Parliamentary questions

686. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she will commit investment to tackle the under resourcing of the neurology service in the Midlands Regional Hospital Mullingar (details supplied) [47011/26]

687. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE centrally records the number of missed shifts by agency staff supplying workers to HSE-funded services; if so, the number of such missed shifts recorded in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47013/26]

688. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains a central record of patient safety incidents involving agency staff supplying workers to HSE-funded services; if so, the number of such incidents recorded in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47014/26]

689. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether Garda vetting failures, lapses, or compliance gaps relating to agency staff supplying workers to HSE-funded services are centrally tracked and reported by the HSE; if so, the number recorded in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47015/26]

690. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether credentialing, qualification verification, registration, or professional compliance failures relating to agency staff supplying workers to HSE-funded services are centrally recorded by the HSE; if so, the number recorded in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47016/26]

691. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether contract breaches by staffing agencies operating under HSE national framework agreements or supplier panels are centrally logged by the HSE; if so, the number and nature of such breaches recorded in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47017/26]

692. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of staffing agencies operating under HSE national framework agreements or supplier panels have been subject to sanctions, corrective actions, suspensions, removals from panels, financial penalties, or other enforcement measures in each of the past three years; the nature of those measures; and if she will make a statement on the matt…

693. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of private practice in each statutory and voluntary hospital for each specialty and consultant in anonymised form for 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47029/26]

694. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent within each health area on services provided by private providers, including but not limited to care services and administrative services and the like, by service type in 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47030/26]

695. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the nominal and WTE number of medical staff by grade who are rostered across each statutory and voluntary acute hospital for each day of the week in 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47031/26]

696. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to list all acute, community, and primary care waiting lists for which data is collected; and the most recent figure for the number of people on each waiting list, in tabular form. [47032/26]

697. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to list the reference code for each acute hospital waiting lists, by specialty; and the number of people on each list, in tabular form. [47033/26]

698. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if she has been made aware of upcoming proposals from the European Commission to set maximum levels for vitamins and minerals in fortified food and supplements; whether her Department has engaged with the Commission on the matter; and if so to provide details on these engagements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47044/26]

699. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has conducted an impact assessment on the European Commission proposals to set maximum levels for vitamins and minerals in fortified foods and supplements; to provide details of the plans for advice and support for health shops and other affected retailers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47045/26]

700. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of agency spending and accountability framework implementation in each health area; the amount spent to date in 2026, and the amount spent at the same time in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [47051/26]

701. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health the provisions in place at University Hospital Galway to provide for the occasion of an extraordinary regional emergency that required a response of significant medical intervention among a sizable proportion of the general population; if the plans for such occasion could be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47055/26…

702. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the perinatal mental health midwife position for Sligo is operational; if not, when the service is expected to resume; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47058/26]

703. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if cover will be put in place for the lactation consultant based on the postnatal ward in SUH; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47062/26]

704. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health when the community lactation consultant position in Sligo, soon be vacant will be filled (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47064/26]

705. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of funded expenditure in her Department spent on management consultant fees, by each relevant body, in 2024, 2025, and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47069/26]

706. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of HSE expenditure spent on non-compliant procurement, by each health area, in 2024, 2025, and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47070/26]

707. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level and value of expired stock write offs, by type, and health area, in 2024, 2025, and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47071/26]

708. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent in premium pay or for premium rates through waiting list initiatives and insourcing/outsourcing arrangements for waiting list initiatives, by list initiative and health area, in tabular form. [47072/26]

709. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on locum doctors or temporary consultant cover, by health area, in tabular form. [47073/26]

710. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the share of medicines spending which is spent on generic substitute medicines; and the share of generic medicines in the volume of medications funded or dispensed by the HSE in each year 2024, 2025, and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47074/26]