142. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health for an overview of the additional mental health capacity that will be opened and brought into operation following Budget 2027. [72374/26]
478. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital admissions and the number of bed days with a principal or secondary diagnosis of herpes zoster or post-herpetic neuralgia, in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, by age cohort, that is 50 to 64 years-of-age, 65 to 69 years-of-age, 70 to 74 years-of-age, 75 to 79 years-of-age, and 80 years of age and above, in tabular form. [69593/26]
477. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 521 of 7 May 2025, the estimated full-year cost of a publicly funded Shingles Vaccination Programme for each of the cohorts aged 80 and over, 75 and over, 70 and over, 65 and over, and 50 and over, at an assumed uptake of 50%, in tabular form; and whether her Department or the HSE has engaged with the manufacturer on the price of the recombinant zoster vaccine since the publication of the HIQA health technology assessment in July 2024; and the outcome of that engagement. [69594/26]
476. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 521 of 7 May 2025, whether provision has been sought in the Estimates for 2027 for a publicly funded Shingles Vaccination Programme; whether medical card holders and adults aged 70 years-of-age and over will be included in a first phase alongside the immunocompromised cohort currently under consideration; and the timeline for extending the programme to all adults aged 50 years-of-age and over. [69595/26]
475. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health whether she will request the National Immunisation Advisory Committee and HIQA to update their advice on shingles vaccination for adults aged 50 years-of-age and over, having regard to current vaccine pricing and emerging evidence on wider health outcomes, including stroke and dementia. [69596/26]
474. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the status of the 2026/2027 winter flu vaccination programme ahead of the national launch on 8 October 2026; the steps being taken to ensure that GPs and community pharmacies hold sufficient stock to vaccinate those aged 60 years-of-age and over and other at-risk groups without delay; and the date by which the HSE expects the full supply to be delivered. [69599/26]
473. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the number of doses of influenza vaccine ordered and the number delivered to date for the 2026/2027 winter vaccination programme, by vaccine type, including the enhanced vaccine for those aged 65 years of age and over; and the number of doses distributed to GPs and community pharmacies to date, in tabular form. [69597/26]
472. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the uptake of the influenza vaccine in the 2024/2025 and 2025/2026 seasons among those aged 60 to 64 years of age, those aged 65 years of age and over, residents of long-term residential care facilities, healthcare workers and carers, in tabular form. [69598/26]
471. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health further to the HIQA health technology assessment of RSV immunisation published on 28 April 2026, the estimated full-year cost of a publicly funded RSV vaccination programme for adults aged 75 years and over, adults aged 65 years and over, adults aged 50 years and over, carers in receipt of carer's allowance or the carer's support grant, and frontline health and social care workers, in tabular form. [69600/26]
470. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the status of her Department's decision on RSV immunisation beyond the 2026/2027 season; whether provision has been sought in the Estimates for 2027 for an adult RSV vaccination programme; whether such a programme will include carers and frontline health and social care workers in its first phase, with a timeline for extension to all adults aged 50 years and over; and whether price negotiations for RSV and shingles vaccines are being conducted jointly where the products share a manufacturer. [69601/26]
469. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the uptake of the pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine among those aged 65 years and over in each of the years 2021 to 2025; and the number of doses administered through community pharmacies since 1 May 2026, in tabular form. [69602/26]
468. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health whether she will extend publicly funded pneumococcal vaccination to carers, frontline health and social care workers and all adults aged 50 years and over; and whether the National Immunisation Advisory Committee has been asked to advise on replacing the pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine with a conjugate vaccine, such as PCV20, for adults, as has happened in the UK programme. [69603/26]
467. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the number of patients approved for reimbursement of alirocumab and evolocumab under the HSE managed access protocol in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [69604/26]
466. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 460 of 27 September 2022, the current status of the application for pricing and reimbursement of a medication (details supplied) for the treatment of primary hypercholesterolaemia and mixed dyslipidaemia; whether the HSE has received a revised commercial offer or a new application from the marketing authorisation holder since the NCPE assessment of March 2022; whether the application has been considered by the HSE Drugs Group, and the outcome; and the routes by which patients for whom inclisiran is clinically indicated can currently access it. [69605/26]
197. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of householders that have been supported by Housing Adaptation Grants in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown since 2020. [68994/26]
158. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total funding provided for Housing Adaptation Grants in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown since 2020. [68990/26]
197. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or the health insurance authority has assessed the effect of reduced private activity in public hospitals on private health insurance premiums, on the number of people holding private health insurance, and on demand for capacity in private hospitals; and if such an assessment will be published. [69207/26]
193. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the measures in place to ensure that claims to private health insurers in respect of private patients treated in public hospitals are completed and submitted within the required period; whether recovery of this income is monitored as part of hospital performance management; and the steps being taken to recover claims reported as unpaid over the past five years. [69206/26]
191. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants employed in public hospitals by contract type, including the public only consultant contract 2023 and each category of the consultant contract 2008, in each of the years 2023 to 2026, by health region; the number who retain an entitlement to private practice in public hospitals, in tabular form. [69204/26]
190. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the value of claims submitted by public and voluntary hospitals to private health insurers that remain unpaid; the value of such claims that were written off, in each of the years 2021 to 2026 to date, by hospital; and the principal reasons for non-payment, including the late or non-submission of claim forms, in tabular form. [69203/26]
189. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the number of private inpatient and day case discharges from public acute hospitals; and the income received from private health insurers in respect of those discharges, in each of the years 2021 to 2026 to date, by hospital; in tabular form. [69202/26]
188. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the estimated reduction in income to public hospitals arising from the removal of private practice from public hospitals in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 to date; the projected reduction for 2027 and 2028; and the basis on which the estimate of approximately €140 million for 2026 was calculated, in tabular form. [69201/26]
115. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection whether his Department has reviewed the requirement that a person receive both the living alone increase and fuel allowance to qualify for telephone support allowance; whether the weekly income limit for fuel allowance for persons aged 66 or over will be increased in line with any increase in the State pension, so that pension increases do not remove entitlement; and whether these measures will be considered in the context of Budget 2027. [69200/26]
114. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of telephone support allowance; the expenditure on the allowance in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; the number of recipients of the household benefits package aged 70 or over who do not receive telephone support allowance; and the estimated full-year cost of extending telephone support allowance at the current rate to all recipients of the household benefits package aged 70 or over, and separately to all free travel pass holders aged 66 or over. [69199/26]
113. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the fuel allowance weekly income limit for persons aged 66 or over by €25, €50 and €100 for a single person, with the corresponding increase for couples; and the estimated full-year cost of introducing a tapered rate of fuel allowance for persons whose means exceed the limit by up to €100 a week. [69198/26]
112. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of fuel allowance aged 66 or over at the end of each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025 and at the latest date available in 2026, by age band 66 to 69, 70 to 79 and 80 and over, in tabular form; the number of applications from persons aged 66 or over refused on means in each of those years; and the number of such refusals in which assessable means exceeded the limit by €50 a week or less. [69197/26]
106. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number and value of purchases of residential property by non-household entities in each of the years 2021 to 2025, distinguishing entities registered in the State from those registered outside of the State and excluding local authorities, approved housing bodies and other public bodies, in tabular form. [69211/26]
91. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the projects in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown approved for funding under the Housing Infrastructure Investment Fund; the funding allocated to each; and the number of homes each is expected to unlock, in tabular form. [69215/26]
32. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number and value of successful applications under the help to buy tax refund scheme for 2024, 2025, and to date in 2026. [69216/26]
923. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on a case (details supplied). [68735/26]
670. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of a case (details supplied); and will her officials investigate the case. [68737/26]
416. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of Action 3.1.1 of the DEIS Strategy Implementation Plan 2026–2028, which provides for a review of the allocation model for Home School Community Liaison coordinator posts; the expected completion date; whether schools currently sharing a coordinator post will be consulted; and whether the revised model will allow a school's allocation to be reassessed where its level of need has changed. [68717/26]
415. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the mechanism available to a DEIS school to seek a review of its Home School Community Liaison allocation where the school can demonstrate that its existing allocation no longer meets current need; if no such mechanism exists, the means by which a school in that position may seek additional provision; and whether interim arrangements will be considered pending the new DEIS resource allocation model provided for under Action 2.2.2 of the implementation plan. [68718/26]
413. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps being taken to improve the data used to identify schools for the DEIS plus scheme, including the use of administrative data held by other Departments; the timeline for publication of further detail on the identification methodology; and whether schools not included in the scheme in 2026 will be reassessed using the updated model. [68719/26]
412. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the case of a school (details supplied) seeking a review of its shared Home School Community Liaison allocation has been brought to her attention; if her Department will afford the school an opportunity to present evidence of its current level of need; and if the allocation will be reviewed on that basis. [68720/26]
303. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of a service issue (details supplied); and if he will ask his officials to engage with the NTA about improving services and provide an update. [68738/26]
451. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will seek an update from her officials. [67819/26]
72. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will report on the impact to date of the change in income disregards for the carer’s allowance which came into effect in July 2026. [67290/26]
124. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport to detail the fees budgeted and paid to date to consultants by the NTA as part of the national mobility hubs scheme, by local authority, in tabular form. [66478/26]
314. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of applications made by Tusla for special care orders since 2016, by year, in tabular form. [66033/26]
357. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the number of outstanding legal actions involving a medication (details supplied) and associated costs paid from 2018 to 1 July 2026. [66063/26]
327. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on the progress of a case (details supplied). [66083/26]