Health Services

2352. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot get referred to the public health system for a device because of their age. [43711/26]

2354. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health the measures she intends to take to address the significant physiotherapy waiting lists within the HSE; whether she is aware that approximately 90,000 people are currently awaiting physiotherapy services; whether she has considered engaging with certified athletic therapists as part of a strategy to reduce waiting times for patients with musc…

2377. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the services which are available in each of the 19 maternity units that is, domino scheme, early transfer scheme, home birth and midwife led unit. [43807/26]

2387. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the current status and timeline for the national model of care for allergy services; the departments or agencies involved; to provide a description of the work carried out to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43884/26]

2388. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if gynaecologists in the private health system can refuse to sign insurance forms that would enable patients to undergo endometriosis treatment abroad on certain grounds (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43922/26]

2400. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the steps that can be taken to assist a married couple (details supplied) who require some tax relief or other payment to allow them to cope with the significant costs involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44015/26]

2404. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her views on a survey published in May 2026 (details supplied); if she will commit to implementing the three recommendations in the survey; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44032/26]

2423. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the percentage of children treated within the target waiting time applicable to their assigned Clinical Priority Category in Children’s Health Ireland in each year since 2020. [44065/26]

2424. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether Children’s Health Ireland reports performance against Clinical Priority Category waiting-time targets to the HSE or their Department; and if so, the frequency and format of such reporting. [44066/26]

2425. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any national written criteria, guidance documents, policy directives, clinical governance documents or decision-support frameworks currently exist which distinguish between procedures regarded as medically necessary, elective, quality-of-life, cosmetic or discretionary for public funding purposes; and if so, if she will provide details…

2426. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or HSE has conducted any review since 2020 of variation in decision-making between hospitals, specialties or Health Regions regarding eligibility for publicly funded procedures; and if any such review has been undertaken, if she will provide the findings and recommendations. [44068/26]

2427. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any national audit has been undertaken since 2020 examining consistency in decisions regarding access to publicly funded procedures across different clinical specialties; and if not, whether she considers the absence of a national classification framework creates a risk of inconsistent decision-making. [44069/26]

2428. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the governance mechanism that exists to ensure that a procedure approved for public funding in one hospital or specialty is assessed against equivalent criteria in another hospital or specialty. [44070/26]

2433. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1029 of 19 May 2026, the estimated additional annual PCRS expenditure attributable solely to the 2022 steri-neb salamol price uplift, excluding any increase arising from changes in prescribing volume or item numbers; and if they will provide the methodology used in calculating that estimate. [44075/26]

2434. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has undertaken or commissioned any literature review, evidence assessment or toxicological review since 2020 regarding potential neurological, developmental or cognitive effects associated with long-term exposure to manganese concentrations between 50 µg/l and 80 µg/l in drinking water; and if so, if details of each review will…

2435. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE possesses any documented risk assessment, scientific briefing, technical paper or expert advice supporting its position that there is currently no scientific evidence of adverse health effects at manganese concentrations up to 80 µg/l; and if copies of such documents will be provided. [44083/26]

2436. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has reviewed any scientific literature published since July 2024 concerning manganese exposure through drinking water; and whether any such evidence has prompted consideration of revising the July 2024 FAQ guidance. [44084/26]

2437. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE records, at national level, the number of patients awaiting orthopaedic outpatient assessment who have not yet been placed on an inpatient or day-case surgical waiting list; and if so, the current number, broken down by hospital group and orthopaedic subspecialty. [44094/26]

2438. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE can quantify the average period between referral to orthopaedic outpatient services and subsequent placement on an inpatient or day-case waiting list for knee replacement surgery. [44096/26]

2439. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a national standard exists requiring hospitals to inform patients in writing whether they are on an outpatient waiting list or an inpatient/day-case surgical waiting list; and if so, to provide a copy of that standard. [44097/26]

2440. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health whether any consultant pathologists, other than those based at University Hospital Waterford, have formally notified the HSE that they will cease undertaking coronial post mortem examinations; if so, the number involved and the locations concerned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44106/26]

2443. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health to provide the number of recruitment campaigns in Britain that Galway University Hospital (GUH) took in 2025 and to-date in 2026 seeking to attract qualified nurses, doctors, radiographers and so on to work at GUH; the number of persons that indicated their interest to work at GUH; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44110/26]

2444. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health to provide the number of WTE medical secretaries currently working within the neurology department at Galway University Hospital in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44111/26]

2446. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if, any of the HSE regions currently implement the use of a dementia pathways nurse within the ambulance call out team for the ambulance transportation of dementia patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44121/26]

2447. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if, considering the unique challenges involved in ambulance transportation of dementia patients, if she plans to include dementia pathways nurses as an integral part of the NAS in the north-east region when transporting dementia patients, to ensure that the patient experience can be as positive as possible; and if she will make a statement on …