Ken O'Flynn

689. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether Garda vetting failures, lapses, or compliance gaps relating to agency staff supplying workers to HSE-funded services are centrally tracked and reported by the HSE; if so, the number recorded in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47015/26]

690. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether credentialing, qualification verification, registration, or professional compliance failures relating to agency staff supplying workers to HSE-funded services are centrally recorded by the HSE; if so, the number recorded in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47016/26]

691. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether contract breaches by staffing agencies operating under HSE national framework agreements or supplier panels are centrally logged by the HSE; if so, the number and nature of such breaches recorded in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47017/26]

692. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of staffing agencies operating under HSE national framework agreements or supplier panels have been subject to sanctions, corrective actions, suspensions, removals from panels, financial penalties, or other enforcement measures in each of the past three years; the nature of those measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47018/26]

884. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1088 of 19 May 2026, if the HSE will confirm whether it intends to develop a clinical definition of “obesity-related conditions” for measurement purposes; if the healthcare pricing office will expand the ICD-10-AM code set used for this analysis beyond E66.1, E66.2 and E66.9 to capture conditions where obesity is a recognised contributing factor, including Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and osteoarthritis; and if the introduction of a unique health identifier will be examined as a means of enabling patient-level analysis of obesity-related hospital activity. [47804/26]

885. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide a breakdown by hospital group or CHO area of the discharges with a secondary diagnosis of obesity reported to HIPE for 2020 to 2025; and if the HSE will indicate the estimated cost to the public hospital system associated with these admissions. [47805/26]

886. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the change in coding classification from ICD-10-AM 10th edition to 12th edition in 2024 has been assessed for its impact on the comparability of obesity-related discharge data; and if a methodology note will be published to allow accurate year-on-year analysis. [47806/26]

887. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total number of compliance inspections, audits and reviews conducted nationally under the home support authorisation scheme, broken down by year since the scheme’s commencement in 2023 and by integrated health area; the number of approved providers issued with a quality improvement plan in each of those years; the number of providers whose contracts were subsequently suspended or terminated arising from non-compliance; whether any provider has ever been removed from the authorisation scheme for non-compliance and, if so, the grounds on which; whether compliance inspections are conducted on an announced or unannounced basis as standard practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47807/26]

888. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the publicly available productivity dashboard for hospitals disaggregates data by the six health regions or only by individual hospital; and if it does not provide a regional breakdown, if she will commit to developing a dedicated comparative dashboard for the six health regions covering expenditure, workforce allocation, waiting times and service delivery outcomes. [47808/26]

889. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the specific tools, reports or mechanisms that currently allow for a direct comparison of performance between the six health regions, given that the health system performance assessment framework operates at aggregate national level only; and if she will provide a list of all such tools currently in use. [47809/26]

890. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the mechanism which exists to compare the performance of the six regional executive officers against one another, given that responsibility for regional performance rests with the REOs individually; and if no such comparative mechanism exists, the way in which regional underperformance is identified relative to other regions rather than solely against each region’s own targets. [47810/26]

891. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the timeline for making trauma-informed practice training mandatory for staff working with care-experienced young adults transitioning from CAMHS to adult mental health services; which staff cohorts will be prioritised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47811/26]

892. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the absence of a national reporting structure for trauma-informed practice training uptake has been recorded on any HSE risk register or audit plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47812/26]

893. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage, by community healthcare organisation, of staff currently engaging in CAMHS-to-adult mental health transition cases who have received no trauma-informed practice training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47813/26]

894. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she will direct the HSE to establish a distinct, trackable budget line for obesity-related healthcare expenditure; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47827/26]

895. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department has commissioned, or plans to commission, an updated national costing of overweight and obesity in Ireland, given that the most recent dedicated study dates from 2012 and current figures rely on academic estimates rather than HSE financial data; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47828/26]

896. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to reconcile the discrepancy between the 2012 Safefood estimate of €1.13 billion in direct and indirect obesity-related costs in the Republic of Ireland and the 2025 Irish Endocrine Society estimate of €1.1 billion in direct healthcare costs alone; the implications for the true current scale of obesity-related expenditure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47829/26]

135. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the details of which specific measures are being implemented in Irish law and policy arising from the EU Migration and Asylum Pact (details supplied); if he plans to implement any provisions beyond the minimum standards required under EU law, including in relation to reception conditions, processing timelines, and entitlements for applicants; if an assessment has been carried out of the cost to the State of implementing measures above the EU minimum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46146/26]

317. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport the average length of time currently required to process a change of vehicle ownership; and if he will provide a breakdown of processing times over the past 12 months. [45658/26]

318. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport if provision is made for a refund or other compensation in circumstances where a person is unable to declare a vehicle off the road due to delays in the processing of a change of ownership application. [45659/26]

319. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport if vehicle registration certificates (log books) may still be submitted by post for the purposes of transferring ownership; and if he will outline the alternative arrangements available to persons who are unable to access or use online services. [45660/26]

445. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether she has been informed of concerns raised by students, parents, teachers or representative bodies regarding the 2026 Leaving Certificate higher level mathematics paper 1; the quality assurance, review and approval procedures which apply to the setting of State examination papers by the State Examinations Commission; whether she has been informed that those procedures were followed in respect of this examination paper; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45065/26]

446. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department or the State Examinations Commission has received representations regarding the 2026 Leaving Certificate higher level mathematics paper 1; whether she has sought assurances from the State Examinations Commission that any concerns raised will be considered through its established marking, grading and review processes; whether any formal mechanisms exist for reviewing concerns relating to the content or standard of an examination paper after it has been sat by candidates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45066/26]

447. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether the Government has been briefed on concerns expressed regarding the 2026 Leaving Certificate higher level mathematics paper 1; whether he is satisfied that the current statutory and governance framework applying to the State Examinations Commission provides sufficient transparency, accountability and oversight in relation to the setting and review of State examination papers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45067/26]

650. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has conducted an assessment since 2020 of attitudes towards LGBT persons among applicants for international protection and other recent arrivals to the State; if risks relating to anti-LGBT prejudice have been identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45090/26]