Hospital Services

347. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health to outline the services provided at the new ophthalmology unit in South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital; the breakdown per service of treatments carried out there since the unit opened; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54435/25]

353. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 2223, 2224, 2225 and 2227 of 8 September 2025, the number of staff working the unit who are HSE staff; the total amount of funding given toward the project; the amount of funding received for the MRI unit each year since it opened; the total number of medical card patients seen in the MRI unit each year …

322. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the plans for trauma and emergency care capacity at a hospital (details supplied); if she will consider the urgent need for a dedicated emergency trauma unit and theatre to respond to the hospital’s high volume of emergency cases and to reduce current pressures on staff and patients; and if she will make a st…

552. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Health the funding and support which will be provided to improve services and increase capacity at Beaumont hospital in the interim period before the new emergency department is operational; if she will provide a detailed outline of plans in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52947/25]

646. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health the current resourcing and staffing levels (consultant sessions, CNS posts, multidisciplinary supports) for interstitial lung disease/sarcoidosis services at Tallaght University Hospital and other centres; whether additional funding or posts are planned in 2025/2026 to meet demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53410/25]

671. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to enhance and expand services at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan. [53609/25]

674. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health the current up-to-date position regarding a centre of excellence for diabetes care at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53618/25]

704. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 914 of 30 September 2025, to identify the regional representatives, as regards constituencies she is engaging with, given the hospital is in my constituency and at least two of the three representatives in that constituency have not had any engagement with her, despite my request for a meeting for all re…

81. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason the recommendations of the Walker report have not been implemented; the current status of their implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52819/25]

130. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the current status of maternity services at Portiuncula University Hospital, Ballinasloe; and to outline the measures being taken to ensure the long-term sustainability and safety of maternity care for families in this facility. [52335/25]

148. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the plans to reopen the lymphedema clinic in St. James’s Hospital to support patients with this debilitating condition and which is closed over a year (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52429/25]

151. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of concerns following significant changes to maternity services at Portiuncula University Hospital, Ballinasloe; and if she will address these concerns, and the future of the service. [52220/25]

169. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health if the decision to downgrade maternity services at Portiuncula University Hospital will be reconsidered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52191/25]

197. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if she will meet with Oireachtas Members to discuss significant changes to maternity services at Portiuncula University Hospital, Ballinasloe. [52221/25]

203. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to enhance and expand services at Louth County Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52345/25]

468. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the way in which the country’s main neurological hospitals (including Beaumont) select patients to participate in clinical research [52918/25]

859. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health to detail the budget allocated to each hospital in the Saolta Hospital Group in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [51390/25]

860. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of activity-based funding allocations to each hospital in the Saolta Hospital Group for each of the past five years, including the metrics used to determine funding levels. [51391/25]

861. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health to detail the annual inpatient and outpatient activity levels at each hospital in the Saolta Hospital Group for the past five years; and the corresponding funding allocated, in tabular form. [51392/25]

862. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health to provide the average cost per patient treated in each hospital in the Saolta Hospital Group over the past five years, by inpatient, outpatient, and emergency department activity. [51393/25]

863. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health to provide the number of front-line clinical staff nurses, doctors, allied health professionals employed in each hospital in the Saolta Hospital Group for each of the past five years, including the annual budget allocation. [51394/25]

914. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if she will meet with Oireachtas Members in relation to the downgrading of maternity services at Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, as requested in view of the fear and worry in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51935/25]

923. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the elective hospital for Cork as of the end of September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51948/25]

935. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2993 of 29 July 2025, to provide further details with respect to a tender for paediatric orthopaedic procedures for conditions such as spina bifida and scoliosis (details supplied); the services being tendered for; if this relates to the international outsourcing initiative [52101/25]

349. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she has been advised of the HSE/ University Hospital Waterford proposal to discontinue coronial post mortem's at University Hospital Waterford with effect from the 01 January 2026, which if implemented will result in there being no coronial post mortem service in the south east; if the unilateral decision taken by the HSE/University Hosp…