1098. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health when hip operations will be available in Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore (which were carried out in the recent past) under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9817/26]
Topics / National Treatment Purchase Fund
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsNational Treatment Purchase Fund
106 questions from 32 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.
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105 written, 1 oral
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| July 2026 | 3 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 0 |
| October 2026 | 4 |
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1127. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of funding provided to the national treatment purchase fund in 2026, by funding purpose; if there is a stay on funding for outsourcing or any other service provided, or organised by, or through the national treatment purchase fund in general, or for any specific institutions, clinics, or provider otherwise, in tabular form; if so, the reason; and if…
1128. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason funding is not available to Tallaght University Hospital for outsourcing inpatient procedures through the National Treatment Purchase Fund; whether this is due to funding not been sanctioned for the year; if there is a reason the hospital is prevented from accessing such funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10146/26]
956. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason the National Treatment Purchase Fund refused funding for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7432/26]
205. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can be considered under the National Treatment Purchase Fund. [6801/26]
1114. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health to clarify if a blepharoplasty procedure is not covered under the National Treatment Purchase Fund the alternatives that are in place to secure this procedure on behalf of patients; and if the cross-Border initiative is being considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6365/26]
2400. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if funding from the National Treatment Purchase Fund has been restored to a hospital (details supplied); if the audit report on the hospital’s rheumatology billing will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1372/26]
921. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the reason endometriosis diagnostics and surgical treatments are not eligible for referral under the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF), given the extensive waiting lists experienced by patients; if the NTPF has assessed the feasibility of including endometriosis procedures; and if not, whether she will direct the NTPF to begin collecting the necessary dat…
922. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the reason the exclusion of endometriosis treatment from the National Treatment Purchase Fund aligns with commitments in the National Endometriosis Framework to reduce diagnostic delays and waiting times [69385/25]
923. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the reason the NTPF has not been tasked with collecting procedure-level data for endometriosis surgery, despite the condition’s prevalence and the complexity of access pathways; and the steps her Department will take to ensure transparent waiting list reporting for endometriosis treatment across the health service. [69386/25]
924. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an assessment of whether the reliance on the endometriosis surgery abroad interim scheme (ESAIS), combined with the exclusion of endometriosis treatment from the NTPF, risks creating unequal access to timely surgical care; and her plans to ensure equitable access for patients unable to travel abroad. [69387/25]
925. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the expected timeline for domestic service capacity at the supra-regional endometriosis centres in Tallaght and Cork to meet demand without the need for interim overseas pathways; and whether her Department has considered using the NTPF as an interim mechanism to relieve pressure on these centres. [69388/25]
102. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons treated under the National Treatment Purchase Fund in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025. [63788/25]
183. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and the urgent steps her Department is taking to ensure that patients who need treatment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund can avail of it, as in the case of a person (details supplied). [63787/25]
1645. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the average number of patients seen for consultations by consultants in the health service; the number of patients seen by those same consultants under the NPTF; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57861/25]
1717. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath for treatment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund. [58124/25]
2086. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health to confirm whether a child (details supplied) could apply for funding under the National Treatment Purchase Fund in order to get braces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60159/25]
810. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the amounts spent under the Treatment Purchase Fund in each of the years 2015 to 2024; the main countries and recipients of those payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54633/25]
811. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the average time a person is waiting for medical services before availing of the Treatment Purchase Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54634/25]
189. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the number of procedures that have been carried out in Northern Ireland under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52383/25]
2205. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 291 of 16 July 2025, to provide a breakdown of how the €13.156 million for outsourcing was spent at University Hospital Kerry; the number of procedures and treatments that were paid or partially paid for; the number of patients impacted; and the amount spent by each department, in each of the years 2010 to 2025, in tabular form. …
3125. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the amount of money paid to private hospitals via the national treatment purchase fund from the outsourcing of waiting list elective in-patient and day-case surgeries at Galway University Hospital and Portiuncula University Hospital, for the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; the amount of money paid to private hospitals via the national treatment purc…
3223. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43974/25]
577. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the plans that exist to promote and fund the National Treatment Purchase Fund arising from the Programme for Government over the next three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40695/25]
578. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number for patients availing of the National Treatment Purchase Fund from CHO6 in each of the years since 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40696/25]