Parliamentary questions

1050. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to fully including the University Hospital Galway (UHG) Development Control Plan (DCP) within the forthcoming sectoral National Development Plan allocations for the health capital budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70037/25]

1051. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of funding provided to the Caredoc out-of-hours GP service over the past two years. [70073/25]

1052. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health for an update on a health centre upgrade (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70102/25]

1053. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the funding available from her Department to support small businesses in the provision and installation of defibrillators; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70103/25]

1054. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health her plans regarding the installation of solar panels on all buildings under the control of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70143/25]

1055. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health her plans regarding the installation of solar panels on all HSE buildings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70144/25]

1056. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the reason for adding an addition charge for blister packaging. [70171/25]

1057. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health in light of the recent updated statement by the World Health Organisation on the necessity and cost of medication that treats obesity, if she will consider the inclusion of weight loss injections in the drug payment scheme for all those who suffer from obesity. [70174/25]

1058. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health her Department's strategy for dealing with long-Covid; the supports available for those suffering from long-Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70187/25]

1059. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health when a decision will be made under the full health technology commissioned by the HSE in respect of the medicine daridoxerant (quviviq); if this will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70202/25]

1060. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff, and staff from funded services that completed the training on domestic, sexual and gender based violence in the past 5 years. [70206/25]

1061. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts in St. Vincent’s Hospital Dublin, by grade and department; and the number of posts in the same hospital that have been vacant for a period exceeding 6 and 12 months, respectively, by grade and department, in tabular form. [70209/25]

1062. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if phlebotomy at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin, is operating at full capacity. [70210/25]

1063. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her plans to establish and resource Huntington’s disease specialist multi-disciplinary teams (details supplied); the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70212/25]

1064. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if there is a career pathway for graduates of radiation therapy and radiography within the public system upon graduation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70213/25]

1065. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the health care professional graduates which have guaranteed jobs in the public system upon graduation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70214/25]

1066. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the hospitals which will be included in the radiation oncology equipment replacement and expansion programme as mentioned in the Department of Health National Development Plan Review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70215/25]

1067. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the comprehensive timetable for radiation oncology equipment replacement and expansion, by machine type per hospital. [70216/25]

1068. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of people diagnosed with cancer who started radiation therapy in each of the years 2015 to 2025, in tabular form. [70217/25]

1069. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with cancer that started radiation therapy as a proportion of all people who were diagnosed with cancer in each of the years 2015 to 2025. [70218/25]

1070. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons completing radiation therapy and the percentage who commenced radiation therapy within 15 working days of being deemed ready to treat, by relevant hospital, in each of the 12 months up to December 2025 and year-to-date, in tabular form. [70219/25]

1071. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the longest a person has waited to access radiation therapy in November 2025 and in the ten months prior for each relevant hospital. [70220/25]

1072. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her views on correspondence (details supplied); the timeline for providing clarity on her plans in respect of option C from HIQA’s review urgent and emergency care in the Mid West; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70222/25]

1073. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on uptake on the influenza vaccine among healthcare workers in the South West Health Region (details supplied); her view on whether campaigns and measures to increase the uptake have been effective; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70223/25]

1074. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the uptake of the influenza vaccine among HSE healthcare workers this winter season, by region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70224/25]