Parliamentary questions

768. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason University Hospital Galway did not put alternative arrangements in place to ensure that it adhered to the terms of the public only consultant contract in its laboratories ahead of January 2026; if any preparatory work was carried out, given that management is expecting public only consultants to breach their contracts until the end …

769. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the proposed primary care centre in Gort, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48904/26]

770. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the reason the consultant oral and maxillo facial surgeon post at Cork University Dental School and Hospital fell from 0.35 whole-time equivalent in December 2025 to 0.00 whole-time equivalent in April 2026; the reason principal dental surgeons whole-time equivalent staffing fell from 12.51 in December 2025 to 10.31 in April 2026; the reason co…

771. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she can confirm that no analysis is undertaken to establish whether equivalent procedures funded under the treatment abroad scheme could be sourced at lower cost in an alternative eligible jurisdiction prior to approval; whether she considers the absence of any cost-comparison mechanism across jurisdictions to represent a gap in value-f…

772. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the timeline for when the HSE national guidelines for myalgic encephalomyelitis will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48932/26]

773. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the centralised register referenced is broken down by clinical urgency, specialty, and procedure type individually, or whether this data exists only in aggregate form for EU Commission reporting purposes. [48939/26]

774. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the specific funding programmes or grant schemes for charities providing counselling, psychotherapy, and community-based mental health supports which will be open for application in 2026 and 2027, respectively; the opening and closing dates for each scheme; and if she will provide a full list of organisations funded by each Regional Health Auth…

775. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Health to respond to correspondence received (details supplied) in relation to any additional funding being allocated to SLT and OT services in County Louth to support assessments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48962/26]

776. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 285 of 20 May 2026, if she will provide assurance to the parents of an individual (details supplied) who is in a residential setting, that they will not be administered any future vaccination in view of the fact they are not in a position to make an informed decision about the likely negative impact of sam…

777. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health to outline the rationale for the review which has commenced at the Cottage Hospital Drogheda to examine the nurse led transitional care service in place. [48973/26]

778. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health if her Department was notified of the intention to undertake the review which has commenced at the Cottage Hospital Drogheda; and when was this notification received. [48974/26]

779. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health when the review to examine the nurse led transitional care service at the Cottage Hospital in Drogheda is expected to be completed. [48975/26]

780. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the current age profile of persons admitted to transitional care service at the Cottage Hospital Drogheda. [48976/26]

781. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the current criteria for admission to the nurse led transitional care service at the Cottage Hospital Drogheda. [48977/26]

782. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown for the number of persons referred to and admitted to nurse led transitional care services in the Cottage Hospital Drogheda for the years 2020 to 2026, respectively, in tabular form. [48978/26]

783. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of registered nursing staff and healthcare professionals currently employed within the Cottage Hospital nurse led transitional care services in Drogheda. [48979/26]

784. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown outlining all other current staff employed within the Cottage Hospital transitional care services in Drogheda; and the grade or role that they are employed in. [48980/26]

785. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health if the option of providing an onsite consultant and ancillary specialist care services in the Cottage Hospital to increase capacity for providing transitional care for older persons has been considered by the Government; and if not can this now be actively considered. [48981/26]

786. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health if the HSE have proposed or requested an increase in resources to increase capacity to provide additional transitional care for older persons at the Cottage Hospital Drogheda. [48982/26]

787. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the mechanism by which HSE HR Shared Services independently verifies supplier compliance with HR Circular 06/2026, given that HR Shared Services has confirmed it has received no notifications of erasure or sanction from any framework supplier to date; whether the HSE cross-checks framework supplier notifications against erasure and sanction rec…

788. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants employed by the HSE, by contract type, speciality, principal clinical site and region, in tabular form. [48990/26]

789. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2547 of 9 June 2026, the number of the 12,899 respiratory medicine claims rejected under the PCRS between 2023 and 2026 to date, that remain unpaid following resubmission; the breakdown of this unrecovered figure, by year and, by rejection reason; the steps her Department and the HSE are taking to address t…

790. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the reason the southwest HSE region accounts for five of the 18 invasive meningococcal disease cases notified to date in 2026 and four of the 11 serogroup B cases, a disproportionate share relative to its population; if any cluster investigation, outbreak control team, or enhanced surveillance response has been initiated in the southwest region…

791. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the current MenB vaccine uptake rate among the eligible infant cohort in the southwest HSE region compared to the national average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48999/26]

792. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2462 of 14 April 2026, if any timeframe targets exist within the HSE or her Department for the period between notification of a meningococcal disease case and completion of contact identification or commencement of post-exposure prophylaxis; if performance against any such timeframe is recorded or monitored…