Parliamentary questions

799. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the business case submitted in relation to a school (details supplied) on 19 March 2025; if the funding requested will be provided for in Budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54553/25]

800. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of Parkinson’s nurse specialists employed by the HSE, broken down by year from 2018 to 2024; the number of Parkinson’s nurse specialist positions advertised by the HSE in each of those years; the number of applications received for each of these positions, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54562/25]

801. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the status of a dental appointment for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54572/25]

802. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of locating a defibrillator at each full-time health centre and primary care centre, in tabular form. [54587/25]

803. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the hospitals she has visited since her appointment as Minister; and the purpose of each visit, in tabular form. [54588/25]

804. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health for an update on a matter regarding medication (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54593/25]

805. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if a medication on which a person (details supplied) is dependent which is in short supply and is currently not in stock could be accessed alternatively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54595/25]

806. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant respiratory physicians based at Beaumont Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [54612/25]

807. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE paediatric speech and language therapists based at Tonlegee primary care centre in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [54613/25]

808. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE dietitians, by grade based at Coolock primary care centre in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [54614/25]

809. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Health if she will undertake an independent review of the registration process for dentists by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54625/25]

810. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the amounts spent under the Treatment Purchase Fund in each of the years 2015 to 2024; the main countries and recipients of those payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54633/25]

811. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the average time a person is waiting for medical services before availing of the Treatment Purchase Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54634/25]

812. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health that status of the €500,000 put aside in Budget 2025 to fund the HSE for the refurbishment, operation and staffing of existing hydrotherapy pools that are currently closed; if this money was drawn down in 2025 in full or in part; or if it will be drawn down in full or in part by the end of 2025; if there was draw down, which services benef…

813. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health if the allocation of €500,000 put aside in Budget 2025 to fund the HSE for the refurbishment, operation and staffing of existing hydrotherapy pools that are currently closed, will be repeated in Budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54640/25]

814. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to address deficits accruing to major Section 39 providers of disability services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54641/25]

815. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the reason no proportionality assessment was carried out in respect of changes to the CORU standards and criteria for counsellors and psychotherapists; and if the implementation of these standards will be delayed to facilitate a proportionality assessment. [54652/25]

816. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the reason an organisation (details supplied) was not consulted after 2023 as part of the development of the 2025 CORU standards and criteria for counsellors and psychotherapists despite the professional expertise available in the organisation. [54653/25]

817. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if incremental credit will be provided to newly appointed radiation therapists in the HSE for previous relevant experience gained in the private sector or as an agency worker in a public hospital (details supplied); the reason radiation therapists are not currently included in the categories of staff in which incremental credit may be granted …

818. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of patients admitted to the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick having been previously discharged from the same hospital in the previous 96-hours in each of the years 2021 to 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54668/25]

819. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health her expenditure on advertising, with details of the objective, duration, social media platforms, reach, audience, CTR and cost of each social media advertising campaign, in 2023 to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54673/25]

820. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the staffing levels in primary care child psychology in the Dublin mid-west; to outline where these services have been paused; the time and the reason these were paused; the steps being taken to resume services; the number of children on waiting lists for psychology services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54681/25]

821. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health to outline the process of accepting a referral for primary care child psychology services; if letters are sent to parents asking to consent their child for services following a GP referral letter; to outline the need for this if a GP referral has been made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54682/25]

822. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if plans were considered to move cancer services in the Galway/Roscommon area to Merlin Park; if consultants in the area put together a clear proposal to set up a day ward type service on a floor of the building; if such a proposal was refused by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54690/25]

823. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if plans were considered to move accident and emergency services in the Galway/Roscommon area to Merlin Park; if consultants in the area put together a clear proposal to set up a day ward type service on a floor of the building; if such a proposal was refused by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54691/25]