Parliamentary questions

2065. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the specific role Children's Health Ireland holds in the EEPR; if CHI staff are providing administrative, data or liaison support; and the way in which the independence of the panel is safeguarded in practice. [60042/25]

2066. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if the EEPR will include examination of governance, consent and decision-making processes leading to surgery, as stated in the CHI FAQ of 15 October 2025; and, if not, if it is confined solely to radiological and technical threshold review. [60043/25]

2067. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the way in which families will be informed about their inclusion or exclusion from the EEPR; and if each family will receive a written outcome from the review, given that many have received contradictory information about their child's status. [60044/25]

2068. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if any separate processes are being established by the HSE or her Department to examine systemic governance failures in CHI's orthopaedic services, distinct from the technical clinical review of X-rays and operations under the EEPR. [60045/25]

2069. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health when the terms of reference, membership and final report of the EEPR will be published; and if those documents will be made available to families whose children are directly affected. [60046/25]

2070. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the management structure above the director of nursing in Cobh Community Hospital; if it is the same line of management over Midleton Community Hospital; if these services come under the integrated healthcare area management and regional executive officer of the South West Regional Health Area; and the names of the managers in question. [60069…

2071. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of vacancies in primary care in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60074/25]

2072. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the shortage of GP’s accepting medical card patients in County Meath; the steps she is taking to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60075/25]

2073. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Meath on waiting lists for a new home care package; and additional hours under current home care package, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60076/25]

2074. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for home care and for additional home care hours in county Meath; and the average waiting time for each waiting lists, in tabular form. [60077/25]

2075. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs registered in County Meath. [60078/25]

2076. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of dental practices currently accepting new medical card patients in County Meath and at the same point in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60079/25]

2077. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the details of the number of children in County Meath that received all routine dental check-ups through the Schools Programme; the number who have not; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60080/25]

2078. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient and outpatient appointments that have been cancelled at Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan in quarters 1 and 2 of 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60081/25]

2079. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will outline the specific steps being taken to expand access to mental health services across the country, given the continuing high levels of mental illness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60106/25]

2080. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide the current number of community mental health teams in place compared to two years ago; the vacancy rate within CAMHS and adult services; the measures being taken to reduce waiting times for assessment and treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60107/25]

2081. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if any compensation will be provided for long covid patients following the termination of the long covid scheme in December 2023; if any other scheme will be introduced for those who suffered from long covid and are unable to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60112/25]

2082. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health to ensure a person (details supplied) can receive an S2 letter of referral they require to access treatment in another country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60113/25]

2083. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health her plans to increase healthcare facilities in Citywest/Saggart to ensure capacity for the demand of the growing community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60128/25]

2084. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if officials from her Department have been in contact with the Medical Council over the apparent bottleneck in the Pres 3 testing system; if there is any assistance that her Department can provide to the Medical Council to allow them to clear the backlog; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60132/25]

2085. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if she will expedite the provision of braces to a child (details supplied), as the family were informed it would be 5.5 years before they would receive this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60158/25]

2086. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health to confirm whether a child (details supplied) could apply for funding under the National Treatment Purchase Fund in order to get braces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60159/25]

2087. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health to confirm the actions her Department is taking in order to reduce dental waiting times for children on public patient lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60160/25]

2088. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if there will be funding opportunities for dental schools in Cork and Dublin to undertake primary research into the area of oral heath for schoolchildren; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60162/25]

2089. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to putting an accredited Autologous stem cell transplant centre in place in Cork University Hospital; as persons with cancers such as multiple myeoloma in Cork are required to travel to Galway for this treatment at a very difficult time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60187/25]