Parliamentary questions

726. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the total amount of funding allocated to breastfeeding promotion and support services in 2020 to 2025; the breakdown of funding by regional health authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56519/25]

727. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the current budget allocation for lactation consultants, breastfeeding clinics and community based peer support programmes; and the number this compares to previous years. [56521/25]

728. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE lactation consultants currently employed by the HSE. [56522/25]

729. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the number of children being recalled for clinical review following the CHI hip dysplasia audit; and to clarify whether this includes surgeries performed prior to 2021, given that over 2,200 letters have already been issued to families. [56544/25]

730. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown by hospital and year of the 497 children identified for recall due to pelvic osteotomy procedures performed between 2021 and 2023. [56545/25]

731. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown by county patient address of the 497 children identified for recall due to pelvic osteotomy procedures performed between 2021 and 2023. [56546/25]

732. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health whether the recall process will be extended to include children operated on before 2021, in light of concerns that surgeries dating back to 2010 or earlier may have been affected. [56547/25]

733. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the clinical qualifications and experience of the doctors currently conducting the independent clinical and radiological reviews of recalled cases; and whether they are consultant paediatric orthopaedic surgeons. [56548/25]

734. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health whether any of the reviewers involved in the recall process are fellows or non-consultant hospital doctors; and the safeguards in place to ensure appropriate oversight and clinical governance. [56549/25]

735. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health to clarify the role of a person (details supplied), reportedly involved in reviewing cases at CHI Crumlin; and whether he is registered as a consultant in Ireland. [56550/25]

736. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health to confirm whether a person (details supplied) is currently practicing medicine; and the nature of her clinical role and authority in the recall process. [56551/25]

737. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health whether families will receive written reports from the recall reviews; and if so, whether these will be signed off by a consultant orthopaedic surgeon. [56552/25]

738. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the clinical governance structures in place to ensure consistency and quality in the recall assessments; and whether an external oversight panel is being established. [56553/25]

739. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of recent remarks by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls (details supplied), who formally spoke out against the practice of surrogacy at a UN General Assembly event; if she is aware of and will respond to the concerns outlined in the Special Rapporteurs report presented on 10 October 2025 be…

740. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health the supports, financial or otherwise, that would be available to a start-up (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56556/25]

741. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if she will clarify whether a frontier worker, who is living in the North and working in the South, has an entitlement to a PCRS medical card; the criteria for obtaining this medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56559/25]

742. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the current capacity of the HSE to deliver bone anchored hearing aid (BAHA) services; the number of individuals awaiting BAHA's; the numbers who received BAHA's from 2020 to 2025; the number of surgeons who deliver this procedure in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56560/25]

743. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her plans to expand bone anchored hearing aid services in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56561/25]

744. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health if the BowelScreen programme has given consideration to extending the screening programme to those aged 50 to 54; if further investments will be made in the BowelScreen programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56567/25]

745. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health when the vacant post for assistant director of nursing in Kildare-West Wicklow Mental Health Services will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56584/25]

746. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of director and assistant director of nursing positions within the HSE that have been filled since 1 January 2025 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56585/25]

747. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of director and assistant director of nursing positions within the HSE that remain vacant to date; to provide a timeline for when these positions will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56586/25]

748. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health when the Medtronic Simplera device will be provided to a Type 1 Diabetes patient (details supplied) who already uses a continuous glucose monitoring system under the long-term illness plan. [56595/25]

749. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on the physiotherapy waiting list at St. Joseph's Care Centre, Longford, as of 30 September 2025, disaggregated into assessment and treatment lists; the average/median wait for each; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56598/25]

750. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for physiotherapy at St. Joseph's Care Centre, Longford, by waiting-time bands, less than four weeks; four to 12; 12-26; 26-52, greater than 52 weeks, and by clinical priority (urgent/soon/routine); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56599/25]