Parliamentary questions

2617. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health the start date for a new unit in a hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23555/26]

2618. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health for an update on the opening and number of beds at a facility (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23556/26]

2619. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health her plans to add Mounjaro to the medical card as it is so expensive and needed by many people who cannot afford it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23584/26]

2620. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 559 of 11 December 2025, if there has been any progress in sourcing a dedicated space for rheumatology patients at Cork University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23598/26]

2621. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of home help staff employed in south Tipperary; the number of home carer workers employed in south Tipperary; the total cost of non-HSE and agency care staff for south Tipperary; the plans in place to address this shortfall of staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23607/26]

2622. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 559 of 12 February 2026, the status of the recruitment and employment of the further necessary staff for the full operation of the CAMHS-ID service; and the timeline when clinical referrals will be fully operational. [23611/26]

2623. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the plans her Department has to upgrade BreastCheck machines with CESM technology and the cost-benefit analysis they have conducted related to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23614/26]

2624. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of dental screenings for children in Cork in second and sixth class in 2021 and since that have yet to take place, or have been scheduled for 2026. [23615/26]

2625. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health for an update in relation to radiography recruitment and retention challenges in the HSE. [23624/26]

2626. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the current position regarding her Department's discussions with the IPU in relation to the charging of GMS patients for the provision of MDS/Blister packs; her views on whether that providing required medication in blister packs to vulnerable patients is an essential health service to ensure proper dosage is received and to avoid overdosing…

2627. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for an OT in each county. [23640/26]

2628. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of OT's working in each of the CHO areas; and the average OT hours supplied to each CHO area.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23641/26]

2629. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of an issue (details supplied). [23642/26]

2630. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to confirmation from Children’s Health Ireland that it does not provide gender-related assessment or treatment for minors, to set out the current national policy governing the assessment, referral, and treatment pathways for minors presenting with gender-related distress; and to specify the bodies responsible for each stage of that pat…

2631. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to detail the clinical governance framework applicable to any gender-related assessment, referral, or treatment of minors within the State, including the oversight role of the Department, the HSE, and any other relevant bodies. [23649/26]

2632. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to specify the evidence-based clinical guidelines, protocols, or international standards currently adopted or recognised by the State in respect of gender-related assessment or treatment pathways for minors. [23650/26]

2633. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to outline the audit, monitoring, and review mechanisms in place to ensure compliance with clinical governance, safeguarding, and evidence-based practice in respect of gender-related assessment and treatment pathways for minors. [23651/26]

2634. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to confirm whether a single national service, lead clinician, or designated authority has responsibility for coordinating gender-related assessment and treatment pathways for minors; and if not, to set out how responsibility is currently distributed. [23652/26]

2635. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide the total number of minors referred for gender-related assessment in each of the past five years, and to indicate the services or pathways to which such referrals were directed. [23653/26]

2636. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to confirm whether any independent review, audit, or evaluation has been conducted since 2020 into the governance, clinical standards, or outcomes associated with gender-related assessment or treatment pathways for minors; and to provide details of same. [23654/26]

2637. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health her plans for the roll out of the Meningitis B vaccine to persons over 15 years-of-age. [23661/26]

2638. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to set out for each of the past five years, the total number of complaints made by employees within the Health Service Executive relating to sexual assault, sexual misconduct and workplace violence perpetrated by colleagues; the number of such complaints that were resolved informally, subject to formal investigation and upheld following invest…

2639. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the number of specialists currently in place in the Mater Hospital's lymphoedema programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23665/26]

2640. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health to provide details of funding provided to the Mater Hospital's lymphoedema programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23666/26]

2641. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to progress the lymphoedema model of care further to successful outcomes from proof-of-concept services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23667/26]