Health Services

1020. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a timeline for the implementation of the recommendations of the HIQA report published in February 2023 that recommended that a specialist stem cell transplant service be made available in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5822/26]

1022. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if a cohort of post-surgery clients can be considered for the reimbursement scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5828/26]

1026. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant WTE consultant posts, by speciality at St. James's Hospital, in tabular form. [5837/26]

1027. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of an eircode lottery in relation to the provision of home care (details supplied); and if her Department has plans to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5842/26]

1028. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of strike action taken by healthcare assistants at a provider (details supplied); and the actions her Department is taking to resolve this urgent dispute. [5870/26]

1029. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric orthopaedic surgeons based at University Hospital Limerick as of 19 January 2026, in tabular form. [5888/26]

1030. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of midwifery-led clinics operational in Limerick currently; and the clinic staffing levels and hours provided for, in tabular form. [5889/26]

1031. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists across CHO3 that are trained in manual lymphatic drainage therapy for lymphedema patients. [5890/26]

1032. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE advanced nurse practitioners in epilepsy based at University Hospital Limerick as of 19 January 2026, in tabular form. [5891/26]

1034. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on Áras Mhic Dara in An Cheathrú Rua, County Galway, in particular the details of the meeting between the Minister of State in her Department and the HSE, which was queried with her office on the 16 December 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5899/26]

1037. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health if she will arrange with a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5925/26]

1055. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if she plans to introduce screening for prostate cancer via the PSA test; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6119/26]

1056. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health for assistance in the case of a person (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6128/26]

1060. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently examine issues raised in respect of University Hospital Limerick and the HSE (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6206/26]

1061. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of children with an address in Cork on the CHI paediatric surgery waiting list for scoliosis who have been waiting longer than four months. [6208/26]

1065. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for diagnostic tests at the end of quarter 4, 2025, in tabular form. [6227/26]

1066. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total spend by the HSE and section 38 hospitals on agency staffing and recruitment service in each of the years 2019 to 2025, in tabular form. [6228/26]

1067. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total cost of medical negligence litigation, including settlements, awards, and legal fees, in each of the years 2014 to 2025, in tabular form. [6229/26]

1068. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average time to admission, waiting-time distribution, and the number leaving without being seen via emergency departments, for each quarter of each full year 2022–2025, statewide and by hospital, with separate figures for all patients and patients aged 75 years and over, in tabular form. [6230/26]

1069. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, for each quarter of each full year 2022–2025, by hospital and appointment/procedure type, broken down by adult and child, in tabular form. [6231/26]

1070. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care, delayed discharges as a percentage of total discharges, and bed days lost as a percentage of total bed days, for each quarter of each full year 2022–2025, by hospital, in tabular form. [6232/26]

1071. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of all public and voluntary hospitals; the number of days full capacity protocols were in operation in Model 3 and Model 4 hospitals, for each quarter of each full year 2022–2025, in tabular form. [6233/26]

1072. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients and staff in HSE facilities, for each quarter of each full year 2022–2025, in tabular form. [6234/26]

1073. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the ambulance response performance for clinical status 1 incidents, including response times, proportions met, and incident volumes by clinical status, for each quarter of each full year 2022–2025, nationally and, by region, in tabular form. [6235/26]

1074. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of ambulance crews available to respond within 20 minutes of ED handover, by hospital, quarterly 2023–2025, in tabular form. [6236/26]