Parliamentary questions

852. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health to list all schemes, funding programmes, capital funds, grant streams or other expenditure headings administered by her Department in 2025 and 2026 which result in allocations, awards, or spending that can be identified with a specific geographical location including county, district, town, or project site, to group these by funding stream or …

853. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health to provide the web link to her Department’s Q4 2025 published report of purchase orders/payments over €20,000, in line with the FOI model publication scheme requirements; the date on which this report was published; and if it has not yet been published, the planned publication date. [16571/26]

854. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health to confirm, in respect of her Department’s published quarterly reports of procurement-related payments or purchase orders over €20,000 (details supplied), where such reports are published in PDF format but originate from an Excel or similar spreadsheet file, that the underlying data was fully expanded and validated prior to conversion so that …

855. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting residential treatment for drug addiction and alcohol addiction across the State, broken down by CHO region, in tabular form [16601/26]

856. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently intervene in the case of a person (detail supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16610/26]

857. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health if she will outline the drawdown of items in Beaumont Hospital in the 2025 Capital Plan (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16621/26]

858. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health to intervene in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16626/26]

859. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of CAMHS WTE vacancies in CHO7; the length of time these roles have been vacant for; the number of patients waiting for an appointment in the area; if she will report on the recruitment campaign to fill these vacant posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16629/26]

860. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if financial assistance can be given to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16636/26]

861. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the reason it is taking so long for a child (details supplied) to receive CDNT appointments. [16641/26]

862. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health if she will address and resolve the unfair and unprecedented change to established practice of granting contracts to persons who successfully complete training (details supplied). [16642/26]

863. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health if she has engaged with Epilepsy Ireland regarding their call to expand the chronic disease management programme to include epilepsy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16643/26]

864. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health her views on the merits of expanding the chronic disease management programme to include epilepsy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16644/26]

865. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health whether her Department is reviewing the potential inclusion of Shingrix in the national immunisation programme for over 65s; if any timelines, assessments or consultations are currently underway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16645/26]

866. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a case (details supplied); and if she will instruct her Department to reach out to this family and make sure the situation is resolved. [16647/26]

867. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if she will consider meeting with organisations (details supplied) to discuss the gaps in maternity care in Ireland, ahead of the publication of the new National Maternity Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16651/26]

868. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health to outline the work conducted by her Department to date on updating the National Maternity Strategy; to list the individuals and organisations she has met with as part of this updated strategy; and when it is expected to see the publication of the new National Maternity Strategy. [16652/26]

869. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the current c-section rate in each maternity hospital in Ireland; if she is aware that the WHO advises a c-section rate of no more than 15%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16653/26]

870. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if she will consider introducing a chief midwifery officer at the executive level of the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16654/26]

871. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to direct-entry midwifery students being unable to work in primary care centres; if she will consider rectifying this barrier to recognise the invaluable role of dedicated midwives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16655/26]

872. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the current status of the proposed mother and baby psychiatric unit; the location of the proposed site; the number of mother and baby units advised to be in place in Ireland per the population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16656/26]

873. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the current location and staffing levels, by role, of each postnatal hub; to indicate empty positions, if any, in each hub; and to outline the planned locations for future postnatal hubs. [16657/26]

874. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health for an update on the proposed licensing system for retailers selling vaping products and cigarettes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16667/26]

875. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health if she will consider the inclusion of plenadren, a life-saving medication for adrenal insufficiency, under the HSE hardship fund; if she will consider the appeal case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16674/26]

876. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if she will consider making the drug Omaveloxolone available to the approximately 200 people in Ireland currently living with Friedreich's Ataxia, given the life-changing impact this drug can have; if she will reconsider her position that the drug is not ‘economically viable’, in light of the relatively small number of people whose liv…