Parliamentary questions

861. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing 24/7 liaison psychiatry services in each model 4 hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47725/26]

862. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of establishing one additional adult crisis resolution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47726/26]

863. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of funding an additional 50, 100 and 150 clinical psychology training places; the associated supervision and placement costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47727/26]

864. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated capital cost of establishing the planned perinatal mother and baby units in Dublin and Limerick; the expected bed capacity of each unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47728/26]

865. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year staffing and operational cost of each planned perinatal mother and baby unit; the projected staffing complement, by grade; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47729/26]

866. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the expenditure incurred by the HSE on private inpatient eating disorder placements in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025. [47730/26]

867. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated capital cost for a specialist adult eating disorder inpatient bed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47731/26]

868. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual current expenditure cost of operating a specialist adult eating disorder inpatient bed, including medical, nursing, psychology, allied health professional and support staffing costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47732/26]

869. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the reason therapeutic radiography tutors are universally graded at clinical specialist level while the majority of diagnostic radiography practice tutors remain graded at senior radiographer level despite both professions historically performing equivalent educational, supervisory and governance responsibilities; the basis on which this dispa…

870. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if she will address concerns raised by diagnostic radiography practice tutors that their grade was incorrectly set at senior radiographer level from the inception of the role; if her Department has reviewed this grading decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47738/26]

871. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the impact that the current grading disparity between diagnostic and therapeutic radiography tutors is having on retention, recruitment, and the quality of radiography education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47739/26]

872. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the way in which the EU Pay Transparency Directive 2026 will apply to radiography practice tutors, particularly in relation to the principle of equal pay for equal work where diagnostic and therapeutic radiography tutors perform comparable duties but are graded differently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47740/26]

873. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the Workplace Relations Commission process involving radiography practice tutors, a union (details supplied), the HSE and her Department; if she is aware that the national group has now balloted overwhelmingly for industrial action due to the lack of progress; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47…

874. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if she has assessed the potential impact on diagnostic waiting lists, clinical placement capacity and patient care arising from the ongoing loss of experienced radiography practice tutors and the risk of industrial action; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47742/26]

875. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the way in which her Department intends to ensure the sustainability of the radiography workforce pipeline in light of tutor attrition linked to grading inequity, workload pressures and stalled industrial relations processes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47743/26]

876. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of people in the midlands region who have been approved for HSE home support hours but are currently unable to access all or part of those hours due to a lack of available home support workers; the number of directly employed HSE home support workers and the number employed by private providers in the region; the current vacancy rat…

877. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the reason a person aged 98 years, who has been approved for thirteen hours of home support per week has been advised that no home support workers are currently available to provide the approved care, they are only available for four hours a week; the steps being taken to ensure that the approved hours are delivered; whether alternative arrang…

878. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to prioritise oral health within the universal healthcare agenda, develop a detailed implementation strategy and ensure stakeholder buy-in (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47747/26]

879. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health her plans to assist the small number of people who may have had adverse reactions to Covid-19 vaccines; and to provide and update on discussions with vaccine manufacturers or indemnities provided in relation to adverse reactions from those vaccines. [47757/26]

880. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health the current staffing levels for diabetes services in the Dublin Fingal West area; the extent of staffing shortages across the multidisciplinary diabetes team, including consultant, nursing, dietetic and podiatry posts; the impact these vacancies are having on patient access to care and waiting times; if additional funding has been allocat…

881. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú 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 strat…

882. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health with reference to the Diabetes Policy and Services Review: A strategy for Better Care Diabetes Strategy and the appendix outlining staffing gaps in current service provision, whether funding will be made available for the new posts identified in the HSE Dublin and north-east area to include acute hospital diabetes services, community specia…

883. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the lengthy waiting times for rheumatology outpatient appointments at Galway University Hospital; the steps being taken to reduce waiting lists for patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis and chronic pain; and if she will provide an update on when a person (details supplied) who was placed on the rheumatology waiting …

884. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1088 of 19 May 2026, if the HSE will confirm whether it intends to develop a clinical definition of “obesity-related conditions” for measurement purposes; if the healthcare pricing office will expand the ICD-10-AM code set used for this analysis beyond E66.1, E66.2 and E66.9 to capture conditions where obes…

885. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide a breakdown by hospital group or CHO area of the discharges with a secondary diagnosis of obesity reported to HIPE for 2020 to 2025; and if the HSE will indicate the estimated cost to the public hospital system associated with these admissions. [47805/26]