Questions

3245. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the total number of registered CAMHS inpatient beds; the number of those beds currently in operation; the number of beds not currently operational; the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55405/26]

3246. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the number of young people currently awaiting access to a CAMHS inpatient bed; the average waiting time for admission; the number of young people waiting to access admission for longer than 3 months, 6 months and 12 months, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55406/26]

3247. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the number of young people in paediatric beds in hospital settings due to lack of CAMHS inpatient capacity; the number of young people remaining in such settings while awaiting a CAMHS bed for more than 7, 14 and 21 days, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55407/26]

3248. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health her plans to address the situation of children and young people remaining in hospital settings while awaiting CAMHS inpatient support; the interim measures that are in place for individuals and families experiencing this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55408/26]

3249. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if she will urgently intervene in the case of a person (details supplied); if a review of the case will be expedited in light of the serious risks. [55411/26]

3250. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health her views on whether the current regulatory framework governing minimum benefits under the Health Insurance Act 1994 provides sufficient flexibility for older or vulnerable policyholders who do not require maternity or addiction related mental health cover (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55417/26]

3251. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will consider initiating a review of the minimum benefit regulations to assess whether mandatory maternity and mental health cover should continue to apply uniformly to all policyholders, including elderly customers who have no realistic prospect of availing of such benefits (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55418/26]

3252. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if her Department has received any representations from private health insurers regarding the need for greater flexibility in the application of minimum benefit requirements, particularly in cases where policyholders can demonstrate that certain benefits are unnecessary or unused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55419/26]

3253. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of concerns that older policyholders may be effectively paying for benefits they neither need nor use due to rigid minimum benefit rules (details supplied); the steps she intends to take to ensure that consumers are not subject to inadvertent mis-selling or inappropriate product bundling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55420/26]

3254. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will engage with the Health Insurance Authority to ensure that stronger consumer protection measures are in place to prevent situations where policyholders feel they are being charged for benefits that do not reflect their actual healthcare needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55421/26]

3255. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the recourse that is available to policyholders who believe they have been mis-sold or incorrectly assigned benefits within their health insurance plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55422/26]

3256. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will clarify whether private health insurers have any discretion under existing legislation to offer partial refunds or premium adjustments to policyholders who can demonstrate that they did not require or avail of mandatory minimum benefits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55423/26]

3257. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will consider amending legislation to allow insurers to provide refunds or tailored adjustments for elderly policyholders who are obliged to pay for maternity or addiction related mental health cover despite having no need for such services (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55424/26]

3258. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Health her plans to increase HSE funding for supported living packages so that community-based living can expand in line with identified needs. [55431/26]

3259. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Health the method which the HSE determines the number of supported living packages funded each year; and the way unmet demand is reflected in future planning. [55432/26]

3260. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the development and publication of the next National Cancer Strategy; the process for stakeholder and patient involvement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55457/26]

3261. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the recognition of childhood, adolescent and young adult cancer as a distinct priority area will be maintained in the next National Cancer Strategy; to confirm that the new Strategy will include survivorship, late effects, psychosocial support and quality of life outcomes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55458/26]

3262. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if her Department have entered negotiations on a deal for the shingles vaccine (herpes zoster vaccine) for persons over 65 years of age as part of the National Immunisation Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55473/26]

3263. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to create a shared communication corridor between CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental health services), University Hospital Limerick and Cork University Hospital in the treatment of autistic catatonia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55477/26]

3264. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she will report on the evaluation carried out on the recommendations of the report of the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying which are relevant to her Department, in tabular form; the status of consideration, intention, or implementation for each recommendation; if research has been undertaken on international systems to evaluate a potential framework for t…

3265. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants by speciality that are signed up to public only contracts at Beaumont Hospital. [55481/26]

3266. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the additional WTE staff by job title that have been recruited for the HSE surgical hub in Swords. [55482/26]

3267. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Health the number of women who have received maternity care on a private or semi-private basis at a hospital (details supplied) in each of the past five years; the number of consultant obstetricians and gynaecologists attached to the hospital providing private maternity care; the contractual basis under which those consultants are permitted to treat private patients;…

3268. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if she has given consideration to allocating additional funding to the NAS to provide an ambulance for Inis Oírr; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55488/26]

3269. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the compliance rate with key performance indicators and standards for each type of cancer treatment, by cancer centre, for quarter 1 and quarter 2 of 2026, in tabular form; the number of patients who underwent each treatment type; and the number and percentage who received care within the target timeframe. [55490/26]