Healthcare Policy

456. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if her Department has assessed the impact of overnight partner restrictions on postnatal anxiety, depression, breastfeeding, dignity, safety and maternal wellbeing; her views on whether blanket overnight restrictions on partners staying in maternity hospitals is acceptable; if exceptions will be considered for difficult births or for other i…

458. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or the HSE has assessed the impact of overnight partner restrictions on postnatal anxiety, depression, breastfeeding, dignity, safety and maternal wellbeing. [46462/26]

459. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health whether she considers blanket overnight restrictions after childbirth acceptable. [46463/26]

460. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health whether her Department will consider a national standard for family-centred postnatal care, including overnight partner support where the mother requests it.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46464/26]

463. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to assess and mitigate the impact of the US most-favoured-nation pharmaceutical pricing policy and related trade tariffs on patient access to innovative medicines and the competitiveness of the Irish pharmaceutical sector; the status of the planned inter-departmental or sectoral taskforce established to ad…

475. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health whether exceptions will be considered for private rooms, caesarean sections, traumatic births, anxiety, breastfeeding difficulties, mobility issues or other clinical and emotional support needs. [46507/26]

199. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health to give consideration to allowing supermarket vouchers to be used for the purchase of infant and follow on baby milk formula; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46085/26]

219. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for when givinostat will be available following the approval of the drug; if provision will be prioritised given the time sensitive nature for eligibility for those who require it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46236/26]

221. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health if she has met with or otherwise engaged with an organisation (details supplied); and if her Department has assessed the potential benefits of supporting home sharing as means of provide independent living and home support, particularly for older persons. [46253/26]

222. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health for a full list of all drugs considered by the drugs group in 2025 and 2026, together with the recommendation in respect of each drug; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46338/26]

223. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the way in which the €175 million levy to her Department will be applied; and what will be the change to the Departmental funding allocated to the HSE for 2026. [46355/26]

224. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the HSE's financial outturn relative to its budget for the period 1 January 2026 to 31 May 2026 and for the same period in 2025 and 2024. [46356/26]

225. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the reason skyclarys is not included on the agenda for the upcoming HSE Drugs Group meeting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46373/26]

235. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health regarding Delegation Reference No. 23/15 the date on which it was revoked (details supplied). [46404/26]

829. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if a company (details supplied) is allowed to change all policies so that it no longer covers 100% for orthopaedic procedures and that the company can leave patients to pay the 20% short fall; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44902/26]

844. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the reasoning behind the HSE’s failure to adopt the Labour Court recommendation regarding the restoration of the historic pay linkage between perfusionists and medical scientists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44966/26]

845. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health if her Department was consulted by the HSE prior to the decision not to implement the Labour Court recommendation regarding the restoration of the historic pay linkage between perfusionists and medical scientists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44967/26]

846. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health her views on whether refusal to accept a Labour Court recommendation may undermine confidence in the State’s Industrial Relations Framework; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44968/26]

849. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health if her Department anticipate difficulty in recruiting and retaining perfusionists arising from the removal of the historic pay linkage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44971/26]

851. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health if she will publish analysis underpinning the decision to reject the implementation of the Labour Court recommendation regarding perfusionists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44973/26]

872. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1237 of 19 May 2026, if there are any plans to develop a whole-of-Government national strategy on fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) (details supplied); the timeline being worked towards; if any work has been carried out to date to implement Action 1 of the 2022 HSE Position Paper on FASD prevention; a…

873. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has received confirmation that consultants on the public-only consultant contract are covered by the State's clinical indemnity scheme for private work carried out in public hospitals, in breach of their contracts; to confirm if the scheme applies to entire hospitals rather than individual consultants; and if she will make a statement o…

874. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if Parkinson's, brain health and neurodegenerative conditions will be specifically included in Ireland's health briefs and agenda for the Presidency of the Council of the European Union; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45116/26]

923. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the current status of the national delegation framework for healthcare assistants; the bodies involved in its development; the expected timeline for completion and implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45281/26]

924. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the criteria that will be used under the proposed framework for professional regulation to determine whether healthcare assistants should be subject to statutory regulation; whether a formal risk assessment of the healthcare assistant role has been undertaken; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45282/26]