Questions

193. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if her Department will provide funding for a multiple sclerosis community worker for Sligo and Leitrim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52012/25]

194. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she is confident that the 4,000 to 4,500 new and refurbished inpatient hospital beds across the country that have been committed to in the programme for Government will be delivered by 2029; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52427/25]

195. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Health the measures in place to alleviate staff shortages in the accident and emergency department in Mayo University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52392/25]

196. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health for an update on the development for 24 new inpatient beds in Mallow General Hospital, which received €7.5 million in capital funding during 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52407/25]

197. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if she will meet with Oireachtas Members to discuss significant changes to maternity services at Portiuncula University Hospital, Ballinasloe. [52221/25]

198. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the staffing benchmarks she is aiming to implement in primary care services for young people where waiting lists across disciplines are in crisis; if she will accordingly suspend the Pay and Numbers Strategy and undertake a comprehensive recruitment drive based on those benchmarks, as well as recruiting additional staff in the short and medium term to help address…

199. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the plans for a new acute hospital in north Dublin. [52390/25]

200. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health if she will engage with the National Ambulance Service regarding the need for a rapid response vehicle at Tuam ambulance base, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52190/25]

201. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health for an update on CAMHS services in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52237/25]

202. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health for an update on the proposed new primary health care centre for Rowlagh; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52506/25]

203. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to enhance and expand services at Louth County Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52345/25]

204. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health her plans to include inflammatory bowel disease and inflammatory arthritis within the remit of the long-term illness scheme. [52361/25]

205. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the initiatives she is putting in place to increase the number of GPs in County Laois; the timeline; the funding allocated for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51531/25]

206. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the plans the Government has in place to address the large number of people in County Donegal on waiting lists for home support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52382/25]

207. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health to consider automatic qualification (removal of means test) for a medical card for lung fibrosis patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52553/25]

403. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health the number of public patients in each of the years 2021 to 2024 and to date in 2025, on waiting lists in University Hospital Limerick who have received care via third party insourcing activity, in tabular form; the extent to which this activity has reduced waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52625/25]

404. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if she will add myalgic encephalomyelitis to the long-term illness scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52642/25]

405. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health given that the HSE has yet to provide dedicated mental health support to families affected by the unnecessary DHH surgeries and, in the interim, the HSE has advised the relevant advocacy group that medical card holders may seek a referral through their GP, if she can provide an update on how much longer affected families will have to wait for this support; when t…

406. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to requests to add the device (details supplied) to either the drugs payment scheme or the long-term illness scheme; the actions she will take to address these concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52650/25]

407. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on an appointment for a person (details supplied) for a pain management clinic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52653/25]

408. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52654/25]

409. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to reduce the rate of male suicide; and the specific supports available to men experiencing mental ill health. [52668/25]

410. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if her Department has undertaken any study to determine which age cohorts are most at risk of suicide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52669/25]

411. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if her Department holds any statistics on the number of suicides which occurred in each of the past ten years; if a breakdown can be provided by age, gender, geography and social class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52670/25]

412. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if she will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [52671/25]