3256. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will clarify whether private health insurers have any discretion under existing legislation to offer partial refunds or premium adjustments to policyholders who can demonstrate that they did not require or avail of mandatory minimum benefits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55423/26]
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3257. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will consider amending legislation to allow insurers to provide refunds or tailored adjustments for elderly policyholders who are obliged to pay for maternity or addiction related mental health cover despite having no need for such services (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55424/26]
3258. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Health her plans to increase HSE funding for supported living packages so that community-based living can expand in line with identified needs. [55431/26]
3259. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Health the method which the HSE determines the number of supported living packages funded each year; and the way unmet demand is reflected in future planning. [55432/26]
3260. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the development and publication of the next National Cancer Strategy; the process for stakeholder and patient involvement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55457/26]
3261. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the recognition of childhood, adolescent and young adult cancer as a distinct priority area will be maintained in the next National Cancer Strategy; to confirm that the new Strategy will include survivorship, late effects, psychosocial support and quality of life outcomes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55458/26]
3262. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if her Department have entered negotiations on a deal for the shingles vaccine (herpes zoster vaccine) for persons over 65 years of age as part of the National Immunisation Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55473/26]
3263. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to create a shared communication corridor between CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental health services), University Hospital Limerick and Cork University Hospital in the treatment of autistic catatonia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55477/26]
3264. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she will report on the evaluation carried out on the recommendations of the report of the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying which are relevant to her Department, in tabular form; the status of consideration, intention, or implementation for each recommendation; if research has been undertaken on international systems to evaluate a potential framework for t…
3265. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants by speciality that are signed up to public only contracts at Beaumont Hospital. [55481/26]
3266. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the additional WTE staff by job title that have been recruited for the HSE surgical hub in Swords. [55482/26]
3267. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Health the number of women who have received maternity care on a private or semi-private basis at a hospital (details supplied) in each of the past five years; the number of consultant obstetricians and gynaecologists attached to the hospital providing private maternity care; the contractual basis under which those consultants are permitted to treat private patients;…
3268. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if she has given consideration to allocating additional funding to the NAS to provide an ambulance for Inis Oírr; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55488/26]
3269. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the compliance rate with key performance indicators and standards for each type of cancer treatment, by cancer centre, for quarter 1 and quarter 2 of 2026, in tabular form; the number of patients who underwent each treatment type; and the number and percentage who received care within the target timeframe. [55490/26]
3270. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the compliance rate with key performance indicators and standards for each type of cancer treatment, by cancer centre, for each quarter of 2025, in tabular form; the number of patients who underwent each treatment type; and the number and percentage who received care within the target timeframe. [55491/26]
3271. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the policy framework within which coroners operate, having regard to the practice of retaining organs following the conduct of a post-mortem examination; whether there are standardised procedures in place for communicating with next of kin in relation to such organ retention; whether it is a clear requirement for coroners to communicate with the next of kin …
3272. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health whether premenstrual dysphoric disorder is explicitly recognised within the Women's Health Action Plan and Women's Health Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55502/26]
3273. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has considered the development of a national clinical pathway for the diagnosis and treatment of premenstrual dysphoric disorder; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55503/26]
3274. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health the training or guidance provided to GPs regarding the recognition and management of premenstrual dysphoric disorder; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55504/26]
3275. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health the number of women awaiting gynaecology appointments where premenstrual dysphoric disorder is recorded as the primary or secondary reason for referral; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55505/26]
3276. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has identified specialist services or clinicians for the management of severe premenstrual dysphoric disorder; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55506/26]
3277. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or the HSE is evaluating emerging non-invasive diagnostic technologies for endometriosis, including saliva-based microRNA testing such as the endotest and sensor-based tests such as endosure, both recently approved by the NHS in England and Wales; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55507/26]
3278. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if given the evidence to support the benefits of the shingles vaccine, known as shingrix, she will examine bringing forward a free or subsidised vaccination programme for people over 50 years of age as part of budget 2027; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55517/26]
3279. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the preparations that are being made to develop an updated national maternity strategy; when this will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55519/26]
3280. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the efficiency and reform proposals her Department has submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in response to its request for such proposals with a deadline of 17 July 2026; the impact these spending cuts will have on public services within her Department; and if she will make a statement on …