1114. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to outline in detail the additional capacity to be provided in the new elective hospital for Galway (details supplied); if this will be a standalone facility; the timeline for delivery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15195/26]
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1115. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to outline in detail the additional capacity to be provided in the new elective hospital for Cork (details supplied); if this will be a standalone facility; the timeline for delivery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15196/26]
1116. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to outline in detail the additional capacity to be provided in the two new elective hospitals for Dublin (details supplied); if these will be standalone facilities; the timeline for delivery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15197/26]
523. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the safe number of trolleys permitted in University Hospital Limerick’s emergency department to comply with fire safety regulations (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5224/26]
177. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of her plan to standardise the opening hours of all injury units to provide a seven-day service from 8am to 8pm, including bank holidays; the injury units which are still not operating these standardised hours; the current opening hours of each site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2721/26]
2455. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if it is the case that a service is no longer operational in Cork University Hospital (details supplied); if so, the reason; if there are plans to reinstate the service; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1692/26]
2456. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if it is the case that a service is no longer provided in Cork University Hospital (details supplied); if so, the reason; if there are plans to reinstate this clinic; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1693/26]
430. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health for an update on the progress of the initial participants in Cork University Hospital’s food oral immunotherapy programme; whether a timeline has been developed in respect of the development of new supra-regional specialty allergy clinics in Limerick and Clonmel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73117/25]
935. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2993 of 29 July 2025, to provide further details with respect to a tender for paediatric orthopaedic procedures for conditions such as spina bifida and scoliosis (details supplied); the services being tendered for; if this relates to the international outsourcing initiative [52101/25]
676. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her views on the growing spend on contracting out radiation therapy (RT) for public patients to private providers (details supplied); the engagements she has had with the HSE with regard to the outsourcing of RT services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50342/25]
2573. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to PQ No. 379 of 10 April 2025, to confirm if the four new allergy service beds that will be opened in the new National Children’s Hospital represents a reduction in the number of beds currently available to children with allergy based conditions (details supplied); the number available to children with allergy based conditions across public hospitals at…
2891. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of children who have had to travel abroad for allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplants since the specialist bone marrow unit in Crumlin Children’s Hospital stopped providing the service in October 2024; the steps being taken to reopen the service; the number of posts required to recommence transplants; if the required posts have been advertised…
2892. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the review of the paediatric orthopaedic surgery service at Children’s Health Ireland (details supplied); the timeline being worked towards for finalisation and publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42576/25]
2988. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the details of Children's Health Ireland's target number of children to receive spinal surgery through outsourcing arrangements (details supplied) in 2025, by site, in tabular form. [42759/25]
2989. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting more than four months for paediatric spinal surgeries abroad who have been offered surgery abroad; and the number who went abroad for treatment to date. [42776/25]
2990. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total number of children offered paediatric spinal surgeries abroad in 2024 and to date in 2025; and the total number who went abroad for treatment. [42777/25]
2991. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric spinal surgeries funded through Children's Health Ireland spinal waiting list initiatives in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form (details supplied). [42778/25]
2992. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health in respect of offering children paediatric spinal surgeries abroad, the way in which Children's Health Ireland determines suitability; if specific clinical criteria is used; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42779/25]
2993. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide further details regarding the current arrangements between Children's Health Ireland and UK and USA paediatric centres in respect of outsourcing paediatric spinal surgeries; the hospitals in use; the number of places currently available to CHI in each hospital; if there is any block or pause on new referrals in any of these sites; and if she will make…
2994. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the current post-operative infection rates and returns-to-theatre for spinal surgery across Children's Health Ireland's operating sites, by procedure type for example, fusion, rod insertion and including 30-and 90-day complications data, in tabular form (details supplied). [42781/25]
2995. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide a comparison between Children's Health Ireland's infection rates and other international paediatric centres (details supplies); if CHI's infection or return-to-theatre rates significantly exceeded international benchmarks, were any spinal programmes paused or limited; if not, to outline the reason CHI continued with complex surgeries under such condit…
3010. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of legal claims that have been initiated against Children’s Health Ireland relating to spinal surgery, including claims of death, permanent disability, or avoidable harm since 2015, by year; the number settled; the number that remain open; and the most frequently cited grounds (details supplied), in tabular form. [42819/25]
3011. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the funding allocated to establish the spinal register and its associated data portal in Children’s Health Ireland; if her Department or the Health Service Executive was involved in supporting this initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42820/25]
3012. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason a spinal surgery register and public-facing data portal, which was briefly introduced at Children’s Health Ireland, was subsequently removed; the person or body that authorised its removal; the reason this decision was made without notice to families or clinicians; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42821/25]
3013. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will request that Children’s Health Ireland commits to reinstating the spinal surgery register and public data portal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42822/25]