1136. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether uniform national definitions are applied across all Health Service Executive regions in the recording of counselling activity, including definitions of referral, assessment, attendance, and discharge; and if she will provide details. [29949/26]
1137. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has assessed the extent to which counselling activity data reported by individual Health Service Executive regions is directly comparable on a like-for-like basis; and if so, the findings of that assessment. [29950/26]
1138. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any national-level validation, reconciliation, or consistency checks are applied to counselling activity data submitted by Health Service Executive regions; and if she will outline the mechanisms in place. [29951/26]
1139. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether counselling activity data collected by the Health Service Executive is subject to periodic internal audit or independent external audit; and if so, the frequency, scope, and most recent findings. [29952/26]
1140. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has assessed the risk that multiple attendances by the same individual within a reporting period may lead to inflated activity figures in counselling service reporting; and if so, the outcome of that assessment. [29953/26]
1141. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any national reporting framework for counselling services includes outcome-based or patient-centred metrics, in addition to activity-based measures; and if she will provide details. [29954/26]
1142. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has established any formal governance framework to ensure consistency, accuracy, and completeness of counselling service data across Health Service Executive regions; and if she will outline same. [29955/26]
1143. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any timelines, milestones, or implementation targets have been set under the Digital for Care 2030 framework in relation to the development of standardised national reporting for counselling services; and if she will provide details. [29956/26]
1144. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has conducted any gap analysis between current counselling service reporting practices and international best practice standards for health service data reporting; and if so, the findings and any actions arising. [29957/26]
1175. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has carried out any formal governance, compliance, or performance reviews of the Institute of Public Health in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; and to provide the number of such reviews conducted in each year. [30185/26]
1176. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any structured audit or review schedule exists within her Department in respect of non-statutory bodies receiving direct Exchequer funding; and if so, to outline the frequency, scope, and methodology of such reviews. [30186/26]
1177. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department relies solely on statutory financial audits conducted under the Companies Act 2014 to discharge its oversight responsibilities in respect of the Institute of Public Health; and if not, to specify any additional governance or performance oversight mechanisms in place. [30187/26]
1178. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any performance evaluation, value-for-money assessment, or outcome-based review of the Institute of Public Health has been conducted by or on behalf of her Department since 2020; and if so, to provide details. [30189/26]
1179. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has defined key performance indicators, reporting requirements, or measurable outputs for the Institute of Public Health as a condition of funding; and if so, to outline these arrangements. [30190/26]
1180. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any internal audit, external review, or independent evaluation has been carried out in respect of the Department’s own oversight arrangements for non-statutory bodies receiving direct funding since 2020; and if so, to provide details. [30191/26]
1181. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any risk assessments have been undertaken by her Department in relation to governance, financial oversight, or accountability risks associated with the Institute of Public Health in the past three years; and if so, to outline the findings. [30192/26]
1182. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to clarify the criteria used by her Department to determine what constitutes a “non-statutory body receiving direct funding”, and whether any bodies receiving funding through intermediary mechanisms, service agreements, or programme allocations are excluded from this classification. [30193/26]
1183. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she is satisfied that the current oversight arrangements in place for the Institute of Public Health meet the standards expected under the Public Spending Code and wider public financial management guidelines; and if so, the basis for that assessment. [30194/26]
1186. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any internal dispatch-time performance targets, whether formal or informal, are applied within the National Ambulance Service for the allocation of 999 calls; and to provide details of same. [30204/26]
1187. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any such dispatch-time performance metrics are documented within the HSE Enterprise Risk Register or any associated risk management framework; and if so, to provide details. [30205/26]
1188. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any internal or external audits, reviews, or evaluations have examined ambulance dispatch timelines or allocation practices since 2020; and to provide the dates and headline findings of such reviews. [30206/26]
1189. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has issued any policy direction, guidance, or oversight framework governing ambulance dispatch prioritisation and allocation decisions; and to provide details. [30207/26]
1190. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she is satisfied that the current ambulance dispatch framework adequately balances response speed with geographic efficiency and regional capacity constraints; and whether any formal assessment of this balance has been conducted. [30208/26]
1191. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any national or regional performance benchmarks exist for ambulance call allocation times, and if so, how compliance with such benchmarks is monitored and reported. [30209/26]
1192. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any standardised methodology is used across regions to ensure consistency in dispatch decision-making within the National Ambulance Service. [30210/26]