Departmental Data

1909. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in view of the reported 16,593 children awaiting completion of disability assessments, if she will provide a breakdown of the number of children awaiting an initial assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005, and the subsequent follow-up assessments, by CHO area, at the end of quarter 2 2025; the average and lo…

1952. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of persons with a disability both nationally and in county Carlow registered and the number accessing services both nationally and in county Carlow to date in 2025. [45775/25]

1953. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of early education providers that have left the core funding scheme from its inception to date in 2025, in tabular form; the measures she is taking to ensure that providers stay within the scheme; and the supports her department is offering to families that can no longer afford creche spaces after their p…

1961. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of school therapist posts in special schools that remain unfilled, for each county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45990/25]

1962. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of school therapists employed from academic year 2025-2026 onwards, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45991/25]

2080. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the number of advance healthcare directives submitted to the Decision Support Service, by month since April 2023; the number of decisions made each month in respect of such submissions, including any refusals, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44615/25]

2185. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of transfers from CUH of neonates to CHI Crumlin/Temple Street in 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date; the numbers discharged from CHI and numbers discharged back to CUH, in tabular form. [45010/25]

2186. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of transfers from CUH of paediatric patients to CHI Crumlin/Temple Street in 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date; the numbers discharged from CHI and numbers discharged back to CUH, in tabular form. [45011/25]

2212. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the number of persons who have been involuntarily detained under the Mental Health Act 2001 in each of the past five years whose primary or secondary diagnosis was autism spectrum disorder and severe or profound intellectual disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45121/25]

2219. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has recorded deaths in Ireland as a direct result of vaping; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45170/25]

2231. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 304 of 11 June 2025, the full list of MRI scans available to medical card holders within the Navan Hospital MRI unit; the breakdown of the number of scans performed in 2024 and to date. [45217/25]

2247. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health of all the legal medical claims made against the State in the past ten years, if any of these claims for operations or procedures were made through the TAS scheme; and if so, the number and what was the cost to the State. [45305/25]

2248. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of patients with scoliosis that have presented each year for the past ten years; the number of these cases that were treated through the public system; and the number treated through private the TAS scheme. [45306/25]

2249. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals for scoliosis treatment that have been put in for the TAS scheme; whether this referral done by the consultant-doctor; and whether the HSE have directed consultants to forward patients names and forms for this scheme. [45307/25]

2298. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health to detail all the Department of Health and Health Service Executive owned sites in County Louth; the number of these sites currently in use; the purpose for which they are used; the number of these sites earmarked for proposed development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45499/25]

2434. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health if she will detail the gross exchequer allocation, the net allocation, the gross budget outturn, and the net budget outturn, for each public-voluntary hospital for each year 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46104/25]

2435. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health if she will detail the gross exchequer allocation and the net allocation for each public-voluntary hospital for 2025 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46105/25]

2436. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of emergency department personnel currently on annual leave and sick leave from duty; the total number absent, by a categorisation of their leave type; the number and percentage of emergency department personnel on leave; and the breakdown of the length of leave, by categorisation of leave type. [46107/25]

2450. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the average time of a handover from ambulance staff to emergency department staff, broken down by hospital category; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46158/25]

2451. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the total number of in-patients beds in each public/voluntary hospital including any beds currently/temporarily closed; the total number of day case beds in each including any beds currently/temporarily closed; the equivalent figures for both categories of bed in each public/voluntary hospital on 1 January 2020, in tabular form; and if she wil…

2498. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she will state whether or not she or her officials were fully aware of the connections between companies (details supplied) and the Department of Health during the 1950’s; if similar files on thalidomide are being withheld; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46390/25]

2499. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if agreement has been reached with an association (details supplied) on a health plan for its members; if thalidomide victims who are not members of that association will be approved for medical cards; if she will provide an update on this scheme; if she will outline the status of the general compensation scheme and explain the reasons for…

2500. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2101 of 29 July 2025, if the information is now available regarding the number of prisoners transferred to the central mental hospital from each prison in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, including the average wait time for transfer each year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the m…

2520. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the status of services available at Sheil Hospital, Ballyshannon, County Donegal since it was reopened in February 2024; if all services will be listed; and the status of each. [46538/25]

2525. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health when a retirement home (details supplied) in Waterford was closed; the reason for its closure; if her Department plans to reopen the facility as a public nursing home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46563/25]