Parliamentary questions

851. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health if she will detail the gross Exchequer allocation, the net allocation, the gross budget outturn and the net budget outturn for each public hospital in each of the years 2019 to 2024, inclusive, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57340/25]

852. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health if she will detail the gross Exchequer allocation and the net allocation for each public hospital for 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57341/25]

853. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if developmental checks are being offered to newborns for the appropriate month milestones by public health nurses from the Rowlagh health centre; the options available to parents if their children are not to be offered appointments due to staff shortages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57342/25]

854. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if developmental checks are being offered to newborns for the appropriate month milestones by public health nurses from the Ballyfermot/Palmerstown primary care; the options available to parents if their children are not to be offered appointments due to staff shortages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57343/25]

855. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health if there are systems in place to alert staff working in HSE facilities when a patient has been convicted of violent or sexual crimes; if they are currently serving a sentence and therefore accompanied by prison officers or have been released from prison, similar to the system in place in the UK’s NHS; if not, if she would consider introducing …

856. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1660 of 19 March 2025, the status of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill; the timeline she is working towards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57365/25]

857. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her plans in relation to the regulation of aesthetic and cosmetic medicine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57366/25]

858. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her Department has gathered data on the number of doctors engaged in cosmetic procedures; and if so, to provide said data. [57367/25]

859. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her Department has gathered data on the number of dentists engaged in cosmetic procedures; and if so, to provide said data. [57368/25]

860. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide further details with respect to an audit into spinal services and urology referred to at a recent meeting of Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health (details supplied); if she is still expecting this audit to be completed at the end of November or December 2025; if she will commit to publishing that audit when she receives it; and if s…

861. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reasons the four recommendations from the Comptroller and Auditor General’s Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2018 with respect to the development of primary care centres were not implemented (details supplied); if she remains committed to implementing these recommendations; if any progress has been made since mid-2025, at whic…

862. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will update the priority ranking of locations/communities for development of primary care centres (PCCs), or expansion of existing PCCs, in view of the Comptroller and Auditor General’s finding that the current ranking ‘lacks sound quantification and transparency’; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. […

863. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health of the €1.56 billion allocation for capital expenditure for 2026, the amount apportioned to the development of primary care centres (PCCs); to list the PCCs to be developed under this allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57372/25]

864. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will conduct a formal cost effectiveness review of primary care centres delivery methods (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57373/25]

865. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason the review of the utilisation of primary care centres has still not been completed, despite being included in the 2019 Sláintecare action plan; the status of that review; the timeline for completion of this review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57374/25]

866. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason the minimum scope of services that constitutes a primary care centre has still not been defined; if she will commit to implementing recommendation 19.3 from the Comptroller and Auditor General’s Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2024 (details supplied); the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matte…

867. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the reasons for the repeated delays to the construction and completion of the new National Children’s Hospital, which has reportedly missed contractual deadlines on 16 occasions; the measures being taken to hold the contractor accountable for cost overruns and schedule slippage; the current projected completion date and final estimated cost; an…

868. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to address the over-subscribed and closed GP waiting lists in Tubbercurry, County Sligo; the arrangements that will be made when a local GP retires in three months; whether locum GPs will provide services in HSE premises or additional clinics in local GP practices to ensure all residents have access to GP services; and if s…

869. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the way in which her Department is progressing work to make the second busiest level 3 hospital here, Letterkenny University Hospital a level 4 hospital, in view of the hospitals geographical and roads/ rail infrastructure isolation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57394/25]

870. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of a rehabilitation programme based at DCU involving the use of exoskeleton technology to support individuals with mobility impairments; and if she will engage with the programme lead (details supplied) to explore potential funding options to sustain and expand this initiative. [57397/25]

871. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health his views on reports that research commissioned by the HSE regarding Traveller health outcomes in homelessness will not be published, despite the report having been completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57398/25]

872. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the plans to develop the long overdue type 1 diabetes centre of excellence building in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57408/25]

873. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Health if she will sanction the appointment of a second WTE advanced nurse practitioner for the type 1 adult diabetes clinic in Letterkenny University Hospital for continuity of service to support the recently appointed consultant endocrinologists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57409/25]

874. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health to outline the co-operation that exists with Northern Ireland in relation to organ donation and transplantation; if there are any specific protocols or processes in place with regard to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57421/25]

875. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the current status of a medical card appeal for a person (details supplied); if serious consideration will be given to urgently awarding the medical card as the person is suffering from breast cancer and a medical card will be required for their treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57427/25]