850. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide further details in respect of the audit into governance and equity in patient access and waiting-list management at Children's Health Ireland, commissioned by her Department and the HSE; the reason this audit will review the methods of payments by private patients to consultants; the timeline she is working towards in completing this audit; and if she …
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851. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of inspectors in HIQA in 2019 to 2024 and to date 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32368/25]
852. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of private nursing homes that the HSE have taken control of; to set out the reason, clinical or financial, for 2019 to 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32369/25]
853. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the rate of recruitment turnover of staff at the rank of inspector in HIQA for each of the years 2019 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32370/25]
854. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health for breakdown of agency spend, per job rank/type, in HIQA, for each of the years 2019 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32371/25]
855. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health why nurses are currently not entitled to bereavement leave (details supplied) that is comparable to other public servants; if she proposes to rectify this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32378/25]
856. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1165 of 13 May 2025, to outline the same relevant statistics for all individual hospitals which may have specific local arrangements in place with private entities for service provision. [32383/25]
857. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health in relation to treatments paid for under the national treatment purchase fund where an individual received care in a private setting, if an agreed hourly rate is paid to clinicians agreed centrally, or agreed regionally or by provider; and to outline these for different types of treatment - surgical, exploratory and so on - since its inception. [32384/25]
858. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of pharmacists regarding the prohibitive cost of the shingles vaccine, despite it being recommended by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee; if her Department has engaged with the manufacturer in any way to seek a reduction in price per unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32385/25]
859. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to examine the case for grant approval for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32391/25]
860. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if givinostat (details supplied) will be made available for children Duchenne muscular dystrophy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32395/25]
861. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the issues Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients are having getting timey access to a new drug for the condition (details supplied); if immediate steps will be taken to make this drug available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32396/25]
862. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health whether an application for reimbursement has been received for a medicine (details supplied); the status of the application; if funding is available to make this medicine available to patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32416/25]
863. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 25 May 2025, the number of deadlines set and missed. [32417/25]
864. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of claims which were made to the CervicalCheck Tribunal, by year; the number of claims resolved positively by the tribunal; the number of claims rejected by the tribunal; the timeframe of the tribunal's work; the cost of the tribunal to date, by cost type, including awards made, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32424…
865. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the operational status of the National Cervical Screening Laboratory; the timeframe from commencement to completion and opening; the cost of the development to date; the cost of operations to date; the full capacity staffing requirements for the laboratory and the unmet staffing need; the level of activity through the laboratory, by year; and if she will make …
866. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer screening samples, by type, which have been processed domestically by public health services, domestically by private services, and which have been outsourced internationally, by location or service, in tabular form. [32426/25]
867. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health the number of people on the occupational therapy first-time assessment waiting list, and within that, the numbers waiting less than 4 months; the number waiting 4-12 months; the number waiting more than 12 months; and for each category, the numbers waiting aged 0-4 years, 5-17 years, 18-64 years and aged 65 plus, for each local health area, as of 1 June 2025 or…
868. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health the number of people on the speech and language therapy initial treatment waiting list, and within that, the numbers waiting less than 4 months; the number waiting 4-12 months; the number waiting more than 12 months; and for each category, the numbers waiting aged 0-17 years and those aged 18 and above, for each local health area, as of 1 June 2025 or latest da…
869. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the mechanisms by which the National Treatment Purchase Fund are accountable to the Minister and to the Oireachtas; if she intends to ensure that the National Treatment Purchase Fund is directly accountable to the Oireachtas and Oireachtas Committees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32437/25]
870. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the status of consideration, use (even on a trial basis), and funding for the drug givinostat for Duchenne muscular dystrophy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32461/25]
871. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the case of a family (details supplied); if she and the relevant officials from the HSE will engage with this family as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32462/25]
872. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the steps and engagement that is being taken to support and assist people mainly women impacted by the mesh implant scandal; stage her Department and the HSE is at with rectifying these serious flaws in care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32463/25]
873. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the number of women identified under the Chief Medical Officers Report November 2018 on the Use of Uro-Gynaecological Mesh in Surgical Procedures; the total number of women impacted by same; the number that were selected for recall; the number for assessment; the number of women that received subsequent surgery; the number that needed to avail of the treatment a…
874. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the cost currently reimbursed to a GP for providing a patient with a full schedule of visits under the maternity and infant care scheme; when this cost was last changed or reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32465/25]