Parliamentary questions

502. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the present governance structure for the management of projects, construction works and changes to building infrastructure within the management structure of Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54388/26]

503. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will provide the written, documented policy governing the management of projects, construction works and building alterations at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, including an organogram, setting out clearly defined roles and responsibilities for each post identified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54389/26]

504. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the post within Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, other than the hospital manager, which holds lead responsibility for projects, construction works and building alterations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54390/26]

505. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the basis on which the current governance structure for the management of projects, construction works and building alterations at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, is considered fit for purpose; if this structure was informed by any external review, audit or report benchmarked against best practice; if so, if she will provide same; and if sh…

506. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will provide the job descriptions of any post at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, identified as holding responsibility for projects, construction works or building alterations, as evidence of an embedded governance structure and clear lines of accountability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54392/26]

507. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the date on which the most recently installed CT scanner at Beaumont Hospital was commissioned and became operational; the current number of CT scanners available at the hospital; the hours during which each scanner operates; whether CT scanning services are available on a 24-hour basis for emergency patients; and if she will make a statemen…

508. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the funding available to help support families and individuals with the purchase of seizure detection devices (details supplied); her plans to introduce a fund to assist families with the cost of purchasing seizure detection devices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54404/26]

509. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs participating in the free contraception scheme, by county, in tabular form. [54412/26]

510. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs in the State, by county, in tabular form. [54413/26]

511. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of pharmacies participating in the free contraception scheme, by county, in tabular form. [54414/26]

512. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of pharmacies in the State, by county, in tabular form. [54415/26]

513. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health if additional funding will be considered for the SATU network in 2027, for both the continuity of its essential services and the expansion of its services and the network itself; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54421/26]

514. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the difficulties faced by nursing and midwifery applicants who trained in the North of Ireland when registering with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; her views on whether it is acceptable that barriers are in place for nurses who wish to practise in Ireland at a time of staffing shortages; the plans to streamline …

515. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health the reason a Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, NMBI, applicant (details supplied), who is an Irish citizen with English as their native language, who sat the leaving certificate and who has completed their studies in an English-speaking college, has been asked to submit English language test results to NMBI as part of their registration;…

516. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health the reason a compensation measure has been requested by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, NMBI, on an application (details supplied); to clarify the specific "quantitative and qualitative deficits" that were identified in the programme by NMBI, and the NMBI/EU Directive 2005/36/EC standards and requirements that were identified as ha…

517. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the progress report in regard to the new Cahersiveen primary care centre; when this project will be delivered for the people of Cahersiveen, Iveragh and south Kerry; when work will commence and when it will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54432/26]

518. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to provide a detailed progress report with regard to the new minor injuries unit in Killarney; when this long-awaited project will be delivered for the people of Killarney and mid-, east and south Kerry; when work will commence and when it will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54433/26]

519. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the number of section 39 disability service providers in the HSE Dublin and south-east region that received sustainability funding in budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54441/26]

520. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the number of section 39 disability service providers in the HSE Dublin and south-east region that applied for but did not receive sustainability funding in budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54442/26]

521. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Health of the Section 39 disability service providers that received sustainability funding, the number that have the funding incorporated into their recurring annual funding allocation; the number of those service providers that are in HSE Dublin and south-east region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54443/26]

522. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the names of the Section 39 disability service providers within the HSE Dublin and south-east health region that received sustainability funding, together with the amount allocated to each provider; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54444/26]

523. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the names of the Section 39 disability service providers within the HSE Dublin and south-east health region whose applications for sustainability funding were unsuccessful; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54445/26]

524. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health if she will commit to providing the funding necessary in Budget 2027 to fill all posts needed to fully implement the Diabetes Policy and Services Review: A strategy for Better Care Diabetes Strategy in South Tipperary (details supplied). [54454/26]

525. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the total amount paid by the HSE to agency staffing providers in each of the past five years, broken down by each provider and the amount paid in each year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54469/26]

526. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the number of agency staff engaged by the HSE in each of the past five years and the associated expenditure incurred, broken down by each public acute hospital and by staff category, including nursing and midwifery, medical and dental, health and social care professionals, healthcare support, management and administration, and all other cate…