Parliamentary questions

1715. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will assist in the case of a child (details supplied) needing a wheelchair; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58115/25]

1716. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of costs of legal cases by providers of legal services to the HSE, in order of highest to lowest from 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58116/25]

1717. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath for treatment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund. [58124/25]

1718. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health the way in which the €9 million in full-year funding allocated in budget 2025 to support vital cardiovascular initiatives has impacted the cardiac services reform strategy; the way in which this investment has contributed to the development of a new national cardiovascular strategy; and when the implementation plan for this strategy will be p…

1719. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health the way in which her Department will be involved in the preparation of the forthcoming Life Sciences Strategy; and whether her Department will have a leadership role in the delivery and implementation of that strategy. [58126/25]

1720. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of lactation posts, by integrated healthcare area, total number of posts, number of posts filled and number of vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58128/25]

1721. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has adopted a new strategy to deal with public waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58129/25]

1722. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health the specific measures which are being taken to address the ongoing difficulties in the provision of home help services in County Longford; if she is aware of increasing reports of elderly people being left without care support at weekends due to staff shortages, carers not being replaced when on leave, and scheduled visits being cut short,…

1723. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58134/25]

1724. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if a procedure will be expedited for a person (details supplied) as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58144/25]

1725. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if the CEO of UHLG ever blocked a member of staff from transferring to the community; the number of persons who have been blocked; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58172/25]

1726. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if there is a shortage of administration staff in the acute settings in Ennis Hospital and Nenagh Hospital; the number of staff; the reason staff are not selected from the panels instead of appointing agency staff to "permanent positions", as is the practice in Ennis Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58173/25]

1727. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of agency administration staff in Ennis Hospital and Nenagh Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58174/25]

1728. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the reason permanent administrative positions in Ennis General Hospital are being filled by agency staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58175/25]

1729. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the reason vacant posts in Ennis General Hospital are not being filled with WTE positions from active panels, or agency staff are not being offered to convert their status from agency to WTE as per the Pay and Numbers Strategy 2025; the annual monetary cost of the admin agency staff in Ennis and Nenagh hospitals; the number of agency staf…

1730. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the reason agency staff who fill temporary vacancies owing to staff shortages and are in a position for longer than 12 months are not regarded as having a permanent post that should be filled internally; if each location received guidance regarding their agency dependence; the amount by which it has to be reduced/converted by; and if she …

1731. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health her plans to convert the three agency staff in Ennis hospital to permanent staff, since a number of agency staff in administration in Ennis hospital have been there longer than one year but have been told they will not have their positions converted or be given the option to convert to WTE; her views this is against what is in the Pay and…

1732. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current circular which governs eligibility for the allowance for advanced paramedics; the details of this circular and eligibility conditions; the details of all circulars which have governed this allowance; and the difference between them for eligibility. [58183/25]

1733. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to HSE HR Circular 011/2009 of 30 March 2009, the step-down process, and the criteria of same, which are in place today. [58186/25]

1734. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Health if her Department is considering establishing a healthy living agency to build on initiatives by Healthy Ireland and reduce reliance on HSE services through the promotion of long-term good health practices. [58192/25]

1735. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied) regarding the provision of blood tests. [58202/25]

1736. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure in 2024 on health and social care research and development; to provide a detailed breakdown of this expenditure by programme, funding stream and agency; the proportion of the overall health budget this represents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58204/25]

1737. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Health the number of public patients on waiting lists in University Hospital Galway and Portiuncula University Hospital who have received care via third party insourcing activity; the extent to which this activity has reduced waiting lists, from 2021 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58205/25]

1738. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to restrictions placed on third-party insourcing and National Treatment Purchase Fund published data showing a parallel increase in waiting lists in recent months across the country, including in University Hospital Galway; the steps her Department will take to ensure an appropriate balance is being struck in ph…

1739. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of people who were admitted to the Central Mental Hospital for 2024; the number who were discharged; and the number of people in the Central Mental Hospital at the end of 2024; the average length of stay of people in the hospital in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58208/25]