Parliamentary questions

835. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any risk or capacity assessment has been carried out on the effect of elective, non-medical procedures on waiting lists for paediatric surgery, urology, ENT, orthopaedics, and other pressure areas. [65353/25]

836. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether public hospitals are required to report the volume of elective non-medical procedures they perform, and whether the Department receives regular reviews of the total theatre time assigned to these procedures. [65354/25]

837. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health if the workforce plan proposed by the management of a nursing home (details supplied) to identify the number and grading of staffing required to safely increase the available beds to 38 has been completed; if the HSE has hired the requisite number of staff provided for in the plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65370/25]

838. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health for an update on the consideration within her Department towards the inclusion of caplacizumab on the drug reimbursement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65371/25]

839. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health for an update on the consideration within her Department towards the inclusion of selpercatinib (also pralsetinib) on the drug reimbursement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65372/25]

840. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Health to outline the updated position of the HSE regarding an extra funding application that was submitted by a school (details supplied) to the HSE, in view of the fact that the funding provided to the school has not increased since 2002 despite a 400% increase in student numbers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65385/25]

841. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant in emergency medicine and emergency medicine registrars based within the accident and emergency department of Wexford General Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65403/25]

842. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE paediatric occupational therapists posts, that were filled at Enniscorthy primary care centre in 2023 and to date in 2025, by year, by grade, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65404/25]

843. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if she has reviewed the joint statement from groups regarding changing the reimbursement arrangements for high-protein oral nutritional supplements (ONS) (details supplied); if she is aware that the expert view has warned that such changes would undermine evidence-based nutrition support for vulnerable patients; if high-protein ONS will …

844. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health her Department’s plan to deregulate the use of a medication (details supplied) in an effort to help reduce drug deaths; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65431/25]

845. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the status of the Programme for Government commitment to reduce hospital car parking charges; if she is aware of a 25% increase in car parking fees in November 2025 at Sligo University Hospital (SUH); the amount of revenue generated through parking charges within the car park at SUH in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statemen…

846. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE clinical geneticists, genetic counsellors and genetic resource associates that have been recruited by the HSE, in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [65470/25]

847. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric gastroenterologists based at University Hospital Limerick in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [65471/25]

848. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [65472/25]

849. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the process for service users applying to both the PRSI wig grant and the HSE grant wig allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65474/25]

850. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the timeline on the establishment of a national genomic medicine centre to process genetic tests nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65478/25]

851. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the number of clinical practice tutors for radiography students have increased in line with the increase in university places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65481/25]

852. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the measures in place to ensure that clinical practice tutors for radiography students are supported in their role; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65482/25]

853. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the process in place for those seeking timely reconstruction surgery post-cancer treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65483/25]

854. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if there is a designated pathway in place for timely breast reconstruction surgery post-cancer treatment in the public system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65484/25]

855. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if GP visits for patients on chemotherapy treatment needing regular blood tests, who would otherwise have to travel long distances to their treating hospital, are covered for patients under the medical card scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65485/25]

856. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for scoliosis surgery that have died. [65500/25]

857. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of scoliosis surgeries cancelled by CHI each year; and the reason given for the cancellations. [65501/25]

858. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of children who have been removed from the scoliosis surgery waiting list without their parents' knowledge. [65502/25]

859. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of children who were wrongly removed from the scoliosis surgery waiting list. [65503/25]