816. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to immediately introduce incentives to attract the required staff to such places as Cahersiveen Community Hospital on the Iveragh Peninsula in South Kerry, where the HSE has confirmed that beds remain unoccupied at the facility, including two palliative care beds due to staffing shortages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34043/25]
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817. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to immediately introduce incentives to attract the required staff to such places as West Kerry Community Hospital on the Dingle Peninsula in South Kerry, where the HSE has confirmed that beds remain unoccupied at the facility, due to staffing shortages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34044/25]
818. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the average length of time CORU takes to recognise professional qualifications for each of the professions it regulates where those qualifications are from outside the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34047/25]
819. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the status of the application for CORU recognition of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34048/25]
820. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the total number of individuals, by grade and/or profession, employed by the HSE for each of the years 2015 to 2024, in tabular form. [34049/25]
821. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the progress in increasing the number of clinical trials across the health sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34050/25]
822. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the financial cost to date of the May 2021 cyberattack on the HSE; the measures now in place to address the exposed vulnerabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34051/25]
823. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the date on which she will meet with a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34064/25]
824. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by her Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34094/25]
825. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department considered ethical objections, including those grounded in secular or non-religious bioethics, to the presumption of consent for organ donation introduced under the Human Tissue Act 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34111/25]
826. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the means by which the Department intends to monitor and evaluate the impact of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Act 2024 on trust in the healthcare system, particularly among minority religious or ethical communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34112/25]
827. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the safeguards in place under the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Act 2024 to ensure the religious beliefs of a deceased individual, particularly where such beliefs prohibit or strongly discourage post-mortem organ removal, are respected, even in the absence of an opt-out registration; and if she will make a s…
828. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if there is a mechanism under the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Act 2024 to allow individuals to object to the presumption of consent model on ethical or philosophical grounds while still indicating a willingness to donate organs voluntarily; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34114/25]
829. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the procedures in place to ensure next-of-kin consent is not used to override the known religious or ethical objections of the deceased, where the individual has not registered on the organ donor opt-out register; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34115/25]
830. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if any exemptions exist under the Human Tissue Act 2024 for individuals or communities whose cultural or religious beliefs prohibit posthumous organ donation, even if they have not formally opted out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34116/25]
831. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of people availing of ozempic under long term illness payments, by county, in tabular form; the cost, per county, for 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34119/25]
832. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if she will accelerate the approval and funding of the new drug givinostat to treat the one-hundred boys currently living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34122/25]
833. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health to provide details on the services currently provided for adult patients with epilepsy at a hospital (details supplied); the number and grade of staff that are currently attached to this service at this site; the number of staff vacancies within this service; the number of epilepsy patients currently registered with this service; the number of patients curr…
834. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health to provide details on the services currently provided for paediatric patients with epilepsy at a hospital (details supplied); the number and grade of staff that are currently attached to this service at this site; the number of staff vacancies within this service; the number of epilepsy patients currently registered with this service; the number of patients…
835. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be provided with HSE nappy provision given the fact he has extremely complex needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34156/25]
836. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health for an update on the business case presented to her for an integrated services hub for Cork provided by Cork City Council, HSE and Mercy Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34157/25]
837. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health if she has had regard to the matter of banning of single-use lithium battery-based nicotine delivery products; if she is aware of the fire risk, as well as public health risk posed by such products; if her officials have had regard to Parliamentary Question No. 12 of 21 May 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34159/25]
838. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health to provide details on the services currently provided for adult patients with epilepsy at Cork University Hospital; the number and grade of staff that are currently attached to this service at this site; the number of current staff vacancies within this service; the number of epilepsy patients currently registered with this service; the number of patients current…
839. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health to provide details on the services currently provided for paediatric patients with epilepsy at Cork University Hospital; the number and grade of staff that are currently attached to this service at this site; the number of current staff vacancies within this service; the number of epilepsy patients currently registered with this service; the number of patients cu…
840. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to provide details on how often KPI data from the National Cancer Control Programme online portal is updated; its intended use; who the KPI data is shared with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34193/25]