Parliamentary questions

190. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the reasons the HSE will not fund a treatment for a person (details supplied) without an exceptional funding request to their hospital's regional executive officer which is then brought to the HSE senior leadership team; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57512/25]

191. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if she has received the report from the Working Group on the National Hearing Care Plan that was due by end of Quarter 2 as per Terms of Reference; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57518/25]

192. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health when the external healthcare record review into the standard of care provided to the service user (details supplied) will be finalised. [57519/25]

193. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of including reciprocal IVF in State-funded IVF treatments; if there is scope to include them in the lifetime of this Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57522/25]

194. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health when the Swords surgical hub at unit 1, Swords Business Campus will be fully operational; the expected timeline for completion of construction and fit-out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57524/25]

195. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the number of operating theatres, endoscopy bays, and associated treatment rooms included in the Swords surgical hub; the breakdown of the clinical infrastructure planned for the facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57525/25]

196. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the projected number of patients expected to be treated at the Swords surgical hub on a monthly and annual basis; the estimates for day-case procedures, minor operations and outpatient consultations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57526/25]

197. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 312 of 9 October 2025, if her attention has been drawn to Coimisiún na Meán’s published Work Programme 2025 (details supplied) which is in contradiction to the previous response, there is no reference to including the regulation of infant and follow-on formula advertising in the work programme; if she will r…

198. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if she has considered introducing access to oral immunotherapy for those with allergies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57550/25]

199. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the work being carried out in her Department to improve access to EpiPens in local communities, schools, and childcare settings; and if she will consider including allergy awareness and response training as part of essential first aid programme requirements. [57551/25]

200. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals for ADHD assessments received by Cavan CAMHS in each month since January 2023 to date; the number therein which resulted in an appointment; the number therein where referrals were not accepted, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57561/25]

201. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals for ADHD assessments received by Monaghan CAMHS in each month since January 2023 to date; the number therein which resulted in an appointment; the number therein where referrals were not accepted, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57562/25]

202. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will publish the National Endometriosis Framework, which her Department has stated is ready for publication; the allocation provided to the Framework in Budget 2026; to provide a detailed breakdown of this funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57563/25]

203. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to implementation of the new National Sexual Health Strategy 2025 – 2035 in Budget 2026; to provide a detailed breakdown of the funding allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57564/25]

204. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the funding provided in Budget 2026, to address vaping rates among young people; to provide a detailed breakdown of the funding allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57565/25]

205. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of the €11 million in new funding for drugs and inclusion health services in Budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57566/25]

206. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if a specific funding allocation to address Children’s Health Ireland’s spinal surgery waiting lists has been provided for in Budget 2026; if so, to provide a detailed breakdown of this allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57567/25]

207. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to implementation of the TB strategy in Budget 2026; to provide a detailed breakdown of the funding allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57568/25]

208. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to confirm if 6,000 funded posts have been left vacant by the HSE in 2025 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57569/25]

209. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the 6,000 funded posts left vacant by the HSE in 2025 (details supplied), by grade and location, in tabular form. [57570/25]

210. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on implementation of each of the recommendations from the Report of the Strategic Workforce Advisory Group on Home Carers and Nursing Home Health Care Assistants, in tabular form. [57571/25]

211. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason the minutes of the Strategic Workforce Advisory Group on Home Carers and Nursing Home Health Care Assistants implementation group have not been published since July 2024 (details supplied); the number of times this group has met since July 2024; if this group is still in existence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57…

212. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the continued implementation of the HSE Health Regions; the actions that will be taken in 2026 to further implementation; the expected date at which she expects full implementation to have taken place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57573/25]

213. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to implementation of the HSE Health Regions in Budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57574/25]

214. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 275 of 2 April 2025, the amount spent by the HSE on agency staffing and private recruitment firms to date in 2025, in tabular form; the services to which these payments relate; and the amount paid to each agency and firm. [57575/25]