Parliamentary questions

868. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners that were employed through the general medical services scheme in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the estimated annual cost of the GMS in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53384/26]

869. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the total number of sanctioned whole-time equivalent posts per medical discipline in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of posts that remain unfilled per discipline, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53385/26]

870. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the total number of locum staff employed in public hospitals through private healthcare agencies in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the total estimated cost in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53386/26]

871. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated total spend on the National Treatment Purchase Fund to address the waiting lists in each of the years 2024 and 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53387/26]

872. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the amount of the total healthcare budget that is outsourced to provide healthcare through independent bodies, private providers or agencies in each of the years 2024 and 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53388/26]

873. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated average wage of Section 38 and Section 39 workers separately; the number of workers in each section in 2024 and 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53389/26]

874. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will request the HSE to urgently prioritise funding for a facility (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53392/26]

875. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the number of staff that will be employed onsite at the new National Children's Hospital; the number of parking spaces that will be available at the new hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53395/26]

876. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health to provide details of all grant schemes currently available through her Department for which individuals or community groups are eligible to apply; the purpose of each grant scheme; the eligibility criteria; the application process; the opening and closing dates for application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53419/26]

877. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to ensure that people living with dementia can access the home care they have been assessed as needing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53429/26]

878. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of private house calls that HSE pest control services attended within the Dublin region in 2025 and to-date in 2026; the average time it take for pest control services to attend a private house call after a request to the pest control service; and if the HSE pest control services carries out subsequent work at a private house, afte…

879. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health when the statutory home support scheme will be commenced; the barriers that now prevent its implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53431/26]

880. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the reason neither hospitals (details supplied) in Drogheda or Dundalk provides faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) for symptomatic patients; when it is intended to introduce the service in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53432/26]

881. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health to provide, for each hospital currently providing faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) for symptomatic patients, the average waiting time from GP referral to FIT testing, together with the average waiting time from GP referral to colonoscopy following a positive FIT result, broken down by hospital site. [53433/26]

882. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has assessed the impact of the absence of faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) services in County Louth on waiting times for suspected bowel cancer patients attending a hospital (details supplied) in Drogheda; and if she will provide the waiting time from GP referral to colonoscopy for those patients [53434/26]

883. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health to provide, for each hospital currently providing faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) for symptomatic patients, the average, median and longest waiting time from GP referral to FIT testing and GP referral to colonoscopy following a positive FIT result, broken down by hospital site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53435/26]

884. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 478 of 18 June 2026, if she will provide an update on an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53436/26]

885. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the annual cost of the national unused medicines return and disposal scheme; the details of the contract awarded to the appointed waste disposal provider including its duration and value; whether the contract was subject to competitive tender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53451/26]

886. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if her Department and the HSE can assess the needs of a person (details supplied) and ensure that suitable ongoing suitable accommodation and care in a HSE facility or other appropriate accommodation is provided for them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53502/26]

887. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health with regard to incident data collected by SATUs and collated at national level for annual service reports, the number of incidents that occurred in Tipperary, Clare and Limerick per year for the past ten years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53504/26]

888. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1166 of 28 April 2026, the number of UHL FME patients that sought a follow up health check or other services in Cork SATU, as per the arrangement in place and referenced in a previous PQ (details supplied) , by year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53505/26]

889. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2790 of 14 April 2026, if further work has been carried out at national and regional level regarding the establishment of a specialist child and adolescent sexual assault treatment unit in the mid-west since the PQ was answered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53506/26]

890. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1156 of 28 April 2026, the further engagements and steps that have taken place at national and regional level since May 2026 regarding the establishment of a mid-west SATU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53507/26]

891. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health the way in which an individual may be referred to or seen at the national ataxia clinic and combined ataxia clinic in Tallaght University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53508/26]

892. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken by the HSE to ensure patients with Friedrich's ataxia are not left on neurology service waiting lists for extended periods, given the progressive and irreversible nature of the condition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53509/26]