A TD has demanded that the €2,000 ex-gratia payment to over 159 women affected by the CervicalCheck controversy be paid immediately.

CervicalCheck has refused to reveal the number of staff who have resigned or taken stress leave in the wake of the smear test controversy

A Fine Gael TD has compared a hospital emergency department to a “South American” facility and described “shocking” conditions after she waited over seven hours before leaving with her child — who was not seen by a clinician.

Fred Barry said he was disappointed at the level of progress to date, but added the project can still be complete in three years' time.

Paying three times for a single asset is “unethical, unconstitutional and unfair," Independent TD, Denis Naughten, told a meeting of the Oireachtas health committee when it discussed what farm families wanted in the new Fair Deal Scheme.

The Report of the Working Group on Access to Contraception outlines three main approaches the Minister could take to introducing free contraception.

The man behind the Sláintecare report into removing private care from public hospitals has said that doing so is now “perfectly feasible, after that it’s a question for society as to whether or not we want to do it”.

Concerns have been raised over the availability of services and appropriate infrastructure if new laws on organ donation are passed.

The supply of people's medicines will not be affected if Britain leaves the EU without a deal at the end of the month, Health Minister SImon Harris has said.

On four occasions since April UHL has had 81 patients waiting and last month the hospital had over 1,400 people without beds.

HSE CEO Paul Reid has blamed the overspend so far this year on operational services, including for residential services for those with intellectual disabilities, emergency hospital care as well as an ageing population.

There is no need for patients, hospitals or healthcare professionals to stockpile medicines ahead of Brexit, according to the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA).

The Scally Report into the CervicalCheck scandal revealed that more than 90,000 smears were being sent there without the knowledge or approval of CervicalCheck.

Cash-strapped organisations providing care to thousands of people with disabilities are being “coerced” into hiding the true cost of delivering services, the Oireachtas health committee has been told.

A tribunal to hear and determine claims from women and families impacted by the CervicalCheck scandal is to get Government sign-off today.

More than €1m has been paid to a communications company managing publicity for the National Children’s Hospital, it has emerged.

The Chair of the board overseeing the new National Children's Hospital is warning the project's costs could rise even further.

The RCSI Faculty of Dentistry will today tell the Oireachtas Health Committee that the sector is under-resourced to meet the demands set out for it under a planned extension of services.

Post mortems are no longer to be carried out University Hospital Waterford mortuary in State cases, according to gardaí.

Minister of State for Mental Health Jim Daly says the forum will give the Oireachtas greater say on mental health issues.

University Hospital Waterford has said there is no evidence to substantiate claims made by consultants of poor and dangerous mortuary facilities at the hospital.

Fianna Fáil's Health spokesperson, Stephen Donnelly, has called on the Government to sign on the dotted line and bring our doctors home.

Health Minister Simon Harris has steered clear of criticising the main oversight bodies involved in the new children’s hospital project for massive cost overruns - instead pointing the finger of blame at professional advisory firms.

The government is facing further questions over how Health Minister Simon Harris' story has “shifted” around advice he received over offering women free repeat smear tests.

Health Minister Simon Harris says critics of his decision to offer free smear test re-checks to women last year are "playing politics" with the crisis and making "crass" claims amid growing opposition pressure over the move.

A three-month recruitment and overtime freeze ordered in the health services has been deemed “complete madness” at a time when there are already massive staff shortages.

The health authority's national director of screening services, Damien McCallion, said there is currently a backlog of 79,500 slides, with some samples taking up to 33 weeks to be reviewed.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Health Minister Simon Harris have been forced to deny CervicalCheck officials warned them that offering free smear test re-checks would severely damage the service - accusing critics of being involved in "revisionism".

A Fianna Fáil TD has suggested Simon Harris misled the Dáil over the CervicalCheck scandal.

The State could face an avalanche of legal actions from children with special needs if the system to assess their needs is not rectified, according to a leading children’s rights solicitor.

This is the question no one wants to have to ask when faced with concerning health results.

Health Minister Simon Harris is facing growing calls to fully correct the Dáil record and admit to opposition claims he misled the public over the children’s hospital costs crisis in an escalating three-way game of cat and mouse among rival parties.

Frustrated Fine Gael politicians have lashed out at Government leaders over the health crisis amid ongoing criticism about the nurses’ strikes and the national children’s hospital scandal.

The Health Minister said he believes the new National Children's Hospital does represent good value for money.

Ministers have been asked to explain why they did not sound alarm bells earlier about the spiralling costs for the national children's hospital, amid growing questions about the scandal.

The country’s top official for public expenditure has been sharply criticised for snubbing a request to appear before the Oireachtas Health Committee which is investigating cost overruns at the National Children’s Hospital.