Ken O'Flynn
Written
928. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure by the HSE on externally procured home support services in each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026. [32332/26]
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Ken O'Flynn
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Ken O'Flynn
Written
929. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total number of home support hours delivered by private providers in each of the years 2022-2026. [32333/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
930. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the proportion of total home support hours delivered by directly employed HSE staff, private providers and voluntary providers. [32334/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
931. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any value-for-money or cost comparison analysis has been conducted between directly employed home support workers and externally procured providers. [32335/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
932. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the average hourly cost to the HSE of directly employed home support staff compared with the €32.73 per hour paid to external providers. [32336/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
933. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the home support authorisation scheme includes any profit margin controls or cost transparency requirements for private providers. [32337/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
934. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has conducted any updated economic modelling of the cost of overweight and obesity in Ireland since 2017; and if so, to provide the estimated annual cost to the public health service and the wider economy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32339/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
935. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has produced projections for obesity prevalence in Ireland to 2030 and 2040; and if so, to provide those projections in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32340/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
936. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any modelling has been undertaken on the projected impact of overweight and obesity on acute hospital demand, primary care demand, and health service workforce requirements over the next 10 to 20 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32341/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
937. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department has assessed the potential cost savings associated with expanded access to evidence-based obesity treatments, including pharmacological interventions; if so, to provide details of any such assessments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32342/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
938. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the completion and publication of the next Obesity Policy and Action Plan; whether any interim measures are in place pending its publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32343/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
939. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total annual expenditure by the HSE and her Department on obesity prevention, management, and treatment programmes for each year from 2020 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32349/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
940. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a dedicated budget line exists for obesity-related services within the national health budget; if so, to provide the annual allocation for each year from 2020 to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32350/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
941. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently accessing HSE-supported obesity treatment services, including specialist clinics and pharmacological treatments, in tabular form by year from 2020 to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32351/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
942. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether national clinical guidelines are in place governing access to pharmacological treatments for obesity within the public health service; if so, to provide details of those guidelines and the eligibility criteria applied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32352/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
943. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has conducted any assessment of waiting times for access to specialist obesity services, including multidisciplinary clinics; if so, to provide the average waiting times and regional variations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32353/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
944. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any procurement or reimbursement decisions are under consideration in relation to new pharmacological treatments for obesity; if so, to outline the current status of those considerations and the decision-making framework applied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32354/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
945. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether outcome metrics are in place to evaluate the effectiveness of obesity-related programmes funded by the State; if so, to provide details of those metrics and any published results; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32355/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
950. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a formal definition of "medically indicated" is applied by Children's Health Ireland in the scheduling of elective paediatric procedures; whether this definition is standardised nationally; and if she will provide the criteria used. [32408/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
951. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any audit, internal or external, has been conducted within the past five years to verify that all elective paediatric procedures undertaken within Children's Health Ireland meet the threshold of medical necessity; and if she will provide details of any such audits. [32409/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
952. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or the HSE requires Children's Health Ireland to classify elective procedures by urgency, clinical necessity, or priority category for the purpose of capacity planning; and if she will outline any such classification framework. [32410/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
953. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any modelling or scenario analysis has been conducted at Department or HSE level on the impact of theatre allocation decisions on paediatric waiting lists; and if she will provide details of same. [32411/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
954. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the allocation of paediatric surgical theatre time is subject to any national performance or value-for-money oversight framework; and if she will outline the mechanisms in place. [32412/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
962. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the national average caseload per Suicide Crisis Assessment Nurse (SCAN) post in 2025; and if she will provide a breakdown by Community Healthcare Organisation area. [32470/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
963. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the highest and lowest caseload recorded per SCAN post in 2025; and if she will provide the figures by region. [32471/26]