Questions

544. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address staffing resource shortages in the HSE South West region, identified in the Diabetes Policy and Services Review: A strategy for Better Care Diabetes Strategy (details supplied); if additional funding will be made available for the new posts identified in the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48707/26]

547. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if she will be providing funding for regional diabetes clinical leads to ensure consistent and accountable delivery of the Diabetes Policy and Services Review: A Strategy for Better Care across all six regional health areas in line with national standards and models of care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48715/26]

548. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if she will make a commitment to provide sustained, ring-fenced, multiannual funding to ensure full implementation of the Diabetes Policy and Services Review: A Strategy for Better Care report; if she will be establishing a national diabetes office to oversee implementation of the strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48716/26]

549. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health whether implementation of the Diabetes Policy and Services Review: A strategy for Better Care has been identified as a Ministerial priority within the HSE National Service Plan and Estimates process for 2027; if new funding will be provided in Budget 2027 to support the implementation of the strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48717/26]

660. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the details of the way in which acute hospitals will be integrated in the HSE/Tusla joint protocol; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46823/26]

725. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if Action 7 of the 2022 HSE Position Paper on FASD Prevention, which was due to be completed within three years of publication, has now been completed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47101/26]

807. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health whether implementation of the Diabetes Policy and Services Review: A strategy for Better Care Diabetes Strategy has been identified as a ministerial priority within the HSE National Service Plan and Estimates process for 2027; if new funding will be provided in the upcoming budget to support the implementation of the national diabetes strategy; and if she w…

838. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health whether implementation of the Diabetes Policy and Services Review: A strategy for Better Care Diabetes Strategy has been identified as a ministerial priority within the HSE national service plan and Estimates process for 2027; if new funding will be provided in the upcoming Budget to support the implementation of the national diabetes strategy; and if she will …

839. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health whether implementation of the Diabetes Policy and Services Review: A strategy for Better Care Diabetes Strategy has been identified as a ministerial priority within the HSE national service plan and Estimates process for 2027; if new funding will be provided in the upcoming budget to support the implementation of national diabetes strategy; and if she will make …

881. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health whether implementation of the Diabetes Policy and Services Review: A strategy for Better Care Diabetes Strategy has been identified as a ministerial priority within the HSE national service plan and Estimates process for 2027; if new funding will be provided in the upcoming budget to support the implementation of the national diabetes strategy; and if she will…

882. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health with reference to the Diabetes Policy and Services Review: A strategy for Better Care Diabetes Strategy and the appendix outlining staffing gaps in current service provision, whether funding will be made available for the new posts identified in the HSE Dublin and north-east area to include acute hospital diabetes services, community specialist teams, paediatr…

900. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Health when her Department and the HSE will commence work on developing a successor ten-year national cancer strategy given the imminent completion of the term of the 2017-26 national cancer strategy; her plans for developing the new policy, including the timeline for appointment of a chairperson to lead the creation of the strategy; the timeframe for a consultative proc…

902. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Health whether implementation of the Diabetes Policy and Services Review: A strategy for Better Care Diabetes Strategy has been identified as a Ministerial priority within the HSE National Service Plan and Estimates process for 2027; if new funding will be provided in the upcoming budget to support the implementation of the National Diabetes Strategy; and if she will m…

454. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when the HSE working group established in 2023 to develop a national care pathway for lipoedema will complete its work; when the pathway is expected to be published; if there will be consultation with the public and advocacy organisations prior to its publication; if this pathway would include surgical and non-surgical intervention; and if she will make a state…

461. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if she will undertake a review of the current graduation system in Northern Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46465/26]

462. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if she will undertake a review of the current system of (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46466/26]

834. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health if her Department or the HSE have assessed the impact of overnight partner restrictions on postnatal anxiety, depression, breastfeeding, dignity, safety and maternal wellbeing; and her views on whether blanket overnight restrictions after childbirth are acceptable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44910/26]

835. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health whether exceptions for overnight stays for partners will be considered for private rooms, caesarean sections, traumatic births, anxiety, breastfeeding difficulties, mobility issues or other clinical and emotional support needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44911/26]

850. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health if a service impact assessment was carried out before the historic pay linkage between perfusionists and medical scientists was altered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44972/26]

858. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the work that has been undertaken within her Department or the HSE to evaluate the consistency of the Small Hospitals Framework 2013 with current clinical guidance, including national clinical programmes and Sláintecare-aligned models of care; if a review of the framework is planned and the reasons for that decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. …

914. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health to provide an update of the evaluation of the National Maternity Strategy; to confirm if a working group has been constituted to guide development of a new Strategy or extension of existing one; the timeline for completion of the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45257/26]

936. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the progress which has been made on the development of a national action plan on loneliness, including her Department or agency responsible for leading its delivery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45314/26]

1009. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department intends to establish national targets for reducing obesity-attributable type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease incidence; the timeline for doing so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45885/26]

1010. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the performance indicators that are currently used to measure the effectiveness of national obesity policy and obesity treatment services; and if she will provide the most recent results available for each indicator. [45886/26]

1011. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a costed implementation plan exists for the National Model of Care for Obesity; the estimated funding required for full implementation; the funding allocated to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45887/26]