1558. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health if she has received the HIQA Report in relation to accident and emergency services in the mid-west region; when she intends to publicly publish this report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30189/25]
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1623. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the percentage of blood tests for Letterkenny University Hospital that are outsourced; the cost of this outsourcing; if there is any plan to address the capacity issues that prevent all blood testing being done on site; the impact this is having on hospital services, GPs and surgeries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30602/25]
1624. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health if it remains Government policy for the Rotunda Hospital to relocate to the Connolly Hospital campus in Blanchardstown; the timeline for this move; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30613/25]
1625. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the expenditure to date that has been spent on the proposal to relocate the Rotunda Hospital to the Connolly Hospital campus in Blanchardstown; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30614/25]
1626. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health if it remains Government policy for the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital to relocate to the St. James's Hospital campus, co-locating with the new national children's hospital; the timeline for this move; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30615/25]
636. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of 100 virtual ward beds. [28733/25]
652. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of employees at University Hospital Waterford who are trained to conduct sign language; if hospitals are required to have this service; if this service is not available, the reason; when it will be available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28753/25]
600. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the development of outpatient services at the Drogheda Department of psychiatry, Crosslanes, Drogheda, County Louth. [26826/25]
601. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health the reason Portiuncula University Hospital (PUH) will no longer be providing antenatal care and delivery services for women with twin pregnancies; if this marks the beginning of a broader downgrading of maternity services at PUH; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26832/25]
744. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if children with diagnosed or suspected connective tissue disorders are routinely referred to genetics, rheumatology, cardiology, or other relevant specialties before major spinal surgery at Children's Health Ireland; if this coordination is part of a formal care pathway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27466/25]
754. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health routinely tracks and review cases involving multiple re-operations due to infection following spinal fusion or growth rod procedures; if these cases are subject to morbidity and mortality review or internal audit; the lessons, if any, that have been identified from these cases and the changes that have been implemented across sites to reduce the risk of infection…
755. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will publish any available findings from internal or external reviews conducted at Children's Health Ireland or Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital in relation to post-operative spinal infections and surgical site complications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27477/25]
756. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to confirm whether parents of children undergoing spinal fusion or growth rod procedures at Children's Health Ireland are informed of the relevant post-operative infection rates, either site-specific or national, as part of the surgical consent process; if this information is not routinely disclosed, to explain how this complies with the principles set out in nat…
774. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to providing dedicated parking spaces at major hospitals in the State for vehicles transporting cancer patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27602/25]
784. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health if she will examine whether post-natal care within maternity hospitals is sufficiently mother focused in conjunction with focusing on the baby; her views on whether there is capacity to increase the level of assistance provided to mothers under their care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27644/25]
788. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding postpartum support for mothers; if she will consider extending the current six-week provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27648/25]
789. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding postpartum support for mothers; if the service could be expanded to include 24-hour access to services for mothers; particularly for first time mothers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27649/25]
790. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health if she will consider providing a scheme targeted at new mothers to provide GP visits; similar to what is in place for newborn babies, to provide support postpartum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27650/25]
791. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health if she will set out the services available in the National Pelvic Floor Centre in St. Michael’s Hospital in Dún Laoghaire; her views on whether this service is adequate; her further views on whether there is scope for expanding these services in this location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27651/25]
815. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if she will address a medical matter concerning a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25415/25]
848. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the number of acute hospitals with appointed end-of-life care coordinators; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25753/25]
850. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided by her Department to the Irish Hospice Foundation in 2024 and 2025 to support the hospice friendly hospital programme and the network of end-of-life care coordinators in acute hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25755/25]
851. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the number of hospitals that applied for a design and dignity grant fund to improve end-of-life care in 2024; the number of projects grant funded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25756/25]
218. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if a voluntary acute hospital (details supplied) carried out a review of services to align them with available funding in 2024; the outcome of any such review; which services, including patient services, were reduced to align with the available funding; the time period for such reduction in services applied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2477…
199. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if she will urgently review the restrictions to hospital transport services in Tipperary, which are leaving many patients without transport; to increase the budget for the service to ensure that those in real need of transport are not left without; the reason for the increase in the demand; if hospital transport for beneficiaries of temporary protection or inte…