1481. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to reports of elderly persons in South Tipperary going without home support services on certain days due to staff shortages, sick leave, annual leave and the HSE recruitment freeze; the steps being taken to ensure continuity of care for vulnerable older persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40243/26]
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1482. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health the timeline for lifting recruitment restrictions affecting home support services in south Tipperary; the number of home support workers who have retired or left the service in the past two years and have not been replaced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40244/26]
1483. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health the contingency measures in place where elderly persons are left without home support for extended periods due to staffing shortages; the actions being taken to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions arising from lack of community care supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40245/26]
1484. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health if additional funding or emergency staffing resources will be provided to home support services in South Tipperary in order to address significant staff shortages currently affecting elderly care in the community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40246/26]
1487. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the number of social workers who have been registered with CORU in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026. [40249/26]
1488. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the number of social care workers who have been registered with CORU in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026. [40250/26]
245. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if emergency respite care will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37984/26]
749. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department has examined the long-term fiscal implications of sustained agency staffing usage within scheduled care services. [36324/26]
1065. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently intervene for the allocated care to be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34316/26]
1006. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if she will address concerns regarding access to primary care services (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32547/26]
1064. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused an application for respite care in St. Christophers, Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29866/26]
3027. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently investigate a matter (details supplied) and allow for placement in a long-term care bed in Kenmare Community Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25500/26]
446. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.1040 of 27 January 2026, if she investigate a matter (details supplied) and respond in full. [23209/26]
927. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently address a matter (details supplied) and ensure a day centre at Caherciveen Community Hospital remains fully operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16973/26]
952. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if all patients that receive treatment abroad under the treatment abroad scheme are eligible for care packages such as assigned carers and other supports the same as those that received rehabilitation treatment through The National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14182/26]
683. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that a respite service in Westmeath is being used by one service user as a long-term residential place and is preventing other service users using it for respite; and the number of long-term residential care places for young adults there are in Westmeath. [13968/26]
952. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if there is an assignment paid for carers travel; and if so, the way it is paid and the rate. [3910/26]
2394. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will review the case of persons (details supplied); the reason the family is advised that certain care hours are being provided when carers are not attending on those days, including where care is stated to cover both parents but does not do so; the reason for the absence of weekend home support cover; the status of the promised respite placement; if forma…
2554. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health whether early supported discharge from the Midlands Regional Hospital Mullingar is available for stroke patients with a home address in County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2401/26]
644. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if her Department will support a call from the board of directors of a day centre (details supplied) and have a meeting with the board and also the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73357/25]
1150. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the key measures taken to improve social care services during 2025; her priorities for same in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72568/25]
291. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the formal governance arrangements in place between her Department, the HSE, and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage for addressing delayed transfers of care linked to housing shortages, including reporting channels, escalation processes, and scheduled interdepartmental reviews. [70415/25]
233. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if nursing homes are allowed to place additional mandatory charges on fair deal patients who already pay 80% of their pension to fund their care. [68174/25]
257. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 343 of 26 November 2025, the date on which she expects the outputs from the National Survey of the Experience of Home Support Workers and Nursing Home Healthcare Assistants to be collated; the timeline for completion of the final review of the Strategic Workforce Advisory Group on Home Carers and Nursing Home Health Care Assi…
343. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 211 of 22 October 2025, to confirm if the strategic workforce implementation group has been stood down; if a new strategic workforce advisory group has been established to work on a new report for the next phase of reform; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66626/25]