Parliamentary questions

3069. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she will consider collecting or maintaining data specific to the average waiting times for home support services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25672/26]

3070. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health the measures the HSE has in place to audit the substantial funding provided to section 38 and section 39 organisations; the processes used to ensure that such funding is allocated equitably in line with individual service plans; the oversight and governance systems in place to verify that public monies are being used appropriately; the mechan…

3071. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if a final report a review (details supplied) of the Office of the Chief Inspector Regulatory Inspection Process will be published with full terms of reference and made available to the Oireachtas; and if there will be an opportunity for Oireachtas scrutiny once the review is completed. [25680/26]

3072. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will consider an increase in pay for home helps due to the high cost of fuel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25706/26]

3073. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of medical card patients that are waiting to have access to an MRI scan; the length of time they been waiting in CHO1, by hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25710/26]

3074. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who have been transferred from University Hospital Limerick since the opening of a private hospital (details supplied) in Limerick; the number that were transferred to any other facility in the mid-west region since that time, by facility; the length of stay; the number that were from County Clare; and if she will make …

3075. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the planned primary care centre for Gorey, County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25732/26]

3076. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE Play Leader posts that have been filled at both CHI Temple Street and CHI Crumlin as of 30 March 2026, in tabular form. [25737/26]

3077. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE Consultant Cardiologists based at the Mater Hospital that are currently only dealing and treating public only patients. [25738/26]

3078. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the percentage of persons that attended the migraine outpatient clinic at Beaumont Hospital in the years of 2024, 2025 and to-date in 2026 that were first time appointments, in tabular form. [25739/26]

3079. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric osteotomies carried out under the National Treatment Purchase Fund in Children's Health Ireland hospitals and the National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh in each of the years from 2017 to 2026, by location, in tabular form. [25743/26]

3080. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of patients included in the external expert panel (details supplied) whose procedures were funded by the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25744/26]

3081. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the progress made on the National Trauma Strategy in 2025 regarding the Connolly Hospital bypass; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25747/26]

3082. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health to provide a timeline regarding the National Trauma Strategy for the implementation of the Connolly Hospital bypass; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25748/26]

3083. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the funding application for a homeless hub in Cork city. [25765/26]

3084. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if her Department will consider a review of the long-term illness scheme criteria, particularly for adult ADHD management and medication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25784/26]

3085. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if she is in favour of reimbursement pathways for GLP-1 therapies in obesity where clinically indicated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25785/26]

3086. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of AI pilot projects which have taken place in her Department within the past three months; the expenditure associated with those projects; and whether they are still ongoing, in tabular form. [25798/26]

3087. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of all staff vacancies across each Department of the Health service in County Kerry; the implications of these unfilled positions on the Health service in Kerry and its citizens; the action being taken to fill these vacancies, many of which remain unfilled for prolonged periods; will the Minister accept that …

3088. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health when will the new Killarney Community Hospital building be "handed over" to the HSE; if an application to register the new Community Hospital has been submitted to HIQA; when will residents be able to move into their new home; when will they and their families and/or advocates be informed of this date; and if she will make a statement on th…

3089. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the five year survival rate for people diagnosed with bowel cancer, broken down by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25831/26]

3090. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the five year survival rate for people diagnosed with prostate cancer, broken down by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25832/26]

3091. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the five year survival rate for people diagnosed with melanoma, broken down by county and by gender, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25833/26]

3092. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health if she will review the requirement for persons with a free travel pass to pay the €4 daily transport charge on closed HSE transport routes when attending day services in CHO 1; if the same charges apply to service users in other CHOs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25855/26]

3093. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health her plans to ban artificial intelligence 'therapy' or programmes mimicking therapy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25873/26]