837. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health to provide detail on the arrangements in place to provide relief cover for nursing care on Cape Clear island in cases of leave or other absences. [68855/26]
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838. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health to provide detail on the current level of nursing provision on Cape Clear, County Cork; the number of days in which there was no nursing cover physically present on the island, from 2025 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and to provide details on the efforts undertaken to fill vacant nursing positions on the island. [68853/26]
839. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the number treated with intersex genital mutilation, IGM, in each of the years from 2018 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and to provide an indication as to the reasoning in cases in which IGM was deemed necessary. [68849/26]
840. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the information provided to parents of intersex infants; the involvement, that intersex people have in informing and monitoring this information; and if parents with intersex infants are being referred to an organisation. [68848/26]
841. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if the incidence of intersex genital mutilation is reducing in Ireland; and if so, to provide data to support this. [68847/26]
842. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health if a medication (details supplied) will be approved for reimbursement and use within the public health service for patients with HER2-mutated non-small cell lung cancer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68860/26]
843. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health to provide the number of GP visits to Cape Clear, from 2024 to date in 2026; and to detail the efforts being undertaken by her Department to expand GP access on the island. [68859/26]
844. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health whether she will consider providing full time public health nursing cover on Cape Clear, in line with the Government's commitment in the Our Living Islands strategy to improve health services to island communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68858/26]
845. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the number of clinical training placements, supervised clinical training posts, teaching clinics, training chairs and other placement capacity available for medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, physiotherapy and veterinary medicine in each of the years from 2021 to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68443/26]
846. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of allegations of sexual abuse or sexual harassment made against HSE employees, agency staff or contractors in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form, by HSE region and by service area; the number referred to An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68911/26]
847. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 66423/26 whether action will be taken against a social media company (details supplied) which continues to have multiple posts (details supplied) promoting these harmful so-called cures. [68772/26]
849. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the measures available to prevent a practitioner, located outside of the State but providing a service to the State, who is the subject of concerns from continuing to report on Irish patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68908/26]
852. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 65375/26 the staffing complement and current vacancies in Unit 1 at St. Stephen's Hospital, Glanmire; whether a compliance plan has been agreed with HIQA following its recent inspection; the resources committed by the HSE to address the findings; and whether the deficiencies identified relate to resourcing, staffing or managem…
854. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 60224/26 and 60228/26 of 7 September 2026, whether a formal mechanism exists to record instances of non-compliance by the Institute of Public Health with its Oversight Agreement; to state yes or no; the number of occasions since 2020 on which non-compliance has been identified; whether the grant suspension provision in the Ov…
858. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant neonatologist posts filled at Cork University Maternity Hospital in the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [68751/26]
859. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE general dental surgeons and senior dental surgeon posts filled at each HSE dental clinic within Cork as of 21 September 2026; and if she will provide the same figures as of 31 December 2023, in tabular form. [68750/26]
860. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of CT, MRI and PET scanners that are currently available for use in each hospital within Cork as of 18 September 2026; and the hours per week each of those machines are available, by location, in tabular form. [68749/26]
861. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the timeline for full implementation of the recommendations of the HSE internal audit of non-EU doctor recruitment; whether a follow-up audit will be conducted to verify compliance; the date by which it will report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68928/26]
862. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the individual or office within the HSE with responsibility for ensuring that mandatory pre-employment checks, including garda vetting, overseas police clearance, occupational health clearance and English-language competency, are completed before a doctor commences employment; the sanctions, if any, applied where those checks are not completed; and if she will mak…
863. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of non-EU consultant and non-consultant hospital doctors recruited by the HSE in each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, by HSE region, in tabular form; the proportion of those recruitments subject to any audit of pre-employment checks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68926/26]
864. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE plans to extend the internal audit of non-EU doctor recruitment to hospitals in the HSE South West region, including Cork University Hospital, the Mercy University Hospital, the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital and Mallow General Hospital; if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68924/26]
865. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the compliance rate recorded in the HSE internal audit of non-EU doctor recruitment for each of the seven sites examined, namely Tullamore, Portlaoise, Mullingar, Drogheda, Cavan, Navan and the Rotunda Maternity Hospital, by hospital, in tabular form; the two sites found to be fully compliant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68923/26]
866. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to the HSE internal audit finding that English-language competency evidence was available for only 27 of 40 doctors examined, the number of cases in which a certificate below the minimum HSE-required score was accepted; the number in which a certificate was obtained after the doctor commenced employment; whether any patient safety incidents have been linke…
867. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health for an update on her Department's progression of the sunbeds working group recommendation to ban commercial sunbeds; the engagement her Department has had with the European Commission on this issue in recent months; and the timeline for progression of this issue. [68830/26]
868. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure a cross border reimbursement application (details supplied) is processed without further delay. [68934/26]