Questions

872. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE or the Department of Health will be funding the costs needed to roll out nasopharyngeal airway management training for parents in paediatrics cases at Cork University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38802/25]

900. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to refurbish Howth health centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38924/25]

915. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the number of enforcement actions that have been taken by the HSE’s National Environmental Health Service in relation to the illegal sale or distribution of vapes and e-cigarettes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39037/25]

916. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health if she will consider introducing a ban on the sale of nicotine pouches, which are currently unregulated, in order to protect public health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39038/25]

918. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the action her Department and HSE have taken on the proposed introduction of a national programme for the safe disposal of unused medications in the community in line with EU Directive 2001/83/EC; if she will commit to pursuing this matter further with a view to establishing a safe, consistent and accessible return system through community pharmacies nationwide as …

919. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the engagement that has taken place between her Department and HSE with the community pharmacies with a view to introducing a national programme for the safe disposal of unused or expired medications by members of the public in line with EU Directive 2001/83/EC; if she is aware of the patient-safety, public-health and environmental risks posed by the lack of a fund…

920. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if there has been any engagement between her Department, HSE and a union (details supplied) on the proposed introduction of a national programme for the safe disposal of unused medications in the community in line with EU Directive 2001/83/EC; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39082/25]

935. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the criteria that must be met before HSE pest control services within Dublin region attends a private house to carry out pest control works. [39175/25]

954. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health If she will address the current uncertainty facing staff at a healthcare facility (details supplied); the arrangements that have been made to retain the existing staff currently employed at the unit; the steps the HSE is taking to ensure continuity of employment and service delivery during this transition; and if she will ensure that the HSE engages immediately …

999. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health the locations within CHO1 where HSE funded audiologists are based in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39655/25]

332. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health if the HSE’s managed access protocol and individual patient approval system is available to adults with spinal muscular atrophy who were previously excluded from treatment solely due to their age at the time of reimbursement approval; and, if so, the process or criteria that would apply in such cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38374/25]

386. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if respect for international law and human rights throughout the supply chain, from production to delivery, is written into the HSE's procurement policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38603/25]

388. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 362 and 363 of 11 June 2025, if the HSE will reply to the questions asked and that they will be answered within the timeframe required under Standing Order 52; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38608/25]

753. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health the total number of administrative staff and senior managerial staff in the HSE in 2005, 2015 and 2025, by grade, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36985/25]

778. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE only began publishing purchase order data for payments over €100,000 on its website from quarter 4 of 2021 onwards (details supplied). [37223/25]

843. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to confirm that she has received a copy of the HSE's nationwide review of insourcing and outsourcing arrangements; if she has considered its contents; if she will publish the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37540/25]

867. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health the levels of expenditure that the HSE sanctions without sign-off from the HSE senior leadership team, with sign-off from the HSE senior leadership team, and following consultation with the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation; if these levels of expenditure are consistent across all areas of healthcare exp…

886. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will accept the HSE's recommendation to end insourcing arrangements in the health service by 30 June 2026; if she will commit to this deadline based on the steps to phase out insourcing provided for in the HSE's review of insourcing and outsourcing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37838/25]

356. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health when HSE staff (details supplied) can expect to be contacted by the HSE regarding their future in the organisation as a result of recent changes; if they will be offered new positions within the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36779/25]

691. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health for an update on an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35330/25]

39. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the development of a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34535/25]

59. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health her views on the significant growth in procurement expenditure by the HSE in recent years, rising from €1.29 billion in 2020 to over €4.19 billion in 2024,and to explain what mechanisms are in place to ensure value for money, transparency, and oversight in light of the fact that the HSE has confirmed it cannot currently track whether spending exceeds original cont…

315. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health her views on the HSE’s confirmation that it has not been in a position to meet the Government’s 15-day prompt payment target or to produce the quarterly compliance reports required under Government Decision S29296; the way in which this has been allowed to continue for over a decade, given that all other departments and public bodies have been publishing prompt p…

768. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the common assessment approach to the needs of older people known as InterRAI is fully operational across all six HSE health regions; and if the electronic version piloted with co-funding from an organisation (details supplied) almost a decade ago forms part of this process. [33725/25]

804. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the number of publicly funded respite beds the HSE had in private nursing homes in Cork, in each of the past five years, including 2025. [33931/25]