Parliamentary questions

286. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health when the Chairperson of the Cannabis Access Review Committee will be appointed; when the committee is expected to commence its work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13170/26]

287. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health her plans to add Acarizax to the reimbursement list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13176/26]

288. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health if she is concerned that the proposal to ban flavoured nicotine inhalation devices could have a knock-on increase in the number of cigarette smokers; the actions she will take to address these concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13181/26]

289. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health to outline any research carried out by her Department into the potential risks of banning flavoured nicotine inhalation devices; whether the potential knock-on increase in people reverting to cigarette smoking was considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13182/26]

290. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (detail supplied) is waiting on a follow-up appointment in Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13183/26]

291. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health when it is intended to fully implement the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13186/26]

292. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health for an update on the review of the model of care for the treatment of eating disorders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13193/26]

293. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the efforts being made to develop mental health services in Beaumont Hospital; the number of beds at the Ashlin Centre in Beaumont; if there are plans to expand this centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13194/26]

294. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health the location and full staffing cohort of each Traveller healthcare project team; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13234/26]

295. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health if she plans to increase the remunerated hours for which staff within Traveller healthcare projects are employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13235/26]

296. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to tackle the issue of over-prescribing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13236/26]

297. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health when the ethnic identifier under the national Traveller health action plan will be in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13248/26]

298. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE refused funding under the National Treatment Purchase Fund to complete treatment for a patient (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13261/26]

299. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the current capacity of child occupational services operating from the Longford primary care centre; if the post of child occupational therapist at Longford has been vacant since November 2025. and the way in which children waiting to attend this service are being dealt with in the interim. [13262/26]

300. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if she will expedite a child occupational health appointment for a person (details supplied). [13273/26]

301. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of people admitted in 2024 to the forensic child and adolescent mental health service in the Portrane facility; the number of persons discharged in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13298/26]

302. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of people admitted in 2024 to the Intensive Care and Rehabilitation Unit in the Portrane facility; the number of persons discharged in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13308/26]

303. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the longest waiting times for ambulance crews to reach patients, for each county in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13334/26]

304. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions that it took ambulance crews to access patients in excess of one hour, two hours and three hours, for each county in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13335/26]

305. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the total number of agency staff employed by CHI in 2025; the total cost of this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13354/26]

306. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the amount of money paid to each agency the HSE used in 2025 to hire agency staff across all public hospitals; the total number of agency staff used in 2025 by each public hospital, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13355/26]

307. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the staffing issues in HSE South West CAMHS-ID team (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13394/26]

308. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health to provide clarity on an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13395/26]

1043. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health for an update on her engagement on the case of a person (details supplied). [12014/26]

1044. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the briefings she has received on the auto enrolment scheme being rolled out to section 39 and 38 organisations operating on behalf of the State; if she has received any legal advice as to the employment status of employees in section 38 and 39 organisations as a result of the auto enrolment process; and if she will make a statement on the …