Parliamentary questions

566. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 885 of 24 March 2026, if governance, supervision, MDT decision-making and system-wide variations are being examined under a different process (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28668/26]

198. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health when she intends to publish a new Obesity Policy and Action Plan; if she will publish a report on her Department’s public consultation on the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28779/26]

199. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the annual funding allocated to obesity prevention and weight-management programmes; the number of patients accessing HSE weight-management or obesity services each year; the estimated cost savings to the health service from prevention interventions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28780/26]

200. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the estimated economic cost of obesity-related illness due to workforce absenteeism, reduced productivity; the number of working days lost annually due to obesity-related illness; the estimated cost to the State and the economy arising from these productivity losses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28781/26]

201. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital admissions in public hospitals between 2020 to date, where obesity was recorded as a primary or secondary diagnosis; the average length of stay for patients with obesity-related conditions; and the estimated cost to the HSE of these admissions, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28782/26]

202. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital bed days associated with obesity-related conditions, including type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease; the estimated cost to the HSE of these bed days; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28783/26]

203. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the data collected on patient outcomes following ophthalmology procedures in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28791/26]

204. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health whether Ireland benchmarks ophthalmology surgical outcomes against international clinical standards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28792/26]

205. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has assessed the future demand for ophthalmology services over the next 10–15 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28793/26]

206. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health whether she has considered the use of mobile clinics to address high ophthalmology waiting lists in the community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28794/26]

207. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health whether Ireland has sufficient ophthalmology capacity to meet projected demand from an ageing population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28795/26]

208. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons on ophthalmology waiting lists as of April 2026, by county; the number awaiting cataract surgery, including those waiting longer than 12 months, by county; the breakdown of waiting lists by sub-specialty, including medical retina, diabetic eye disease, cataract, paediatric ophthalmology, glaucoma, cornea and refracti…

209. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if she will advise on the CORU registration adaptation requirements for individuals who have moved to the State (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28798/26]

210. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if she will advise on the CORU registration period of adaption requirements for an individual regarding a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28801/26]

211. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) diagnosed with an aggressive cancer in County Donegal will receive a date for urgent scans having been referred to a hospital in Dublin by Letterkenny University Hospital; if referrals to other hospitals is being considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28802/26]

212. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an urgent update on the case of a person (details supplied) who is awaiting an outpatient appointment in the Mater Hospital; the current status of this referral; the expected timeframe for same; and if any steps can be taken to expedite the appointment given the serious and time-sensitive nature of the patient’s conditio…

213. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the number of legal actions against her Department that have been resolved without going to court in line with the 2023 State Litigation Principles; if her Department is fully applying the State Litigation Principles in seeking to resolve any current or outstanding legal actions; and if she will make a statement on the mat…

214. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a neurology appointment in Galway University Hospital, given they have been waiting for two years; the current waiting times for neurology appointments at the hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28846/26]

215. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if hearing aids can urgently be supplied to a person (details supplied). [28849/26]

216. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health if she will review mileage rates for home help carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28854/26]

217. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the supports available to a person (details supplied) who is experiencing adverse dental issues as a result of drug addiction recovery. [28857/26]

218. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health her plans to ban vapes from public premises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28862/26]

219. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that paramedics and emergency medical technicians do not receive the same level of flat-rate expense allowances as other frontline healthcare professionals, such as nurses, despite carrying out comparable clinical duties and being subject to similar uniform requirements; if her Department would consider reviewing this disp…

220. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if an appointment for surgery will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [28870/26]

221. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will review matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if she will provide an update on the HSE's decision regarding the reimbursement of skyclarys for the treatment of Friedreich's ataxia; if she will note that 619 days have elapsed since the application for reimbursement was submitted by the pharmaceutical company; the timeli…