Parliamentary questions

904. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists that were based at Ennis Hospital in each of the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71395/25]

905. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she will urgently intervene to ensure that a child (details supplied) receives an appointment with CAMHS and receives immediate access to appropriate mental-health and behavioural supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71408/25]

906. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if she will give consideration to providing greater flexibility within the medical card means test so that experienced professionals in essential services such as mental health and child welfare can take on occasional additional hours without losing their medical card; the way in which this could support workforce capacity in sectors experienci…

907. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatrics in critical care medicine posts that were filled at CHI Crumlin in 2023 and to-date in 2025, by year, in tabular form. [71416/25]

908. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff, by job title, in the Kildare Chronic Disease Hub based in Naas; the WTE vacancies by job title; and the expected timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular form. [71417/25]

909. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health the reason for a delayed EMT call out (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71423/25]

910. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71425/25]

911. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if an audit has been carried out on the number of hours that Health Service Executive professionals spend in post primary schools, in tabular form; the mechanisms that exist to coordinate assessments when multiple students in the same school require support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71427/25]

912. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to aligning primary care, child and adolescent mental health services and children’s disability network team boundaries with school addresses rather than home addresses in order to improve service coordination and data collection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71428/25]

913. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the data sharing arrangements that exist for students identified through the continuum of support who are also on assessment of need or child and adolescent mental health services waiting lists; if a shared national system is planned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71430/25]

914. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if a cross departmental cost analysis has been undertaken of total expenditure across the National Council for Special Education, Oide, the National Educational Psychological Service, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, children’s disability network teams and primary care teams; if she will provide any available expenditure data, in…

915. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an engagement she has had with a charity (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71449/25]

916. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to requests made by a charity (details supplied) to meet with her and engage directly with their work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71450/25]

917. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the work of a charity (details supplied); the actions she will take to engage with this group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71451/25]

918. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health if she will commit to meeting with the CEO of a charity organisation (details supplied) to support the work they are doing in relation to emergency response; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71452/25]

919. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if she will appoint a consultant to deal with ME as there is currently no public consultant available in this speciality; if she will list ME on the long-term illness scheme given many ME patients are paying for prescribed drugs outside the medical card scheme and are also paying for prescribed supplements; and if she will make a statement on t…

920. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an urgent appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71486/25]

921. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of medical card holders attached to a GP service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71492/25]

922. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health to increase the number of GPs in County Wexford. [71493/25]

923. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of acute hospital beds provided by hospital as of 1 December 2025; the number of proposed additions per hospital, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71498/25]

924. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting on spinal surgery per RHA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71505/25]

925. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if she will consider a proposal to provide a 20-bed demountable unit at Wexford General Hospital while awaiting the completion of the new 97-bed facility, which will take three years to deliver at an estimated cost of €3 million (details supplied). [71507/25]

926. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if she will examine ways to improve a service (details supplied) in County Wexford, with a view to reducing the number of patients who have to attend emergency departments. [71508/25]

927. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the list of locations considered for the provision of a GP service in Clare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71519/25]

928. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she has reviewed the joint statement from clinical and professional groups regarding the proposed changes to the reclassification for high-protein oral nutritional supplements (ONS) from list A to list B (details supplied); if she is aware that approximately 15,000 patients per month rely on these products, including many older adults at …