Parliamentary questions

64. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total value of all medical equipment and personal protective equipment currently held in storage that is considered obsolete or past its expiry date; to detail the projected €7.4 million cost for the destruction of such stock in 2026; the annual storage fees paid for these assets, which reached €2.1 million in the previous year; if any oth…

65. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the number of times she has met with the Master of the Rotunda Hospital in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17640/26]

66. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the way in which she intends to put in place an accelerated process to deliver the critical care wing of the Rotunda Hospital in light of the recent rejection of planning permission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17641/26]

67. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health if she will consider designating long-Covid as an occupational illness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17792/26]

68. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health if she will examine the potential of a surgical hub being established at Louth County Hospital to support the north-east and the growing population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17646/26]

69. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene regarding the change to a long-established practice of offering permanent National Ambulance Service contracts to paramedics who successfully completed training. [17637/26]

70. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Health the capital projects currently approved for health facilities in County Offaly; the funding allocated in 2026; the projected completion dates for these projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17613/26]

71. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding any research carried out in relation to international comparisons when drafting the Public Health (Single-Use Vapes) Bill 2025, and in particular the United Kingdom with regards to their issues in banning larger disposable nicotine vaping devices which can deliver up to 25,000 puffs of nicotine vapor; and if she will make a…

72. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the plans to increase bed capacity in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17647/26]

73. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the development of the surgical hub at Galway University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16784/26]

74. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if there are proposals for new primary healthcare centres in the Dublin mid-west area; the proposed locations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17515/26]

75. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health her plans to expand access to weight loss medications given the health and societal costs of obesity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17500/26]

76. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken to reduce preventable baby deaths, following a recent Oireachtas Committee on Health meeting in which this issue was highlighted (details supplied); if this will be a priority in the next National Maternity Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17724/26]

77. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on each primary care capital project in County Galway, at each stage of development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17083/26]

78. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the funding requested and approved for Clontarf Hospital this year; if the planned development of 50-single rooms and additional rehabilitation space will be included in the National Capital Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17496/26]

79. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health the progress made to date with the development of the community nursing unit, Midleton Community Hospital, Midleton, County Cork; when it is expected to be opened to patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17704/26]

80. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the efforts being made to reduce the number of patients waiting on orthodontic assessment and treatment at the Louth County Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17609/26]

81. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health her plans to address staffing shortages in child and adolescent mental health services and eliminate lengthy waiting lists in the provision of vital care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17636/26]

82. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health given the growing population in County Wicklow, the plans being made to increase GP services across the county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17793/26]

83. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to bring forward a new cancer strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17300/26]

84. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she will support banning social media companies from targeting toxic recommender algorithms at children as a key part of implementing Operational Recommendation Three of the Final Report of the Online Health Taskforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17736/26]

85. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health to clarify if the ten beds in Abbeyleix Hospital that are currently used for respite will be retained for this purpose; the plans to increase that number; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17086/26]

86. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health following the latest funding announcement in the HSE Capital Plan 2026, when the next stage of long-term works at Beaumont Hospital is expected to progress; if the new funding will in any way expedite the delivery of the planned works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17517/26]

87. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that Sligo University Hospital orthopaedic theatre is not-fit-for purpose, and the hospital needs a new surgical theatre as soon as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17288/26]

88. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Health for an overview of the progress made under the current Cancer Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17325/26]