Parliamentary questions

1114. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health to clarify if a blepharoplasty procedure is not covered under the National Treatment Purchase Fund the alternatives that are in place to secure this procedure on behalf of patients; and if the cross-Border initiative is being considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6365/26]

1115. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the reason assistant psychologists within primary care are only employed on a maximum three-year contact; her views on whether this leads to longer waitlists and delays to accessing psychology services; if she is considering altering the length of time for employment contracts for assistant psychologists; and if she will make a statement o…

1116. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health whether she is aware that healthcare assistants employed by an organisation(details supplied) were excluded from the 2025 pay agreement between the union and representatives of the social and community sector which provided for a 9.25% increase for Section 39 workers; the reason these workers were deemed "out of scope"; whether her Departme…

1117. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has considered the equality and employment law implications of healthcare assistants performing comparable work receiving materially different rates of pay within Section 39 funded services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6371/26]

1118. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to 'explore restrictions on the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks, including a ban on their sale to children'; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6405/26]

1119. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of beds at each community hospital in County Donegal in each of the years, 2007 to 2025, inclusive, in tabular form. [6416/26]

1120. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses at each community hospital in County Donegal in each of the years, 2007 to 2025, inclusive, in tabular form. [6417/26]

1121. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health her views on whether given the relatively low number of advance paramedics, it is appropriate and necessary that they continue to be recruited in large numbers to teach paramedic students; if they might be more needed on the front line where their skills and expertise can impact service delivery and patient care; the rationale for the curre…

1122. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the number of community nursing home beds specifically available to individuals with Alzheimer's within CHO5. [6430/26]

1123. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants in emergency medicine working in the public health service; her plans to expand this number; the international recommended best practice ratio for consultant in emergency medicine to population and current ratios. [6434/26]

1124. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant anaesthetist based at St Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny as of 16 January 2026.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6435/26]

1125. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the reason there is currently no HSE lymphoedema service in County Mayo; the reason the planned service in Mayo University Hospital will not be operational until the end of 2026 and will cover only post breast surgery patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6440/26]

1126. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if she will put in place an interim public-private agreement to provide lymphoedema services in County Mayo until the MUH service becomes operational in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6441/26]

1127. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the steps a patient with a medical card should take in circumstances (details supplied). [6463/26]

1128. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that all salbutamol nebules covered by the HSE medical card scheme are out of stock and those on medical cards are forced to pay for private alternatives. [6464/26]

1129. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when stock availability issues with salbutamol nebules covered by the HSE medical card scheme will be resolved. [6465/26]

1130. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health to provide a timeline for the completion of further adult inpatient beds for eating disorder treatment; and the reasoning for the projected timeframe for providing these beds. [6471/26]

1131. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health her plans to increase adult specialist services in the community for eating disorder treatment; and if her Department are working to have adult specialist services in place in Limerick alongside the new CAMHS unit, as the average age of eating disorder patients is 17. [6472/26]

1132. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the total number of people who have sought treatment abroad for eating disorder care; and where this information is collected from. [6473/26]

1133. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the standard crew models for Type A, Type B and Type C NAS ambulances; in which situations, crew numbers below this model are acceptable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6479/26]

1134. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if payment rates will be reviewed in respect of the provision of a service (details supplied); taking into account the present rate of minimum wage payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6480/26]

1135. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the current number of public health nurses per LHO; and the number of approved public health nurse positions in each LHO, in tabular form. [6482/26]

1136. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health if her Department has engaged with a service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6492/26]

1137. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health if a pricing and reimbursement application has been received by the HSE for zolbetuximab (Vyloy); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6494/26]

1138. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the current reimbursement status of salbutamol nebules under the medical card and GP visit card schemes; whether any products previously covered are no longer reimbursed due to supplier disruption; and the date on which any such change took effect. [6499/26]