767. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the termination of a service level agreement will lead to the discontinuation of private work across all laboratory services in University Hospital Galway (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48902/26]
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768. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason University Hospital Galway did not put alternative arrangements in place to ensure that it adhered to the terms of the public only consultant contract in its laboratories ahead of January 2026; if any preparatory work was carried out, given that management is expecting public only consultants to breach their contracts until the end of September; and if…
802. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the amount spent per annum on agency staff at University Hospital Limerick for each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49044/26]
918. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant WTE registrars, by speciality currently at Kerry University Hospital; and the timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular form. [49629/26]
926. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health whether the inclusion of porters in the HSE Nursing and Midwifery Sponsorship Programme in 2025 was intended as a once-off or pilot initiative; whether porters are eligible to apply for the 2026 intake of the programme; if not, the reason for their exclusion; whether consideration is being given to reopening the programme to porters in future years, particul…
521. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing two whole-time equivalent consultant psychiatrists in each emergency department; the number already employed in this regard; the net cost for the additional number required; and the number required, in tabular form. [48672/26]
304. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to appoint a permanent dermatologist to University Hospital Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48172/26]
305. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to address an issue with senior nurse management who are awaiting a pay review (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48177/26]
693. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of private practice in each statutory and voluntary hospital for each specialty and consultant in anonymised form for 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47029/26]
702. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the perinatal mental health midwife position for Sligo is operational; if not, when the service is expected to resume; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47058/26]
703. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if cover will be put in place for the lactation consultant based on the postnatal ward in SUH; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47062/26]
704. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health when the community lactation consultant position in Sligo, soon be vacant will be filled (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47064/26]
496. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health to provide a detailed update on the recruitment process for the consultant ophthalmologist post serving South Tipperary; the number of recruitment campaigns undertaken since October 2024; the number of applicants received under each campaign; whether interviews have been conducted; whether a fourth recruitment campaign has commenced; and if she will make a stat…
497. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health the interim arrangements currently in place to provide ophthalmology services in south Tipperary pending the recruitment of a consultant ophthalmologist; the number of patients treated through such measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46609/26]
529. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if an addendum to HSE HR Circular 008/2026 will be issued to ensure that consultants on the public only consultant contract are not rostered for on-call duties in relation to private patients (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46726/26]
530. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she is investigating weekend consultant rostering arrangements and the gifting of fees to consultants on public only consultant contracts (POCC) for delivering the babies of private patients in the Rotunda Maternity Hospital, further to media reports (details supplied); the steps she is taking to address this breach of the POCC; and if she will make a statemen…
196. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the staffing budget allocation for University Hospital Limerick in each of the years of 2025 and 2026 to date, in tabular form. [46063/26]
963. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE registrars in plastic surgery based at Mercy University Hospital as of 1 June 2026; and if she will provide the same figures as of 1 June 2023, in tabular form. [45582/26]
965. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in rehabilitation medicine, social work, psychology and rehabilitation assistants posts filled at community neuro-rehabilitation team based in the southern region. [45584/26]
968. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the last time there was a full-time permanent OT in MRH, Tullamore; the plans for this vacancy to be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45599/26]
970. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken and supports being provided to ensure that children in County Offaly have access to OT support in the absence of a current OT in MRH, and Tullamore (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45601/26]
973. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of agency staff currently working in MRH, Tullamore; the cumulative annual cost of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45604/26]
974. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of administrative vacancies currently in MRH, Tullamore; the details of these vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45605/26]
975. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of medical and clinical vacancies currently in MRH, Tullamore; the details of the vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45606/26]
996. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant otolaryngologist and cochlear implant surgeons based at Beaumont Hospital as of 10 June 2026, in tabular form. [45750/26]