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Aidan Farrelly Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
857. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the amount expended on cloud storage solutions in the past five years and to date in 2025; and if she will provide the data storage supplier, in tabular form. [51366/25]
John Lahart Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
858. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the status of legislation regarding the future of vaping, particularly with regard to rules introduced in neighbouring jurisdictions and in the North of Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51374/25]
Paul Lawless Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
859. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health to detail the budget allocated to each hospital in the Saolta Hospital Group in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [51390/25]
Paul Lawless Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
860. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of activity-based funding allocations to each hospital in the Saolta Hospital Group for each of the past five years, including the metrics used to determine funding levels. [51391/25]
Paul Lawless Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
861. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health to detail the annual inpatient and outpatient activity levels at each hospital in the Saolta Hospital Group for the past five years; and the corresponding funding allocated, in tabular form. [51392/25]
Paul Lawless Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
862. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health to provide the average cost per patient treated in each hospital in the Saolta Hospital Group over the past five years, by inpatient, outpatient, and emergency department activity. [51393/25]
Paul Lawless Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
863. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health to provide the number of front-line clinical staff nurses, doctors, allied health professionals employed in each hospital in the Saolta Hospital Group for each of the past five years, including the annual budget allocation. [51394/25]
Paul Lawless Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
864. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health to provide the nurse-to-patient ratio in each hospital in the Saolta Hospital Group for each of the past five years, and to indicate whether funding levels have reflected changes in patient volumes. [51395/25]
James O'Connor Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
865. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if she will consider raising the income threshold for medical card eligibility due to the increase in the cost of living; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51397/25]
Cormac Devlin Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
866. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if public health authorities sample for the presence of the polio virus in wastewater; if so, if it has been detected since the start of 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51442/25]
Cormac Devlin Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
867. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied); to ensure clinical and administrative policies have been followed; if an update will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51444/25]
Pat Buckley Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
868. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health for an update on implementing spinal muscular atrophy screening in the national heel-prick test; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51453/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
869. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when capital approval will be granted to transition a medical facility (details supplied) in County Donegal from a residential model to a recovery-focused crisis intervention and set-down facility, supported with 24-hour staff cover, as requested by the HSE's Donegal mental health management team. [51464/25]
James Geoghegan Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
870. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51467/25]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
871. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the reason funding was removed from the existing health research board funded national clinical trials office (details supplied) before an alternative was put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51471/25]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
872. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the recommendations from the national clinical trials oversight group she plans to progress; the timeframe for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51472/25]
Carol Nolan Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
873. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will assist in the urgent case of a person seeking help with his claim for continuous glucose monitoring reimbursement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51479/25]
Albert Dolan Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
874. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health when the senior speech and language (SLT) post covering the Loughrea area, which became vacant due to maternity leave in July 2025, will be filled; the interim measures being implemented to maintain SLT services in the Loughrea area while the post remains vacant; the plans the HSE has to address the wider shortage of senior SLTs to prevent future disruptions in t…
Albert Dolan Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
875. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the implementation of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) screening in the national newborn bloodspot heel-prick test, in view of the decision made in 2023 to include SMA in the programme alongside severe combined immunodeficiency; the reasons for the ongoing delay in its roll out despite the allocation of funding and the acknowledged urgency of…
Carol Nolan Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
876. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will support the calls of an organisation (details supplied) for the introduction of viable fees for public eyecare schemes (medical card and PRSI-estimated cost of €20m annually and the roll out of an over 8s national eyecare programme estimated cost €1.2m annually; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51505/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
877. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of on-site checks on food quality the Food Safety Authority has made in each of the past ten years. [51523/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
878. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of food recalls in each of the last ten years. [51524/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
879. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of food recalls that have happened as a result of self-policing versus Food Safety Authority on-site checks. [51525/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
880. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of outbreaks of listeria here in the past ten years; and the reason for a spike in listeria outbreaks in the last year. [51526/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
881. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason food labelling has become so lacking in detail (details supplied); and if she will seek accurate food labelling. [51527/25]