]
446. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health regarding the ongoing cancellation of elective and emergency surgeries at University Hospital Limerick, the reason for these cancellations; the steps being taken to address the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23081/25]
447. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of surgeries cancelled on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis at University Hospital Limerick since January 2024, by type of procedure and reason for cancellation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23082/25]
448. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of emergency versus elective surgery cancellations at University Hospital Limerick and how these figures compare with other model 4 hospitals across the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23083/25]
449. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if any formal risk assessments or patient safety audits have been conducted at University Hospital Limerick in relation to the cancellation of surgeries; if so, if she will publish their findings and detail the impact this is having on patient safety; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23084/25]
451. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if her Department has set performance targets or issued intervention plans to the UL Hospitals Group in response to persistent surgical cancellations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23086/25]
523. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Health when orthognathic surgery will be available in the midland region; whether people in the midland region can have access to this service were provided outside the region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22532/25]
529. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of deep brain stimulation surgeries that take place each year through the HSE. [22539/25]
530. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for deep brain stimulation surgery with the HSE. [22540/25]
180. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of hip and knee replacement surgeries carried out at the National Orthopaedic Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [21322/25]
182. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the rationale on the restriction on the types of MRIs offered under GP access to community diagnostics; the reason below-the-knee MRI is no longer available under this type of diagnostics; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21339/25]
2029. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the types of vascular surgeries procedures that were carried out at the Mater Hospital in 2024 and to date in 2025. [18837/25]
2095. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if the case of a child (details supplied) will be examined; if she was aware of this issue; and if there is a scheme this family can access to help get funding for treatment. [19238/25]
703. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health is she aware that once cancer treatment is completed, some patients are prescribed high tech medication for which the HSE can only allow a three-month script, meaning patients have to go into the hospital every three months just to get a prescription; and if she sees any practical way of overcoming this costly and time-consuming inconvenience. [15039/25]
783. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of elective surgeries and procedures cancelled, by speciality, at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital and Louth County Hospital for each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13858/25]
802. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric neurosurgeries procedures carried out at CHI Temple Street in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [13920/25]
859. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of wrist surgeries performed at University Hospital Kerry in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14161/25]
1615. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if she will outline, in the decisions of the multidisciplinary meetings at St. James’s Hospital under gastro-intestinal conference, the number of patients with oesophageal cancer determined 'likely invasive' over the age of 70 years, in each of the years 2016 to 2024 and to date in 2025, and in tabular form. [11327/25]
1616. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if she will outline, in the decisions of the multidisciplinary meetings at St. James’s Hospital under gastro-intestinal conference, the number of patients with oesophageal cancer determined "likely invasive" that were recommended palliative radiotherapy as a treatment; and the number of these patients aged over 70 years, in each of the years 2016 to 2024 and to…
1617. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if she will outline, in the decisions of the multidisciplinary meetings at St. James’s Hospital under gastro-intestinal conference, the number of patients with oesophageal cancer stage I and stage II that were provided palliative radiotherapy; and the number aged over 70 years, in each of the years 2016 to 2024 and to date in 2025, and in tabular form. [11329/2…
1618. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the guidelines followed in the application of brachytherapy to determine patient suitability at St. Luke's Hospital, Rathgar. [11330/25]
1645. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the BMI required to qualify for gastric band surgery. [11410/25]
1680. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of misread scans that have occurred in Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan in the past five years; if there has been an investigation into the reason these have occurred; if so, the result of that investigation; and the steps that have been taken to prevent these mistakes occurring again. [11618/25]
1681. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of misread scans that have occurred in each hospital in the State in the past five years; if there has been an investigation into the reason these have occurred; if so, the result of that investigation; and the steps that have been taken to prevent these mistakes occurring again. [11619/25]