1026. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the activities undertaken by the National Standards Authority of Ireland that are outsourced to private contractors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60422/26]
1025. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the plans the NSAI has to outsource existing audit activities to private contractors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60425/26]
1024. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the total number of staff of the NSAI for the years 2019 – 2026. [60431/26]
226. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Defence if the pursuit of financial liability arising from the undertaking set out in CCR 446 has been waived or stood down for an individual case in each of the years 2020 to 2026; and if so, the grounds for so doing. [59884/26]
3796. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to issues in relation to accessing translation services at GPs for women who wish to avail of abortion services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57777/26]
3630. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the list of agencies in receipt of money for the provision of agency staffing services per regional health area; the cost of those services provided per agency in 2024, 2025, and to date 2026, in order of lowest to highest amounts, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57120/26]
3629. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the list of agencies in receipt of money for the provision of agency staffing services in each acute hospital; the cost of those services provided per agency in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in order of lowest to highest amounts, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57119/26]
3591. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the capital funding allocation for a hospital (details supplied) between the years 2022 to 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56979/26]
3590. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the current average wait time per speciality in a hospital (details supplied); the longest waiter per speciality; the number of patients waiting to be seen per speciality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56978/26]
3589. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the staffing at a hospital (details supplied) in the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; per job type and WTE funded and WTE filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56977/26]
3588. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the funding allocation to a hospital (details supplied) in the years 2022 to 2025; the spending for each of those years; the funding allocated for the year 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56976/26]
3515. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the timeframe in which the outstanding complaints and investigations in relation to leaked recordings at the National Ambulance Service will be dealt with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56712/26]
3418. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to publish a timeline for the Clinical Trials Advisory Council (CTAC) to implement the recommendations made by the National Clinical Trials Oversight Group (NCTOG); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56249/26]
3417. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when the Clinical Trials Advisory Council (CTAC) will convene for the first time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56248/26]
3416. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the timeline from application for reimbursement of new cancer medicines to a decision to reimburse in each of the years 2019 to 2025 and to date 2026, in tabular form. [56247/26]
3415. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the conclusion of the current National Cancer Strategy; the evaluation of the strategy; and the development and launch of the next strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56246/26]
3414. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the status of the National Cancer Strategy implementation reports for 2024 and 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56245/26]
3413. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health whether radiation oncologists, radiation therapists and medical physicists will be included as members of the Working Group on a Strategic Infrastructure Programme for radiation therapy equipment and facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56244/26]
3312. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to providing injectable PrEP for clinically suitable individuals for whom this form of administration would be greatly beneficial; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55776/26]
3311. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing blood-borne virus screening when individuals get a blood test at an emergency department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55775/26]
3187. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of parents who used the ‘Ask our breastfeeding expert’ service on mychild.ie in 2024 and 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55170/26]
3186. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the breastfeeding rate at the first PHN visit and the subsequent three-month PHN checks in 2023, 2024, and 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55169/26]
3185. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of first-time mothers who gave birth in Irish maternity units in each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, per maternity unit; the number of women who attended antenatal classes in the hospitals and units in the same years, per maternity unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55168/26]
3184. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of individuals who received breastfeeding supports in 2025 per public health nurse services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55167/26]
3183. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the funding which will be provided towards the women’s health action plan in respect of breastfeeding, particularly action 7k and 8F; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55166/26]
3171. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health for each consultancy contract entered into by the HSE for the period 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026, the due diligence that was conducted relating to the access to patient data/records; and if such was conducted, the processes that were conducted in order to undertake that due diligence. [55082/26]
3170. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to set out for each consultancy contract entered into by the HSE for the period 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026, the patient data that was shared with the external consultant; and the duration of that access arrangement and the storage of that data. [55081/26]
3169. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to list each consultancy contract entered into by the HSE; the name of the contractor, purpose of the contract, output from the consultancy work and the value of each contract, for each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [55080/26]
3168. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to list each consultancy contract entered into by her Department; the name of the contractor, purpose of the contract, output from the consultancy work and the value of each contract, for each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [55079/26]
3167. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her plans to standardise access to prenatal testing for all those attending public maternity services here. [55078/26]
3166. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health given the very long waiting times between diagnostic test and follow up appointment in many public IVF clinics, the legal basis for such clinics withholding a patient's results until the follow up appointment. [55077/26]
2173. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people who were charged with a s.3 Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 offence, without also being charged with a s.15 or s.15A Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 offence in relation to the same court date for each of the years 2019 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55176/26]
2172. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people who were charged with both a s.3 Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 offence and a s.15 or s.15A Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 offence in relation to the same court date, for each of the years 2019 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55175/26]
1056. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the engagements his Department has had with a company (details supplied) regarding redundancies at the company; his views = that there has been meaningful engagement between the company and union representatives in respect of those redundancies; his views on whether the company are meeting their obligations under section 9 of the Protection of Employment Act, 1977; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57931/26]
54. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding that has been allocated by Irish Aid to the provision of anti-retroviral drugs and the prevention of HIV, particularly in the wake of cuts to PEPFAR in the United States, in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55780/26]
566. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the timeline for when her Department will develop a breastfeeding awareness campaign as per the Women’s Health Action Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54677/26]
564. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when the national breastfeeding strategy will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54674/26]
267. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the basis upon which local property tax is applied to congregated settings; and whether it should be applied to rooms or to the congregated building. [54425/26]
688. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the steering committee for the national data equality strategy will commence its work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53442/26]
471. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the way in which an individual can return unused medications or EpiPens without incurring a cost at a pharmacy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52562/26]
416. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the estimated financial cost per delayed transfer of care per night; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52350/26]
415. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the HSE Delayed Discharges Implementation Group, introduced in 2019, is still operating; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52349/26]
189. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health as Chair of the EU Health Council of Ministers, if she will push for the inclusion of SPF products on the EU VAT rate list of reduced-rate pharmaceutical products; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52267/26]
161. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to confirm when the report into midwifery and nursing numbers, commissioned by the National Women and Infants Health Programme will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52271/26]
158. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the actions she will take following the publication of the Report on Traveller Health published by the Joint Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community (details supplied); the steps she will take on recommendations to improve access through mobile clinics, lower screening ages for cervical check; to provide an update on the implementation of the National Traveller Health Action Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52268/26]
99. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the reason the national lipoedema working group is proposing to exclude surgical intervention from its guidelines on the management of lipoedema; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52269/26]
94. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the action she is taking to address the dearth of nursing home beds and increase the number of step-down facilities in response to the crisis in delayed transfers of care in our acute hospital system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52270/26]
88. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to commit to setting out a written detailed response and implementation plan to each of the 161 recommendations of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Drugs Use policy reform. [52314/26]
132. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his plans to publish the year-long study sent to him regarding the feasibility of transitioning the waste collection market from its current side-by-side licensing system to a franchise tendering system; and his plans to act on the findings of that report. [51465/26]
456. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her response to the closure of a clinic (details supplied) where many individuals were receiving care for ADHD; the response of the HSE to this closure to ensure continuity of care for those individuals, particularly in receipt of medication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50445/26]