Parliamentary questions

1055. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she accepts that responsibility for national policy, safeguarding standards, and governance frameworks for services involving children rests with her Department rather than with clinical programmes established by the Health Service Executive; and how that responsibility is exercised in the context of gender identity services for minors…

1056. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has assessed the evidence base underpinning current or proposed models of care for gender identity services for children and young people; whether international reviews or guidance were considered in that assessment; and whether any such assessment has been formally documented. [9489/26]

1057. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department receives routine reports from the Health Service Executive on governance, safeguarding, activity levels, and outcomes relating to gender identity services for minors; and if not, the steps she intends to take to ensure appropriate ministerial oversight of services involving children. [9490/26]

1058. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the mean and median waiting time, by hospital group, for a first outpatient assessment in publicly funded chronic pain services at end-December 2025; and the number of persons on those waiting lists in each hospital group. [9503/26]

1059. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting longer than six months and longer than twelve months, by hospital group, for a first outpatient assessment in publicly funded chronic pain services at end-December 2025. [9504/26]

1060. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the longest waiting time recorded nationally at end-December 2025 for a first outpatient assessment in publicly funded chronic pain services; and the hospital group and hospital in which that longest waiting time occurred. [9505/26]

1061. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE or the National Treatment Purchase Fund hold waiting-list data for publicly funded chronic pain services in time bands, including persons waiting longer than six months and longer than twelve months, for first outpatient assessment lists; and if not, the reason such time-band data is not produced where mean and median waiting-t…

1062. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant-led publicly funded chronic pain clinics in each hospital group; the approved whole-time equivalent staffing complement for each clinic at end-December 2025; and the number of unfilled posts at that date. [9507/26]

1063. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 995 of 20 January 2026, the rationale of the way the community pharmacy service can provide full medication optimisation, given that it does not have the access to the GP and the full patient medical history held by the GP, which was core to the success of the proven iSIMPATHY project; and if she will…

1064. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric neurologists available publicly, by hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9588/26]

1065. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the current waiting times for first-time and follow-up paediatric neurology appointments nationally; the number of children waiting more than 6, 12, and 18 months; the steps being taken to reduce these waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9589/26]

1066. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the level of paediatric neurology provision available to children living in the West of Ireland; the number of clinics held in the region; whether the current service meets the needs of the population as assessed by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9590/26]

1067. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the number of children from County Mayo currently awaiting paediatric neurology assessment; the average waiting time; the number of children waiting more than 12 months; the number of children who must travel outside the county for assessment or treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9591/26]

1068. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric neurology outreach clinics provided in Mayo and the wider Saolta Hospital Group area in each of the past five years; the number of children seen; and whether the HSE plans to expand local provision to reduce travel burdens on families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9592/26]

1069. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been declined a medical card renewal despite significant medical complications; if she will instruct the HSE to review the case and issue them with a card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9599/26]

1070. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will urgently review the case of a person (details supplied) in relation to their personal assistant budget; the status of this review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9657/26]

1071. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances at each ambulance station in the state; the number for each of the past three years, including the location of each ambulance station, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9659/26]

1072. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for an ambulance in each CHO district; the average waiting time nationally; the average waiting times for each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9660/26]

1073. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the number of times a person ringing the national ambulance service has been told that there is no ambulance available; the number of times per ambulance station that this has happened; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9661/26]

1074. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the number of employees employed by the national ambulance service; the number per ambulance station; their rank; the number for the last three years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9662/26]

1075. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the person or body responsible for oversight of compliance with the Disability Act in CHO 8; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9671/26]

1076. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the abolition of parking fee charges in hospitals. [9674/26]

1077. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the amount paid in parking fees to each of the Cork hospitals in 2024 and 2025 respectively, in tabular form. [9676/26]

1078. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Health her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a delayed hospital appointment for a person in Dublin 9; the steps being taken to prevent such instances from reoccurring; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9685/26]

1079. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the estimated price, per patient, of the standard flu vaccine and of the enhanced flu vaccine; if she will introduce a policy of offering both vaccinations and allowing patients decide if they want to pay the extra cost of the enhanced vaccine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9686/26]