Parliamentary questions

475. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of patients located in south-east health region who have been referred outside the health region for neurological services for the past five years, by county origin and year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48567/26]

476. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of patients located in south-east health region who have been referred outside the health region for neurological services for the past five years, by hospital/service to which they’ve been referred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48568/26]

477. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of suicide crisis assessment nurses currently in post; the regions they cover; the number of referrals received in the past 12 months; and the plans to expand the service. [48570/26]

478. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her Department has concluded the local bargaining phase of the current public service pay agreement (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48576/26]

479. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to any other breaches of the public only consultant contract within other specialities other than obstetrics in the Rotunda Maternity Hospital; if so, to identify the specialities and the nature of the breaches; the engagement she has had with the Rotunda Maternity Hospital about such breaches; the enforcement a…

480. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of gynaecologists working in the HSE, by contract type and site, in tabular form. [48580/26]

481. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of endometriosis surgeries carried out in 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, by site; and the number that were private patients undergoing surgery in public facilities, in tabular form. [48581/26]

482. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the procedures in place to ensure that common surgical waiting lists in public hospitals for all gynaecology patients is in line with the terms of the 2023 public only consultant contract, the 2012 consultant contract and the 2008 consultant contract, respectively (details supplied); if audits are carried out by hospitals or HSE regions; and i…

483. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her views on the proposed European Common Training Framework for physiotherapy; if she will engage with an organisation (details supplied) regarding their concerns to ensure that the standard of physiotherapy care in Ireland is safeguarded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48583/26]

484. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the position regarding implementation of the dementia model of care; the status of each of its recommendations; the funding provided to delivery of this model of care in each of the years since its publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48584/26]

485. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of all HSE-funded memory clinics in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48585/26]

486. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the dementia model of care recommendation to provide five regional specialist memory clinics (RSMCs) nationally has been delivered; the location of each of the RSMCs; the staff complement by grade in each RSMC; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48586/26]

487. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the programme for Government commitment to increase ringfenced home care hours and funding for dementia intensive home care packages; the funding and hours provided for dementia specific home care in 2024, 2025 and 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48587/26]

488. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to examine the need for coordination of primary dental care with secondary and tertiary dental care provided through the dental schools and the lack of a specialist clinical lead for dentistry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48591/26]

489. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of sites where hospital sessions for dental treatments are available for special needs patients under general anaesthetic here; the relevant waiting lists for each; the number of patients treated in each unit under general anaesthetic in the past year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48593/26]

490. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health in relation to dental hospital waiting lists, the waiting list numbers and waiting times for all specialist services in Dublin and Cork dental schools between oral surgery and oral medicine; the number that are waiting more than six months for assessment; the number that are waiting more than one year, two years, three years, four years and …

491. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to issue a full medical card to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48595/26]

492. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health whether implementation of the Diabetes Policy and Services Review: A strategy for Better Care Diabetes Strategy has been identified as a Ministerial priority within the HSE National Service Plan and Estimates process for 2027; if new funding will be provided in the upcoming budget to support the implementation of National Diabetes strategy; …

493. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the specific staffing resource shortages in County Kerry/University Hospital Kerry; if extra funding will be made available for the new posts identified in the National Diabetes Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48597/26]

494. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to examine documents (details supplied) in relation to children who are suffering with long-Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48598/26]

495. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of cases that have been brought against the State’s Claims Agency in relation to abortion provision in each year since 2018; the number of adverse incidents that have been recorded in relation to abortion provision in Ireland in each year since 2018. [48604/26]

496. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints made by her Department to social media or online marketing companies about specific online posts or accounts for each year from 2020 to 2025, and to date in 2026. [48615/26]

497. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health when chiropody services (details supplied) for the elderly in Cootehill, County Cavan will reopen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48633/26]

498. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health whether consideration is being given to reviewing policies in maternity hospitals regarding overnight access for partners or a nominated support person following childbirth; whether guidance has issued to maternity services on this matter, particularly in cases involving traumatic births or caesarean sections; and if she will make a statemen…

499. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health if she will review the current list of conditions covered under the long-term illness scheme; if consideration is being given to the inclusion of Crohn’s disease and other inflammatory bowel diseases, in light of their chronic and lifelong nature and the ongoing medication requirements associated with their management; and if she will make a s…