822. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the current amount of unspent or uncommitted capital funding earmarked for mental health infrastructure (from current and previous years); and to list the projects that these funds are intended for. [71981/26]
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823. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health to provide current vacancy rates for psychologists in public mental health services, by RHA; and the measures being taken under Budget 2027 to fill these posts. [72011/26]
824. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the amount of the 2027 mental health allocation set aside for youth and school-based counselling initiatives; and whether additional funding will be provided to organisations such as an organisation (details supplied) or agencies such as the National Educational Psychological Service. [72010/26]
825. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the €1 million in targeted suicide prevention initiatives for the Traveller community; the organisations and services it will fund; the way in which it will be delivered; and the way in which it will be evaluated. [72009/26]
826. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health whether Budget 2027 includes increased funding for the HSE’s counselling in primary care service; and if so, the expected number of additional service users that will be supported in 2027. [72008/26]
827. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the current waiting times for counselling services under the HSE and its funded partners, by RHA area; and to indicate the reduction targets being set for 2027. [72007/26]
828. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the locations of the 12 new suicide crisis assessment nurse teams announced in Budget 2027; the funding allocated; the number of WTE posts to be recruited; the way in which GP referral pathways will operate; and whether every county will have a fully staffed team operating by the end of 2027. [72006/26]
829. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health her views on the situation facing survivors of institutions who have been given an enhanced medical card (details supplied) whereby the various health professionals are unaware of the enhanced medical card; if she believes that greater communication is needed so that this type of card is readily accepted and that holders of these cards should not experience fu…
830. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); if she will ensure the care necessary if provided to the person. [72193/26]
831. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently address access to stem cell transplant treatment at Cork University Hospital and allow patients in the Southern region to remain closer to their support networks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72190/26]
832. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of business cases submitted by UHL to the HSE regarding additional capacity within the ophthalmology Department over the past three years; and the current status of each business case, in tabular form. [72134/26]
833. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the number of beds currently available at Macroom Community Hospital; the number occupied and vacant as of the latest date available; the reasons for any bed vacancies; the immediate measures being taken by the HSE to ensure that the hospital is operating at full capacity in order to meet local healthcare needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter…
835. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [72123/26]
837. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if it is current HSE policy to prevent the advertisement of a post until the outgoing staff member has left the payroll; and if so, if this policy, combined with the accumulation of annual and other leave, results in specialist posts, or any post remaining vacant for extended periods. [72239/26]
838. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health for an update with regard to the regulation of vapes; and if she plans to restrict retail vaping outlets. [72238/26]
839. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason the Lactation Consultant post at Sligo University Hospital has been effectively vacant for close to a year; and whether it is acceptable for a specialist post of this nature to remain unfilled for such a prolonged period of time. [72243/26]
840. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the way in which the HSE is applying its commitment of 29 August 2025 that patients with confirmed treatment appointments prior to the implementation of a change to Cross Border Healthcare Directive processes will be considered on a case by case basis, in respect of lipoedema patients who had confirmed appointments and incurred costs before a clinical review requi…
841. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if applications for reimbursement under the Cross Border Healthcare Directive are processed in chronological order by date of receipt; if not, the circumstances in which applications are processed out of sequence; the number of applications for procedures other than lipoedema treatment received in 2026 that have been reimbursed while lipoedema applications receive…
843. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the measures that were put in place to maintain safe staffing levels at Sligo University Hospital this year while up to 14 midwives were on maternity leave at one time; and whether she is satisfied that the remaining midwifery staff were not placed under undue pressure as a result. [72253/26]
844. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health when the community lactation consultant post serving the Sligo/Leitrim area was advertised; the projected timeline for it being filled; and the interim measures being taken to ensure community based lactation support in the region does not suffer in the meantime. [72252/26]
845. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the specific measures she intends to introduce to ensure that specialist posts in maternity, midwifery, and perinatal mental health services are not left vacant for prolonged periods. [72254/26]
846. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the details of the number of home help provision hours approved by the HSE and left unmet due to staff shortages in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, by region in County Kerry. [72257/26]
847. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 913 of 14 July 2026, to provide the updated spend on outsourcing arrangements in University Hospital Galway to address laboratory backlogs to date in 2026. [72260/26]
848. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to confirm that a service level agreement between a private hospital and a public hospital for the provision of laboratory services has ceased (details supplied); the date at which it ceased; and to confirm that this public laboratory is not longer accepting samples from private providers. [72261/26]
849. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide further details regarding the funding shortfall in the National Orthopaedic Hospital; the exact figure identified; the funding sought by the hospital to address this shortfall; and the status of talks between the hospital and the region to address this matter. [72263/26]