Questions

463. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of targeted compliance checks carried out by the HSE since 2 February 2026 to detect the sale of tobacco products or nicotine inhaling products without a licence, by county and separately for Cork city and Cork County; the number of premises found to be selling without a licence; the enforcement action taken, including prosecutions; and if she will make…

464. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if there are proposals to take private maternity care away as an option for women with high risk pregnancies; and the alternatives that will be put in place to give women the option of choosing private maternity care on health grounds such as high risk pregnancies. [75203/26]

465. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health if the HPRA (Health Product Regulatory Authority) warning system will be inspected and upgraded in light of findings from the Food and Drug Administration in the United States where warnings about adverse events relating to Messenger RNA Covid vaccines were not on alerts. [75302/26]

466. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health if her Department in conjunction with the Medical Council would provide greater transparency around SHO shortlisting criteria, interview selection and feedback for unsuccessful candidates. [75133/26]

468. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the total number of doctors recruited externally to SHO positions from 2022 to 2026; of these externally recruited doctors, the number that were EU citizens; and the number that were non-EU citizens. [75131/26]

470. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health the future plans for the Ballgall Health Centre on Seamus Ennis Road; and if it will continue to operate when the new Primary Health Care Centre for Finglas opens. [75174/26]

471. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [75154/26]

473. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the average and median waiting time from listing to transplant for kidney, liver, heart, lung and pancreas transplants respectively, in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [75145/26]

474. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the suspended organ transplant waiting list for kidney, liver, heart, lung and pancreas respectively, at the end of each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [75144/26]

475. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who died while on the organ transplant waiting list; the number removed from the list due to becoming too unwell for transplant, by organ, in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [75143/26]

476. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of organ transplants carried out for kidney, liver, heart, lung and pancreas respectively, broken down by deceased and living donor, in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [75142/26]

477. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the kidney transplant waiting list resident in Cork and Kerry; the number of haemodialysis stations at Cork University Hospital; the number of patients receiving haemodialysis there; and the number awaiting a dialysis place, in tabular form. [75146/26]

478. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health where a hospital (details supplied) will be relocated to at the end of November given staff have been told they will be moving building but have not been told where the new location will be. [75296/26]

479. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health her current plans to improve access for children to Covid-19 vaccines. [75025/26]

480. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the status of the first local bargaining instalment under the Public Service Agreement 2024–2026, due from 1 September 2025, for medical grades employed by the HSE; whether local bargaining agreements for these grades have been concluded and their costings verified by her Department; the reason for any delay in payment; and the date on which payment, includ…

481. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of retail licences granted to date under the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Act 2023, broken down by licence type, that is, tobacco products only, nicotine inhaling products only, and both, by county, separately for the administrative areas of Cork City Council and Cork County Council, and by retail premises and online s…

1. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Taoiseach to provide an update, including the publication date, of the National Security Strategy. [74563/26]

2. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether she met, communicated with or corresponded with former Garda Commissioner Drew Harris in respect to protected disclosure matters; if her staff did so; and if she will detail the files that were discussed. [74624/26]

3. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total value of Irish Aid funding directed to sexual and reproductive health and rights in each of the past five years; whether sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) funding has been maintained or increased in Budget 2027; and the proportion of Ireland's ODA is directed to local women's rights organisations working on SRHR. [74644…

4. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the assessment her Department has undertaken of the disproportionate impact of global cuts in official development assistance on women's rights organisations and programmes advancing gender equality, including sexual and reproductive health and rights; and the strategic measures Ireland intends to take through its foreign policy to address thes…

5. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the specific actions Ireland has taken, and intends to take during its Presidency of the Council of the European Union, to deliver on its stated commitment to shepherd an ambitious European agenda on gender equality and the rights and empowerment of all women and girls, strengthening the Union’s role as a principled global actor. [74641/26]

6. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her attention has been drawn to a proposed reduction of €2.5 billion, or 30%, to AgoraEU compared with the Commission’s proposed €8.6 billion allocation; and the actions she is taking to address this issue. [74589/26]

7. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures her Department is taking, through its foreign policy and Irish aid programme, to respond to the growing influence of anti-rights movements globally, particularly those seeking to undermine gender equality and women's rights; and whether additional policy or funding measures are being considered to support women's rights organisatio…

8. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the pathways that exist for students at relevant third level courses in Ireland to secure an internship with her Department or related agency in order to gain experience in diplomacy, international relations and Irish foreign policy; the positions are advertised and where, if there is an email address or a point of contact to make applic…

9. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she can detail any step that has been taken by Ireland in its position of EU Presidency to try to facilitate peace between Ukraine and Russia. [74582/26]