Health Services

798. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health the level of access to primary care services for older people in rural areas; including physiotherapy and community-based supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51292/26]

799. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health if an assessment has been carried out on the cumulative cost burden of healthcare for older people, including GP care, prescriptions, vaccines, and screening services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51293/26]

167. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures in place, or being considered, to assist households with the cost of disposing of adult incontinence products, given the significant increase in waste collection charges in recent years; whether consideration will be given to introducing a national waiver, subsidy or support scheme for people who rely o…

450. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently assist a family with care needs (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50417/26]

452. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health for an update on the extension of the free contraceptive scheme to all ages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50433/26]

456. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her response to the closure of a clinic (details supplied) where many individuals were receiving care for ADHD; the response of the HSE to this closure to ensure continuity of care for those individuals, particularly in receipt of medication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50445/26]

458. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the plans to extend the Chronic Disease Management Programme (CDMP) to include epilepsy; the assessments under way by the HSE to add epilepsy to the CDMP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50454/26]

459. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who have received appointments and the condition for which they were treated under the HSE's Chronic Disease Management Programme in 2025, and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50455/26]

460. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the annual cost associated with the implementation of the Chronic Disease Management Programme in 2025, and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50456/26]

461. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the supports available to residents in an independent living facility, given that they are no longer eligible for blister packs free-of-charge following reforms (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50457/26]

463. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the completion and opening of a National Mother and Baby Unit for perinatal mental health care; the current status of the project; the estimated cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50459/26]

464. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the timeline for an expansion of the free contraception scheme to all people in reproductive age; to provide any costings that have been carried out by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50460/26]

515. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide an explanation for the year-on-year decline in long-Covid clinic attendances nationally; and whether this reflects reduced referral activity, reduced capacity, or reduced demand. [50609/26]

529. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of European Health Insurance cards issued by the HSE in the past seven years to date in 2026; the median time in 2026 to dispatch cards from time of application; the number of instances in which the cards were used in the past three years and to date in 2026; and the liability and or costs incurred in respect of their use. [50632/…

235. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason the HSE was unable to provide complete and usable national distance data for children in residential disability services, including the absence of apparent returns for HSE west and north-west, the apparent absence of north Dublin, Meath and Louth from the HSE Dublin and north-east return, and the absence of…

273. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of empty beds in the Sarsfield Court dementia unit; and the number of patients admitted in the past six months respectively. [49929/26]

281. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has sought or received cumulative manganese exposure data from water suppliers, broken down by age group or vulnerability category; the basis on which the reported guideline value (details supplied) is considered adequate for infants, children, older persons and medically vulnerable groups; whether the absence of a vulnerable-gr…

282. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether an audit, review or evaluation mechanism exists to assess the public health advice issued by the HSE following the conclusion of a drinking water contamination incident; if such a mechanism exists, the frequency of review; the body or office responsible for conducting it; and if no such mechanism exists, to confirm this and to state the…

283. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has assessed manganese exposure risk in drinking water by reference to Irish-specific exposure pathways, including private well usage and known geological manganese hotspots, as distinct from the general parametric values set under the European Union Drinking Water Regulations 2023; if such an assessment has taken place, to prov…

284. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health to ensure that all mental health services implementing the TrakCare electronic health record system comply with Regulation 27 (Maintenance of Records), which requires records to be maintained so as to ensure completeness, accuracy and ease of retrieval (details supplied); to provide details of the governance, audit, training and assurance meas…

285. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the arrangements in place to monitor the implementation of the TrakCare electronic health record system across mental health services; how compliance with regulatory requirements, including Regulation 27 (Maintenance of Records), will be assessed during and after implementation; the key performance, quality and safety indicators that will be m…

306. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if the S1 form requested by persons will be expedited (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50023/26]

319. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the review of the operation of Drogheda Cottage Hospital; when this review is expected to be completed; and if she can give assurances that the hospital will remain open. [50125/26]

766. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the pause of uro-gynaecological mesh procedures for stress urinary incontinence; if a decision has been made on reinstatement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48900/26]

771. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she can confirm that no analysis is undertaken to establish whether equivalent procedures funded under the treatment abroad scheme could be sourced at lower cost in an alternative eligible jurisdiction prior to approval; whether she considers the absence of any cost-comparison mechanism across jurisdictions to represent a gap in value-f…