Parliamentary questions

239. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has sought information from maternity hospitals on their policies regarding overnight partner or chosen support person access following childbirth; whether there is significant variation in practice between hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52148/26]

240. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2125 of 9 June 2026, to provide details of the costs paid to GPs for the provision of session clinics and consultations in 2024 and 2025 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52158/26]

241. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has investigated whether public only consultants in the pathology lab in St. Vincent's University Hospital are engaged in private work on site; if the laboratory has any service level agreements in place with private facilities (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52172/26]

242. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will meet with a group (details supplied) regarding the structural tax issue that is limiting their ability to expand their GP model in underserved communities; to confirm if she has responded to the charity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52173/26]

243. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will review the visual representation of nappies across maternity, pregnancy and parenting resources to ensure that both reuseable and disposable are represented; to ensure reusable nappies are included as a standard option within antenatal education and parenting information; to identify the relevant HSE departments responsible for mat…

244. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if families will be entitled to know if their child's case will be included in any future statutory public inquiry into Children's Health Ireland; if orthopaedic cases outside the scoliosis and spina bifida cohorts will be considered; if, should concerns emerge from the MDT or external expert panel reviews set up following the independent audi…

245. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the percentage of mental health spending in regard to the total health budget for 2026; if she can provide a breakdown of the services and supports that have received an allocation of funding under this budget in the Dublin 3, 5, 13, and 17 areas, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52181/26]

246. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health to detail the waiting times for accessing mental health supports in the North Dublin area, broken down by postcode, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52182/26]

247. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health if a current contract is in place in the HSE South for a company (details supplied); if so, the amount paid for this service by the HSE South since the contract began; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52224/26]

248. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the appointment of the chair of the board and the appointment of the full board for the new hospital in Limerick; if she will commit to the inclusion of a sexual assault treatment unit in the new hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52230/26]

249. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health to provide a schedule of all contracts with an estimated value in excess of €5 million awarded by her Department, Health Service Executive, and all Voluntary Hospitals (Section 38 Bodies) which fall under the remit of either her Department or HSE over the period 2021 to date in 2026 for services (details supplied); and if she will make a state…

250. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health her views on the fact that while the number of NHDs has risen by 52% between 2012 and 2021, the number of hospital consultants has risen by 44% over the past decade, while the number of nurses and midwives has risen by 36% and the number of administrators and managers has risen by 50%, the number of dentists employed by the HSE has in fact falle…

251. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health to provide an estimate of the accumulated total in cuts in spending on the dental treatment service scheme since 2010 when compared with the baseline annual total spent in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52251/26]

252. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health to provide an estimate of the amount which would have been spent on the dental treatment service scheme in 2025 if spending had been maintained at the level spent in 2009 with CPI applied in the intervening period, taking into account the current number of eligible medical card holders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52252/26]

253. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health the Departmental analysis of vitamin and mineral supplements that is being carried out to determine recommended daily amounts vis-à-vis the "typical" nutrition content of Irish diets, in advance of any European Union limit setting of nutrients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52320/26]

254. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide the amounts by which his Department or agencies within the aegis of his Department has that been defrauded as a result of a cyberattack; and the total amount which has been recovered for each of the years 2021 to 2025, and to date in 2026. [51985/26]

255. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if. during discussions with a college (details supplied) and SETU prior to the announcement of the closure of the former, his Department was aware that redundancies would be a necessary or likely outcome of the negotiations. [52140/26]

256. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the person or body that completed the independent valuation of the lands and property of a college (details supplied) ; whether the report will be released to the public or interested parties; whether any other valuations carried out, and if so, by which organisations; and whether…

257. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether his Department has ensured that certain conditions were attached to the finances made available for the wind down of operations and teach-out at a college (details supplied), namely redundancy packages ringfenced for all staff. [52142/26]

258. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware that there is an inconsistency in entry requirements for Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) programmes across State-funded providers (details supplied); whether he considers this inconsistency to be consistent with the founding purpose of the PLC programme, which was establ…

259. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide the amounts by which his Department or agencies within the aegis of his Department that has been defrauded as a result of a cyberattack; and the total amount which has been recovered for each of the years 2021 to 2025, and to date in 2026. [51990/26]

1. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will publish the efficiency and reform proposals that he requested each Department to provide to him by 17 July 2026; if he will do so at the earliest opportunity possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51702/26]

2. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department carried out a risk assessment in advance of publishing a tender to establish a new framework agreement for the provision of Microsoft solution renewals and associated services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51706/26]

3. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to give an update on the progress of a new public sector pay agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51703/26]

4. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide an update on the national procurement strategy, which was due to be published earlier this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51494/26]