Parliamentary questions

877. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of business cases for development and capital spend submitted by Saint Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny; the stage each one is at in the process of consideration and approval; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16698/26]

878. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of qualified care assistants that have been Garda vetted and are available to take up duties delivering home care hours in the community, which are on the HSE panel in the CHO5 area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16699/26]

879. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health to provide the staffing levels and medical qualifications for each model 3 hospital; whether each hospital is expected to provide the same range of medical services; the steps being taken to fund model 3 hospitals that are not delivering the optimum services; the level of funding provided for each level 3 hospital in each of the last three …

880. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has undertaken or commissioned any cost-effectiveness analysis comparing high-dose influenza vaccines with standard dose influenza vaccines for adults aged 65 years and over for the 2026/2027 influenza season; if so, the date on which that analysis was completed; whether it informed procurement planning for that season; a…

881. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has formally requested the National Immunisation Advisory Committee to review high-dose influenza vaccines since 1 January 2025; if so, the date of that request; whether a written record of the request exists; and whether any further review is currently under consideration. [16703/26]

882. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department receives regular reports from the Health Service Executive on the number, duration of vacancy, and disposal status of residential properties owned by the HSE; the frequency of such reporting; and whether any performance indicators apply to the timely disposal of surplus residential assets. [16750/26]

883. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any target timelines exist, at Departmental or HSE level, for the disposal of residential properties deemed surplus to requirements; if not, whether she intends to introduce such timelines in light of properties vacant for periods exceeding ten years. [16751/26]

884. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department requires the HSE to centrally record and report the annual holding costs associated with vacant residential properties, including insurance, security, and maintenance; and if not, whether she considers this consistent with public financial management best practice. [16752/26]

885. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department has conducted, since 2020, any review of the HSE Protocol for the Acquisition and Disposal of Property as published in 2022, with particular regard to disposal timelines and value-for-money safeguards; and if she will provide details of any such review. [16753/26]

886. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health for an update and projected timeline on the integrated mother and baby unit and child and adolescent mental health services inpatient facility at Saint Joseph's Hospital, Limerick. [16844/26]

887. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health for an update on the eating disorder specialist hub at Mount Carmel Campus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16845/26]

888. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if she will consider expanding the chronic disease management programme to include epilepsy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16850/26]

889. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of newly qualified general practitioners who took up work in County Louth and East Meath in 2025 and to-date in 2026. [16852/26]

890. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Louth and east Meath who were unable to find a general practitioner to register with and who made contact with the HSE seeking assistance for each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to-date 2026. [16853/26]

891. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners who have retired in 2025 and 2026 in County Louth and East Meath. [16854/26]

892. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners currently registered and operational in County Louth and East Meath. [16855/26]

893. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the average number of patients per head currently registered with general practitioners in County Louth and East Meath. [16856/26]

894. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans to extend the number of general practitioners and access to GP’s in County Louth and East Meath. [16857/26]

895. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [16869/26]

896. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a patient in Letterkenny University Hospital will be transferred to Beaumont Hospital for an urgent surgical procedure (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16870/26]

897. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health is she can outline the options for people living in Rush, Lusk, Skerries, Balbriggan and surrounding villages/areas who need access to a GP outside normal business hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16875/26]

898. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if the D Doc or other out-of-hours GP service will be extended to Balbriggan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16876/26]

899. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to making the medication Skyclarys (omaveloxolone) available to Irish Friedreich’s Ataxia patients under the current drugs reimbursement process; if she recognises the clinical necessity of this request as this drug is the only proven treatment to slow the progression of this debilitating condition; and if she…

900. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to increase GP recruitment and retention in areas of population growth, including Lifford, County Donegal; the supports available for those currently on GP waiting lists, or who have to wait long periods for access to a GP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16881/26]

901. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health to review a decision to refuse a person (details supplied) access to CAMHS. [16883/26]