Parliamentary questions

969. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the number of private scan centres and their location, used to complete CT and ultrasound scans for public patients at the Louth County Hospital and Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital for each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62795/25]

970. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the policy for funding of automatic wearable blood glucose monitors (BGM), which is currently not available to any type 2/3C rated diabetes patients, can now be urgently reviewed by way of rapid health technology assessment (HTA); if the policy can be amended to allow funding in cases (details supplied); and if she will make a statement o…

971. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant haematologists based at St. Vincent's University Hospital in each of the years of 2023 to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [62818/25]

972. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of vacancies, by job title in CAMHS in County Donegal. [62819/25]

973. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies, by job title currently within CHO6 Mental Health Services. [62820/25]

974. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff, by job title working within the department of psychiatry at Beaumont Hospital in each of the years of 2023 to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [62821/25]

975. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff, by job title working within Limerick Mental Health Services. [62822/25]

976. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant obstetricians posts that were filled at Mullingar Regional Hospital in each of the years of 2023 to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [62823/25]

977. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 336 and 337 of 15 October 2025, the reason her Department has produced documents stating transgender individuals are excluded from the free HRT for menopause scheme, despite the diagnosis of any medical condition and the prescribing of treatment for said condition being a matter for a patient and h…

978. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to ensure children with complex medical needs and their families receive timely, coordinated, and compassionate care (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62825/25]

979. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the recruitment of a psychologist for Ennis Day Hospital; whether the NRS commenced the recruitment process in July 2025 as previously promised; whether the previously flagged supplementary panel went live in September; whether principal psychology managers in the midwest held the intended recruitment webinar; if so, the r…

980. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the measures in place to support section 39 organisations in transitioning to using renewable sources of energy. [62848/25]

981. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to assist the Nursing Homes Ireland residents forum that was established in 2025 (details supplied) in addressing common issues and concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62855/25]

982. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the reason a psychiatric patient in UHL from County Clare has been informed they cannot be seen by a doctor because they are from Clare and not under the care of a doctor from Clare; if this has occurred with other patients from Clare; the interventions she will take to ensure patients are treated regardless of home address; and if she wil…

983. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if an appointment for an operation will be expedited for a child (details supplied). [62861/25]

984. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the instructions issued to the HSE and Section 38/39 organisations regarding the operationalisation of the National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People; and the reporting system that will monitor progress at service-delivery level under the strategy. [62882/25]

985. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when an application under the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme, will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62888/25]

986. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health if her Department is currently on schedule to meet its obligations under the first Programme Plan of Action of the National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People; and to outline any risks to delivery that have already been identified. [62892/25]

987. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the timelines for agreeing joint delivery plans with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for Pillar Four (Wellbeing and Health), including the assignment of measurable targets and KPIs under the National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People. [62909/25]

988. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the instructions which have been issued to the HSE and Section 38/39 organisations regarding the operationalisation of strategy; and the reporting system which will monitor progress at service-delivery level under the National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People. [62910/25]

989. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health whether any research has been carried out to comparing the findings of Ireland’s health technology assessment, HTA, for the shingles vaccine to the HTAs carried out in the 15 counties in Europe that have shingles national immunisation programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62913/25]

990. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has examined additional factors considered by European counties outside of HTAs in making their decision to launch their shingles national immunisation programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62914/25]

991. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of including the shingles vaccine as part of the national immunisation programme for over 70s; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62915/25]

992. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of including the shingles vaccine as part of the national immunisation programme for over 60s; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62916/25]

993. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of including the shingles vaccine as part of the national immunisation programme for over 50s; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62917/25]