381. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the Public Health (Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill; when the Bill will be published; when she expects to bring the Bill before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8719/25]
380. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the health (amendment) (licensing of professional home support providers) Bill; when the Bill will be published; when she expects to bring the Bill before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8718/25]
379. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the regulated professions (health and social care) (amendment) Bill; when the Bill will be published; when she expects to bring the Bill before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8717/25]
378. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the health (amendment) Bill, heads of which were approved in 2021; when the Bill will be published; when she expects to bring the Bill before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8715/25]
953. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of ambulance crews who are ready and mobile to receive another call within 20 minutes of patient handover, for each emergency department and each hospital, for each quarter in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [8017/25]
918. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason the target of no more than 20 children waiting longer than four months for an appointment date with CHI spinal surgery was not achieved at the end of 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7708/25]
917. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting longer than four months for an appointment date (active list) for surgery on the CHI spinal surgery waiting lists at the end of 2024. [7707/25]
893. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she will mandate the National Ambulance Service (NAS) to engage with unions and workers on resolving a dispute relating to the application of benefit-in-kind on the use of NAS vehicles off-roster, such as for voluntary first response; if she will ensure that where paramedics are using NAS vehicles in their own time to respond, following a request from the NAS, to local incidents as first responders, that such paramedics are not penalised financially for volunteering to save lives because of their use of NAS vehicles; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7562/25]
892. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of paramedics who qualify for the advanced paramedic allowance who are currently employed by the National Ambulance Service but who are not in receipt of the allowance; if there are paramedics qualified to receive the allowance but are not in receipt of the allowance, the reason why; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7561/25]
891. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of paramedics who were paid the advanced paramedic allowance in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; the number of intended recipients in 2025; and the number of new recipients in 2024 and 2025. [7560/25]
890. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the funding and staff allocated to National Ambulance Service emerging threat units; the number of units which were recommended to be established; the number in place; the plans for expanding these teams in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7559/25]
136. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to address staffing deficits in children’s disability network teams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6973/25]
135. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will ensure funding for dietetic services for adult disability services in Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6974/25]
338. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant posts that have been approved by the HSE consultant applications advisory committee (CAAC) for model 3 and model 4 hospitals in each of the six HSE health regions in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of consultant posts that are currently awaiting formal approval by the HSE CAAC, broken down by HSE health region; and the reason so few consultant posts have been approved for hospitals in the HSE mid west region over these periods. [6877/25]
337. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current number of adult inpatient hospital beds, excluding paediatric and/or day-case beds, in Model 3 and Model 4 Hospitals only, on a population basis in each of the six HSE health regions; and the projected number of adult inpatient hospital beds (excluding paediatric and/or day-case beds) on a population basis in model 3 and model 4 hospitals only in each of the six HSE Regions in 2031, assuming all promised additional adult inpatient beds committed to in the Acute Hospital Inpatient Bed Capacity Expansion Plan 2024-2031 are delivered, to include reference to the population figures used for each health region in 2024 and 2031 (details supplied). [6876/25]
194. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children’s disability network teams which are in place; the number yet to be established; the recommended, approved and actual staffing composition of each team; the number of unfilled or vacant posts per team; and the number of posts for which the employee is on leave, maternity or otherwise, where the post is not filled by an appointment, temporary or otherwise, in tabular form. [6666/25]
821. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the breakdown of actual spending within the medicines budget from 2020 to 2024, distinguishing between off-patent medicines, including generic and biosimilar medicines and new or originator medicines; and to provide an estimate of the total savings generated for the State by the off-patent medicines industry during the same period, specifically those resulting from the launch of generic or biosimilar medicines following the expiration of originator patents. [6305/25]
820. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the total annual medicines budget for each year from 2020 to 2024. [6304/25]
786. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff at the National Ambulance Service suspended with pay, by the year the suspension started, in tabular form; and the number suspended with pay where the length of suspension was longer than six months, one year, and two years. [5987/25]
688. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of agency blitz days carried out in 2024 and the date by each hospital, in tabular form; the number of sessions involved; the number of staff involved; the throughput per session, by activity type; the cost per activity type and the total costs by activity type and by hospital; and the associated accommodation, travel, and subsistence costs and the number of nights and staff to which these relate. [4680/25]
565. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1200 of 22 January 2025, the date on which the relevant posts entered maternity leave, in tabular form; the date on which maternity cover was first advertised; and the timeframe for the filling of posts. [4677/25]
426. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice the number of inspections carried out by gardaí on licensed premises in the on-trade, to ensure full compliance with alcohol licensing legislation and the number of prosecutions brought in relation to the licence breaches (details supplied), from 2014 to 2024, by year, by county, and in tabular form. [3989/25]
425. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice the number of calls made to An Garda Síochána, by month and by year, from 2016 to 2024, that would fall under the heading of 'domestic violence', in tabular form. [3988/25]
188. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance the amount of excise duty that was paid on alcohol in each year from 2014 to 2024; and the percentage of this excise duty as a total of the tax taken in by the State in each of those years, by excise duty per year, and as a percentage of the overall tax take, in tabular form. [3990/25]
48. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Taoiseach the progress and current status of the Covid-19 evaluation; and when a point of contact will be established for the public. [3968/25]
1355. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total cost of medical negligence litigation against the HSE and her Department in each of the years from 2014 to 2024, including awards made in the Courts, settlements made out of court to resolve disputes, and legal costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3529/25]
1354. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by each of the section 39 voluntary hospitals on management consultants and external professional services, by type, for each year, 2019-2024, in tabular form; and the amount paid to each individual firm and the time period for payments to each firm. [3527/25]
1353. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by the HSE on management consultants and external professional services, by type, for each year, 2019 to 2024, in tabular form; the amount paid to each individual firm; and the time period for payments to each firm. [3526/25]
1352. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by each of the section 39 voluntary hospitals on agency staffing and on private recruitment firms for each year, 2019-2024, in tabular form; and the amount paid to each individual firm and the time period for payments to each firm. [3525/25]
1351. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by the HSE on agency staffing and on private recruitment firms for each year, 2019 to 2024, in tabular form; the amount paid to each individual firm; and the time period for payments to each firm. [3524/25]
1350. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on HSE dental and orthodontic waiting lists at the end of each quarter for each year 2019 to 2024 and at end January 2025, broken down by standard waiting times, by area, in tabular form. [3523/25]
1349. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists on the dental treatment services scheme at the end of each quarter for each year 2019-2024 and at end January 2025 by LHO in tabular form; the number of dentists who submitted claims and the total number of claims in quarter one of each year and each full year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3522/25]
1348. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of each quarter of 2022 to 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3521/25]
1345. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on CAMHS waiting lists, by CHO and length of wait, at the end of December and January of each year 2019 to 2025, in tabular form. [3509/25]
1344. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on CAMHS waiting lists, by CHO and length of wait, at the end of each quarter of each year 2019 to 2024, in tabular form. [3508/25]
1343. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, for December of each year 2019, 2023, and 2024 and for January 2025, in tabular form; the breakdown, by length of wait and by age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3505/25]
1342. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health for each model 3 and model 4 hospital, the number of days that full capacity protocols have been active, for each December and January for each year 2019-2025, inclusive, in tabular form. [3504/25]
1341. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for each December and January for each year from 2019 to 2025; and the national average, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3503/25]
1340. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care for each December and January for each year from 2019 to 2025; the number of delayed discharges and the number as a percentage of all discharges; and the number of bed days lost and the number as a percentage of all bed days available for the period, at each location in tabular form. [3502/25]
1339. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health for each model 3 and model 4 hospital, the number of days that full capacity protocols have been active, for each quarter of 2019 to 2024, in tabular form. [3501/25]
1338. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for each quarter of 2019 to 2024, and the national average, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3500/25]
1337. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care for each quarter of 2019 to 2024; the number of delayed discharges and the number as a percentage of all discharges; and the number of bed days lost and the number as a percentage of all bed days available for the period, at each location, in tabular form. [3499/25]
1336. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health for a comparison of the average ambulance turnaround time at each emergency department for each quarter in 2023 and 2024, inclusive, in tabular form. [3497/25]
1335. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health for a comparison of the number and percentage of incidents responded to by the ambulance service by clinical status and sub status for each quarter for each year 2019-2024, inclusive. [3496/25]
1334. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health for a comparison of the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO and clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in 18 minutes and 59 seconds or less for each quarter for each year 2019-2024, inclusive, nationally and by ambulance region, in tabular form; the average length of such response times nationally and by region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3495/25]
1333. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff at HSE facilities for each January and December for each of the years 2019 to 2025, in tabular form. [3490/25]
1332. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at HSE facilities for each January and December for each of the years 2019 to 2025, in tabular form. [3489/25]
1331. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff at HSE facilities for each quarter for each of the years 2019 to 2024, in tabular form. [3488/25]
1330. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at HSE facilities for each quarter for each of the years 2019 to 2024, in tabular form. [3487/25]