Parliamentary questions

3094. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason questions submitted by this Deputy (details supplied) regarding staffing arrangements for the new Killarney Community Hospital have not been answered; if this is because the HSE has not engaged with the INMO since May 2025 on staffing needs, when it was stated that it would be unsafe to transfer any services to the new building b…

3095. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the registration of a dentist with the Dental Council (details supplied). [25877/26]

3096. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health whether her Department will facilitate the availability of high-intensity focused ultrasound in a particular case (details supplied). [25888/26]

3097. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of the total number of patients included in the EEPR that had their initial surgery paid for under the NTPF. [25892/26]

3098. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health if she has considered appointing a dedicated clinical implementation lead to work across all maternity units to ensure that clinical guidelines under the National Maternity Strategy are being implemented consistently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25907/26]

3099. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that women who experience two consecutive miscarriages are still reporting that they are not being referred for further investigation and what immediate actions will be taken to ensure maternity units comply with national guidance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25908/26]

3100. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health if her Department will introduce a structured process to track the adoption of national maternity clinical guidelines in real time across all 19 maternity units on compliance guidance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25909/26]

3101. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health if reporting has commenced from the six maternity units currently using the electronic health system on conditions such as early pregnancy loss, ectopic pregnancy, second-trimester loss and recurrent miscarriage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25910/26]

3102. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the way in which her Department intends to use the new eHealth system to close long-standing data gaps relating to women’s health, particularly early pregnancy loss, so that services, supports and research funding can be properly informed by accurate national data; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25911/26]

3103. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health whether standardised data definitions and reporting templates have been established for all maternity units ahead of full roll-out of the electronic health system, to ensure that critical women’s health data can be compared and aggregated nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25912/26]

3104. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health whether there are any plans to update the 2019 Smiles and Sláinte National Oral Health Policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25917/26]

3105. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the actions her Department is undertaking to increase the number of dentists working in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25918/26]

3106. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the actions her Department is undertaking to increase the number of dentists participating in the Medical Card Scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25919/26]

3107. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the number of cardiac physiologists and cardiac radiographers posts that have been filled at Beaumont Hospital as of 31 March 2026, in tabular form. [25931/26]

3108. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the number of opened and staffed critical care beds in both St James's and the Mater Hospital as of 1 April 2026; and if she will provide the same figures as of 1 April 2023, in tabular form. [25932/26]

3109. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of primary care posts (including occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, and psychologists) in Longford–Westmeath that have been vacant for more than six, 12, and 24 months; and the reasons these posts remain unfilled. [25943/26]

3110. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health the bodies which operate under her aegis which have a regulatory or enforcement remit which include provision for a person convicted of an offence to receive a fine upon summary conviction, the associated maximum amount and duration of any related potential imprisonment term; provision for a person convicted on indictment to receive a fine, …

3111. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of approved home support hours in Longford–Westmeath that are currently undelivered due to staff shortages; and the measures being taken to ensure these supports are provided. [25968/26]

3112. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health her views that the provision of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) to women with type 2 diabetes during pregnancy provides better glycaemic control than invasive blood glucose testing (finger prick testing) for both mother and baby over the duration of pregnancy; if she will make CGM available to women with type 2 diabetes during their pre…

3113. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health her views that the cost of providing continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) to women with type 2 diabetes during pregnancy is cost neutral when compared to providing them with invasive blood glucose testing (finger prick testing) strips over the duration of pregnancy; if she will make CGM available to women with type 2 diabetes during their pr…

3114. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will remove the specific criteria of ‘insulin initiation from the start’ that is preventing persons (details supplied) with a clinical diagnosis of type 1 diabetes from accessing continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) which clinical evidence overwhelmingly supports as the first-choice glucose monitoring device for all people with type 1…

3115. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE Consultant Vascular Surgeons based at Cork University Hospital as of 1 April 2026, in tabular form. [25974/26]

3116. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of recruitment campaigns that South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital took to the UK seeking nurses, radiographers, physiotherapists and so on to work at this hospital in the years of 2025 and to-date in 2026; the number of persons that indicated willingness to work within this hospital, in tabular form. [25975/26]

3117. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of Critical Care Ambulances on a 24-7 basis that are based in Cork as of 1 April 2026; and if she will provide the same figures as of 1 April 2022, in tabular form. [25976/26]

3118. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant registrar's posts by speciality currently at Mercy University Hospital; and the estimated timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular form. [25977/26]