Parliamentary questions

2403. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the statutory, contractual or administrative powers that were available to her Department or the HSE to intervene once such concerns had been identified. [1390/26]

2404. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health whether any interim patient-safety measures were introduced once concerns were identified; and if not, the reason such measures were not implemented. [1391/26]

2405. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the reason Ireland has one of the highest ratios of dentists per capita in Europe; the measures in place to address the shortage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1392/26]

2406. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the planned ambulance base for Gorey, County Wexford. [1393/26]

2407. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the total amount and percentage of the overall Departmental budget spent on positive health promotion by her Department in each of the years 2016 to 2025, inclusive, and the planned budget for 2026. [1394/26]

2408. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if she will raise with the Children’s Health Ireland the fact that it has responded to or acknowledged freedom of information, FOI, requests for the past four months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1395/26]

2409. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the date she is working towards, to introduce legislation concerning safeguard proposals relating to the deprivation of liberty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1422/26]

2410. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 2579 of 8 September 2025, the position regarding the programme for Government commitment to review the drugs reimbursement process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1423/26]

2411. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health for a start date for works on the upgrade for a health centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1425/26]

2412. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health for a start date for works on the upgrade for a health centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1426/26]

2413. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); if she will address the questions raised in correspondence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1435/26]

2414. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health her plans to modify the eligibility criteria to allow single women access IVF treatment via the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1467/26]

2415. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she will recognise road-traffic collision and fatality data as public health data, given that such data relates to preventable deaths and injuries that cluster at identifiable locations; and if she will support the routine sharing and publication of anonymised, collision location data for prevention and research purposes, in line with the …

2416. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health when the HSE and her Department first become aware of the V10 national incident report form in relation to the murder of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1473/26]

2417. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason the existence of the V10 national incident report form in relation to the murder of a person (details supplied) was denied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1474/26]

2418. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason a reply to a letter dated the 11 August 2025 from the family of a person (details supplied) was not responded to; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1475/26]

2419. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if "open disclosure" was ticked on the V10 national incident report form in relation to the murder of a person (details supplied) the reason serious incident review or file review has never been issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1476/26]

2420. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason section M (quality and patient safety) on the V10 national incident report form in relation to the murder of a person (details supplied), was left blank on a category 1 fatality, therefore bypassing mandatory reporting to HIQA and the Mental Health Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1487/26]

2421. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the Government will issue a public apology in Dáil Éireann to the family of a person (details supplied) for the failures of the HSE in preventing the death of their family member and commit to a full public enquiry into the matter. [1488/26]

2422. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health for an update on a CAMHS assessment for a child (details supplied); if the HSE will assess the real urgency to progress this particular case as there has been miscommunication with the family in relation to submission of paperwork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1482/26]

2423. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 20 November 2025, to provide further details with respect to the small number of proposed amendments to the Dentists Act 1985 (details supplied); the timeline she is working towards in introducing the Bill to provide for continuing professional development for dentists; and if she will make a state…

2424. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 353 of 10 December 2025, to provide a timeline for handover of each of the seven community nursing units (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1497/26]

2425. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 340 of 10 December 2025, the reason the majority of regional sustainability and energy officers are not on permanent contracts (details supplied); to outline the rational for this over-reliance on contract workers; if these workers will be offered permanent contracts; and if she will make a statement on t…

2426. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to confirm that a new practice is in place in public hospitals with respect to admissions (details supplied); if a memo or directive has been issued to public hospitals instructing them to begin admitting patients in this manner; if so, the date at which this was issued; to provide a copy of said memo or directive; and if she will make a stat…

2427. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 970 of 9 December 2025, if a matter (details supplied) was brought to the attention of her predecessor or officials in her Department when appointing a Chair; the reasons they deemed this matter not to impact the Chair’s independence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1500/26]