1646. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of children that have been offered an outsourced pathway to surgery for scoliosis through CHI; the breakdown of the number relative to the hospitals used for this purpose; the number still waiting for surgery through this process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57862/25]
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1648. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for surgery relative to scoliosis/spinal correction in Carlow and Kilkenny; the number being considered by CHI for surgery through outsourcing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57871/25]
1652. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the total number of people on ophthalmology waiting lists as of September 2025; and the number awaiting cataract surgery, by county. [57887/25]
1653. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the number of people on ophthalmology waiting lists as of September 2025 who are awaiting cataract surgery longer than 12 months, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57888/25]
1670. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the current number of patients waiting for cardiothoracic surgery per RHA; and the average waiting time. [58013/25]
1737. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Health the number of public patients on waiting lists in University Hospital Galway and Portiuncula University Hospital who have received care via third party insourcing activity; the extent to which this activity has reduced waiting lists, from 2021 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58205/25]
1738. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to restrictions placed on third-party insourcing and National Treatment Purchase Fund published data showing a parallel increase in waiting lists in recent months across the country, including in University Hospital Galway; the steps her Department will take to ensure an appropriate balance is being struck in phasing out third-part…
1744. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for knee surgery in regional hospital Tullamore. [58261/25]
1818. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [58709/25]
1827. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the total number of people on ophthalmology waiting lists as of September 2025, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58746/25]
1828. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the total number of people on ophthalmology waiting lists as of September 2025; and the number awaiting appointments for medical retina, diabetic eye disease, cataracts, paediatric ophthalmology, glaucoma, cornea and refractive surgery, by county for each. [58747/25]
1944. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the average waiting times for children to receive prosthetic limbs and subsequent upgrades or replacements. [59317/25]
1953. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) who is awaiting both a CT scan and MRI at the Mater Hospital; if these appointments could be expedited given the person’s medical history and ongoing symptoms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59349/25]
2003. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department has conducted any assessment of the impact of ongoing HSE staffing vacancies on waiting lists, emergency department pressures, and community health services; and if she will publish the findings of any such assessment. [59637/25]
2026. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if staffing levels are adequate at a facility (details supplied); the average waiting time for a service user to be assessed; the average waiting time for a service user to be assigned an addiction counsellor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59777/25]
2062. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the reason the waiting list to access the free HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) remains high or growing despite a Government pledge to eliminate new HIV transmissions in Ireland by 2030, with PrEp playing a key role in the strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60039/25]
577. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting lists for paediatric hip surgeries at CHI in Crumlin over the past five years; the average waiting time for children waiting for paediatric hip surgeries at CHI in Crumlin over the past five years; the number of cancelled appointments paediatric hip surgeries at CHI in Crumlin over the past five years; and if she will mak…
83. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health when she anticipates that no child will have to wait longer than three months for spinal surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52561/25]
117. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken to reduce waiting lists for gynaecology outpatient and inpatient appointments and procedures. [52557/25]
162. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if a dermatology consultant has been appointed to deal with the enormous waiting list in Sligo University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52013/25]
163. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the engagement she has had with staff and management at Mayo University Hospital; the dates upon which such engagement occurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52241/25]
403. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health the number of public patients in each of the years 2021 to 2024 and to date in 2025, on waiting lists in University Hospital Limerick who have received care via third party insourcing activity, in tabular form; the extent to which this activity has reduced waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52625/25]
215. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the weighted average wait time for persons first access to outpatient departments as of 30 September for each year from 2023 to 2025, in tabular form. [52521/25]
216. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the weighted average wait time for persons for an elective procedure as of 30 September for each year from 2023 to 2025, in tabular form. [52522/25]
217. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting more than four weeks for access to an urgent colonoscopy as of 30 September for each year 2023 to 2025, in tabular form. [52523/25]