Departmental Data

416. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the breakdown by percentage rate, the total number of households in the State that have a TV; the total number of households in the State that must purchase a TV licence; the total number of households in the State that have a TV Licence exemption; the total number of households in the State that have evaded purchasi…

428. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the criteria for a settlement to attain village status; and the number of such applications that have been made, by county, in the past ten years, both successful and unsuccessful. [50865/26]

710. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the number of surgeries cancelled in Ireland in each of the past ten years; and if a breakdown by hospital can be provided on this figure, in tabular form. [50851/26]

712. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the number of cancelled hospital appointments in Ireland in each of the past ten years, by hospital breakdown, in tabular form. [50853/26]

713. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the amount paid out in medical compensation in Ireland in each of the past ten years; and if a regional hospital, HSE, CHO area breakdown can be provided on that figure. [50854/26]

714. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the total number of adverse incidents reported through the national incident management system in each of the past ten years; if a breakdown can be provided on the number of these incidents that resulted in death, disability, incapacity; and the number of incidents that were severe, moderate and mild, in tabular form. [50855/26]

784. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health further to the HSE’s confirmation that all clinical sites have been required to verify compliance with the public only consultant contract, the number of hospital sites that have returned compliance confirmations to date; the number that remain outstanding; whether the results will be published by hospital group, region or site; and if s…

786. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total cost to the public health system of performing a hip replacement; and if she will provide a detailed breakdown of all associated costs, including but not limited to anaesthesia, surgical staffing, theatre use, prosthetics, pre-operative and post-operative care. [51255/26]

787. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total cost to the public health system of performing a cardiac ablation procedure; if she will provide a detailed breakdown of all associated costs, including but not limited to anaesthesia, cardiac mapping, surgical staffing, theatre usage, equipment, and pre- and post-procedure care. [51256/26]

788. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total cost to the public health system of performing a cataract removal procedure; and if she will provide a detailed breakdown of all associated costs, including but not limited to anaesthesia, intraocular lenses, surgical staffing, theatre use, and pre-operative and post-operative care. [51257/26]

789. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total cost to the public health system of performing a knee replacement; and if she will provide a detailed breakdown of all associated costs, including but not limited to anaesthesia, surgical staffing, theatre use, prosthetics, and pre-operative and post-operative care. [51258/26]

790. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total cost to the public health system of performing a bariatric gastric sleeve procedure; and if she will provide a detailed breakdown of all associated costs, including but not limited to anaesthesia, surgical staffing, theatre usage, equipment, and pre-operative and post-operative care. [51259/26]

824. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of children that presented to the accident and emergency department of Mercy University Hospital for each month of 2025 and to-date in 2026 in tabular form. [51426/26]

843. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 995 of 19 May 2026, the number of minors referred from Ireland to NHS children and young person gender services in the United Kingdom from 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026, by age and sex, as this information was not provided in the response of 30 June 2026. [51622/26]

844. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1809 of 9 June 2026, the number of minors referred outside the State for gender-related assessment, consultation, intervention, or treatment in the years 2021 and 2022; the jurisdictions involved in all such referrals from 2021 to date in 2026; and the multidisciplinary assessment requirements applying prio…

845. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1809 of 9 June 2026, whether any State-funded mechanism other than the treatment abroad scheme has been used to refer minors outside the State for gender-related assessment, consultation, intervention, or treatment in any of the past five years, as this information was not provided in response to the questi…

846. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1820 of 9 June 2026, the terms of reference, membership, and findings of the expert group convened by the HSE Chief Clinical Officer in 2024 to consider the implications of the Cass Review for gender healthcare services in Ireland; the date this work concluded; and whether the findings will be published, as…

863. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if a fixed-price contract awarded to a company under contract HSE 24608 relates solely to consultancy, advisory, business case, procurement, programme management and client-side support for the National Electronic Health Record programme; if any part of this contract relates to the purchase, licensing, build, configuration, deployment or mainte…

864. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of personnel assigned to the €8,181,530 National Electronic Health Record strategic partner contract (details supplied), broken down by role, grade or seniority, full-time equivalent status, location and workstream; the hourly or daily rates charged for each role or grade; the total number of consultant days or hours included in the …

865. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the assessment that was undertaken by the HSE before awarding the €8,181,530 a contract (details supplied) to establish whether the work could be carried out by staff within the HSE, eHealth Ireland, the Office of the Chief Information Officer, her Department or other public bodies; the specific skills or capacity gaps that required the use of …

866. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has put in place a formal knowledge-transfer and capability-building plan as part of a strategic partner contract (details supplied) for the National Electronic Health Record Programme; the parts of the work under the contract that are intended to build permanent expertise within the HSE; whether the personnel are required to wo…

871. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health further to the estimate in the National Rare Disease Strategy 2025-2030 that 300,000 people in Ireland live with a rare disease, whether her Department or the Health Service Executive holds data on the breakdown of these conditions by disease or disease category; the status of the National Rare Disease Registry recommended in the Strateg…

872. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of rare disease conditions affecting patients in Ireland for which a licensed treatment or medicine is available; the number for which no treatment exists, as recorded by her Department, the Health Service Executive or the National Rare Diseases Office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51877/26]

92. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department has sought or received reports or analysis regarding the numbers of international students attending high-demand courses in Irish universities; the findings of such reports or analysis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49312/26]

144. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will report on the output of the recent national skills roundtable talks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50092/26]