Parliamentary questions

1220. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health to provide the scheduled days and times of all HSE and NPTF "in-sourced" procedures in 2025, from 1 January to 31 December, broken down by specialist areas in Louth County Hospital (details supplied); if the patients treated via an insourcing procedure were on a validated active waiting list waiting in all cases; and if she will make a statem…

1221. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if there has been a review of the National Ambulance Services in east Cork sine 2020; if the service is fully staffed between Monday to Thursdays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12776/26]

1222. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the Department that has the authority to investigate the National Ambulance Services in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12777/26]

1223. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of times east Cork was left without an ambulance service in each of the years 2020 to 2025, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12778/26]

1224. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the number of operational ambulances currently assigned to the National Ambulance Service in the Dublin north-east region, including the Dublin Fire Brigade ambulance area, by base; the number of paramedics and advanced paramedics in post; the number of vacancies; the average response times for emergency calls in north Dublin over the past …

1225. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has assessed whether current ambulance capacity in north Dublin is sufficient to meet demand; the projected staffing and fleet requirements for the Dublin north-east region over the next three years, in tabular form; the actions planned to increase ambulance availability and staffing in north Dublin; and if she will m…

1226. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay for a cancer patient (details supplied) to have an urgent procedure in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12790/26]

1227. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a delay in a hospital appointment can be urgently investigated for a person (details supplied) who is awaiting a neurosurgeon appointment in CUH and urgently needs assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12791/26]

1228. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently on waiting lists for in-patient rehabilitation care in Ireland; the total number of patients; broken down by condition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12817/26]

1229. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of staffing numbers within the National Rehabilitation Hospital; per nurse, physiotherapist, speech and language, occupational therapist, and psychotherapist grades; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12818/26]

1230. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of neuro-rehabilitation beds in Ireland; the total number of beds; beds operational, per facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12819/26]

1231. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding any research carried out by her Department into the merits of banning smart phones for under 16s; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12821/26]

1232. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding any engagement she has had with her cabinet colleagues in relation to the proposal to ban smart phones for under 16s; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12823/26]

1233. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health her views on the merits of banning smart phones for under 16s; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12825/26]

1234. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that a five session primary care occupational therapy 'Episode of Care' is an adequate intervention for a child (details supplied) with a confirmed autism diagnosis and ongoing sensory, behavioural, and attention related needs; if she will review the appropriateness of limiting autistic children to short block intervention…

1235. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the basis on which CAMHS excludes a child (details supplied) whose behavioural and emotional needs fall outside the capacity of Primary Care; the mental health supports that are available for autistic children who do not meet CAMHS criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12839/26]

1236. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health when the single point of access system for children's services will be fully operational; the way it will prevent families such as that of a child (details supplied) from being passed between primary care, disability services, and CAMHS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12841/26]

1237. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health when screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a rare genetic condition affecting approximately six babies born in Ireland each year, will be included in the national newborn bloodspot screening programme; if SMA screening will be implemented before the end of March 2026, as cited by a leading paediatric clinician in recent media coverage; the…

1238. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the recruitment being undertaken to ensure the primary care psychology service in Dublin west can be reopened; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12850/26]

1239. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the HIQA health technology assessment (HTA) for the shingles vaccines factored in the potential savings to the State and the HSE from the reported impact of the vaccine, from population studies in Canada, Wales, Australia and the US, on delaying the onset of dementia, slowing down its progress and cutting the risk of death among those al…

1240. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health to outline who conducted the HSE's 2017 position paper on wind turbines and public health; who requested the position paper; the terms of reference that governed the paper; if any stakeholders made submissions to the review, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12868/26]

1241. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that the European Society of Cardiologist's has supported the European Environmental Agency's 2025 Noise Report, (details supplied); the arrangements in place between her Department and the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications to ensure public health oversight of environmental noise, traffic, airport and…

1242. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health given that the HSE's position on wind turbines and public health is currently under review, if she will confirm whether, and on what date, her Department and the HSE were made aware of a submission to the 2019 Draft Wind Energy Development Guidelines by a group of acousticians (details supplied); which offices were informed, including t…

1243. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive continues to refuse legally compliant written references that confirm only dates of employment and job titles, the full extent of what many private employers are permitted to provide under their own governance and liability policies, and instead applies pressure on private companies to issue verbal or e…

1244. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the average recruitment timeline for Health Service Executive nursing positions in County Mayo, from the point at which a vacancy is approved and advertised; to the issuing of a job offer; to the commencement date of the successful candidate; if the Minister will comment on the causes of delays occurring particularly between offer and start d…