674. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of the 100 planned residential disability places funded in Budget 2027 that will be allocated to HSE south west; the number in Cork specifically; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72401/26]
679. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 68803/26, which showed that Publicjobs incurred advertising costs of €99,979 on consultant recruitment campaigns since 2024, mostly for advertisements in the British Medical Journal, with costs recovered from the client, while journals were cited as the information source by 0.5% or fewer of applicants, the amount reimbursed b…
708. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of women booked under the DOMINO scheme at Cork University Maternity Hospital who were notified directly, in writing or by phone, of changes to the service taking effect from 12 October 2026; the date such notifications issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71429/26]
709. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the staffing levels of the Early Transfer Team at Cork University Maternity Hospital; whether additional staff have been allocated to absorb post-natal home visits previously delivered under the DOMINO scheme; the expected change in caseload per midwife; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71433/26]
710. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the telephone advice and triage arrangements available to women booked under the DOMINO scheme at Cork University Maternity Hospital from 12 October 2026, including the staffing of that service and whether calls will be answered by midwives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71431/26]
722. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the dates and principal findings of the most recent audits of the treatment abroad scheme carried out by the HSE Internal Audit Office and the Comptroller and Auditor General; whether those audit reports will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71501/26]
723. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health given that the treatment abroad scheme has confirmed that patient outcomes, adverse incidents and patient safety matters do not fall within its remit, the body within the HSE responsible for monitoring outcomes and adverse incidents for patients treated abroad under the scheme; whether any aggregate outcome data is held; and if she will make a statement on the mat…
726. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 41905/26, the number of occasions in each year from 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026 on which independent clinical advice was sought from consultants or national clinical leads in respect of treatment abroad scheme applications; whether those advisors are remunerated; if so, the total cost; whether a register of advisors and d…
728. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 41916/26 and 41917/26, the number of treatment abroad scheme cases in each year from 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026 in which the final invoice exceeded the estimated cost by 25% or more; the number in which clarification was sought from the treating country; the total value of the variance in each year; the outcome of thos…
729. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the reason treatment abroad scheme treatment costs reached €21,061,731 in 2021 despite that year recording the lowest number of approved applications in the period 2020 to 2025; whether expenditure figures are recorded by year of approval or year of payment; the number of cases in 2021 with a final cost exceeding €250,000; and if she will make a statement on the m…
730. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 41914/26, to reconcile the number of approved treatment abroad scheme applications given as 514 in 2020 and 568 in 2022 in the headline table with the totals of 517 and 566 given in the country and specialty tables for the same years; the status, whether pending, withdrawn or otherwise, of applications neither approved or decl…
732. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 41914/26, to provide the total expenditure under the treatment abroad scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026, by medical specialty and by destination country, in the same format as the activity and expenditure data by specialty reviewed at the quarterly performance oversight meetings with her Department's…
757. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 52837/26, the number of funded and filled whole time equivalent primary care posts in the Cork Kerry Community Healthcare area in 2024 by discipline; the resulting vacancy rate; the amount of the primary care pay underspend applied against adverse variances in non pay and income in the same year; the care groups and services t…
758. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 70922/26, the reason the number of public only consultant contract work plans uploaded to DIME exceeds the number of post matched consultants in most health regions; the number of such consultants at Cork University Hospital, and the number of those with planned Saturday and extended day activity, in tabular form; and if she w…
759. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 70922/26, the means by which the HSE verifies that Saturday and extended day activity planned in consultant work plans under the Public Only Consultant Contract 2023 is actually delivered; the number of Saturday sessions delivered by such consultants in each health region to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on th…
760. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 66526/26, the date on which the request to replace the clinical nurse specialist post supporting skin cancer follow up at Cork University Hospital was received by the HSE nationally; the unit or committee responsible for that approval; the number of posts across HSE South West currently awaiting national approval after regiona…
761. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 65820/26, the date on which the mole mapping and melanoma surveillance service at Cork University Hospital ceased; the date of the last surveillance appointment held; the date by which all 98 affected patients will have been contacted; the alternative surveillance pathway being offered to each; the number of those patients who…
781. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE provides hospitals in Cork with information materials on community stroke supports (details supplied); whether these organisations are included in discharge information or referral pathways for stroke patients; and the arrangements in place to ensure patients and families are made aware of available post-stroke supports before discharge. [71937/26]
782. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether there is a national HSE protocol requiring stroke patients to be provided, before discharge, with information on community and voluntary stroke supports (details supplied); whether patients are routinely offered referrals to such services; if not, the reasons for this; and if she will review arrangements to ensure patients and families receive information …
783. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or the HSE have conducted a cost-benefit or economic impact assessment of funding specialist FASD support services; whether the potential costs to health, disability, education, social care, justice and other public services arising from unmet FASD needs were considered when determining 2026 funding; and if she will provide details of any su…
784. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the reduction in funding for an organisation's (details supplied) helpline was undertaken following an assessment of the potential impact on people living with FASD, their families and professionals; whether a national framework of support was in place before funding was reduced; the annual cost saving to the HSE whether her Department has assessed the wid…
794. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the reason HSE funding to the sexual health centre Cork increased from €480,000 in 2023 to €1.338 million in 2024; the specific programmes and services funded by this increase; whether funding was transferred for newly commissioned services; and if she will provide a breakdown of the total funding provided to the organisation in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. [71872/2…
797. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a transgender patient must be accommodated in a ward, bedroom or bathroom corresponding to their gender identity where a patient of the opposite biological sex objects on grounds of privacy, dignity, previous sexual trauma or safeguarding; the national policy that governs such circumstances; and whether she will clarify which patient’s accommodation needs …
800. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether national standards or guidance apply to maternity services regarding language used by midwives and other staff when informing parents of the sex of their newborn; whether staff are advised to use gender-neutral terminology or discouraged from stating that a newborn is a boy or girl; and whether gender-inclusive healthcare guidance affects communication of …
811. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether each HSE-approved psychiatric centre has a written policy governing the allocation of wards, bedrooms and bathrooms to transgender patients; whether these policies must comply with the Mental Health Commission’s 2025 LGBTQIA+ guidance; and whether she will provide details of the national protocol governing cases where a transgender patient’s requested acco…