Parliamentary questions

1176. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the long-awaited Killarney community hospital will open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8600/26]

1177. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to the to the drugs task force in Kilkenny in each of the past five years; to provide an outline of the activity in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8605/26]

1178. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an itemised breakdown of allocations made towards combatting loneliness between 2019 and 2025, indicating which specific organisations and projects have been supported, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8606/26]

1179. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she has directed, or will direct, the National Ambulance Service to collect and publish monthly data on the number of emergency calls classified as clinical status 1 purple and red where the response time exceeds 60 minutes; if not, the reasons this data is not currently required as part of national performance oversight; and the date …

1180. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the rationale for excluding response times exceeding 60 minutes for clinical status 1 purple and red emergency calls from the key performance indicators of the National Ambulance Service; when this policy decision was taken; and whether she considers the exclusion of extreme delays to be consistent with patient safety and international best pr…

1181. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health when she was first made aware that the National Ambulance Service does not collate or report data on life-threatening emergency calls where response times exceed 60 minutes; whether this issue has been raised with her Department by the HSE or the NAS; and what actions, if any, she has taken since becoming aware of this gap in oversight. [8613/…

1182. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health what formal escalation, intervention, or corrective measures are triggered when national or regional response time targets for clinical status 1 purple and red emergency calls are not met by the National Ambulance Service; whether any such measures were triggered during 2025; and if not, how target compliance is enforced in practice. [8614/26]

1183. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether median response times for clinical status 1 purple and red emergency calls are collected by the National Ambulance Service; if so, to provide the median response times for each of the past 12 months by HSE region; and if not, the reasons median data is not used alongside averages in assessing emergency response performance. [8615/26]

1184. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the assessment her Department has undertaken of the persistent variation in emergency ambulance response performance between HSE regions for clinical status 1 purple and red calls; whether staffing levels, fleet availability, or geographic coverage have been identified as contributory factors; and the national actions which are being taken to …

1185. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will consider the provision of suicide crisis assessment nurses in the Kerry area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8655/26]

1186. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the rationale for the proposed establishment of regional structures under the National Drugs Strategy; to clarify the governance, funding and accountability arrangements for these structures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8672/26]

1187. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the way in which population-based planning, which will be used for the new National Drugs Strategy structures, will address deprivation and local need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8673/26]

1188. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the consultation which 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. [8674/26]

1189. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the way in which the independent, community-led nature, and preventative role, of 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. [8675/26]

1190. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the number of infringements of the Public Health (Sunbeds) Act recorded in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8750/26]

1191. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health her plans to introduce a legislative ban on sunbeds once the results of a working group report and public consultation are analysed; and the timeline of this. [8751/26]

1192. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health when the results of a public consultation on a potential ban on sunbeds will be made public; when the working group will submit its own report to her; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8752/26]

1193. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health her views that there is no safe limit for exposure to UV radiation from sunbeds and that using a sunbed even once increases your risk of cancer. [8753/26]

403. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health when the HSE last provided capital funding to disability service providers in County Kildare for the purchase of new residential developments for independent living, with reference to particular services in Kildare north (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7017/26]

404. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to reopen the Keltoi facility in the Phoenix Park which closed during Covid; the reason it has remained closed since then; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7020/26]

405. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [7022/26]

406. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of CAMHS patients who have been treated in a general children’s hospital ward in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7025/26]

407. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the amount which has been spent sending patients to the United Kingdom to avail of rehabilitation psychiatry beds between the years 2019 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7026/26]

408. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the amount which has been spent sending patients abroad, excluding the United Kingdom, to avail of rehabilitation psychiatry beds between the years 2019 to 2025; in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7027/26]

409. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the amount of money which has been spent sending patients to the United Kingdom to avail of secure psychiatric units between the years 2019 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7028/26]