Questions

1181. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any risk assessments have been undertaken by her Department in relation to governance, financial oversight, or accountability risks associated with the Institute of Public Health in the past three years; and if so, to outline the findings. [30192/26]

1238. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the limited consultant neurology outreach available in St. Lukes Hospital, Kilkenny; if she will commit funding to increase this in line with the 2016 Model of Care for Neurology Services in Ireland and the current Programme for Government. [30557/26]

1239. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) in their latest report around consultant neurology outreach available in the Midlands Regional Hospital Mullingar; and if she will commit funding to increase this in line with the 2016 Model of Care for Neurology Services in Ireland and the current Programme for Government. [30560/26]

1240. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) in their latest report around the lack of consultant neurology services available in Tipperary University Hospital; and if she will commit funding to increase this in line with the 2016 Model of Care for Neurology Services in Ireland and the current Programme for Government. [30561/26]

1241. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the limited consultant neurology outreach available in Cavan General Hospital; and if she will commit funding to increase this in line with the 2016 Model of Care for Neurology Services in Ireland and the current Programme for Government. [30562/26]

1242. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the limited consultant neurology outreach available in Midlands Regional Hospital Tullamore; and if she will commit funding to increase this in line with the 2016 Model of Care for Neurology Services in Ireland and the current Programme for Government. [30563/26]

1243. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) around the limited consultant neurology outreach available in Naas General Hospital; and if she will commit funding to increase this in line with the 2016 Model of Care for Neurology Services in Ireland and the current Programme for Government. [30564/26]

1287. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if she will issue guidance on vaccination including the shingles vaccination and infection-risk mitigation for patients commencing JAK inhibitors for alopecia areata, including funding and delivery arrangements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30923/26]

564. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health when the next round of the Healthy Ireland Fund for outdoor swimming will be open for applications; the way clubs will engage with this fund in advance of applications opening; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29542/26]

286. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether all funding agreements with non-statutory bodies under her Department require mandatory compliance with the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies; if not, the basis on which voluntary adherence is deemed sufficient; and her plans to introduce binding governance requirements as a condition of funding. [27823/26]

293. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether continued funding of non-statutory bodies is explicitly linked to demonstrated performance against agreed objectives; and if so, the mechanisms used to assess performance and determine funding continuation or adjustment. [27830/26]

2687. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total number of non-statutory bodies that received direct funding from her Department in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; the aggregate annual funding provided to such bodies in each year; and whether a centralised register of these bodies is maintained by her Department. [23856/26]

2688. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has established a single, centrally approved governance framework applicable to all non-statutory bodies receiving direct Departmental funding; and if not, the reason for the absence of such a framework and any plans to introduce one. [23857/26]

2689. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the standard reporting requirements imposed by her Department on non-statutory bodies receiving direct funding, including the frequency of reporting, the nature of financial and non-financial disclosures required, and whether these requirements are applied uniformly across all such bodies. [23858/26]

2691. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department applies a formal risk assessment or risk-rating model to non-statutory bodies receiving direct funding; and if so, the criteria used, the number of bodies currently classified as high risk, and the escalation procedures that apply in such cases. [23860/26]

2840. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the amount of Government funding provided to environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years. [24507/26]

2861. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of the NGOs that have received Government funding from her Department in the past five years. [24637/26]

2891. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has established a centrally approved governance framework applicable to all non-statutory bodies receiving direct Exchequer funding; and if not, the reason no such standardised framework has been put in place. [24722/26]

2893. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the reporting requirements imposed by her Department on non-statutory bodies receiving funding, including the required frequency of financial, operational, and risk reporting; and whether a standard reporting schedule is mandated across all funded bodies. [24724/26]

2894. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department maintains a central risk assessment or escalation framework in respect of non-statutory bodies receiving direct funding; and, if so, the procedures in place where governance, safeguarding, or financial risks are identified. [24725/26]

2896. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the measures in place to ensure consistency of oversight across different line units within her Department in their engagement with non-statutory bodies receiving funding. [24727/26]

2967. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated to lung cancer research annually. [25014/26]

3159. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the number of non-Governmental organisations that have received State funding from her Department in each of the past five years; the number of such organisations currently registered in the State which have been funded by her Department; the number located outside the State that have received Irish public funds from her Department for each of the past five year…

3376. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of 2026 palliative care funding; the way it has been allocated within each health region; the date on which adult and children’s hospices in each region should expect their funding allocation to be communicated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27220/26]

451. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the level of capital investment allocated to health facilities in Galway City and County in each of the past five years; the projects currently at planning, design and construction stages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21100/26]