Parliamentary questions

673. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the time limits in place for counselling services for survivors and former residents of mother and baby institutions via the National Counselling Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46876/26]

674. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health the Government funding available to support clinicians undertaking doctoral studies (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46899/26]

675. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the current state of Ireland's preparedness for utilising the EU's Joint Clinical Assessments (JCA) on clinical trial data in evaluations by the HSE and the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics (NCPE); when she expects such JCA's to be applied to such evaluations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46925/26]

676. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the guidance that has been issued to Irish marketing authorisation holders regarding the process, timelines, and expectations for considering the EU's Joint Clinical Assessment (JCA) by the HSE and the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics (NCPE); the way in which JCA reports will be factored into the reimbursement recommendations for tr…

677. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the update on the recommendations relating to her Department arising from the National Climate Change Risk Assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46957/26]

678. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Health the plans to establish a minor injuries unit in Drogheda, County Louth; if the HSE has undertaken any assessment of the need for such a facility in the town; the timeframe for any proposed development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46967/26]

679. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the test purchase inspections for nicotine inhaling products carried out by the National Environmental Health Service in each of years from 2024 to 2025, and to-date in 2026; the number of retailers found selling to children in each county; and the number of resulting prosecutions, by county, in tabular form. [46969/26]

680. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of convictions secured arising from prosecutions for the sale of nicotine inhaling products to children in each of the years 2024 to 2025, and to- date in 2026; and the penalties imposed by the courts in each case. [46970/26]

681. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of repeat offenders identified through the National Environmental Health Service test purchase programme for nicotine inhaling products since 2024; and whether consideration has been given to enhanced sanctions for repeat breaches. [46971/26]

682. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health the current position regarding the extension of pay and pension parity, arising from a report (details supplied) for persons who retired prior to 1 January 2024; whether her Department has received representations from stakeholders regarding the exclusion of this cohort; if any review or consideration is underway to address the disparity betwe…

683. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the length of time taken by the HSE to reply to Deputies following the submission of parliamentary questions to a Minister (details supplied); if this information can be provided in respect of to date in 2026; the percentage of replies issued in less than two weeks, between two-four weeks, between four-six weeks, between …

684. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied) and expedite an appointment. [47006/26]

685. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if funding for community prison links workers will be transferred from the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to the HSE; if so, the timeline for this.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47007/26]

686. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she will commit investment to tackle the under resourcing of the neurology service in the Midlands Regional Hospital Mullingar (details supplied) [47011/26]

687. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE centrally records the number of missed shifts by agency staff supplying workers to HSE-funded services; if so, the number of such missed shifts recorded in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47013/26]

688. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains a central record of patient safety incidents involving agency staff supplying workers to HSE-funded services; if so, the number of such incidents recorded in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47014/26]

689. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether Garda vetting failures, lapses, or compliance gaps relating to agency staff supplying workers to HSE-funded services are centrally tracked and reported by the HSE; if so, the number recorded in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47015/26]

690. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether credentialing, qualification verification, registration, or professional compliance failures relating to agency staff supplying workers to HSE-funded services are centrally recorded by the HSE; if so, the number recorded in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47016/26]

691. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether contract breaches by staffing agencies operating under HSE national framework agreements or supplier panels are centrally logged by the HSE; if so, the number and nature of such breaches recorded in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47017/26]

692. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of staffing agencies operating under HSE national framework agreements or supplier panels have been subject to sanctions, corrective actions, suspensions, removals from panels, financial penalties, or other enforcement measures in each of the past three years; the nature of those measures; and if she will make a statement on the matt…

693. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of private practice in each statutory and voluntary hospital for each specialty and consultant in anonymised form for 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47029/26]

694. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent within each health area on services provided by private providers, including but not limited to care services and administrative services and the like, by service type in 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47030/26]

695. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the nominal and WTE number of medical staff by grade who are rostered across each statutory and voluntary acute hospital for each day of the week in 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47031/26]

696. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to list all acute, community, and primary care waiting lists for which data is collected; and the most recent figure for the number of people on each waiting list, in tabular form. [47032/26]

697. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to list the reference code for each acute hospital waiting lists, by specialty; and the number of people on each list, in tabular form. [47033/26]