903. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if she will address the lack of public laboratory access for patients at a GP practice in Gorey; the reason University Hospital Waterford has refused access due to capacity while St Vincent’s Hospital cites catchment boundaries; if her attention has been drawn to families with chronic illnesses that cannot afford private blood monitoring; if she will c…
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904. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the reason a facility (details supplied) operates on a nine to five basis; and whether this can operate on weekends. [73655/26]
905. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the measures she has taken to improve waiting times for patients in Connolly hospital. [73650/26]
906. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the number of people waiting for orthopaedic surgery in Sligo University Hospital; the length of time; and procedure that they are waiting for. [73702/26]
907. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health in light of a report (details supplied), the safety protocols in place in Irish hospitals in relation to nitrous oxide use; and if staff are made aware of potential side effects due to exposure. [73701/26]
908. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the ambulance base in Recess, County Galway; the status of the building project; when the base is due to be operational; and the reason for the delay in delivery. [73700/26]
909. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints received by the HSE in each of the past five years relating to difficulties accessing follow-up care in the State following treatment received abroad under the Cross-Border Healthcare Directive; and the mechanisms in place to resolve such cases. [73699/26]
910. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the supports available to patients who experience complications arising from treatment obtained under the Cross-Border Healthcare Directive or the treatment abroad scheme; the body responsible for assisting patients where difficulties arise in accessing follow-up care in Ireland after such treatment; and whether any advocacy or support groups are funded or recog…
911. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 68479/26, the number of approved and filled intermediate care WTE posts in the National Ambulance Service South region, and in Cork specifically, at 31 December in each of the years 2022 to 2025 and at 30 September 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73741/26]
912. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 68479/26, the number of intermediate care vehicles in the National Ambulance Service fleet at 31 December in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and at 30 September 2026; the average number of those vehicles off the road in each of those years; the basis, including any fleet review or utilisation data, on which the National Ambulan…
913. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if she aware of ADHD Ireland's suspension of its UMAAP (Understanding Management and Adult ADHD Programme) courses across November and December due to a funding shortfall; and if she intends to intervene to ensure this programme can go ahead. [73737/26]
914. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 68479/26, the reason the number of intermediate care WTE in situ in the National Ambulance Service fell from 194 at the end of 2023 to 189 at the end of 2024, while approved WTE rose from 243 to 269 over the same period; the number of intermediate care staff recruited and the number who left in each of the years 2022 to 2025 a…
915. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a clinical risk assessment of the transfer itself, as distinct from a care needs assessment, has been completed for each resident of Unit 1 at St Stephen's Hospital, Glanmire; the number of residents transferred to date; the number placed in public units and in private nursing homes respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73823/26]
916. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists posts by grade filled at Cahir primary care centre as of 9 October 2026, in tabular form. [73754/26]
917. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the total number of medical card appeals received per month; and the total number of decisions made per month in the years 2022-2026, in tabular form. [73770/26]
918. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE occupational therapist posts by grade filled at Tipperary Primary Care Centre as of 9 October 2026, in tabular form. [73760/26]
919. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health If she will intervene to ensure an appointment for surgery is scheduled for a patient (details supplied) without further delay. [73758/26]
920. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapist posts by grade filled at Carrick-On-Suir Primary Care Centre as of 9 October 2026, in tabular form. [73756/26]
921. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to measure the time from first presentation to diagnosis of endometriosis as a national performance indicator, in view of the HSE confirming that this figure is not routinely reported; the current waiting times at the supra-regional endometriosis centres at Cork University Maternity Hospital and Tallaght University Hospital; the care pathway …
922. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 774 of 29 September 2026, if forthcoming amendments to assisted human reproduction legislation will apply retrospectively to children born prior to the commencement date of that legislation. [73774/26]
923. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the reason for defunding the Understanding and Managing Adult ADHD Programme (details supplied); and if additional medical and clinical capacity within adult ADHD services to respond to increasing referrals and demand for assessment and treatment announced as part of budget 2027 will be committed to retaining the programme. [73834/26]
924. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if funding has been withdrawn for a programme (details supplied); and, if so, to explain the reason. [73789/26]
925. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 63798/26, the total agency and locum expenditure by section 38 and section 39 organisations providing mental health services funded by the HSE in each year from 2021 to 2025, as these organisations were excluded from the figures provided in the HSE reply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73882/26]
926. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) who is awaiting an appointment following a recent referral to a specialist service; and if consideration can be given to expediting the appointment in light of the circumstances. [73813/26]
927. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the cost of agency, overtime and cross cover arrangements used to cover vacant posts in the ophthalmology department at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital in 2025 and to date in 2026; and the number of patients waiting for an ophthalmology outpatient appointment and procedure at the hospital, by time band, at the latest date available, in tabular form. […