334. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health for a detailed report regarding the number of claims against the maternity department at University Hospital Kerry for each of the past five years; the amount of payouts in each case; the reason for the payouts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6862/25]
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335. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health for a detailed report regarding the number of claims against University Hospital Kerry for each of the past five years; the amount of payouts in each case; the reason for the payouts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6863/25]
336. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health for an update on the epilim inquiry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6864/25]
337. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current number of adult inpatient hospital beds, excluding paediatric and/or day-case beds, in Model 3 and Model 4 Hospitals only, on a population basis in each of the six HSE health regions; and the projected number of adult inpatient hospital beds (excluding paediatric and/or day-case beds) on a population basis in model 3 and model 4 hospitals only in e…
338. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant posts that have been approved by the HSE consultant applications advisory committee (CAAC) for model 3 and model 4 hospitals in each of the six HSE health regions in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of consultant posts that are currently awaiting formal approval by the HSE CAAC, broken down by HSE health region; and the reaso…
339. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health if the issue of the soluble solpadeine shortage has been resolved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6883/25]
340. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the intended commencement date for the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6895/25]
341. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the supplementary Bill to the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024 (details supplied); if this will be included on the Spring priority legislative programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6896/25]
342. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if there is a mechanism, such as the individual funding request process used in the North of Ireland, to allow the HSE consider requests from clinical consultants for treatments for individual patients that fall outside the range of services routinely commissioned such as in the case of dual therapy medication for arthritis and ulcerative colitis; if such a …
343. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will include the cost of doing bloods under the medical card scheme given a number of GPs have recently doubled their charges from €20 to €40; if GPs have a free reign to charge whatever they want when they want; her views on whether this is fair during a cost-of-living crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6911/25]
344. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health for an update on the abandoned healthcare building in Camolin, County Wexford. [6920/25]
345. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health if she will consider rolling out the shingles vaccine through the National Immunisation Programme to people aged 70 years and over and to those who are immunocompromised over 50 years as has been done in other states in the EU, the UK, Australia and New Zealand; if other supports are available to cut the cost of vaccination (details supplied). [6923/25]
346. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health her views on whether data in relation to the prevalence and impact of shingles and postherpetic neuralgia in Ireland is robust enough; and if she has plans to increase the collection of this data which impacts decisions around the National Immunisation Programme. [6924/25]
347. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6925/25]
348. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health her plans to incentivise Irish medical staff back from Australia and Canada to work in the HSE. [6934/25]
349. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health for an update on dental care accessibility for children; and if tax deductibility will be progressed for routine dental care. [6935/25]
350. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health her plans to introduce a certificate of baby loss. [6936/25]
351. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the current status of the psychiatry position at Dungarvan Community Hospital; if a vacancy occurs at present; the total period of time from 1 January 2024 to date that the position has been vacant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6949/25]
352. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the total number of positions comprising the mental health team at Dungarvan Community Hospital; the number of these positions that are currently vacant; the duration each current vacancy has occurred, by position and number of vacancies, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6950/25]
353. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of suicide crisis assessment nurse positions that currently pertain to Waterford; the number of positions that are currently vacant; the duration each current vacancy has occurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6951/25]
354. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of mental health liaison nurse positions attached to University Hospital Waterford; the number of these positions that are currently vacant; the duration since each current vacancy has occurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6952/25]
355. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an initial appointment with child and adolescent mental health services in CHO5, broken down by county and by year of current referral, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6953/25]
356. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health if a HSE surgical hub will be introduced at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown (details supplied). [6963/25]
358. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the progress being made to provide a palliative care centre in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6970/25]
359. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of rapid-response vehicles available on a 24-7 basis in County Galway in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; if this number will be increased in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6989/25]