Parliamentary questions

215. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time agency posts converted to HSE posts in 2024 and to date in 2025, by staff category, in tabular form. [57576/25]

216. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time agency posts expected to be converted to HSE posts in 2026, by staff category, in tabular form. [57577/25]

217. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to reduce the HSE’s reliance on agency staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57578/25]

218. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the HSE issued a formal S53 Notice to the LDA regarding the Baggot Street Hospital Site in Dublin; if any relevant State bodies formally declined in writing or in any other way to take the property for housing; if there is a public record by way of emails, minutes, memos, written or electronic correspondence of discussions between the HS…

219. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will address the significant delays in accessing primary care psychology services, particularly for children with complex needs such as autism, ADHD, dyspraxia, and sensory processing difficulties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57597/25]

220. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide the current average waiting time for an initial primary care psychology appointment in north Dublin; the measures being taken to reduce waiting times and improve coordination between CAMHS, children’s disability network teams, and primary care services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57598/25]

221. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will reconsider the current list of qualifying conditions under the medical cannabis access programme, in order to allow people with chronic conditions not currently covered to access medical cannabis treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57600/25]

222. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the progress of the working group on the National Hearing Care Plan; if she has received the report from the working group that was due by end of Quarter 2 as per the Terms of Reference; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57614/25]

223. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will assist in the provision of a new wheelchair for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57616/25]

224. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has projects, contracts, or pilots currently being undertaken or in development that make use of agentic AI; if the use of these technologies is internal only or public facing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57627/25]

225. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Health the progress of the Working Group on the National Hearing Care Plan; if she has received the report from the Working Group that was due by end of Quarter 2 as per Terms of Reference; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57644/25]

226. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Health the total number of service contracts awarded to private consultancy firms, broken down by projects in IT, management, accounting and auditing, Department and cost, each year to date since 2000, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57660/25]

227. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to adult mental health units to date in 2025. [57667/25]

228. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of home support hours currently being provided in each LHO area as of 1 October 2025 or the latest date available; the way that compares to targets in each LHO for the same time period; the number of persons currently on the waiting list for home support hours in each LHO area; the number waiting 0-3, 3-6, 6-12 and the number waiting…

229. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme as of 1 October 2025 or latest date available; the average waiting time; the number of persons currently awaiting placement under the scheme for each local health area; and the length of time waiting, in tabular form. [57669/25]

230. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges at the end of September 2025 for each public and voluntary hospital; and the total number to date in 2025, in tabular form. [57670/25]

231. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost owing to delayed discharges to date in 2025, for each public and voluntary hospital, in tabular form. [57671/25]

232. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion patients currently waiting less than four months for treatment for both Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin and Temple Street Children's University Hospital for the end of September 2025 or the latest date available; the number waiting 4-8 months and more than 8 months; and if she would provide the same informati…

233. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health if her Department is considering the inclusion of ozempic on the long-term illness and medical card schemes for purposes such as the maintenance of kidney function and not for the treatment of diabetes or weight management; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57673/25]

720. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health if she will support a Fingal-based community group providing free first aid, CPR, and defibrillator training (details supplied). [56533/25]

721. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if she will advocate for the HSE to provide funding under Section 39 to an organisation (details supplied) to support weekly therapeutic exercise and yoga classes for people living with Parkinson's Disease in Donegal, specifically in Buncrana, Donegal Town, and Letterkenny; if she will ensure that the application is given full and fai…

722. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to establishing a medically supervised injection centre in Cork; the work carried out to date in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56508/25]

723. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the details of the correct contacts within the HSE to which a query should be sent (details supplied) to the HSE estates section. [56509/25]

724. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to state-funded assisted human reproduction treatments in Budget 2026; her plans for this allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56517/25]

725. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to the Assisted Human Reproduction Regulatory Authority in Budget 2026; to provide a detailed breakdown of this allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56518/25]