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Eoghan Kenny Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2422. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health for an update on a CAMHS assessment for a child (details supplied); if the HSE will assess the real urgency to progress this particular case as there has been miscommunication with the family in relation to submission of paperwork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1482/26]
Pádraig Rice Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2423. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 20 November 2025, to provide further details with respect to the small number of proposed amendments to the Dentists Act 1985 (details supplied); the timeline she is working towards in introducing the Bill to provide for continuing professional development for dentists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. …
Pádraig Rice Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2424. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 353 of 10 December 2025, to provide a timeline for handover of each of the seven community nursing units (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1497/26]
Pádraig Rice Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2425. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 340 of 10 December 2025, the reason the majority of regional sustainability and energy officers are not on permanent contracts (details supplied); to outline the rational for this over-reliance on contract workers; if these workers will be offered permanent contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1498/26]
Pádraig Rice Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2426. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to confirm that a new practice is in place in public hospitals with respect to admissions (details supplied); if a memo or directive has been issued to public hospitals instructing them to begin admitting patients in this manner; if so, the date at which this was issued; to provide a copy of said memo or directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter.…
Pádraig Rice Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2427. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 970 of 9 December 2025, if a matter (details supplied) was brought to the attention of her predecessor or officials in her Department when appointing a Chair; the reasons they deemed this matter not to impact the Chair’s independence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1500/26]
Duncan Smith Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2428. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health to clarify if there are plans to reopen a centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1503/26]
Duncan Smith Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2429. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if it has been brought to her attention that there is a gap in the recruitment for Irish Edical Internship Training Programme for Irish citizens who were educated abroad, despite being fully competent in English and trained in comparable medical education systems, but who did not sit the leaving certificate or A levels; if her Department will close this gap; if …
Michael Healy-Rae Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2430. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae 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. [1506/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2431. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of mental health crisis presentations to emergency departments in each of the years, 2023, 2024 and 2025. [1507/26]
Paul Murphy Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2432. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if recent offers have been brought to her attention, reportedly made by or on behalf of the HSE to claimants affected by the May 2021 cyber-attack in the region of €750 in damages plus €650 towards legal costs per claimant; if these figures reflect the HSE's general approach to settlement in these cases; and the estimated total cost to the taxpayer if offers at t…
Paul Murphy Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2433. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the estimated total current and projected cost to the taxpayer of defending and settling claims arising from the May 2021 cyber-attack and data breach affecting HSE IT systems, including damages, legal costs and any expert or administrative costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1509/26]
Paul Murphy Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2434. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the HSE and/or the State Claims Agency has produced low, central and high estimates of the potential total liability to the State from claims arising from the May 2021 cyber-attack; if she will publish those estimates and the assumptions on which they are based; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1510/26]
Paul Murphy Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2435. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of claims and legal proceedings currently notified or issued against the HSE in respect of the May 2021 cyber-attack and data breach; the number settled to date; the total sums paid in (i) damages and (ii) legal costs to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1511/26]
Paul Murphy Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2436. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the HSE held any cyber insurance or other relevant insurance cover at the time of the May 2021 cyber-attack; if so, the extent to which such policies are expected to offset compensation or legal costs; if not, why such cover was not in place and what the consequent additional cost to the taxpayer is likely to be; and if she will make a statement on the matter.…
Sorca Clarke Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2437. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting for primary care psychology, by CHO, at the end of November and December 2025, in tabular form. [1520/26]
Eoghan Kenny Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2438. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health for a detailed update as of January 2026 on CAMHS assessment for child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1531/26]
John Paul O'Shea Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2439. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the amount being paid to a nursing home (details supplied) weekly, for the provision of a bed through the fair deal scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1558/26]
John Paul O'Shea Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2440. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the amount being paid to a nursing home (details supplied) weekly, for the provision of a bed through the fair deal scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1559/26]
John Paul O'Shea Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2441. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the amount being paid to a nursing home (details supplied) weekly, for the provision of a bed through the fair deal scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1560/26]
Emer Currie Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2442. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health to provide a surgery date for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1562/26]
Paul Murphy Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2443. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the complaint to the Medical Council in relation to a surgeon (details supplied). [1575/26]
Marie Sherlock Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2444. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if CervicalCheck informs a patient which HPV type or how many HPV types were found in a patient that tests positive for HPV viruses; and if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1576/26]
Marie Sherlock Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2445. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her plans to expand CervicalCheck screening to include genotyping to identify the specific strains of HPV; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1577/26]
Marie Sherlock Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2446. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she has confidence that CervicalCheck screening covers all high-risk HPV types; how often an evidence review takes place into testing and risk in order to inform screening; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1578/26]