Health Services

258. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the provision being made for women who currently choose and avail of private maternity care in circumstances where there is no private maternity hospital in the State and where private practice is being removed from public maternity hospitals under the public only consultant contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44439/26]

259. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if her Department has specifically assessed the position of maternity services, given that the removal of private practice from public hospitals under the public only consultant contract cannot, in the case of maternity care, result in a transfer of that activity to a private setting as no private maternity hospital exists in the State; the s…

640. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of toxicology reports processed by the State laboratory in each of the past five years. [42592/26]

641. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the average time it takes for a toxicology report to be completed. [42593/26]

642. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the current backlog of toxicology reports awaiting completion. [42594/26]

1527. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 677 of 21 October 2025, to review the case (details supplied) despite the reply it is not being offered to CDNT clients; if she will examine this further; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43945/26]

1565. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the clinical pathways available to community-dwelling patients with chronic, non-acute brain trauma who require ongoing, long-term multidisciplinary input to maintain cognitive and physical function; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42028/26]

1751. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will establish a joint working group to address the level of supports that should be provided to older people by local authorities in line with the Age Friendly Counties Programme and in the context of the Programme for Government identifying a social supports for approved housing bodies. [41467/26]

1757. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if the mammogram service at Mayo University Hospital remains on schedule to resume, given that the previously indicated date was 8 June 2026; whether this timeline is still accurate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41478/26]

1760. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if there is an occupational therapist in place in Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41499/26]

1765. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health if she will encourage the HSE to appoint a sleep aponia dedicated team in St. Luke's Hospital Kilkenny as they have been under-resourced for being a model 3 hospital when it comes to dealing with patients who suffer from sleeping disorders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41523/26]

1766. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health if a lung cancer co-ordinator will be appointed in St. Lukes Hospital Kilkenny similar to the situation in St. Vincents Hospital in Dublin, in reference to Carlow being a blackspot for cancer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41524/26]

1782. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken by the HSE to improve access to GP services and community-based primary care supports in rural areas of Longford and Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41544/26]

1784. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the intervention she will make in the case of a person (details supplied) who is in a residential service but who needs to be discharged; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41600/26]

1787. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the level of postnatal bed occupancy across maternity hospitals nationally; the measures being taken to address capacity pressures in postnatal wards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41615/26]

1805. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether national standardised screening or assessment protocols are in place for minors presenting with gender-related distress in order to identify autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, trauma-related conditions, mental health disorders, safeguarding concerns, family vulnerability factors, or other complex needs prior to any medical intervention or…

1806. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the multidisciplinary assessment requirements currently apply within the HSE or any State-funded gender-related healthcare pathway for minors, including the involvement of psychiatry, psychology, paediatrics, neurodevelopmental services, social work, family assessment, and safeguarding oversight.; and if she will make a statement on the matter…

1807. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the national clinical governance framework currently applies to gender-related healthcare services involving minors, including governance arrangements relating to multidisciplinary review, clinical decision-making, safeguarding oversight, escalation procedures, audit arrangements, and oversight by the HSE or her Department. [41664/26]

1809. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of minors have been referred outside the State for gender-related assessment, consultation, intervention, or treatment in each of the past five years through the treatment abroad scheme or any other State-funded mechanism; the jurisdictions involved; and the multidisciplinary assessment requirements applying prior to referral abroad…

1813. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether they are satisfied that the current capacity within autism assessment services, ADHD assessment services, CAMHS, child psychology services, trauma-informed services, and multidisciplinary child mental health supports is sufficient to ensure that minors presenting with gender-related distress receive timely and holistic assessment of al…

1820. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE or Department conducted any review, reassessment, or governance evaluation following the publication of the Cass Review in the United Kingdom insofar as it related to the evidential basis underpinning the National Gender Service Model of Care 2018. [41687/26]

1823. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to expedite a mammogram in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41690/26]

1864. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health her plans for the roll out of a service (details supplied) in County Cavan; the discussions in relation to this; the agreements that have been made regarding the provision of this service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41781/26]

1943. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any formal written clinical governance assessment, evidence review, or risk-benefit analysis was completed prior to the approval of the 2021 consultant child and adolescent psychiatry post associated with the National Gender Service Model of Care; and if she will provide details of the body or individuals responsible for preparing and …

1944. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Consultant Applications Advisory Committee received any written submissions, appendices, briefing papers, or supporting documentation referencing WPATH Standards of Care Version 7 during consideration of the 2019 application for the consultant child and adolescent psychiatry post associated with the National Gender Service Model of…