Hospital Waiting Lists

859. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of children who were wrongly removed from the scoliosis surgery waiting list. [65503/25]

860. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of children who simply fell off the scoliosis surgery waiting list when they turned 16 years-of-age, and no longer fell under the scope of CHI; and the number of those children who have passed away. [65504/25]

893. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting an outpatient haematology appointment in Letterkenny University Hospital to date; and the length of time waiting for an appointment, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65798/25]

898. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if Tullamore Hospital is currently prevented for outsourcing work to clear the orthopaedic waiting list, which holds 297 people; if, as a result, patients are prevented from using available services, such as the National Treatment Purchase Fund, to have surgeries completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65807/25]

904. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting to access CT scans in counties Cavan and Monaghan, by county and by period of time waiting, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65892/25]

949. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if she will report on the HSE delays in ophthalmology routine surgical waitlists at Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital; the number of vacant consultant ophthalmologist posts in St. James’s Hospital and the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital; if blepharoplasty surgery is eligible for NTPF; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66260/2…

77. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her plans to reduce waiting lists for diagnostic scans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64613/25]

564. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of outpatient and diagnostic appointments that have been offered, accepted, and recorded as did not attend/no show, in both the Regional Hospital Mullingar and the Regional Hospital Tullamore for the most recent full year; the number of patients currently on waiting lists in each hospital for MRI scans; the number of patients who ha…

592. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Health the current wait time at University Hospital Waterford for a mammogram following referral by a GP; the wait time for biopsy result; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64722/25]

668. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health to set out current waiting times by hospital group for first and follow-up appointments at adult and paediatric diabetes clinics; the measures being taken to ensure timely, equitable access to multidisciplinary diabetes care across all regions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65092/25]

1001. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that are currently on waiting lists for joint replacements at Tullamore Hospital; the breakdown of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62961/25]

1003. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on waiting lists in each acute hospital; the average waiting time, by speciality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62965/25]

1025. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the average wait times for routine scans in each public hospital in the Dublin and midlands health region in each of the past three years and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63101/25]

1074. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the reason for the significant delay in securing an appointment at Beaumont Hospital for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63343/25]

1132. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the progress which has been made on reducing surgical and outpatient waiting lists over the past six months; and the specific target for the next quarter. [63756/25]

917. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting ear, nose, throat surgery at the ENT department of the Mater Hospital; the types of surgeries being awaited; and the current waiting times for patients to receive ENT surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60966/25]

919. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the average waiting times to see a consultant paediatric neurologist at CHI Temple Street. [60968/25]

926. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2278 of 8 September 2025, the number of families over the past five years that have availed of the International Outsourcing Initiative in relation to spinal surgery. [60995/25]

1013. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the measures being implemented to reduce hospital waiting times in the Roscommon-Galway region, particularly at Portiuncula and Roscommon University Hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61470/25]

1066. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently on orthopaedic outpatient and inpatient waiting lists in all hospitals in Cork; the average and longest waiting times; the steps being taken to reduce these lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61822/25]

1067. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a breakdown of orthopaedic waiting lists in Cork by procedure type (hip, knee, spinal, etc.); and her views on the measures to address long delays in elective surgery. [61823/25]

1068. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the reason Cork continues to have some of the longest orthopaedic waiting times in the State despite repeated commitments to reduce waiting lists; if she will outline a timeline for improvement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61824/25]

1071. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the number of orthopaedic procedures cancelled in Cork hospitals in 2024 and to date in 2025; the reasons for these cancellations; the measures being taken to prevent a recurrence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61827/25]

1087. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for cataract surgery at University Hospital Waterford, by time band, in tabular form. [61911/25]

1088. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for hernia surgery at University Hospital Waterford, by timeframe, in tabular form. [61912/25]