Parliamentary questions

474. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for ophthalmology by health region and integrated healthcare area, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [21206/26]

475. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for audiology by health region and integrated healthcare area, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [21207/26]

476. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for podiatry by health region and integrated healthcare area, and age category; and time waiting, in tabular form. [21208/26]

477. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for community psychology services by health region and integrated healthcare area, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [21209/26]

478. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for counselling services by health region and integrated healthcare area, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [21210/26]

479. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for CAMHS by health region and integrated healthcare area, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [21211/26]

480. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for dietetics by health region and integrated healthcare area, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [21212/26]

481. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for home care packages by health region and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [21213/26]

482. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for home care packages in each month in 2025 and to date in 2026, by health region and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [21214/26]

483. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of patients of Children's Health Ireland who received spinal surgeries through outsourcing arrangements in a private hospital in 2025 and to date in 2026 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21219/26]

484. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if any further patients of Children's Health Ireland have undergone spinal surgeries abroad through outsourcing arrangements (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21220/26]

485. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will publish a report by the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21221/26]

486. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to address the shortcomings identified in the regulatory framework for emergency services practitioners and providers (details supplied); the steps she has taken since she was first informed of this issue in September 2025; if she has met with the chairperson of the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council regarding this iss…

487. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2673 of 29 July 2025, if any work has been carried out to develop standard diagnostic policies or guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21223/26]

488. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder services or initiatives in each of the years from 2020 to 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21224/26]

489. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to an organisation in 2026 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21225/26]

490. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of optometrists providing services to medical card patients under the community ophthalmic services scheme in January of each year since 2020, by HSE Health Region, in tabular form. [21226/26]

491. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the budget for each hospital in 2025, in tabular form. [21227/26]

492. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of beds utilised by the HSE in private nursing homes in the HSE Mid West region in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, by site, in tabular form. [21228/26]

493. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of private nursing home beds utilised by the HSE in the Mid West region without a prior agreement in place in 2025 and to date in 2026, by site, in tabular form. [21229/26]

494. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide further information with respect to the acquisition of a site in Raheen, Limerick to progress Option B from the Health Information and Quality Authority’s review of the design and delivery of urgent and emergency healthcare services in HSE Mid West (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21230/26]

495. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the protocols that are in place for the diagnosis of Lyme’s disease in the health system. [21236/26]

496. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of people who have used the travel abroad scheme for Lyme’s disease, or conditions associated with it, because of an absence of appropriate care here in Ireland, for the years 2020 to 2025. [21237/26]

497. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a post-implementation review of the Public Only Consultant Contract is planned; and if so the timeline. [21246/26]

498. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform approved the Public Only Consultant Contract without a requirement for a value-for-money review. [21247/26]