Parliamentary questions

893. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1168 of 28 April 2026, if HSE Mid West has yet received information from An Garda Síochána regarding the number of victims from the mid-west who have accessed the SATU services in Cork and Galway; if not, if they have followed up with An Garda Síochána regarding same; and if not, the reason therefor. [5354…

894. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1168 of 28 April 2026, if the HSE has yet collated overall data regarding the number of victims from the mid-west who have accessed the SATU services elsewhere, notably Galway and Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53541/26]

895. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1168 of 28 April 2026, if information regarding the number of victims from the mid-west who have accessed the SATU services in Cork and Galway has been obtained from said SATUs, given the fact that not all service users engage with An Garda Síochána prior to attending an SATU service; and if she will make …

896. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health the number of forensic medical examinations carried out by UHL’s forensic medical examination service between 2006 and 2018, inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53543/26]

897. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 693 of 23 June 2026, the level of private practice which is occurring in each public hospital by specialty, and not the number of contract holders, in tabular form; if she will confirm whether such data exists; whether it is collected or monitored; and, if so, if it will be provided; if not, the way in …

898. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health her plans to consider GLP1 drugs to be included under the drugs payments scheme for persons prescribed it for medical conditions other than diabetes for example polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53573/26]

899. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health to supply the travel and subsistence claimed, by all ranks of Registrars from the Civil Registration Service north-east for each of the months from 1 May 2025 to 1 May 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53577/26]

900. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to support the mental health reform pre-budget submission (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53586/26]

901. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to expedite the digitalisation of the health service in Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53595/26]

902. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the review of the clinical director role, commissioned by the HSE's Chief Clinical Officer in 2025; the timeline for publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53602/26]

903. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on a breach of public pay scales identified at a hospital (details supplied); the steps taken to date to ensure that the hospital complies with public pay policy; if this matter has been resolved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53603/26]

904. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to an issue related to consent for children in need of therapeutic supports (details supplied); if her Department is examining this issue; the plans to address this issue within the current legal framework; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53606/26]

905. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she has considered the establishment of a dedicated redress scheme for survivors of abuse and mistreatment in former State-run and State-funded psychiatric institutions; if she has received any proposals in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53627/26]

906. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she will commit to issuing a formal State apology to survivors who experienced abuse, neglect, coercive practices and inhumane treatment while resident in former psychiatric institutions, in recognition of the State's role in their suffering; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53628/26]

907. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health whether she will establish an independent statutory inquiry into historical abuse and systemic failings within psychiatric institutions and with meaningful survivor participation in its design and operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53629/26]

908. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she has met with, or intends to meet with, survivors of psychiatric institutions to discuss their calls for justice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53630/26]

909. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the €180 million in dedicated additional funding invested in women's health since 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53655/26]

910. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health for an update in relation to the technical issue which is preventing the issuing of new and renewed European health insurance cards; when this issue is expected to be resolved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53665/26]

911. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health given the technical issue which is preventing the issuing of new and renewed European health insurance cards, if she can provide details on the number of cards now awaiting printing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53666/26]

912. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has modelled the potential impact and Exchequer savings that could arise if professionally managed home sharing enabled a proportion of older people to safely delay entry into long-term residential care or reduce reliance on State-funded home support services and the nursing home support scheme - fair deal; whether sh…

913. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 767 of 30 June 2026, the amount spent on outsourcing arrangements in University Hospital Galway to address the laboratory sample backlog in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; if these costs can be broken down by the spend on addressing the public samples backlog and private samples backlog under their service…

914. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE scrub nurse posts filled at Beaumont Hospital as of 30 June 2026; and if the same figures will be provided as of 30 June 2022, in tabular form. [53737/26]

915. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health whether any business cases have been submitted seeking additional cardiology staffing resources for Beaumont Hospital since 2023; if so, the details of such submissions; and the outcome of each, in tabular form. [53738/26]

916. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health with regard to incident data collected by Cork SATU, the number of incidents that took place in Tipperary, Limerick and Clare per year since its establishment in 2001, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53739/26]

917. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health with regard to incident data collected by Galway SATU, the number of incidents that took place in Tipperary, Limerick and Clare, per year since its establishment in 2009, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53740/26]