Parliamentary questions

773. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if a review will be carried out into the circumstances surrounding the birth and immediate postnatal care of a baby (details supplied) at Mayo University Hospital, including concerns that signs of distress were not acted upon promptly; the outcome of any such review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47411/26]

774. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for diagnostic procedures and surgical interventions for infants presenting with respiratory difficulties in Children's Health Ireland hospitals; whether delays in decision making or treatment are being monitored; the measures being taken to ensure timely care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47412/26]

775. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if any further review of insourcing and outsourcing has been conducted since publication of the June 2025 HSE Review of Insourcing and Outsourcing and the introduction of new controls; if so, the amounts spent on both insourcing and outsourcing over that period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47399/26]

776. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the annual expenditure incurred by the HSE on International recruitment campaigns, relocation packages, recruitment agencies and associated supports for each of the years 2023 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47416/26]

777. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health her plans to introduce a publicly funded vaccine programme for shingles for persons aged over 75 years-of-age. [47417/26]

778. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to private practice consultants offering or giving gifts to public only contract consultants in return for handling their patients on days which they are absent from work or not rostered, or similar practices involving the gift or favour-giving to public only consultants for work which would have typically be…

779. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health the total number of taxis contracted to the HSE nationwide for the most recent year for which the requested data is available; the total expenditure in respect of these contracts by the HSE; the total number of passenger journeys made; broken down by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47439/26]

780. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the specific actions and targets contained within the HSE National Service Plan 2026 in relation to endometriosis services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47453/26]

781. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the further expansion of specialist and regional endometriosis services that is planned under the implementation of the National Framework for the Management of Endometriosis; the timeline for the delivery of these developments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47454/26]

782. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the additional measures planned in 2026 and 2027 to improve access to diagnosis, treatment and specialist supports for women with endometriosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47455/26]

783. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if membership of the (CTAC) Clinical Trials Advisory Council has been set; to provide full list of membership; the efforts her Department is making to ensure that Ireland is an attractive place for clinical trials; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47461/26]

784. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health whether a national diabetes registry exists in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47464/26]

785. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health given the absence of a national diabetes registry in the State, the data source and jurisdiction on which her Department and the Health Service Executive base their estimate of diabetes prevalence; whether that estimate is derived by applying a diabetes prevalence rate recorded in another jurisdiction to the population of the State; the …

786. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the most recent estimate held by her Department or the Health Service Executive of the number of people living with diabetes in the State, distinguishing between type 1 and type 2 diabetes; the year and data source on which that estimate is based; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47467/26]

787. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has assessed the implications of the absence of a national diabetes registry for the planning and resourcing of diabetes services; whether there are plans to establish such a registry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47468/26]

788. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of HSE expenditure spent on private car parking management services, by each health area, in 2024, 2025, and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47476/26]

789. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of HSE expenditure spent on private HR support services, by each health area, in each of the years 2024, 2025, and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47477/26]

790. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of HSE expenditure spent on private legal services, by each health area, in 2024, 2025, and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47478/26]

791. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of HSE expenditure spent on private debt collection services, by each health area, in 2024, 2025, and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47479/26]

792. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of HSE expenditure spent on private public relations and communications services, by each health area, in each of the years 2024, 2025, and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47480/26]

793. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to put a system in place whereby any incremental rise in the old-age pension is matched by a similar rise in the qualifying income for the medical card (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47482/26]

794. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health in light of the removal of the mandatory three-day waiting period, and reports that girls as young as 14 and 15 are presenting for services; the safeguarding measures that are in place to assess how these minors became pregnant [47483/26]

795. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health whether healthcare professionals are required to inquire into the circumstances leading to the pregnancies of minors, including any potential coercion, exploitation, or abuse. [47484/26]

796. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health given the removal of the three-day waiting period and reports of increasing numbers of girls aged 14 and 15 presenting for services, the steps taken by medical practitioners to establish the circumstances of such pregnancies; whether practitioners are required to assess and report potential sexual abuse, exploitation, or statutory offences; t…

797. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has decided to redeploy staff from the Cottage hospital in Drogheda to Our Lady of Lourdes hospital; the reason the decision was taken with no consultation or prior engagement with trade unions representing affected staff; the number and grade, group and category of the staff to be redeployed; and if she will make a statement on…