3284. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the age breakdown of meningococcal disease cases notified in the State to date in 2026, including infants under one year, children aged one to four years, children aged five to 12 years, adolescents aged 13 to 18 years, adults aged 19 to 64 years, and adults aged 65 years and over; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26759/26]
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3285. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the regional or HSE health area breakdown of meningococcal disease cases notified to date in 2026, including the number identified as meningococcal group B; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26760/26]
3286. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of notified meningococcal disease cases to date in 2026 that required hospital admission, intensive care treatment, and the number of associated deaths; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26761/26]
3287. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the average and median turnaround times for laboratory confirmation and serogroup identification of suspected meningococcal disease cases in 2025 and to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26762/26]
3290. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the national stock levels, expressed in doses held and weeks of supply, of MenB, MenC and MenACWY vaccines under the national immunisation programme; the policy framework governing minimum stockholding levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26765/26]
3296. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she is satisfied that the absence of WTE tracking for agency staff meets public financial management and workforce planning standards; and if she will outline any Departmental reviews conducted into this matter. [26771/26]
3330. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health to provide the web link to her Department’s Q1 2026 published report of purchase orders/payments over €20,000, in line with the FOI model publication scheme requirements; to confirm the date on which this report was published; and, if it has not yet been published, to state the planned publication date. [26911/26]
3355. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any analysis has been undertaken comparing clinical activity levels per consultant before and after the introduction of the Public Only Consultant Contract, and if so to provide same. [27027/26]
3356. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants who have left the public system annually since 2022, including the reasons where recorded. [27028/26]
3357. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any modelling exists assessing the expected versus actual impact of the Public Only Consultant Contract on waiting list reductions. [27029/26]
3360. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health to provide an estimate of the total volume of data currently stored by or on behalf of the State by her Department in data centres in Ireland, data centres outside of Ireland but within the European Union, data centres outside of the European Union and data storage facilities within her own Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27049/26]
3364. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the current proportion of the population with osteoporosis and future projections for this condition based on demographic trends; the steps she is taking to combat this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27069/26]
3374. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting cataract surgery by time spent waiting 0–3 months, 3–6 months, 6–12 months, 12–18 months and over 18 months; the number of patients waiting longer than Sláintecare targets; and the longest waiting time recorded for cataract surgery. [27118/26]
446. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or the HSE maintains any national dataset, register or reporting mechanism relating to cases in which signs of life are observed following a termination of pregnancy; the number of such cases recorded nationally in each year since 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21079/26]
1779. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of people suffering with long-Covid, broken down by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18934/26]
1921. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1120 of 17 February 2026, the reason cancellations are not recorded centrally; if it is possible to collect this data; if not, the reason; if so, the reason it is not collected; if she will request an assessment of this data; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19518/26]
1922. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1120 of 17 February 2026, the way in which health system planning can be properly informed without reference to data on the reason for hospital-initiated appointment cancellations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19519/26]
2047. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the approved workforce model, including the number of whole-time equivalent posts, required to safely operate the 19-bed dementia-specific unit at a nursing unit (details supplied); and whether funding has been approved for the full complement of staff. [20074/26]
562. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of people currently awaiting a dementia specific bed at Killarney Community Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18033/26]
259. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health the number of adults listed for eating disorder services in north Tipperary; the number of children listed for eating disorder services in north Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17340/26]
781. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors who qualified in each of the years 2024 and 2025; the number of those graduates who subsequently entered employment within the Irish Health Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16236/26]
795. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff, by job title, working in each perinatal mental health team; and the number of vacancies, by job title, currently in each perinatal mental health team, in tabular form. [16341/26]
796. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant neurosurgeons, neurosurgeon registrars and senior house officers in neurosurgery that were on call between the hours of 8pm-8am at Beaumont Hospital for each night of the week commencing 16 February 2026, in tabular form. [16343/26]
800. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors working for Children’s Health Ireland at consultant level who are not registered on the Medical Council’s specialist division register, by specialty, in tabular form. [16352/26]
801. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors working for Children’s Health Ireland at consultant level who are not registered on the Medical Council’s specialist division register, by location, in tabular form. [16353/26]