2874. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of beds that have been unavailable for use at Heather House Community Nursing Unit (Daisy Unit) in each month from February 2025 to date; and the number of residents displaced as a result in each month, in tabular form. [24692/26]
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2875. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the measures that have been put in place to offset the loss of 25 beds at Heather House Community Nursing Unit since February 2025; and whether additional capacity has been sourced externally, including through private or voluntary providers, as a direct consequence. [24693/26]
2878. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of residents displaced from Daisy Unit, Heather House Community Nursing Unit, following its temporary closure for fire safety works in late February 2025; the location to which each resident was transferred; and whether any resident was transferred outside Heather House as a consequence of the closure. [24696/26]
2879. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of admissions to Heather House Community Nursing Unit that could not proceed, were delayed, or were diverted elsewhere in each month since March 2025 due to the temporary closure of the 25-bed Daisy Unit for fire safety works. [24697/26]
2880. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the temporary closure of the 25-bed Daisy Unit at Heather House Community Nursing Unit has resulted in a net reduction in operational bed capacity at the facility in each month since March 2025; and if she will provide the total number of operational beds available at the unit in each such month. [24698/26]
2881. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the current project timetable for the fire safety works required to Daisy Unit, Heather House Community Nursing Unit; the date on which the works commenced; the current stage of completion; any interim milestones set; and the reason the works are now projected to continue until on or before the end of September 2026. [24699/26]
2882. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total cost estimated and incurred to date in respect of the fire safety works to Daisy Unit, Heather House Community Nursing Unit; and whether additional funding has been approved to complete the works. [24700/26]
2883. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health when the approved workforce model for Heather House Community Nursing Unit, including the dementia-specific unit, is expected to be finalised; and whether she will provide the total approved whole-time equivalent staffing complement required for the facility as a whole and for the dementia-specific unit in particular. [24701/26]
2885. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any external fire safety, regulatory, or risk assessment was carried out in relation to Daisy Unit, Heather House Community Nursing Unit, prior to its closure in late February 2025; and if so, the date and outcome of that assessment. [24703/26]
2886. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the criteria used to determine the geographic allocation of SCAN posts; whether allocation is based on population, deprivation index, suicide incidence or service demand; and whether a formal allocation model exists. [24716/26]
2887. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the counties or CHO areas currently without a SCAN service; and the interim arrangements in place for patients in those areas. [24717/26]
2888. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the average caseload per SCAN post; the number of referrals received annually; and any maximum caseload thresholds applied. [24718/26]
2889. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the outcome measures used to assess SCAN services, including emergency department diversion rates, repeat presentations, and time to assessment. [24719/26]
2890. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the projected quarter-by-quarter timeline for recruitment and deployment of the 12 additional SCAN posts funded under Budget 2026. [24720/26]
2892. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the minimum governance, reporting, and accountability standards required by her Department for non-statutory bodies in receipt of public funding; and whether these standards are formally documented and applied consistently across all such bodies [24723/26]
2895. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of non-statutory bodies that have received direct Exchequer funding from her Department in each year since 2020; and the total amount of funding allocated to such bodies over that period [24726/26]
2897. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has conducted any internal audit, review, or evaluation of the governance and oversight arrangements applied to non-statutory bodies receiving funding since 2020; and, if so, to provide details of the findings. [24728/26]
3142. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department holds up-to-date data on the number of people currently living with Alzheimer’s disease in the State; if so, to provide the most recent figures available; and if she will outline any trends in prevalence over recent years. [26097/26]
3284. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the age breakdown of meningococcal disease cases notified in the State to date in 2026, including infants under one year, children aged one to four years, children aged five to 12 years, adolescents aged 13 to 18 years, adults aged 19 to 64 years, and adults aged 65 years and over; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26759/26]
3285. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the regional or HSE health area breakdown of meningococcal disease cases notified to date in 2026, including the number identified as meningococcal group B; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26760/26]
3286. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of notified meningococcal disease cases to date in 2026 that required hospital admission, intensive care treatment, and the number of associated deaths; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26761/26]
3287. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the average and median turnaround times for laboratory confirmation and serogroup identification of suspected meningococcal disease cases in 2025 and to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26762/26]
3290. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the national stock levels, expressed in doses held and weeks of supply, of MenB, MenC and MenACWY vaccines under the national immunisation programme; the policy framework governing minimum stockholding levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26765/26]
3296. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she is satisfied that the absence of WTE tracking for agency staff meets public financial management and workforce planning standards; and if she will outline any Departmental reviews conducted into this matter. [26771/26]
3355. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any analysis has been undertaken comparing clinical activity levels per consultant before and after the introduction of the Public Only Consultant Contract, and if so to provide same. [27027/26]