Parliamentary questions

1080. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health whether she will request that the NIAC update its recommendation on enhanced influenza vaccination for older persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9687/26]

1081. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to issue a detailed report in regards to the CAMHS scandal in both north and south Kerry, including all related costs to date (details supplied); when all cases will be finalised; when the north Kerry CAMHS Lookback review will be published; if these children many who are young adults today and their families will receive a State apology; a…

1082. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the number of hospitals and major healthcare facilities operating at or near maximum electricity capacity, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9745/26]

1083. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health whether any hospital developments, upgrades or diagnostic facilities have been delayed due to electricity grid capacity constraints or connection timelines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9746/26]

1084. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health whether hospitals seeking to install on site renewable generation, battery storage or heat pumps have encountered grid, planning or regulatory barriers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9747/26]

1085. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of health-related statements currently published on Wind Energy Ireland’s website (details supplied); if she will confirm whether the quotation accurately reflects her Departments official position and the current scientific and public health evidence base; if her Department has authorised or approved the use of this sta…

1086. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the basis on which consultant staffing levels and specialist resources are allocated between University Hospital Galway and Mayo University Hospital. [9765/26]

1087. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the reason Mayo University Hospital has significantly fewer orthopaedic surgeons, radiologists and no full-time permanent oncologist despite comparable activity levels and a catchment area that includes parts of Roscommon and Sligo. [9766/26]

1088. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to ensure equitable distribution of consultants and resources across the Saolta Hospital Group. [9767/26]

1089. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if she will examine whether resources originally intended for Mayo are being diverted to Galway. [9768/26]

1090. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to shorten the dietetics weight management waitlist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9785/26]

1091. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if the recent increase of €20 in the State pension in Budget 2026 will result in pensioners being over the threshold for a medical card; if she will increase the income threshold to ensure this does not happen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9786/26]

1092. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if she will clarify the rules governing pharmacy charges for blister-pack dispensing, including whether such fees must be explicitly itemised and displayed under PSI transparency guidance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9791/26]

1093. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide further details with respect to the establishment of 11 regional structures under the National Drugs Strategy; to clarify the governance, funding and accountability arrangements for these structures; if these new structures will replace or absorb existing local drug and alcohol task forces; and if she will make a statement on the m…

1094. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide further details with respect to the population-based planning that will be used for new National Drugs Strategy structures; the way in which deprivation and local need will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9813/26]

1095. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the consultation that has taken place with local drug and alcohol task forces and communities ahead of the proposed regional structures under the National Drugs Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9814/26]

1096. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the way in which the independent, community-led nature, and preventative role, of local drug and alcohol task forces will be protected in the new proposed regional structures under the National Drugs Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9815/26]

1097. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9816/26]

1098. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health when hip operations will be available in Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore (which were carried out in the recent past) under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9817/26]

1099. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant neurologists that are currently dealing and treating public only patients at University Hospital Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9827/26]

1100. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the total number of children referred for spinal surgery under outsourcing arrangements in 2025; the number of children who have been treated in 2025 and to-date in 2026; the breakdown by destination hospital including Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital New York and Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital London; and if she will make a state…

1101. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant ophthalmologists and ophthalmologist registrars based at University Hospital Waterford as of 2 February 2026, in tabular form. [9840/26]

1102. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE public health nurses based in Waterford; and the locations each of those nurses cover, in tabular form. [9841/26]

1103. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to install a second MRI scanner (details supplied) at Cavan General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9847/26]

1104. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has assessed the need for a dedicated paediatric neurology service within Mayo University Hospital or elsewhere in the west; if so, the outcome of that assessment and any planned investment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9854/26]