630. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health if her Department funds drug addiction prevention initiatives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73694/25]
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631. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding her Department has allocated to drug addiction prevention initiatives for each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [73696/25]
648. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if she will reconsider the decision to remove State funding for monitored dosing blister packs from January 2026, given the essential role these packs play in medication safety for older persons, those with disabilities, and patients on complex prescriptions; and the engagement which has taken place with the Irish Pharmacy Union to prevent hardship for vulnerable…
649. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health whether any portion of the €50 million allocated under the Community Pharmacy Agreement can be ring-fenced to maintain funding for blister packs; and if she will provide details of any cost-benefit analysis undertaken before deciding to discontinue this service, which pharmacists have described as critical for adherence and reducing hospital admissions; and if sh…
650. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if she will engage with pharmacists to develop an alternative funding mechanism for monitored dosing systems, in view of warnings from patient advocacy groups and charities that the removal of State support will lead to medication errors, increased hospitalisations, and additional costs to the health service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73407…
1018. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health when the practice support grant will be paid to a doctor (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72099/25]
849. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the governance framework applied by her Department to non-statutory bodies that receive direct funding, including the internal controls, verification steps, and oversight mechanisms used prior to releasing public funds. [69066/25]
850. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the due diligence process carried out before funding is approved for non-statutory bodies; the risk assessments completed; and the measures taken to ensure appropriate stewardship of Exchequer funds. [69067/25]
851. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she intends to introduce standardised reporting requirements, annual financial statements, audit obligations or sanctions for non-statutory bodies receiving direct funding from her Department; and any reforms now under consideration. [69068/25]
889. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Health when funding will be available for oral immunotherapy in Ireland as some parents are traveling abroad for treatments as they cannot receive care here in Ireland. [69205/25]
440. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if she plans to extend funding through the community primary care service to include battery packs for CPAP devices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68606/25]
490. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total monthly value of salary funding associated with unfilled HSE posts in 2024 in each hospital group and community health organisation. [68806/25]
491. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total number of funded WTE posts that remained unfilled for more than three consecutive months in 2024 in each hospital group and community health organisation. [68807/25]
492. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if any portion of the salary allocations associated with unfilled HSE posts in 2024 was internally re-assigned to non-pay budgets within the HSE; and to provide a breakdown of any such reallocations by hospital group and community health organisation. [68808/25]
494. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide the year-end reconciliation for the HSE 2024 pay allocation showing each hospital group and community health organisation's pay budget allocation, pay expenditure, and any difference between the two. [68810/25]
496. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to detail any HSE internal finance guidance in place during 2024 governing the treatment of unspent pay allocation arising from unfilled posts; and to provide copies of such guidance. [68812/25]
502. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total value of any internal reallocations by the HSE of salary funding arising from unfilled posts within Cork University Hospital or Mercy University Hospital in 2024; and the expenditure lines to which such funding was reassigned. [68818/25]
503. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total value of funded posts that remained unfilled in 2024 in CHO4, by month; and the value of any associated salary allocation that was not used for pay expenditure within CHO4. [68819/25]
618. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2018 of 4 November 2025, the number of counselling sessions provided by a service (details supplied), by unplanned pregnancy calls and post-abortion clients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67918/25]
534. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of non-statutory bodies that currently receive funding from her Department; the value of payments to each of these bodies in each of the past three years; and any compliance issues, audit flags or irregularities recorded during this period. [66983/25]
535. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to detail all mechanisms in place within her Department to verify the financial transparency and operational compliance of non-statutory bodies receiving public funds; and if she will provide a summary of the most recent compliance checks or reviews undertaken. [66984/25]
539. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of non-statutory bodies that currently receive funding from her Department, the value of payments to each of these bodies in each of the past three years, and any compliance issues, audit flags or irregularities recorded during this period. [66993/25]
553. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to set out the audits, inspections or compliance checks carried out by her Department in the past three years relating to non-statutory bodies that receive public health funding directly from her Department, including the date of each review, the body reviewed, the methodology used, and the findings. [67013/25]
554. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the procedures, documentation and verification steps undertaken by her Department before certifying payments to non-statutory bodies that receive public health funding directly from her Department, including any risk-rating or escalation criteria applied prior to payment approval. [67014/25]
555. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department has recorded any instances of non-compliance, late reporting, governance deficiencies or financial irregularities among non-statutory bodies funded directly by her Department in each of the past three years, and if so, if she will detail the issues identified and the actions taken in response. [67015/25]