1087. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the current status of the assessment and decision making process (details supplied) in the treatment of young children with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; the timeline for completion of the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics review and subsequent HSE reimbursement decision; the steps being taken to ensure that children with progressive and life limiting condi…
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1096. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to urgently improve SouthDoc cover to the Caherciveen/Iveragh region in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11950/26]
1098. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health the immediate contingency arrangements now in place for children awaiting community ophthalmology services in south Tipperary, in circumstances where recruitment of a consultant community ophthalmologist has repeatedly failed and the previous postholder has retired; if weekend clinics, private provision, cross-HSE-area referrals, temporary contracting, or emer…
1147. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to open a sexual assault treatment unit in the mid-west region; the consideration that has been given to this by her Department and the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12196/26]
1150. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health for an update on funding (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12214/26]
1159. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the recruitment of interRAI care needs facilitators; the number currently in-post; the outstanding vacancies; the measures being taken to increase the number of interRAI assessments carried out for home support, in light of the lower than expected number of assessments completed in 2024 and 2025; and if she will make a statement on the m…
1161. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the reason dietitian services for type 1 diabetes management are no longer available at Tipperary University Hospital, Clonmel; the contingency plans in place for high-risk diabetes patients; and when dietetic support and insulin pump access will be restored. [12256/26]
1165. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of incidents reported to the State Claims Agency which related to the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, per year from 2019 to 2025, specifically incidents causing harm, broken down by severity, other reported incidents including near miss; the number of complaints by service users/patients; and if she will make a statement on th…
1170. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a list of approved centres abroad under the endometriosis surgery abroad interim scheme and a list of registered surgeons under the scheme who can provide the highest standard of endometriosis care, and excision surgery (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12300/26]
1171. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the way in which unnecessary hip operations on children have been characterised under the national incident management system. [12301/26]
1175. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of all organisations and projects that received matched and/or partner funding from his/her Department in 2023, 2024 and 2025; the amount of funding allocated to each organisation or project; what was achieved and the stated outcomes from the funding provided in each case; the plans her Department has for the provision of matched and partner …
1236. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health when the single point of access system for children's services will be fully operational; the way it will prevent families such as that of a child (details supplied) from being passed between primary care, disability services, and CAMHS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12841/26]
290. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients and staff at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda and other HSE facilities in County Louth, for each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form. [10580/26]
296. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Louth waiting for an appointment with an organisation (details supplied) by length of wait, on a quarterly basis for each of the years 2022 to 2025, in tabular form. [10586/26]
310. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if there is provision of funds to provide for future medical malpractice lawsuits that may be taken against the Government as a result of children having undergone irreversible gender transition surgery. [10623/26]
314. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health to expedite a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10652/26]
349. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health for an update on a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10736/26]
355. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the locations within CHO9 where specialist lymphoedema clinics are located; the WTE staff, by job title, working in each of those clinics, by location, in tabular form. [10799/26]
357. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health if cataract surgeries will be carried out at the new Dublin North HSE surgical hub due to be opened in April 2026. [10801/26]
360. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the work of the expert panel established following the independent audit on hip surgery thresholds for children with developmental dysplasia of the hip in Children’s Health Ireland and the National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh, following the appointment of a chair; if the terms of reference have been completed; if they will be published; t…
973. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 551 of 11 July 2025, when children’s eye clinic services will resume in Portlaoise; if the recruitment process has concluded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9193/26]
983. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of people currently on a waiting list to see an occupational therapist (primary care) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9259/26]
1009. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the reason no multi-annual funding framework has been introduced for voluntary healthcare providers despite explicit recommendations; and whether she accepts that this undermines workforce planning and financial sustainability. [9312/26]
1012. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she accepts that increasing reporting, compliance and governance obligations have not been matched by increased frontline funding for voluntary providers. [9315/26]
1031. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she has received, requested, or reviewed the expert group assessment commissioned by the HSE Chief Clinical Officer on the implications for Irish gender healthcare services of the final Cass Review; when this assessment was completed; whether it has been submitted to the HSE Chief Executive Officer for consideration; and when she expects this assessment t…