519. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 887 of 21 April 2026, if the external expert panel will aim to establish certain matters (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33686/26]
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A subject heading for parliamentary questionsHealth Services
2,809 questions from 142 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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2,798 written, 11 oral
142
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| July 2025 | 135 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
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| October 2025 | 56 |
| November 2025 | 157 |
| December 2025 | 147 |
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| April 2026 | 243 |
| May 2026 | 222 |
| June 2026 | 290 |
| July 2026 | 123 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 73 |
| October 2026 | 87 |
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520. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health to intervene to ensure that a person with diabetes (details supplied) is given access to appropriate tools to manage glucose levels. [33698/26]
543. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to address the gaps in neurological services identified in the recent report by an organisation (details supplied); the actions planned to improve equitable and timely access to specialist neurological services across the country; the timeline for implementation of these measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33794/26]
546. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken by her Department and the HSE to improve access to multidisciplinary neurological services, including physiotherapy, speech and language therapy, neuropsychology, dietetics and inpatient neurorehabilitation; and if she will provide an indicative timeline for the implementation of these measures; and if she will make a statement on the m…
547. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health whether a national plan is in place to ensure equitable access to specialist neurological services across all regions, having regard to reported disparities between centres; if she will outline any planned service expansions or workforce increases in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33808/26]
798. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a child (details supplied) in County Clare will receive the respite care they have been waiting on for the past three years; if respite will be expedited as a matter of urgency; if a meeting can be organised as a priority between their parent and the CDNT manager; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32877/26]
836. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to address the gaps in neurological services identified in the recent report by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31864/26]
839. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the HSE provides any direct supports, allowances, or reimbursement schemes to assist families caring for persons requiring continuous electrically powered medical equipment such as oxygen concentrators in the home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31916/26]
840. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has carried out any assessment of the financial burden placed on households providing home-based care for persons dependent on electrically powered medical devices; if any policy proposals are under consideration to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31917/26]
852. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the status of an application submitted in January 2026 (details supplied) under the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31968/26]
917. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the reason service users are charged a €4 daily charge when using HSE transport to day services in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32318/26]
946. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health for assistance regarding a request for respite care (details supplied). [32364/26]
950. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a formal definition of "medically indicated" is applied by Children's Health Ireland in the scheduling of elective paediatric procedures; whether this definition is standardised nationally; and if she will provide the criteria used. [32408/26]
951. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any audit, internal or external, has been conducted within the past five years to verify that all elective paediatric procedures undertaken within Children's Health Ireland meet the threshold of medical necessity; and if she will provide details of any such audits. [32409/26]
952. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or the HSE requires Children's Health Ireland to classify elective procedures by urgency, clinical necessity, or priority category for the purpose of capacity planning; and if she will outline any such classification framework. [32410/26]
953. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any modelling or scenario analysis has been conducted at Department or HSE level on the impact of theatre allocation decisions on paediatric waiting lists; and if she will provide details of same. [32411/26]
954. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the allocation of paediatric surgical theatre time is subject to any national performance or value-for-money oversight framework; and if she will outline the mechanisms in place. [32412/26]
1029. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to set out in detail the accounting methodology applied by the HSE under the Treatment Abroad Scheme for attributing expenditure to a given financial year, including whether expenditure is recorded on a cash, accrual, or episode-of-care basis; the point at which expenditure is recognised in the accounts; and the mechanisms in place to link each payment to an indi…
1032. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total value of expenditure recorded under the Treatment Abroad Scheme in 2024 that relates to approvals granted in previous years; and the proportion of 2024 expenditure not attributable to approvals issued in that same year. [32601/26]
1046. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether patients requiring surgical treatment for lipoedema are currently being referred abroad under the Treatment Abroad Scheme; the number of such referrals and associated expenditure in each of the past five years; and whether this pathway is subject to review. [32624/26]
1057. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department or the HSE maintains any formal risk register entry relating to governance, financial control, or clinical oversight risks associated with the Treatment Abroad Scheme. [32636/26]
1059. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE conducts any ex post review of costs incurred under the Treatment Abroad Scheme to assess variance between estimated and actual expenditure per patient. [32651/26]
1060. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any benchmarking is carried out comparing the cost of procedures funded under the Treatment Abroad Scheme across different jurisdictions. [32652/26]
1064. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE applies any procedure-specific clinical criteria, risk thresholds, or suitability assessments for gender-related surgical procedures funded under the Treatment Abroad Scheme, beyond the general eligibility criteria outlined. [32656/26]
1120. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the staffing model originally developed for a 104-bed facility has been revised to reflect the reduction in capacity to approximately 102 beds and the dementia unit reduction from 19 to 17 beds; and to provide the updated model. [32747/26]