Care Services

343. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health to provide the number of safeguarding concerns raised with the HSE about a service provider (details supplied) over the last four years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38443/25]

344. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health to outline the amount of funding the State has provided to a service provider (details supplied) over the last four years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38444/25]

349. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total public funding allocated to companies (details supplied), broken down by year, by hospital, by other healthcare setting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38465/25]

351. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the risk assessment that was carried out when providing public funds to companies (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38467/25]

207. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the first-year and full-year cost of increasing the weekly foster care allowance by €10. [36585/25]

626. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated cost of aligning the aftercare allowance to the foster care allowance (FCA) for all foster children in the State aged 18 and to be in receipt of this until they are 23 if living in the foster home, in order to avoid foster families in receipt of the FCA to not lose €125 per week, or in some cases losi…

808. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if she or her Department are engaging with, or will engage, a company (details supplied) concerning the termination of a contract of care for a resident. [35914/25]

857. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health her response to the request by an organisation (details supplied) for a €9 million investment in dementia-specific supports in budget 2026, including community daycare, home support, and dementia advisory services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36182/25]

859. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will outline plans to expand counselling supports for people living with dementia and family carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36184/25]

860. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if funding has been allocated in budget 2026 to support the implementation of the national dementia registry and the continued roll-out of the memory assessment support services model of care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36185/25]

571. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason carers allowance or benefit cannot be awarded to a family member living in a different county to help towards the cost of private care being paid for an individual who needs 24-hour care (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33883/25]

688. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline the action she is taking to provide full-time early learning and care services for children under six years of age in Carlow and Kilkenny; if she is aware that the Kilkenny childcare committee have confirmed that currently there are no available childcare places for families seeking full day ca…

797. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will review the national guidance that prohibits home care workers from assisting vulnerable patients with the administration of blister-packed oral medication, including in low risk cases where patients are unable to self-administer due to severe physical conditions; if she will consider allowing greater flexibility in such cases und…

839. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if she will examine the case for respite care services for a person (details supplied). [32315/25]

562. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to ensure all care home providers and nursing home providers have proper standards and are regularly checked; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31654/25]

564. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if a care home group (details supplied) are operating any care homes or nursing homes in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31656/25]

276. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the full-year cost of opening all available beds in special care settings. [31088/25]

1391. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health for an update on plans for respite services in the District Hospital in Killarney; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29481/25]

507. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the cost of doubling in-home, after school, day and overnight respite services, by service type; and the number of additional units this would create. [28598/25]

561. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there is any differential made in the HIQA standards for the care of persons under 65 and the care for persons over 65, or any other age, in nursing homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27687/25]

326. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to urgently enhance the adult day service in Killarney provided by an association (details supplied) and provide additional services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26404/25]

347. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to address the serious concerns being experienced by families with adults with special needs in Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26403/25]

348. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to provide emergency respite in County Kerry to families that are completely exhausted and do not receive as little as one day-night respite in the year (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26405/25]

352. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to make respite available to families in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26438/25]

139. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the number of patients currently in the dementia specific unit in Sarsfield Court; and the future plans for the unit. [26081/25]