Parliamentary questions

786. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the most recent estimate held by her Department or the Health Service Executive of the number of people living with diabetes in the State, distinguishing between type 1 and type 2 diabetes; the year and data source on which that estimate is based; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47467/26]

787. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has assessed the implications of the absence of a national diabetes registry for the planning and resourcing of diabetes services; whether there are plans to establish such a registry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47468/26]

788. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of HSE expenditure spent on private car parking management services, by each health area, in 2024, 2025, and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47476/26]

789. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of HSE expenditure spent on private HR support services, by each health area, in each of the years 2024, 2025, and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47477/26]

790. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of HSE expenditure spent on private legal services, by each health area, in 2024, 2025, and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47478/26]

791. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of HSE expenditure spent on private debt collection services, by each health area, in 2024, 2025, and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47479/26]

792. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of HSE expenditure spent on private public relations and communications services, by each health area, in each of the years 2024, 2025, and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47480/26]

793. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to put a system in place whereby any incremental rise in the old-age pension is matched by a similar rise in the qualifying income for the medical card (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47482/26]

794. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health in light of the removal of the mandatory three-day waiting period, and reports that girls as young as 14 and 15 are presenting for services; the safeguarding measures that are in place to assess how these minors became pregnant [47483/26]

795. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health whether healthcare professionals are required to inquire into the circumstances leading to the pregnancies of minors, including any potential coercion, exploitation, or abuse. [47484/26]

796. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health given the removal of the three-day waiting period and reports of increasing numbers of girls aged 14 and 15 presenting for services, the steps taken by medical practitioners to establish the circumstances of such pregnancies; whether practitioners are required to assess and report potential sexual abuse, exploitation, or statutory offences; t…

797. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has decided to redeploy staff from the Cottage hospital in Drogheda to Our Lady of Lourdes hospital; the reason the decision was taken with no consultation or prior engagement with trade unions representing affected staff; the number and grade, group and category of the staff to be redeployed; and if she will make a statement on…

798. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health when the 14 transitional care beds at the Cottage Hospital, Drogheda that the HSE plans to take out of operation will be restored; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47492/26]

799. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the average number of transitional care beds in the Cottage Hospital, Drogheda that were occupied in each week of 2025; the number of transitional care beds occupied each week in the same facility to date in 2026 up to week beginning 15 June 2026; the number of transitional care beds in use in the public/HSE system in County Louth up to week begin…

800. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of beds at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda that are yet to open and become operational due to insufficient staff numbers as of 15 June 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47494/26]

801. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); the dental treatments that are available free of charge to medical card holders at the Dublin Dental Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47504/26]

802. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the reimbursement process for skyclarys for the treatment of Friedreich's Ataxia; the meetings that have taken place to date regarding the application; when a final decision is expected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47506/26]

803. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1424 of 26 May 2026 and 1735 of 9 June 2026, as the question relates to medical card coverage, which comes under the Department of Health, and not the Department of Children, Disability and Equality, if she will consider seeking the extension of the medical card scheme to cover autism assessments for ad…

804. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health the policy rationale for the continued exclusion of sarcoidosis from the HSE long-term illness scheme; if she will acknowledge that Ireland has one of the highest global prevalence rates of sarcoidosis, yet patients face an annual out-of-pocket cost of up to €960 under the drugs payment scheme for essential medications; and if her Departmen…

805. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene to ensure that the HSE prioritises a conclusion to the skyclarys reimbursement negotiations; if she will commit to the inclusion of the drug on the agenda of the next HSE drugs group meeting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47509/26]

806. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health the reason a referral from HSE environmental health regarding wind turbine noise impacts in Stonestown, County Offaly was not assessed by HSE public health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47521/26]

807. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health whether implementation of the Diabetes Policy and Services Review: A strategy for Better Care Diabetes Strategy has been identified as a ministerial priority within the HSE National Service Plan and Estimates process for 2027; if new funding will be provided in the upcoming budget to support the implementation of the national diabetes st…

808. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE general dental surgeons posts filled at Ballyfermot Primary Care and Mental Health Centre as of 12 June 2026 in tabular form. [47555/26]

809. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE paediatric occupational therapists by grade posts filled at Lucan Health Centre as of 12 June 2026 in tabular form. [47556/26]

810. Deputy Daniel Ennis asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff by job title currently working within ophthalmology services at Grangegorman primary care centre as of 15 June 2026, in tabular form. [47576/26]