Questions

784. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a formal requirement exists obliging clinicians to report clinical outcomes, complications, and follow-up care requirements to the Health Service Executive or her Department in respect of procedures funded under the treatment abroad scheme; and if not, whether she will introduce such a requirement. [28101/26]

785. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or the Health Service Executive maintains any centralised or national system for the monitoring, recording, or analysis of clinical outcomes, complication rates, or long-term healthcare impacts for patients who receive procedures funded under the treatment abroad scheme; and if not, the reason for the absence of such a system. [28102/26]

786. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the mechanisms n place at a national level to evaluate patient safety, treatment effectiveness, and long-term health outcomes in respect of procedures funded under the treatment abroad scheme, in the absence of a centralised outcomes monitoring system. [28103/26]

787. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any audits, reviews, or evaluations have been conducted by her Department or the Health Service Executive into clinical outcomes, complication rates, or follow-up care requirements arising from procedures funded under the treatment abroad scheme since 2020; and if so, to provide details including dates, scope, and findings. [28104/26]

789. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the body or unit within her Department or the Health Service Executive holds responsibility at a national level for oversight of clinical outcomes, complication reporting, and long-term follow-up in respect of procedures funded under the Treatment Abroad Scheme. [28106/26]

835. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health the locations within CHO5 where HSE-employed audiologists are based within primary care services as of 17 February 2026; and if she will provide same figures as of 31 December 2023, in tabular form. [28175/26]

278. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health if there is a child psychologist based in Athenry primary care centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27735/26]

301. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if CH04 is currently accepting adult ADHD assessments; the number of people on the waiting list; the average wait time; if CH04 currently is fully staffed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27859/26]

2651. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to set out the current financial control and oversight mechanisms in place for primary care laboratory testing, including standard lipid profile testing, in circumstances where a national dataset on activity and cost is not held centrally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23704/26]

2652. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide the total annual expenditure on primary care laboratory testing for each of the past five years, including any estimated or modelled figures used in the absence of a comprehensive national dataset; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23705/26]

2653. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any system is currently in place to attribute laboratory testing costs to individual service areas, patient cohorts, or primary care providers; and if not, the interim measures being used to support cost accountability pending the implementation of the National Laboratory Information System; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23706/26]

2654. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to detail any audits, reviews, or value-for-money assessments carried out in respect of primary care laboratory testing, including standard lipid profile tests, in the past five years; and if she will provide the findings of such assessments. [23707/26]

2655. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any national or regional oversight mechanisms are in place to monitor patterns of laboratory test ordering in primary care, including safeguards against duplication or unnecessary testing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23708/26]

2656. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to outline how value-for-money in primary care laboratory testing is currently assessed and assured in the absence of a national dataset capturing the volume and cost of such testing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23709/26]

434. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the Finglas Primary Health Care Centre, including an updated timeline for the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23038/26]

1861. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the current waiting time for physiotherapy services in the Castlerea Primary Care Centre catchment area; the number of patients currently on the waiting list; and whether there are plans to increase physiotherapy capacity locally. [19314/26]

36. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health her plans to expand primary care services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17523/26]

100. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the current level of provision of primary care and dentistry services in Waterford; and if she believes this level of provision is adequate. [17638/26]

589. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the absence of a paediatric ophthalmology service currently in Nenagh primary care centre as the previous ophthalmologist retired; the steps that are being taken to recruit a suitably qualified ophthalmologist for this area; and when this person will be in position. [18144/26]

780. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health if she will examine the provision of basic minor-injury treatment services in primary care and out-of-hours services such as Caredoc, rather than directing such cases to emergency departments; if she accepts that patients presenting with minor injuries to emergency departments contributes to overcrowding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16231/26…

299. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the current capacity of child occupational services operating from the Longford primary care centre; if the post of child occupational therapist at Longford has been vacant since November 2025. and the way in which children waiting to attend this service are being dealt with in the interim. [13262/26]

1234. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that a five session primary care occupational therapy 'Episode of Care' is an adequate intervention for a child (details supplied) with a confirmed autism diagnosis and ongoing sensory, behavioural, and attention related needs; if she will review the appropriateness of limiting autistic children to short block interventions within primary car…

965. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the measures she has in place to improve access to primary care in County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9183/26]

985. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the interim measures in place for people waiting for an appointment with a primary care occupational therapist but cannot see one as the post is vacant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9261/26]

1163. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the current status of the proposed primary care unit for Lismore, County Waterford; whether this facility was previously promised; and to provide a clear timeline for its delivery, including details on site identification, funding allocation, design, tendering and construction stages, given the growing healthcare needs of the Lismore and wider west Waterf…