Health Services

1366. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health the reason an adult patient with Type 1 diabetes (details supplied) has been denied access to a critical, life-sustaining insulin pump; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that this patient is experiencing severe gaps in continuity of care; the steps she will take to address the extensive administrative delays and lack of coordinat…

1368. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the financial supports available to patients with inflammatory bowel disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39552/26]

1395. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting assessment, counselling, opioid substitution treatment, adolescent addiction services and dual diagnosis supports within each HSE substance misuse service operating in HSE South-West. [39689/26]

1396. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any HSE substance misuse teams operating within HSE South-West currently operate without direct consultant psychiatrist input; and if she will provide details in tabular form. [39690/26]

1402. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE records instances in which persons presenting to addiction services also require mental health intervention for dual diagnosis conditions; and if she will provide the recorded figures for the past five years. [39696/26]

1414. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any centralised framework exists governing long-term outcome monitoring for minors referred abroad for treatment or assessment under publicly funded healthcare schemes. [39773/26]

1417. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department or HSE has conducted any assessment regarding the legal, safeguarding or governance implications of overseas referrals involving minors in circumstances where no national long-term outcomes database exists. [39776/26]

1450. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any business case or service development proposal supporting the Mid-West SCAN expansion will be published. [39827/26]

1478. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of dietician hours delivered in the community in 2025; the number of patients; the cost of delivering dietician hours in the community in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40198/26]

1479. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will provide data on average waiting time for public patients referred by their GPs to see consultant dermatologists in each CHO; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40229/26]

322. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the planned delivery of seven postnatal hubs in Donegal; to provide a timeline for the delivery of the hubs; the details of the staffing requirements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38445/26]

325. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); if she will provide an update on the supports recommended for the person in question; if she will address the adequacy of the supports offered given the professional recommendations made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38456/26]

328. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health her attention has been drawn to the fact that the memory clinic in south Tipperary remains closed due to resourcing and administrative process issues; the length of time the clinic has been closed; the number of patients currently awaiting assessment and reassessment; the measures being taken to restore the service; and if she will make a st…

329. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reason patients referred to the south Tipperary memory clinic are being advised to seek private assessment services due to the continued closure of the public clinic; the steps being taken to ensure equitable access to dementia and memory assessment services in Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38484/26]

330. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the reopening of the south Tipperary memory clinic; whether additional staffing or resources have been sanctioned to address the stated resourcing and administrative issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38485/26]

331. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the details of new residential respite services being provided in County Kerry, in relation to both children and adults (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38486/26]

376. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the current coverage offered by sexual assault units; her plans to provide nationwide coverage; the number of units presently in operation; and the number of planned units to be delivered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38611/26]

230. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will confirm whether the Service Improvement Function of the National Children's Disability Services Team, which was responsible for working directly with individual Children's Disability Network Teams to drive service improvements, has been stepped down and its funding withdrawn; if so, when this decisi…

253. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health when works will commence on the Killarney minor injuries unit; when works will be completed; when this important facility for Killarney, east, mid and south Kerry will be opened; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38065/26]

325. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of expenditure on private hospital services, by region in each year 2021 to 2025 and in 2026 to date, in tabular form. [38435/26]

892. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of the case of a child (details supplied) who has been on the waiting list for Children’s Disability Network Team (CDNT) services for seven years and has only received two speech and language therapy appointments during that time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37124/26]

893. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason a child (details supplied) who has been at crisis point since October 2025 has not received a full psychological assessment through the public system despite repeated engagement with CDNT services; the reason mandatory psychological reassessments, which should be provided every 12 months by the CDNT, …

894. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps she will take to ensure that children awaiting disability services are not forced into private assessments due to failures in the public system (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37126/26]

895. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if emergency intervention will be provided in the case of a child currently at risk of school expulsion while awaiting appropriate behavioural and psychological supports (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37127/26]

904. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she plans to deliver specialist community-based neurorehabilitation teams for paediatric neurological services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37250/26]