Parliamentary questions

1025. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the new emergency department for Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69922/25]

1026. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies for clinical nutritionists in the HSE; her plans for recruitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69933/25]

1027. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the current level of access to specialist Parkinson’s disease nurses in each RHO, in tabular form; if there are plans to expand this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69934/25]

1028. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the up-to-date situation regarding the plans and the design for an extension and upgrading of a health centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69945/25]

1029. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the reason a patient referred for a dental operation has been refused by a number of hospitals (details supplied), for a number of different reasons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69957/25]

1030. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide a full list of all public-health risk assessments completed by her Department, the National Health Protection Office or the Health Service Executive since 1 January 2020 concerning communicable-disease risks among persons arriving into the State, including tuberculosis, measles, polio and hepatitis; and to specify the title of each …

1031. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide the findings and conclusions of each public-health risk assessment completed since 1 January 2020 concerning communicable-disease risks among persons arriving into the State, including tuberculosis, measles, polio and hepatitis; and to state the public-health actions or interventions that followed each assessment. [69960/25]

1032. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide copies of all public-health guidance, internal advisories or instructions issued by her Department, or the HSE since 1 January 2020 that arose from public-health risk assessments concerning communicable-disease risks among persons arriving into the State; and to list the date and issuing authority for each document. [69961/25]

1033. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department or the HSE maintains a central record or database of public-health risk assessments related to communicable-disease risks among persons arriving into the State; and if so, to outline the structure of this record, the information fields captured, and the frequency with which it is updated. [69962/25]

1034. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if any public-health risk assessments since 1 January 2020 identified elevated risks associated with specific cohorts of persons arriving into the State, including returning residents, travellers, tourists, students or persons seeking international protection; and to provide a summary of those findings. [69963/25]

1035. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions since 1 January 2020 on which a public-health risk assessment at an air or maritime point of entry resulted in the issuing of public-health advice, the initiation of contact-tracing measures or any other public-health intervention; and to provide the year-by-year breakdown. [69964/25]

1036. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a patient (details supplied) in County Donegal will be transferred from Letterkenny University Hospital to Galway University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69965/25]

1037. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the current criteria used by her Department and by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre when determining whether to recommend the introduction or re-introduction of health-screening protocols for persons entering the State, including the thresholds used in national and international epidemiological surveillance and the role of WHO and ECD…

1038. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to list all occasions since January 2020 on which the Chief Medical Officer or the Health Protection Surveillance Centre recommended the introduction, expansion, suspension, or withdrawal of screening protocols for infectious diseases affecting persons entering or residing in the State, and to outline the actions taken by the Department in res…

1039. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the governance framework applying to the development of infectious-disease screening advice by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre, including the approval process, escalation procedures, inter-departmental coordination, and documentation of decision-making. [69968/25]

1040. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if a formal capacity assessment has been carried out by the HSE to determine the resources required to provide infectious-disease screening for all persons entering the State in circumstances where public health advice recommends such screening, and to publish the findings. [69969/25]

1041. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the current staffing complement at the Health Protection Surveillance Centre and the National Health Protection Office with responsibility for surveillance, risk assessment, and screening protocol development, disaggregated by grade, specialty, and whole-time equivalent. [69970/25]

1042. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the gaps identified by her Department in the HSE’s surge capacity to conduct infectious-disease screening during periods of elevated risk; and the steps being taken to address staffing, laboratory throughput, IT systems, and public-health infrastructure. [69971/25]

1043. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a costed contingency plan exists within the Department or HSE for the rapid expansion of border-related infectious-disease screening in the event of future WHO or ECDC alerts, and to provide the projected financial and staffing requirements underpinning such planning. [69972/25]

1044. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to detail how screening responsibilities are allocated across public-sector and private-sector actors, including universities, employers, and occupational-health providers, and whether any quality-assurance or regulatory oversight exists for screening conducted outside the HSE. [69973/25]

1045. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has reviewed the lessons learned from previous major screening initiatives, including those associated with mpox, measles resurgence in Europe in 2024, Covid-19, and travel-associated viral haemorrhagic fever protocols, and to publish any internal evaluations or recommendations arising. [69974/25]

1046. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she intends to establish statutory or regulatory guidelines to clarify minimum standards for infectious-disease screening for persons entering the State, including data reporting requirements, consent protocols, laboratory turnaround times, and inter-agency information-sharing. [69975/25]

1047. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the refusal of an injection for a person (detailed supplied) will be reviewed by the health service; if the reason for the refusal will be outlined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70002/25]

1048. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health whether contributions from the State or from employers towards the My Future Fund pension scheme will be reckonable as income for the purposes of assessing the eligibility of an individual or household for any means-tested services or schemes operated by her Department. [70024/25]

1049. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70036/25]