144. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she will review her decision to establish a private Commission of Investigation into Children's Health Ireland rather than a public inquiry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72477/26]
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148. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she will meet with organisations (details supplied) to address their concerns regarding the decision not to establish a public inquiry into Children's Health Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72480/26]
866. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health in relation to the proposed inquiry in to CHI to explain precisely what is meant by the statement that "most clinicians and staff" preferred a commission of investigation, including the number consulted, the number supporting a commission and the number supporting a tribunal. [72282/26]
1018. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department has assessed the feasibility of introducing structured data fields within hospital systems to record the clinical rationale and priority category for surgical procedures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32581/26]
744. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if she has examined increasing mileage rates for healthcare staff, like nurses, who use their own cars in the community for work purposes; to provide the estimated annual cost for the banding system for travel be set aside and that the highest rates be applied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28030/26]
492. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the work of the non-statutory inquiry into the licensing and use of sodium valproate in women of child-bearing potential in the State; the details of the stages of the inquiry; the remaining timeline for the inquiry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15728/26]
545. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if there is a canteen in her Department headquarters; and if the Minister can provide assurances that all meat sold or provided in that canteen is of Irish origin. [11184/26]
216. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the planned statutory inquiry into the care of children with spina bifida and complex scoliosis in Children’s Health Ireland; the progress that has been made in appointing a facilitator to consult with advocacy groups regarding the terms of reference; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6837/26]
1127. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the steps a patient with a medical card should take in circumstances (details supplied). [6463/26]
1134. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if payment rates will be reviewed in respect of the provision of a service (details supplied); taking into account the present rate of minimum wage payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6480/26]
1136. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health if her Department has engaged with a service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6492/26]
1150. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of governance reviews, internal investigations, external audits, and independent reports commissioned by her Department or the HSE into Children’s Health Ireland since 2019; the status of each review; whether each report has been completed, published, or withheld; the reasons for any non-publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [655…
1151. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health when her Department was first made aware of systemic governance or clinical oversight failures at Children’s Health Ireland; the manner in which this information was conveyed; the formal actions which were taken by her Department following that awareness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6560/26]
1152. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department accepts that significant questions raised by Members of the Oireachtas and by Oireachtas Committees in relation to Children’s Health Ireland remain unanswered; the steps which have been taken to ensure full and timely disclosure to Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6561/26]
1153. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the assessment which has been carried out by her Department regarding the effectiveness, performance, and accountability of the board and senior executive management of Children’s Health Ireland; whether any findings of underperformance or governance failure were identified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6562/26]
1154. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department considers that the repeated governance and oversight failures at Children’s Health Ireland constitute a systemic risk to patient safety; the risk mitigation measures which have been implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6563/26]
1155. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the instructions or guidance which have been issued by her Department to Children’s Health Ireland regarding transparency, cooperation with parliamentary scrutiny, and disclosure of information to Oireachtas Members; the way compliance with these obligations is monitored; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6564/26]
1156. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she retains confidence in the current governance structures of Children’s Health Ireland; the objective criteria that confidence is based; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6565/26]
1160. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if a temporary reimbursement code will be issued for unlicenced salbutamol nebules under the GMS/DPS scheme given the severe stock shortage of the medicine available for reimbursement under the GMS/DPS scheme at present, in view of the fact this is an essential medicine for asthma patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6623/26]
2518. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1104 of 18 November 2025, if a similar “snapshot” can be provided for all patients included in the external expert review established following the independent audit of hip surgeries at CHI and Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2316/26]
654. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health for assistance in relation to a hospital discharge (details supplied). [73430/25]
726. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health to reply to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73689/25]
372. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the PCRS is instructing pharmacists participating in the free HRT to investigate their patients' sex assigned at birth where they suspect it differs from the gender on their medical records; if so, the legal basis on which this is done; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72622/25]
899. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the provision being made for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71383/25]
910. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71425/25]