Parliamentary questions

1922. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1120 of 17 February 2026, the way in which health system planning can be properly informed without reference to data on the reason for hospital-initiated appointment cancellations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19519/26]

1923. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the reason the proposed Primary Care Centre in Tullow is not included in the 2026 HSE Capital Plan; the current status of the project within the HSE capital approval process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19532/26]

1924. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if she will add PMDD to the newly launched HSE Education Programme for Endometriosis given that they affect the same cohort of women and girls; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19533/26]

1925. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health if she had any engagement with the National Ambulance Service recently following reports of changes to recruitment and the issuance of permanent contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19540/26]

1926. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health if her Department has considered introducing a scheme for adults with hearing loss to purchase hearing aids, including those with Otosclerosis, recognising the significant cost incurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19558/26]

1927. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health her views on the promotion of a person despite the severity of the allegations against them (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19568/26]

1928. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health to comment on the National Ambulance Service’s departure from its established practice of offering permanent contracts to paramedics upon completion of training; and the basis for issuing short-term specified purpose contract extensions to newly qualified paramedics while requiring participation in an internal recruitment competition for pe…

1929. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 548 of 22 January 2026, when a response will issue to this Question; the status of the old health clinic at Tinahely, County Wicklow; the number of years remaining on any lease; the plans for the disposal of the property; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19574/26]

1930. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health given her decision to alter the policy of co-location in respect of the Rotunda hospital, if she will clarify her Department's position is in respect of the co-location of University Maternity Hospital Limerick with University Hospital Limerick; the position regarding the co-location, including an indicative timeline of each stage of the pro…

1931. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health to commit to simultaneously progressing planning permission processes for all three options outlined in the HIQA report into health services in the Mid-West region; the current progress of the projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19609/26]

1932. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently address a situation at University Hospital Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19610/26]

1933. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if specific information, training or education is provided to general practitioners with respect to neurodiversity (details supplied); his plans to provide such information, training or education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19616/26]

1934. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the expansion of adult ADHD services across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19629/26]

1935. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the price negotiations on the approval of Skyclarys for the treatment of Friedreich’s Ataxia; the specific steps that are being taken to ensure the HSE considers the time critical nature of Friedreich’s ataxia during the current price negotiations. [19639/26]

1936. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if the commitments in the National Rare Disease Strategy 2025-2030 and the 2026 IPHA framework agreement, which aims for a 180 day decision timeline, are being applied in price negotiations for Skyclarys in the treatment of Freidreich’s ataxia. [19640/26]

1937. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to amending the National Transfer Panel to ensure that trained public health nurses who wish to re-enter the panel can return to public health nursing without a requirement to retrain; the reason such requirements exist; if there is any update from conversations with unions on this matter; and if she will mak…

1938. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a detailed list of public hospital sites, providing CR; the number of WTE allocated to each site; to identify which locations were providing phase 3 CR; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19664/26]

1939. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if a pricing and reimbursement application has been received by the HSE for zolbetuximab (Vyloy®); if the national assessment and decision process has begun; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19668/26]

1940. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the decision-making process in providing live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) to schools on an opt-in basis rather than mandating participation; to provide details on any cost-effectiveness, capacity, safety or clinical analyses undertaken; the reasons for utilising general practitioner and pharmacy-led delivery models as opposed to a c…

1941. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a detailed breakdown documenting the numeric and percentage take-up per county by children in schools facilitating the children's school flu programme; the percentage of the total school number per county involved in facilitating provision of the vaccine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19679/26]

1942. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the unit within her Department that has responsibility for matters relating to the delivery of the children's influenza vaccination programmes in schools; the governance and coordination arrangements in place between her Department, the Department of Health and the HSE in respect of this programme; to provide details of any formal interdepa…

1943. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health to clarify the number of public health nurses in an area (details supplied); to confirm whether this number has decreased in the past five years; if this number will be increased in the coming year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19686/26]

1944. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the exact date in April 2026 on which newborn screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) and Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) will commence, and whether this will be a full national roll out or a phased introduction [19687/26]

1945. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health if the laboratory verification and validation processes for SMA and SCID screening have been fully completed; and if not, when they will be finalised. [19688/26]

1946. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health whether all newly recruited staff for the expanded newborn screening programme have completed training; and when the finalised screening and treatment pathways for SMA and SCID will be published. [19689/26]