2454. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that average wait-times in the Tallaght University Hospital emergency department have risen by 43% since 2020; the actions she is taking to remedy the situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46177/25]
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2455. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to publish an annual report on vaccine adverse events and compensation, integrating HPRA pharmacovigilance data with scheme outcomes; to include rates per million doses administered by vaccine and year; and to benchmark Ireland against the EU and the UK. [46187/25]
2456. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the scheme will include non-financial supports, including medical cards, counselling, vocational rehabilitation, and independent case-management for successful applicants and their families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46188/25]
2457. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the way in which GPs and vaccinators will be informed about the new scheme; the patient-facing information materials to be provided at the point of vaccination; and the process for informed consent updates once the scheme commences; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46189/25]
2458. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the scheme will recognise injuries following mixed-brand or heterologous schedules where causation apportionment is complex; the approach to multi-dose temporal associations; if a proportional liability model will apply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46190/25]
2459. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the data-sharing arrangements between the scheme administrator, the HPRA, the HSE, and the Department for actuarial forecasting and safety signal detection; to confirm compliance with GDPR and patient confidentiality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46191/25]
2460. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to publish an initial actuarial and sensitivity analysis for the scheme, using international experience on applications per million doses, success rates, average award and administration costs to include a worked example using the US figure of approximately one compensated case per million doses distributed over 2006-2023 as a comparator; and if she will make a s…
2461. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the scheme will include a fast-track process for clearly table-listed injuries, target decision times for those cases, and performance metrics to be reported quarterly to the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46193/25]
2462. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if adverse events following vaccination administered outside HSE settings but within the State, or administered abroad to Irish residents, will be eligible; the way in which domicile and jurisdiction will be assessed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46194/25]
2463. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if deaths temporally associated with vaccination will be eligible where a coroner's verdict is inconclusive but medical evidence supports probability; the evidentiary threshold; the role of independent medical experts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46195/25]
2464. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide a legal analysis of the way in which the proposed scheme will interact with existing tort remedies; if acceptance of an award will bar subsequent civil action; if structured settlements will be available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46196/25]
2465. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if interim payments will be available pending final determination; the criteria for hardship; the process for periodic review of awards where clinical status changes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46197/25]
2466. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to publish scheme governance documents, including conflict-of-interest policies, panel selection criteria for medical assessors, and external audit arrangements; the way patient representatives will be included in oversight; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46198/25]
2467. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the current number of children waiting for speech and language, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and psychology services in south Tipperary; the average waiting time for each service; the number of children waiting for an assessment of needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46199/25]
2468. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the way in which a family can access vaccines for their child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46205/25]
2469. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the rationale for a decision to award limited home help and home support hours to a person (details supplied); if she is satisfied that the service offered fully responds to the needs of this person as a holder of an enhanced medical card under the mother and baby home scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46207/25]
2470. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to change the rules for the shingles vaccination and allow patients over 70 years to receive it through the medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46211/25]
2471. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will review the correspondence (details supplied); if she will expedite the appointment referred to therein; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46219/25]
2472. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Health if a response will issue to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46221/25]
2473. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of consultancy rooms for doctors practicing privately in the new Children's Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46223/25]
2474. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health when an overdue reviewed service statement in respect of a child (details supplied) will be provided; if she will contact the HSE in relation to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46225/25]
2475. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant nephrologists based at Tallaght University Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46228/25]
2476. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE paediatric occupational therapist posts that were actually filled within primary care system within CHO7 in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46229/25]
2477. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the current vacancies, by job title within older persons services within CHO7; the estimated timeframe for filling each of the vacancies, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46230/25]
2478. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of missed or delayed cancer detections identified following the cytology review of a hospital (details supplied); and if she will order an independent nationwide audit to protect patient safety [46261/25]