Questions

1999. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the new community nursing unit in Clonmel; to provide information around a handover date and progress on registration with the relevant regulatory bodies; the position regarding the recruitment of staff for the new unit; when she expects patients from the existing St. Anthony's unit to be transferred and when the unit will be at full cap…

2000. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for child and adolescent mental health services per county, at the end of April 2026; the number of children awaiting an initial appointment; the longest wait time; and the measures being taken to reduce delays. [42247/26]

2001. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the staffing vacancy levels across mental health services per RHA, including psychiatry, psychology, counselling, and community mental health nursing posts; and if recruitment targets are being met. [42248/26]

2002. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of primary care psychology referrals outstanding in the Longford-Westmeath constituency; the average waiting time involved; and if additional capacity is planned. [42249/26]

2003. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if her Department has examined the impact of transport and rural connectivity barriers on access to mental health services in counties Longford and Westmeath and across the midlands, particularly for those reliant on infrequent public transport or travelling long distances for appointments. [42250/26]

2004. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of bicycle shelters installed across the State by her Department on behalf of Government Departments, local authorities, and State agencies in each of the past five years; the total expenditure incurred in each year; the average cost per unit; and if she will provide a breakdown by Department, local authority and agency. [42261/26]

2005. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will urgently review the case of a person (details supplied); if she will provide an update on the home care nursing package application; if the application will be expedited given the circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42277/26]

2006. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total amount spent on IT systems and related projects by her Department and agencies under its remit in each of the past five years; to provide a detailed breakdown of all such projects, including original budget, final cost, and delivery timelines; the number and value of projects that exceeded their original budget or timeline; the number and total cost o…

2007. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health if she will consider implementing the recommendations of the report by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying during the term of this Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42303/26]

2008. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health to outline the detailed capital infrastructure projects carried out at a location in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; if she will provide a list of these projects; the costs involved in each of these projects at Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42324/26]

2009. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1167 of 26 May 2026, to specifically provide the estimated cost to the State of introducing free MART inhalers for this age cohort; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42332/26]

2010. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the cost per hour of home care provided by a home care worker directly employed by the HSE, for the full year 2025 and year to date in 2026 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42333/26]

2011. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health to outline the full set of costs occurred in providing home care through HSE Services for Older People in 2025; if each cost item is accounted for in the budget for this service line, or is a shared service attributable to other parts of the HSE budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42334/26]

2012. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of all indirect employment and service-support costs attributable to home care services in 2025, through HSE Services for Older People and other service lines, including disability and mental health, including rostering, care coordination, payroll, HR, training, supervision, audit, clinical governance and quality assurance; and if s…

2013. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the costs to date of the development and implementation of the integrated information and communications technology system for home support services as on page 22 of the 2026 NSP, by year of expenditure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42336/26]

2014. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the total non-pay operating costs associated with delivering home care hours across HSE Services for Older Persons, disability, mental health and other service lines (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42337/26]

2015. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant breast surgeons posts filled at Beaumont Hospital as of 27 May 2026, in tabular form. [42340/26]

2016. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant WTE staff, by job title currently within ophthalmology services via primary care in County Kildare; the estimated timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular form. [42341/26]

2017. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE paediatric neurosurgery registrar posts filled at CHI Temple Street as of 27 May 2026, in tabular form. [42342/26]

2018. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE senior metabolic dietitian in paediatric metabolic medicine posts that are currently filled within CHI Crumlin, in tabular form. [42343/26]

2019. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if she will outline in detail the procedure for getting local authority forms signed for medical card holders (specifically HMD1 form); if GPs are required under the GMS contract to sign these forms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42400/26]

2020. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the procedures that are in place for a person who is in receipt of a medical card and who needs to get a form for social welfare or local authority signed by a GP in the circumstances where their GP practice is refusing to sign the form and where this signature is absolutely required as the persons' physician and the person with the knowledge of the patient; …

2021. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health if she will explain the policy or clinical guidelines that result in a patient being transported to the nearest hospital for treatment, even where that facility does not have the appropriate neurological services required for the patient's condition; the protocols that are in place to ensure patients with specific neurological needs are directed to suitab…

2022. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health the staff turnover rate in her Department in the years 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42427/26]

2023. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has now formally approved the establishment of a centralised reporting mechanism to record cases in which healthcare professionals are subject to criminal investigation for serious offences; the governance structure which will oversee that mechanism; the categories of offences to be recorded; whether all HSE-funded agencies and Section 38 and 39 b…