878. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to prioritise oral health within the universal healthcare agenda, develop a detailed implementation strategy and ensure stakeholder buy-in (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47747/26]
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879. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health her plans to assist the small number of people who may have had adverse reactions to Covid-19 vaccines; and to provide and update on discussions with vaccine manufacturers or indemnities provided in relation to adverse reactions from those vaccines. [47757/26]
880. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health the current staffing levels for diabetes services in the Dublin Fingal West area; the extent of staffing shortages across the multidisciplinary diabetes team, including consultant, nursing, dietetic and podiatry posts; the impact these vacancies are having on patient access to care and waiting times; if additional funding has been allocated to address these …
884. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1088 of 19 May 2026, if the HSE will confirm whether it intends to develop a clinical definition of “obesity-related conditions” for measurement purposes; if the healthcare pricing office will expand the ICD-10-AM code set used for this analysis beyond E66.1, E66.2 and E66.9 to capture conditions where obesity is a recognised …
885. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide a breakdown by hospital group or CHO area of the discharges with a secondary diagnosis of obesity reported to HIPE for 2020 to 2025; and if the HSE will indicate the estimated cost to the public hospital system associated with these admissions. [47805/26]
886. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the change in coding classification from ICD-10-AM 10th edition to 12th edition in 2024 has been assessed for its impact on the comparability of obesity-related discharge data; and if a methodology note will be published to allow accurate year-on-year analysis. [47806/26]
887. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total number of compliance inspections, audits and reviews conducted nationally under the home support authorisation scheme, broken down by year since the scheme’s commencement in 2023 and by integrated health area; the number of approved providers issued with a quality improvement plan in each of those years; the number of providers whose contracts were subse…
888. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the publicly available productivity dashboard for hospitals disaggregates data by the six health regions or only by individual hospital; and if it does not provide a regional breakdown, if she will commit to developing a dedicated comparative dashboard for the six health regions covering expenditure, workforce allocation, waiting times and service delivery…
889. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the specific tools, reports or mechanisms that currently allow for a direct comparison of performance between the six health regions, given that the health system performance assessment framework operates at aggregate national level only; and if she will provide a list of all such tools currently in use. [47809/26]
890. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the mechanism which exists to compare the performance of the six regional executive officers against one another, given that responsibility for regional performance rests with the REOs individually; and if no such comparative mechanism exists, the way in which regional underperformance is identified relative to other regions rather than solely against each region’…
892. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the absence of a national reporting structure for trauma-informed practice training uptake has been recorded on any HSE risk register or audit plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47812/26]
894. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she will direct the HSE to establish a distinct, trackable budget line for obesity-related healthcare expenditure; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47827/26]
895. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department has commissioned, or plans to commission, an updated national costing of overweight and obesity in Ireland, given that the most recent dedicated study dates from 2012 and current figures rely on academic estimates rather than HSE financial data; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47828/26]
896. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to reconcile the discrepancy between the 2012 Safefood estimate of €1.13 billion in direct and indirect obesity-related costs in the Republic of Ireland and the 2025 Irish Endocrine Society estimate of €1.1 billion in direct healthcare costs alone; the implications for the true current scale of obesity-related expenditure; and if she will make a statement on the m…
901. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Health her plans to improve accessibility of neurology services and accessibility to beneficial therapies for migraine patients in Ireland; her views on a study (details supplied) on the impact of migraine in Ireland; her views on the plausibility, safety and impact for patients of transferring the management of chronic migraine patients in Ireland from secondary care to…
904. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health whether GPs can refer directly for gynaecological pelvic MRI under the GP access to community diagnostics scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47879/26]
465. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of midwifery-led clinics currently operational in Laois; the WTE staffing levels per clinic and the hours provided for each clinic, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46492/26]
469. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the current timeline for the completion of the reimbursement process for a drug (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46497/26]
483. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 96 of 5 March 2026, the current status of the model of care for sexual health; if she still expects it to be completed in Q4 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46529/26]
484. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2263 of 13 January 2026, if the HSE Service Improvement Programme’s review of the existing provision of limb prosthetic services has been completed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46530/26]
489. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to address concerns in relation to maternity services (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46543/26]
490. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to examine concerns in relation to maternity care, (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46544/26]
492. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently address the issue in County Kerry of patients requiring mid to long-term care being located in the furthest away community hospitals and nursing homes from their family following discharge from hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46552/26]
499. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has undertaken a risk assessment or patient safety review arising from the absence of a consultant ophthalmologist in south Tipperary since October 2024; whether concerns have been raised regarding delayed diagnosis or treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46611/26]
500. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the ophthalmology waiting list validation exercise and targeted clinic initiatives currently being undertaken in south Tipperary; the number of patients reviewed to date; the number removed from waiting lists; the number treated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46612/26]