Parliamentary questions

863. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that are currently waiting to receive home care in North Wexford; the length of time they have been waiting; if her Department plans to increase the number of carer positions in that area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21535/26]

864. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that are currently waiting to receive home care in South Wicklow; the length of time they have been waiting for; if her Department plans to increase the number of carer positions in that area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21536/26]

865. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if a preferred location, site or building has been identified for a primary care centre in Gorey, County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21537/26]

866. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health when section 232 of the Assisted Human Reproduction Act 2024 will commence; the reason for the delay in its commencement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21547/26]

867. 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 2010 to 2016, by location, in tabular form. [21558/26]

868. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if she will guarantee additional funding for all Drug and Alcohol Taskforce-funded community organisations to cover their mandatory contributions towards employee superannuation under the pension auto-enrolment scheme, in line with similar funding provided by the Department of Social Protection and Department of Justice, Home Affairs a…

869. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if she will direct the HSE to take immediate action to resolve the dispute arising from a recruitment and retention crisis affecting clinical practice tutors in radiography; and her views on the need to address staffing requirements and tutors pay rates. [21568/26]

870. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to the publication of the HSE Capital Plan 2026, if she will provide a full list of all projects with their capital funding allocation for 2026, by region and county. [21587/26]

871. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the number of public health checks newborns received in Dublin 8 and Dublin 12 in the first 48-months of their lives in 2024 and 2025; and the number of newborns that did not receive a public health visit in the first year of their lives in Dublin 8 and Dublin 12 in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.…

872. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether national policy or guidance exists governing the suspension of healthcare professionals employed in public hospitals when they are the subject of serious criminal allegations; the procedures that must be followed by the HSE once such allegations become known; and whether these procedures are currently under review following the recent c…

873. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the oversight mechanisms that are in place within her Department to ensure that the HSE promptly implements protective workplace measures when healthcare staff are accused of serious criminal offences, including sexual offences; and whether her Department has requested a report from the HSE on the handling of the recent case at a hospital (deta…

874. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of cases since 2015 in which a healthcare professional employed by the HSE was the subject of a criminal investigation relating to sexual assault or rape; the number of cases in which suspension from clinical duties occurred; and the policy criteria used in determining whether suspension is applied. [21599/26]

875. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the national workplace protection protocols that are in place within the HSE to support healthcare staff who report sexual assault or violence perpetrated by colleagues; and whether her Department collects data on the number of such incidents reported annually. [21600/26]

876. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether his Department intends to undertake a review of the disciplinary and safeguarding framework governing healthcare professionals in HSE employment, including coordination with the Medical Council, in light of the failure acknowledged by the HSE in the handling of a recent case (details supplied). [21601/26]

877. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently examine the withdrawal of services (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21607/26]

878. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if solutions to car parking capacity issues at the Midlands Regional Hospital Mullingar are being examined by her Department; and if she is aware of the parking limitations at this site. [21617/26]

879. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in recruitment for the specialist eating disorder team in the mid-west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21620/26]

880. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can have their school care plan reviewed, if a resource SNA can be sourced for them as needed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21631/26]

881. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 360 of 11 February 2026, if the terms of reference for the External Expert Panel have been finalised; if the terms of reference will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21635/26]

882. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 360 of 11 February 2026, if, as well as assessing the appropriateness of the original decision to operate in individual cases, the External Expert Panel will examine how those surgical decisions were made and overseen within hospital governance structures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2…

883. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 360 of 11 February 2026, how the findings of case reviews will be communicated to families; if families will receive a formal written outcome; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21637/26]

884. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 360 of 11 February 2026, the way in which certain circumstances will be handled by the external expert panel (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21638/26]

885. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 360 of 11 February 2026, if the External Expert Panel will examine potential variation in surgical thresholds or clinical decision-making across different CHI sites during the period under review; the reasons for variations and the way in which it developed over time; and if she will make a statement on th…

886. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the measures she is taking to increase funding to recognise the increased pressure on clinical practice tutors in radiography following the increased capacity of BSc radiography students undertaking clinical placement before they graduate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21658/26]

887. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the measures she is taking to recruit more clinical practice tutors in radiography for hospitals across the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21659/26]