Parliamentary questions

1170. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a list of approved centres abroad under the endometriosis surgery abroad interim scheme and a list of registered surgeons under the scheme who can provide the highest standard of endometriosis care, and excision surgery (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12300/26]

1171. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the way in which unnecessary hip operations on children have been characterised under the national incident management system. [12301/26]

1172. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health as Rare Disease Day approaches on 28 February 2026, if she will provide an update on the implementation of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) screening within the national newborn bloodspot screening programme; whether she will confirm a target date for the rollout of SMA screening to all newborns; to outline the Government’s ongoing commitment …

1173. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that a number of healthcare workers with long-Covid are facing significant hardship due to a loss of income due to the cessation of special Covid leave with full pay on 31 December 2025: the provision her Department will make for this cohort of healthcare workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12339/26]

1174. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to avert industrial action by health care assistants in the HSE home support service in Cork, Clare, Limerick, Kerry and Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12396/26]

1175. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of all organisations and projects that received matched and/or partner funding from his/her Department in 2023, 2024 and 2025; the amount of funding allocated to each organisation or project; what was achieved and the stated outcomes from the funding provided in each case; the plans her Department has for the provision of …

1176. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of ongoing non-compliance with statutory data protection obligations within an organisation (details supplied), if it is currently operating with a backlog of data access requests; the reasons for such a backlog; the steps being taken to ensure that patients’ statutory rights of access to their medical records are upheld; and…

1177. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if HSE employment changes, whereby agency staff who have worked in the same role through an agency for at least one year can convert to a permanent HSE contract. [12427/26]

1178. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if she will provide details on the number of agency staff in CHO8 who have successfully switched from agency employment to permanent HSE contract since changes came into effect following agreement with a trade union (details supplied). [12428/26]

1179. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied), who is currently employed through an agency will be offered a permanent HSE contract [12429/26]

1180. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health whether she will consider funding the shingles vaccine for our older population given the vaccine's association with lower rates of dementia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12434/26]

1181. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health to consider adding the shingles vaccine to the National Immunisation Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12436/26]

1182. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health if she will consider supports to assist with the financial costs of the shingles vaccine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12437/26]

1183. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of employees in organisations that receive funding from the HSE but are not deemed HSE employees that have been included in the auto enrolment process; if so, if this has a financial impact for those organisations if this will be rectified in this financial year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12441/26]

1184. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of people who have received an enhanced medical card from the Magdalene restorative justice ex-gratia scheme in each year since its establishment [12442/26]

1185. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of people for each day in January who were medically discharged at Letterkenny University Hospital but had to remain in hospital as they had to wait for a home help package; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12490/26]

1186. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health for a detailed explanation of the transition of Lucan North Electoral Division to Blanchardstown Area Community Healthcare Network (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12546/26]

1187. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of mental health service users in Mullingar Regional Hospital; the number of repeat visits to Mullingar Regional Hospital accident and emergency department; the number of times they were admitted to the mental health unit; and the number of times they were sent home, by month for 2025. [12548/26]

1188. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of patients presenting to each accident and emergency department, per county, with mental health issues; and the number of those admitted to a mental health unit, by month for 2025, in tabular from. [12549/26]

1189. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health when the next phase of the Women’s Health Taskforce strategy is due to be published; whether that phase will include detailed measures on the recognition, diagnosis and evidence-based treatment of premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), including pathways for referral, clinician education and access to appropriate supports; and if she will mak…

1190. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a CAMHS appointment. [12560/26]

1191. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if funding will urgently be allocated to a service (details supplied) that provides mental health services for people in County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12610/26]

1192. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health for a detailed breakdown of the waiting lists, by county, for counselling services provided within primary care facilities, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12611/26]

1193. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of the waiting lists, by county, for CAMHS services, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12612/26]

1194. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of cases in which former employees of an organisation (details supplied) have been denied the pension contributions arising from the 2024 pay parity agreement due to delays by the HSE in providing the associated funding; if she will clarify the reason employees who reached the normal retirement age of 65 in 2024 were not pr…