Parliamentary questions

2553. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health the progress made on the National Stroke Strategy 2022-2027; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2400/26]

2554. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health whether early supported discharge from the Midlands Regional Hospital Mullingar is available for stroke patients with a home address in County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2401/26]

2555. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health the number of community pharmacies registered in each county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2402/26]

2556. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health the number of community pharmacies that had signed up to provide the common conditions service by 1 December 2025, as required, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2403/26]

2557. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health for an update on the establishment of the Strategic Collaboration Group as outlined in the Community Pharmacy Agreement 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2404/26]

2558. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health whether a transfer policy for clinical staff, such as physiotherapists, is currently operational for those employed by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2405/26]

2559. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 414 of 17 December 2025, the status of a funding application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2414/26]

2560. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health if her Department has examined the cost of expanding IVF eligibility to those in same-sex relationships, and single parents in certain circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2415/26]

2561. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of the top ten capital or programme projects delivered by her Department or its agencies over the past three years which were completed on time and within the originally approved budget; the project name, location, delivery timeframe, original approved budget, final outturn cost, and delivery body, for each project; and i…

2562. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health to detail the annual spend on external consultants by her Department and its agencies in each of the past three years; the number of consultancy contracts, the largest individual consultancy engagements by value, and whether internal capacity-building or cost-benefit assessments were undertaken prior to engaging external consultants; and i…

2563. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health to provide a list, for each of the past three years of the top ten projects per annum delivered by her Department or its agencies which were completed late and over the originally approved budget; the project name, location, original approved completion date, actual completion date, original approved budget, final outturn cost, cost overru…

2564. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the current average waiting time for access to home help supports in County Leitrim; the number of people presently on the waiting list; the factors contributing to these delays; the specific measures being taken to reduce waiting times, including efforts to increase staffing levels, fill vacant posts arising from retirements or departures, …

2565. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health as per the HSE national service plan for 2026, if the national service plan will ensure the opening of all 20 inpatient CAMHS beds in the national children’s hospital; and, if not, which beds will open in NCHI; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2518/26]

630. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health if her Department funds drug addiction prevention initiatives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73694/25]

631. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding her Department has allocated to drug addiction prevention initiatives for each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [73696/25]

632. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children in County Waterford awaiting HSE public dental services, including special needs dentistry, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and to provide waiting times and staffing levels. [73824/25]

633. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health if she will declare Covid-19 an occupational illness, as has been done in many other European Union member states, so that healthcare workers suffering from long-Covid can continue to access financial supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73290/25]

634. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health if the mechanism for interscheme transfer from one GP training programme to another can be reinstated (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73294/25]

635. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of the 44 hospital-controlled car parks that provide patient parking; to provide a list of those that provide concessions with details of such; to provide a list of those that provide free parking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73296/25]

636. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the status of the programme for Government commitment to reduce hospital car parking charges; who holds responsibility for overseeing this commitment nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73297/25]

637. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the net income raised through parking charges at car parks in hospitals across the State from 2023 to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73298/25]

638. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the site selection for the proposed primary care centre for Maynooth/Leixlip, in light of reports that the location may be along the R449 road; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73301/25]

639. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE senior dentists based at Shamrock Plaza primary care centre in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [73317/25]

640. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant dermatologists based at St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny, in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [73318/25]

641. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE public health nurses based at Leighlinbridge health centre in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [73319/25]