1107. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department intends to establish any criteria, mechanism or review process to ensure equivalence of assessment criteria for publicly funded procedures across hospitals and specialties; the timeframe for doing so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64212/26]
1109. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the assessment her Department has carried out of the effect on equity of access where, as confirmed by the Health Service Executive, no mechanism exists to ensure that a procedure approved for public funding in one hospital or specialty is assessed against equivalent criteria in another hospital or specialty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64210…
1110. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to PQ 44070/26, to confirm the position stated by the Health Service Executive namely that there is no criteria or review process to consider equivalence of publicly funded procedures across hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64209/26]
1114. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 840 of 30 June 2026, and the HSE confirmation of 25 August 2026 that no interim system or process will be introduced for Regional Immunisation Committees before the first NIIS report in early 2027, the specific coverage threshold or trigger that would prompt Regional Immunisation Committee intervention in a low-coverage cohor…
1115. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 840 of 30 June 2026, the specific process by which a child whose immunisation record fails to transfer successfully to the National Immunisation Information System is identified and flagged for vaccination follow-up; the safeguards in place to ensure such a child is not lost to the vaccination schedule; and if she will make a…
1118. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 840 of 30 June 2026, the total number and percentage of legacy primary childhood immunisation records migrated to NIIS to date (details supplied); the number confirmed to have failed migration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64157/26]
1124. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the protocols in place at Cork University Hospital to ensure that a registered nurse with the required clinical competencies is available on each ward at all times, including at night and during staff breaks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64342/26]
1125. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints relating to patient care, nursing standards and communication received in respect of Cork University Hospital in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the average time taken to resolve such complaints; the outcomes recorded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64341/26]
1126. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of clinical nurse manager posts assigned to each inpatient ward at Cork University Hospital; the number of those posts currently vacant or filled on an acting basis; the arrangements in place to ensure ward level nursing leadership at all times, including during staff breaks and training periods; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64340/…
1127. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the current nursing complement and the nurse to patient ratios on the oncology and neurology wards at Cork University Hospital; the manner in which the nursing skill mix on each ward is determined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64339/26]
1136. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1011 of 6 May 2026, whether any audit or review since 2020 has examined the correctness or consistency of individual approval and refusal decisions under the treatment abroad scheme, as distinct from audit of the scheme's expenditure or financial controls; and, if so, to provide the dates and findings of each such review; and…
1137. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1024 of 6 May 2026, to provide the title, scope, commencement and completion dates, reporting line, and final report reference of the Comptroller and Auditor General audit of the treatment abroad scheme referred to; to state whether that report is publicly available; and, if it is not, to arrange for a copy to be provided to …
1138. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1032 of 6 May 2026, which stated that the Comptroller and Auditor General conducted an audit of the treatment abroad scheme in 2020, and Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1011 and 1024 of 6 May 2026, which stated that the audit was conducted in 2022, to confirm the correct year of the audit; to state whether these references are t…
1151. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 766 of 14 July 2026, to identify who holds national accountability for detecting and reducing unnecessary or duplicate laboratory testing across the 41 hospital laboratories (details supplied); the estimated annual cost of unnecessary or duplicate testing nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64446/26]
1152. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the reason equivalent guidance (details supplied) cannot be adopted or adapted in the State before 2028 to 2030; whether the HSE has considered adopting the existing published guidance on an interim basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64445/26]
1153. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 1089 and 1092 of 19 May 2026, and 768 of 14 July 2026, to reconcile these two positions (details supplied); the date on which this document was reclassified from in development to not scheduled before 2028; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64444/26]
1154. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 745 of 14 July 2026, to confirm directly whether any such review, audit or costing has ever been carried out (details supplied); if not, whether one will now be commissioned; the total number of lipid profile tests processed nationally in the most recent 12-month period for which figures are available; the estimated cost of s…
1226. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2902 of 14 April 2026, whether the HSE currently holds a comparable measure of agency savings across all HSE regions; and if not, the date by which such a measure will be in place. [64767/26]
1227. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2902 of 14 April 2026, the total HSE agency spend to the most recent available date in 2026, set against the €720 million ceiling in the National Service Plan 2026, broken down by HSE region; and whether the HSE is currently on profile to meet that ceiling. [64766/26]
1228. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2902 of 14 April 2026, the number of occasions on which each of Tiers 1 to 4 of the Performance and Accountability Framework escalation process has been invoked in relation to agency staffing controls to date in 2026, broken down by HSE region. [64765/26]
1229. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2902 of 14 April 2026, if any non-compliance with agency staffing controls has been identified across the HSE to date in 2026; and if so, the number of instances identified, broken down by HSE region. [64764/26]
1230. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions 57689/26 and 57690/26, given that there is no entry on the National Incident Management System relating to the ambulance service or ambulance allocation, the mechanism used to record and count patient harm arising from delayed ambulance allocation; and if she intends to establish such a field within the National Incident Managem…
1231. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question 57690/26, which did not provide the yes or no requested, whether delayed ambulance allocation is a recordable category or field within the National Incident Management System; and to state yes or no. [64762/26]
1232. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question 57688/26, which did not provide the yes or no requested, whether delayed ambulance allocation is a specified trigger for review under the HSE Incident Management Framework; and to state yes or no. [64761/26]
1234. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to PQ 42510/26, whether any official within her Department, as distinct from the HSE, holds responsibility for determining whether procedures funded under the treatment abroad scheme should be subject to national clinical audit or outcome monitoring; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64755/26]