Parliamentary questions

394. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the average ambulance response times for emergency call-outs in County Clare during each of the past three years, broken down by call category; and the measures being undertaken in Clare and the wider Mid-West Region to reduce response times. [53836/26]

395. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance call-outs in County Clare that exceeded the national target response time during each of the past three years. [53837/26]

396. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting longer than 6, 12 and 24 months for outpatient appointments at University Hospital Limerick who are resident in County Clare, broken down by specialty for the time periods of June 2025 and June 2026. [53838/26]

397. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of nursing home beds in County Clare, broken down by public and private providers. [53840/26]

398. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health the range of topics covered and the outcome of her discussions in Cork with the Members of the European Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53878/26]

399. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has undertaken any assessment of the experience and outcomes of patients with complex childhood-onset conditions following their transition from paediatric to adult healthcare services; whether adult acute hospitals have been assessed for their capacity to meet the clinical, equipment, therapeutic and support needs o…

400. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health to confirm whether nirsevimab, the RSV vaccine, will be made available by the HSE for newborn babies from September 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53924/26]

401. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost placed on the cost of obesity in Ireland annually; the way in which it is measured; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53944/26]

402. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health if, in view of the absence of an Irish health technology assessment on the use of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) sensors for persons with type 2 diabetes, she will request that her Department engage with the HSE and the Health Information and Quality Authority to scope a rapid HTA for defined cohorts of persons with type 2 diabetes who may…

403. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health for an update on the HSE's review of preferred continuous glucose monitoring sensors; when she expects the review to be completed and published; whether a revised timeline has been agreed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53951/26]

404. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to support a pre-budget submission (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53975/26]

405. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will review the case of the persons (details supplied); the reasons they were awarded GP visit cards rather than full medical cards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53976/26]

406. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if she will give detailed consideration to nudget 2027 proposals by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54016/26]

407. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if there are publicly funded health facilities in the State currently equipped, staffed and trained to provide inpatient trauma-stabilisation and specialist treatment for severe dissociative identity disorder; if not, the way in which the HSE clinically justifies the repatriation of a patient with this diagnosis from a healthcare facility…

408. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the clinical governance framework under which a local area management team is permitted to override and dismiss a formal specialist diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder (DID) made by an independent expert commissioned and funded by the HSE; the basis on which a diagnosis of DID can be dismissed when the State acknowledges it lacks …

409. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the procedure for when cross-border therapy funded by the HSE due to lack of expertise in this State is terminated before completion and a patient is repatriated; the way in which the HSE can then provide the care for this repatriated patient when the expertise does not exist here to treat the diagnosis; and if she will make a statement o…

410. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for additional permanent respite beds to become available in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54057/26]

411. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions undertaken to support women entering recovery from addiction journeys. [54084/26]

412. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health her views on ‘recovery colleges’; and whether there are plans to open one in Cork. [54085/26]

413. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of beds, by CHO for women seeking treatment for addiction. [54086/26]

414. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting an appointment by specialty in primary care in Cork in six monthly intervals, in tabular form. [54136/26]

415. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on primary care centres in Mayfield, Ballyvolane and Blarney to date; and when these will be delivered. [54137/26]

416. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the amount paid to a company (details supplied) in Cork in 2026 for the rental of primary care centres; and the amount paid in maintenance of these buildings. [54138/26]

417. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time carers in Cork over the age of 65. [54140/26]

418. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to CKCH for childrens and adults respite respectively in each of the years 2019 to date, in tabular form. [54142/26]