Parliamentary questions

954. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year costs of providing three additional 24-7 HSE critical care ambulances. [71701/25]

955. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE administrative staff, by grade posts, which are filled at each primary care centre within CHO7 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [71702/25]

956. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health her plans to include Alzheimer’s disease as a qualifying medical condition under the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71717/25]

957. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); if she will address the concerns raised; whether there are plans to approve the medication required for this condition for reimbursement under the drugs scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71718/25]

958. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health if a vaccine (details supplied) will be added to the vaccination programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71757/25]

959. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of adding a vaccine (details supplied) to the vaccination programme for over 65s; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71759/25]

960. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the way in which a person can access a vaccine in Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71760/25]

961. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list to see a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at the Mater Hospital; and the average waiting time to see the consultants for first appointments. [71765/25]

962. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant maxillofacial surgeons at St James's Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [71766/25]

963. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of cases taken against the HSE by people whose family members died from Covid-19 in HSE run nursing homes and hospitals. [71781/25]

964. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the five-year survival rates for those diagnosed in public hospitals, private hospitals and designated cancer centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71782/25]

965. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the details of Ireland's five-year survival rate for breast cancer; and if her Department holds data on the way in which this compares with Britain and other European standards. [71783/25]

966. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the five-year survival rate for breast cancer in each county in the State; if a breakdown on survival rates is available across various social classes and incomes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71784/25]

967. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of people who have been diagnosed with cancer in each county in the State in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [71785/25]

968. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of people who have died from cancer in each county in the State in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [71786/25]

969. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults on ambulance workers reported nationally in each of the past ten years. [71787/25]

970. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of adverse incidents reported through the National Incident Management System NIMS in each of the past ten years; the number of which were extreme, major, and the number which resulted in death or incapacity, in tabular form. [71788/25]

971. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the compensation budget for the HSE for each of the past ten years. [71789/25]

972. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the amount paid out in compensation by the HSE in each of the past ten years, by each CHO area. [71792/25]

973. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total amount owed to the HSE by patients or former patients who have not paid their hospital bills. [71793/25]

974. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total amount paid by the HSE to debt collector companies in each of the past ten years. [71794/25]

975. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have availed of the CervicalCheck Tribunal to date; and the amount which has been paid out under the tribunal. [71795/25]

976. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of cases which have been taken against the HSE over the alleged misreading of smear tests in each of the past ten years. [71796/25]

977. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total cost to the State associated with the cyber-attack on the HSE and her Department in recent years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71797/25]

978. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have contacted the HSE's drug and alcohol helpline in each of the past ten years. [71798/25]