Question from Deputy Barry Heneghan - PQ 31614-26

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 25 June 2025, the anticipated timelines for new resources to be recruited and operational within the Mater Hospital’s pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) unit; whether funding for these roles has been formally allocated within the HSE service plan and budget for 2026; the engagement or consultation that has taken place with the PAH unit at the Mater Hospital to identify and confirm the specific resource gaps and needs that these new roles are intended to address; and if she will make a statement on the matter. -Barry Heneghan