Meals-on-Wheels Services

1226. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the commitment in Sláintecare 2025+ to conduct an exercise to map Meals on Wheels and day centre provision against population, by year end, including development of a strategic approach to address identified gaps in provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35222/26]

583. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of all HSE-funded meals-on-wheels services in Cork; the funding they have received for 2024, 2025 and 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15963/26]

103. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the total amounts paid in 2024 and in 2025 to Gorey/Courtown Meals on Wheels, County Wexford; the number of service users for which meals were claimed; and if her Department has received any business plan for the service for 2026. [64152/25]

379. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if she will seek funding for a service (details supplied) in Courtown, County Wexford, as a matter of urgency, to prevent this vital service closing on 6 November 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60893/25]

380. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if she will meet with all stakeholders involved with a service (details supplied) to secure the future of the Courtown service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60894/25]

102. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if CLÁR funding is available from Budget 2026 to be allocated to meals-on-wheels providers outside of designated areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55410/25]

2553. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if all meals-on-wheels services across the State will be provided with a generator considering the impact of Storm Éowyn on electricity supplies, particularly in the west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40825/25]

853. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if she will approve the outstanding service level agreement for a meals-on-wheels group (details supplied); if funding will be provided as agreed in 2024, noting that no funds have been received since September 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25762/25]

994. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that due to delays in funding approval for certain service users, an organisation (details supplied) must pay out of pocket to provide meals and that there is no mechanism by which the organisation can back-date funding once approval comes through; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23983/25]

1183. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if she will approve the outstanding service level agreement for a meals on wheels group (details supplied); if funding will be provided as agreed in 2024, noting that no funds have been received since September 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24335/25]

393. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if she will secure extra funding for the meals on wheels initiative (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22929/25]

279. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of waiting lists for meals on wheels; if she will consider a national meals on wheels network budget of €10 million in order to meet demand for this vital service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17956/25]

1701. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the number of meals on wheels service providers and locations in Kildare south; the number of meals served per service, per week, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11708/25]

1702. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health to outline her Department’s plans to develop future meals on wheels services in Kildare south; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11709/25]

1703. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health if funding has been provided to a meals on wheels service in Kildare south (details supplied); if she has plans to increase funding to the service provider; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11710/25]

376. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the way in which the contract for the manufacturing of meals on wheels for the Athy area was advertised; the cost to the HSE prior to the outsourcing this per meal; the reason it was outsourced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8711/25]