Questions

891. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the status and scope of any HSE review or investigation into clinical governance and patient safety at Bloomfield Hospital; whether current and former members of the multidisciplinary clinical team, including staff who resigned from the service, have been invited to provide evidence; whether a report will be published; and the expected timeframe for its completion…

892. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of children with an intellectual disability who are currently inpatients in acute or other hospitals where the admission or continued hospital stay is related to significant behavioural challenges or distress levels; the number of these children who have been in hospital for more than one month, three months and six months, by Health Region; and the num…

432. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if she will clarify the position of the diabetic clinic at the Midlands regional Hospital Mullingar; if the clinic will be closing temporarily from 1 October 2026; if so, the provisions being made for those who have scheduled appointments post this date; if she will further clarify the current staffing levels at this diabetic clinic; and if positions remain to be …

478. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of the services currently available in Monaghan Hospital. [67857/26]

187. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency department attendances; the average time to admission; the waiting-time distribution; the number and percentage of patients waiting more than 12 hours; more than 24 hours; the number and percentage leaving without being seen or before completion of treatment, for the period 1 January to 31 August in 2025 and 2026, nationally and by hosp…

193. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of outsourcing arrangements for children's spinal surgery and paediatric orthopaedics; the participating hospitals, including international hospitals; the number of children referred, assessed, treated and awaiting treatment through each arrangement for the period 1 January to 31 August 2026 and the equivalent period in 2025; and the expenditure inc…

205. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health to address the issue that patients in Midlands Regional Hospital Mullingar will not have access to nurse led clinics provided from the Diabetes Day Centre due to lack of suitably qualified nursing staff. [67632/26]

595. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the extent of use of virtual ward technology across each public hospital, requested from each hospital, including the amount of units available, the average amount deployed at any time, and the equivalent to traditional capacity, for 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [66738/26]

642. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of orthopaedic outpatient clinics that are held at Beaumont hospital each week; the hours each clinic is available; the names of consultants and or registrars that are present at each of those clinics, in tabular form. [67074/26]

408. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of acute voluntary hospitals that have yet to sign off on their service level agreement for 2026. [66205/26]

415. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health the number of patients in the State in receipt of dialysis treatment in each of the years 2021-2025 and to date in 2026, broken down by type of treatment, in tabular form. [66249/26]

423. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health to list each acute hospital diabetes service in the State which currently has the capacity to initiate adult patients with type 1 diabetes onto insulin-pump therapy; to provide details of each hospital which can provide ongoing pump management and aftercare but cannot initiate patients; and to provide details of each hospital providing neither service, in tabu…

425. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health the number of patients with type 1 diabetes ordinarily resident in County Offaly who are currently receiving insulin-pump therapy, by adults and children; the hospitals at which those patients receive insulin-pump initiation and follow-up care and the number who are required to travel outside of County Offaly for such care, in tabular form. [66263/26]

1165. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the current staffing levels in the surgical day ward at Mayo University Hospital compared with approved levels; the number of complaints received in 2026 concerning patient supervision, discharge procedures and complaint handling; whether a review has been undertaken following reports of patients being discharged without written discharge information or adequate…

1166. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of complaints regarding care standards, patient dignity and infection control practices at Mayo University Hospital following a surgery on 13 August 2026 (details supplied); whether a patient was required to change for surgery in a public toilet due to bed shortages; whether concerns regarding post-operative supervision, privacy during wound exam…

1195. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if she will address the urgent issues regarding the neonatal services at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar; the steps needed to expand the paediatrics and neonatal service capacity; the assessment that has been carried out of the current and projected demand for neonatal and paediatric services in the region; the funding and resources required to increase…

1315. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the protocols in place at Mayo University Hospital regarding the transfer of admitted patients from the emergency department to inpatient wards during overnight hours; whether restrictions apply to the movement of patients to available ward beds overnight; and the measures being taken to improve patient flow and reduce overcrowding in the Emergency Department. […

1316. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the mechanisms that are available to staff in Mayo University Hospital to raise concerns regarding patient safety, staffing levels and workplace practices; the protections available to employees who raise such concerns; whether the HSE has reviewed compliance with its protected disclosure and speaking-up policies in the hospital; and if she will make a statement…

1370. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to public assurances given by the HSE in December 2024, and in July 2025, that unit 1 at St. Stephen's Hospital, Sarsfield's Court, Glanmire, would remain open and continue to admit residents, the specific reasons the position has now reversed with the announced deregistration and phased closure of the unit; the date on which the decision to close was…

1464. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting on an MRI in the Mater Hospital Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65780/26]

1474. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if the design brief for the new surgical hub building at Letterkenny University Hospital incorporates inpatient wards on the upper floors of the building and a link corridor connecting said wards to the main hospital; and if so, if the architectural design brief specifically references the need to isolate the surgical hub from such inpatient wards as ma…

1476. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if, 13 months after she awarded a surgical hub to Letterkenny University Hospital, the HSE has identified the precise site on the hospital campus where the hub is to be built; and if not, the reason. [65937/26]

3192. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health if there is no funding for new hip and knee replacement procedures at the National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh, Finglas; the funding that currently exists at the hospital for such procedures; if additional funding is required for these procedures to continue to be carried out to the end of 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55193/26]

3286. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding any engagement she had with maternity hospitals in relation to the phasing out of private maternity care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55631/26]

3354. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of serious concerns regarding the current state of the maternity services at UMHL (details supplied); the steps she plans to take in relation to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55900/26]