Parliamentary questions

2197. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the number of dieticians WTEs employed at the dedicated bariatric service for medical only patients at Galway University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20593/26]

2198. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the EOLAS programme (details supplied) will be funded and delivered on a national basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20596/26]

2199. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the current reimbursement process for Omaveloxolone, considering the time-sensitive nature of the condition for those with Friedreich's ataxia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20597/26]

2200. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20599/26]

2201. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the amount of carbon that will be emitted on all transport and related actions undertaken by her and all members of her staff during their St Patrick’s Day trips in 2026. [20610/26]

2202. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the amount of carbon that will be emitted on all transport and related actions undertaken by all Junior Ministers in her Department and their members of staff during their St Patrick’s Day trips in 2026. [20628/26]

2203. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if she has paid to offset any of the carbon emitted due to St Patrick’s Day trips in 2026; and the amount paid. [20647/26]

2204. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the amount of carbon that has been emitted by transport used by her, the Junior Ministers in her Department, and their staff for each of the past five years; if she has paid to offset any of the carbon emitted because of transport; and the amount paid in each year. [20665/26]

2205. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the plans and progress in relation to the provision of appropriate staffing at the primary care centre being built at Citywest. [20687/26]

2206. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20704/26]

2207. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health to outline the infrastructural challenges which result in people waiting longer than the recommended timeframe to access colonoscopies nationally; the proposed solutions to best address these challenges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20736/26]

2208. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the national tendering process that is currently in place for new endoscopy infrastructure within the public system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20737/26]

2209. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the modelling systems that are used to assess current and future national demand for endoscopy units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20738/26]

2210. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the percentage capacity each endoscopy unit nationally is currently functioning at; the plans to address any shortfall, by hospital, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20739/26]

2211. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the current ratio of healthcare workers available to perform colonoscopies by hospital nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20740/26]

2212. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health to confirm the up to date position in respect of recruitment of additional staff to enable the opening of 24 additional beds in Mallow General Hospital, if the intended date for opening these beds of 31 March 2026 will be achieved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20745/26]

2213. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated to a service for respite in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025, in tabular form. [20762/26]

2214. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health her views on radiographer tutor retention; her plans to ensure adequate number of practice tutors to match recent increases to the numbers of student radiographers; if she will report on her communications with the HSE in respect of same, and on the need for more resources for accommodating radiographer students more generally; and if she will…

2215. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health for an update on a review (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20779/26]

2216. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been brough to the dispute between radiographer practice tutors and the HSE regarding retention and resourcing of tutor roles; if her Department has been briefed on the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20789/26]

2217. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the number of radiographer clinical practice tutor posts currently approved and funded within the HSE; the number of such posts filled and vacant, by hospital and hospital group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20790/26]

2218. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the number of student radiographers undertaking clinical placements in HSE hospitals in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the projected number of placements for 2026 and 2027; and the measures being taken to ensure that sufficient clinical practice tutors and training resources are available to support these placements.…

2219. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that the HSE prioritises a conclusion to the Skyclarys reimbursement negotiations, given that it is the only available treatment for a progressive disease Friedreich's Ataxia (FA), which currently can be classed as having an ‘unmet need’, as outlined in the National Rare Disease Strategy 2025 – 2030; whether she believes t…

2220. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health if she would consider introducing mechanisms to measure gross national happiness, and how national wellbeing can be assessed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20807/26]

2221. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the reason access to Friedreich's Ataxia is not available on the medical card or licenced for the drug reimbursement scheme for patients in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20816/26]