Hospital Services

3192. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health if there is no funding for new hip and knee replacement procedures at the National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh, Finglas; the funding that currently exists at the hospital for such procedures; if additional funding is required for these procedures to continue to be carried out to the end of 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter…

3286. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding any engagement she had with maternity hospitals in relation to the phasing out of private maternity care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55631/26]

3354. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of serious concerns regarding the current state of the maternity services at UMHL (details supplied); the steps she plans to take in relation to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55900/26]

3721. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints received by Beaumont Hospital's PALS service in each of the past three years; if she will confirm the average response time; the number of complaints that were escalated due to lack of follow up; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57468/26]

3994. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 300 of 24 June 2026, in which the Health Service Executive confirmed the occurrence of incidents at Connolly Hospital (details supplied), if any patient safety risk assessment was carried out prior to the voiding of the National Incident Monitoring System (NIMS) report filed in relation to an incident; if…

3995. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 300 of 24 June 2026, in which the Health Service Executive confirmed the occurrence of incidents at Connolly Hospital (details supplied), to confirm if the hospital now intends to conduct a review into these incidents; the timeframe within which such a review would be completed; if it will produce finding…

3996. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 300 of 24 June 2026, to set out the specific new management structures and governance arrangements that have been put in place at Connolly Hospital to prevent further breaches of safety practices (details supplied); the best practice guidelines or standards on which these changes were developed; and if sh…

3997. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 300 of 24 June 2026, to provide evidence that these new management structures and governance arrangements are in fact in place at Connolly Hospital (details supplied); the specific date on which they commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58505/26]

3998. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 300 of 24 June 2026, to explain how these new arrangements surpass the previous arrangements in place at the time of the previous incidents (details supplied); to outline how these improvements will in practice prevent further such occurrences; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58506/26]

4018. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the number of community beds and step down beds available in South Lee in each of the years from 2023 to 2025 and to date in 2026. [58573/26]

536. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health to provide the total number of blood transfusions per year carried out in maternity hospitals, from 2016 to 2025; the reasons transfusions may be needed in maternity units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54492/26]

544. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health whether she is aware that patients presenting to hospitals requiring urgent gynaecological ultrasound investigations are, in some cases, being discharged or referred elsewhere because ultrasound services are unavailable at weekends; the number of hospitals affected by this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54537/26]

545. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has conducted a review of weekend diagnostic imaging services for gynaecology patients; if so, the findings of that review; and if she'll publish the review. [54538/26]

596. 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, year to date 2026, statewide and by hospital, with separate figures for all patients and patients aged 75 and over, in tabular form. [54728/26]

598. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of all public and voluntary hospitals, and the number of days full capacity protocols that were in operation in Model 3 and Model 4 hospitals, in quarter 1 and quarter 2 2026, in tabular form. [54730/26]

602. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of outsourcing for children’s spinal surgery and paediatric orthopaedics; the details of participating hospitals, including international hospitals; and the number of children treated or seen at clinics at each hospital, in quarter 1 and quarter 2 2026 in tabular form. [54734/26]

382. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she will establish a national movement neurophysiology laboratory at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital to provide diagnostic and treatment support for patients with dystonia, tremor, myoclonus and functional neurological disorders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53807/26]

383. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to establish a movement neurophysiology laboratory at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53808/26]

384. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that movement neurophysiology services for patients with dystonia and other movement disorders are currently available only in the private sector; the plans that exist to ensure equitable access to these services through the public health system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53809/26]

385. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to integrate movement neurophysiology into the National Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Service at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital to improve patient selection, reduce unnecessary surgery and maximise the efficient use of DBS resources; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53810/26]

386. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health whether she has assessed the clinical and cost-effectiveness of establishing a national movement neurophysiology laboratory at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital; if so, the outcome of that assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53811/26]

387. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken to reduce waiting times for assessment and treatment of patients with dystonia; and whether the establishment of a national movement neurophysiology laboratory at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital forms part of those plans. [53812/26]

429. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the actions that will be taken to ensure public patients receive safe and timely consultant review in the vascular unit of St. James’s Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54214/26]

430. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the measures that will be taken to ensure public patients are not forced into private practice simply to access the same consultant in the vascular unit of St. James’s Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54215/26]

705. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that were admitted to the national burns unit at St. James's Hospital in 2025 and to-date in 2026; and the average length of stay within this unit in each of those years, in tabular form. [52649/26]