Parliamentary questions

451. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on a medical card application (details supplied); if she will consider alternative arrangements for a consultation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31676/26]

452. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the building works that have taken place since January 2026 on the grounds of the former Owenacurra Centre, Midleton; and the works expected to take place from May to August 2026. [31685/26]

453. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she has requested the NCPP to consider a full review of relugolix with estradiol and norethisterone acetate. [31687/26]

454. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the submitted price of ryeqo (relugolix with estradiol and norethisterone acetate) at the time of the rapid review by the NCPP in 2022. [31688/26]

455. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to list the grounds upon which the NCPP rejected a full HTA examination of Ryeqo. [31689/26]

456. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the plans for Killarney Health Centre; the location for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31697/26]

457. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to address concerns outlined by a former chair of the National Cancer Strategy with respect to an expected surge in cancer cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31716/26]

458. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if an organisation (details supplied) applied for or sought to be included under Section 39 funding arrangements in respect of its healthcare assistants; if not, the reason; if any such application was refused by the HSE or her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31720/26]

459. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or the HSE has assessed the pay disparity between healthcare assistants delivering HSE-funded home support services under tendered arrangements and those employed in Section 39 organisations performing comparable work; and the steps she will take to address any inequity arising. [31721/26]

460. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has reviewed its tendered home support model in light of the exclusion of workers from the 9.25% WRC pay agreement; whether pay rates or employment conditions are considered as part of these contracts; and if changes are being considered to ensure fair pay for healthcare assistants delivering State-funded care. [31722/26]

461. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the reason there is currently no staff welfare officer available in the north west region; when this post became vacant; and if there are plans, and a timeline, in place to fill this position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31725/26]

462. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE radiographer and senior radiographer posts that have been filled at University Hospital Limerick as of 20 April 2026, in tabular form. [31732/26]

463. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the enactment of the assisted human reproduction (amendment) Bill; whether the implications of restricting surrogacy to altruistic arrangements only, including the limitation to reasonable expenses, have been assessed; the impact this may have on individuals and couples who may need to pursue surrogacy abroad; and if she wil…

464. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the full-time working hours of all posts listed in HSE circular 003-20026 exclusive of breaks (details supplied). [31746/26]

465. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the any posts listed in HSE circular 003-2026 (details supplied) are excluded from the average working time week. [31747/26]

466. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if a person who was employed as an instructor in a disability service which is wholly funded by the HSE has an entitlement to the same terms and conditions as their counterparts employed directly by the HSE. [31748/26]

467. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if breaks are paid or unpaid in posts listed in HSE circular 003-2006 (details supplied). [31749/26]

468. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant neurosurgeons based at Beaumont Hospital that are only dealing with and treating public patients. [31802/26]

469. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of opened and staffed high-dependency unit beds at Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown as of 23 April 2026, in tabular form. [31803/26]

252. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists, by grade posts filled within CHO4 primary care services as of 21 April 2026, in tabular form. [31099/26]

253. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the formal coordination mechanisms that exist between her Department and the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to ensure that Ireland’s implementation of the EU AI Act and the European Health Data Space regulation is fully reflected in the design and procurement of national health IT infrastructure; and if she will make a state…

254. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the way in which the Government intends to ensure that any national electronic health record system incorporating high-risk AI complies fully with the transparency and oversight requirements of the EU AI Act; if an assessment has been undertaken of the implications where a supplier of such services may be subject to legal obligations in a non…

255. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if an appointment with primary care psychology services in CHO8 can be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31015/26]

256. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of rapid assessment spaces and ambulatory assessment spaces within accident and emergency department of St. Vincent's University Hospital. [31030/26]

257. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE chefs, by grade working at Beaumont Hospital as of 22 April 2026; and if these posts are filled by the HSE directly employed staff or via agency staff. [31031/26]