81. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason the recommendations of the Walker report have not been implemented; the current status of their implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52819/25]
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130. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the current status of maternity services at Portiuncula University Hospital, Ballinasloe; and to outline the measures being taken to ensure the long-term sustainability and safety of maternity care for families in this facility. [52335/25]
148. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the plans to reopen the lymphedema clinic in St. James’s Hospital to support patients with this debilitating condition and which is closed over a year (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52429/25]
151. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of concerns following significant changes to maternity services at Portiuncula University Hospital, Ballinasloe; and if she will address these concerns, and the future of the service. [52220/25]
169. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health if the decision to downgrade maternity services at Portiuncula University Hospital will be reconsidered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52191/25]
197. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if she will meet with Oireachtas Members to discuss significant changes to maternity services at Portiuncula University Hospital, Ballinasloe. [52221/25]
203. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to enhance and expand services at Louth County Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52345/25]
468. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the way in which the country’s main neurological hospitals (including Beaumont) select patients to participate in clinical research [52918/25]
859. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health to detail the budget allocated to each hospital in the Saolta Hospital Group in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [51390/25]
860. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of activity-based funding allocations to each hospital in the Saolta Hospital Group for each of the past five years, including the metrics used to determine funding levels. [51391/25]
861. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health to detail the annual inpatient and outpatient activity levels at each hospital in the Saolta Hospital Group for the past five years; and the corresponding funding allocated, in tabular form. [51392/25]
862. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health to provide the average cost per patient treated in each hospital in the Saolta Hospital Group over the past five years, by inpatient, outpatient, and emergency department activity. [51393/25]
863. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health to provide the number of front-line clinical staff nurses, doctors, allied health professionals employed in each hospital in the Saolta Hospital Group for each of the past five years, including the annual budget allocation. [51394/25]
914. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if she will meet with Oireachtas Members in relation to the downgrading of maternity services at Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, as requested in view of the fear and worry in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51935/25]
923. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the elective hospital for Cork as of the end of September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51948/25]
935. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2993 of 29 July 2025, to provide further details with respect to a tender for paediatric orthopaedic procedures for conditions such as spina bifida and scoliosis (details supplied); the services being tendered for; if this relates to the international outsourcing initiative [52101/25]
349. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she has been advised of the HSE/ University Hospital Waterford proposal to discontinue coronial post mortem's at University Hospital Waterford with effect from the 01 January 2026, which if implemented will result in there being no coronial post mortem service in the south east; if the unilateral decision taken by the HSE/University Hospital Waterford will …
196. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the delivery of the long delayed, joint centre of excellence for diabetes care at Sligo University Hospital and Letterkenny University Hospital. [50840/25]
581. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the HIQA review of Midwest urgent and emergency care. [49584/25]
616. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health to provide details on the services currently provided for adult patients with epilepsy at a hospital (details supplied); the number and grade of staff that are currently attached to this service at this site; the number of current staff vacancies within this service; the number of epilepsy patients currently registered with this service; the number of patients…
660. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the reason several persons whose routine mammograms are due, have not received appointments in Galway following the postponement of mammography services at Mayo University Hospital; the reason they have had to actively seek out these appointments themselves; the interim arrangements in place to ensure timely access to breast cancer screening for affected patients…
661. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health if she will consider the provision of dialysis services at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Longford, to reduce the need for elderly patients to travel up to three times per week to Tullamore Hospital for treatment; if her Department has carried out any assessment of the potential patient demand for such a service in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on …
662. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of patients from County Longford and surrounding counties who are currently receiving dialysis treatment in Tullamore Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50258/25]
663. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health if any feasibility studies, capital plans, or service reviews have been carried out in relation to expanding dialysis provision beyond Tullamore Hospital, specifically in the midlands region including County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50259/25]
676. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her views on the growing spend on contracting out radiation therapy (RT) for public patients to private providers (details supplied); the engagements she has had with the HSE with regard to the outsourcing of RT services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50342/25]