Parliamentary questions

860. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of children who simply fell off the scoliosis surgery waiting list when they turned 16 years-of-age, and no longer fell under the scope of CHI; and the number of those children who have passed away. [65504/25]

861. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of persons under the care of Midleton, Youghal, Cobh and Glenville adult mental health teams who have been transferred to continuing care settings or high-support hostels since February 2021, excluding former residents of a centre (details supplied); and the name and locations of those services. [65532/25]

862. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a procedure given they have been waiting since March 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65534/25]

863. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health if the access criteria for IVF through the HSE will be reviewed to make treatment available to more women; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65535/25]

864. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if adult ADHD services are currently operational within CHO7; the locations in which they are based; the staffing levels assigned; and the number of patients assessed or treated by the service in the past 12 months. [65574/25]

865. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the actions being taken to ensure consistency between what HSE management reports as available ADHD services and what clinicians and community adult Mental health teams report is actually available on the ground in CHO7. [65575/25]

866. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the specific funding allocated to the roll out of adult ADHD services in CHO7 since 2022; the way in which funding has been spent, by year and by expenditure category. [65576/25]

867. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the number of staff recruited to deliver adult ADHD services in CHO7; the training provided to these staff; and the number of patients who have accessed the service since the funding allocation commenced. [65577/25]

868. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing an application for a person (details supplied) under the Northen Ireland Planned Healthcare Scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65608/25]

869. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently address the long wait time for urgent knee replacements for a person, as outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65610/25]

870. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the HSE provides car safety harnesses or grants for car safety harnesses for children with disabilities and/or additional needs, such as ASD, as is done in other European countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65615/25]

871. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if she can ensure that person (details supplied) is transferred to a more suitable residential care facility as a matter of urgency. [65654/25]

872. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of midwifery-led clinics operational in Galway currently; and the WTE staff levels in each clinic; and hours each clinic is operational for, in tabular form. [65656/25]

873. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in respiratory medicine based at Galway University Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [65657/25]

874. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the locations within CHO2 where HSE substance misuse teams are located; and the number of WTE staff, by job title working in each of those teams, in tabular form. [65658/25]

875. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists posts that were based at Loughrea primary care centre in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [65659/25]

876. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists based at Gort health centre in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [65660/25]

877. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses based at Portiuncula University Hospital as of 10 November 2025; and if she will provide the same figures as of 10 November 2023, in tabular form. [65661/25]

878. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE dietitians based at Athenry primary care centre in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [65662/25]

879. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if blister-packing of medications by pharmacists will be charged for in the near future (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65697/25]

880. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently expedite assistance for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65701/25]

881. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the full projected impact of the proposed rise in the health-insurance levy for 2026; the expected increase in annual costs for adult and child policyholders; the total number of policyholders affected; the financial effect on families on modest incomes; the basis on which her Department approved the rise; whether any assessment was carried out…

882. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the expected impact of the increase in stamp duty on health insurance policies from 1 April 2026; the number of adult and child policyholders affected on advanced and non-advanced plans; the average additional cost per policy per year; the projected extra revenue for the risk equalisation fund; and whether any assessment has been carried out on…

883. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the main cost drivers behind the need for a supplementary estimate for the health budget in 2025, by acute hospitals, primary care, agency staffing, and temporary schemes; the specific management or efficiency measures introduced to control these costs; and the means by which the Department will ensure that further overspends in 2026 do not lea…

884. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the approved whole-time equivalent staffing levels for Arbour House, St Finbarr’s Hospital, for each year 2023, 2024 and 2025, broken down by role, and the number of posts that remain unfilled in each year. [65758/25]