Hospital Procedures

1220. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health to provide the scheduled days and times of all HSE and NPTF "in-sourced" procedures in 2025, from 1 January to 31 December, broken down by specialist areas in Louth County Hospital (details supplied); if the patients treated via an insourcing procedure were on a validated active waiting list waiting in all cases; and if she will make a statem…

563. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost due to delayed discharge in hospitals in the CHO5 area in the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11297/26]

361. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of cases where an oncology patient (details supplied) is required to repeatedly contact a hospital department themselves in order to secure or confirm radiology appointments; the rationale for this practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10830/26]

1100. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the total number of children referred for spinal surgery under outsourcing arrangements in 2025; the number of children who have been treated in 2025 and to-date in 2026; the breakdown by destination hospital including Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital New York and Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital London; and if she will make a state…

1209. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied) and expedite surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10424/26]

1210. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure alternative treatment arrangements are put in place for an elderly patient (details supplied). [10432/26]

1121. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health whether elective procedures at Tallaght Hospital are currently being scheduled (details supplied); if not, the reason; and when they will likely be scheduled again. [8256/26]

1058. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health whether a person (details supplied), who qualifies for breast reconstruction surgery under the Cross-Border Directive, may access this surgery in a private hospital within the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6130/26]

1084. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of public operations on children which took place in the Mater Private over the past five years. [6280/26]

1085. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health whether she considers it appropriate for a person to continue in a particular position (details supplied) given their involvement in potentially unnecessary pelvic osteotomy procedures, while the review is ongoing. [6281/26]

1086. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health whether she has enquired if the leadership of a hospital (details supplied) had concerns about the unusually high numbers of pelvic osteotomy procedures taking place. [6282/26]

1087. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health whether any investigation has taken place at the National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh in relation to unnecessary surgery potentially carried out by a surgeon (details supplied) separate from the already established hip dysplasia scandal. [6283/26]

1106. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the projected targets for the number of children to receive spinal surgery in 2024 and 2025 under Children's Health Ireland's in-house and outsourcing capacity plans; whether those targets have been met to date; the projected target for the remainder of 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6323/26]

325. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the appropriateness of pelvic osteotomy procedures carried out on children in other public hospitals will also be included in the external expert panel established following the publication of an independent medical audit (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4807/26]

938. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of liver function scans performed at St. James's Hospital in 2025; the average waiting time for results of these scans. [3737/26]

553. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 837 of 1 July 2025, to outline the funding arrangements for procedures for idiopathic scoliosis in a private hospital (details supplied), including the amount paid per surgery; and the total amount paid to public surgeons working in this hospital for spinal procedures over the past three years, broken down …

159. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of MRI scans that took place in UHL, by day of the week, for each month between January 2024 and September 2024 inclusive; and the number of MRI scans that took place in UHL, by day of the week, for December 2025, in tabular form. [2568/26]

735. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations at University Hospital Waterford, for year-to-date 2022–2025, broken down by appointment or procedure type and by adult/child, in tabular form. [73706/25]

736. 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 at University Hospital Waterford, for year-to-date 2022–2025, in tabular form. [73707/25]

953. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received the spinal surgery they require; if she will ensure they are treated promptly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71691/25]

1053. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of hip replacement surgeries carried out at Mayo University Hospital in the years 2024 and to date in 2025. in tabular form. [72218/25]

968. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of MRI scans that take place in UHL by day of the week, for each month since October 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69436/25]

540. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient surgeries cancelled at University Hospital Limerick during the years 2020 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67424/25]

541. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of outpatient surgeries cancelled at University Hospital Limerick during the years 2020 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67425/25]

656. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to set out the current national policy governing circumcision procedures in public hospitals where there is no medical indication; and to specify the clinical, administrative and ethical basis for authorising such procedures. [68051/25]