Ken O'Flynn

2328. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether HSE staff are mandated to display pronoun badges, alter their email signatures, or otherwise publicise their pronouns; and if she will clarify whether participation in pronoun disclosure practices is voluntary or compulsory for HSE employees. [45617/25]

2329. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she has considered the risk of patient confusion or diminished trust in clinical settings arising from HSE staff introducing themselves with pronouns, and whether an impact assessment has been conducted to evaluate effects on patient care. [45618/25]

2330. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether it is the role of the HSE to promote contested ideological views on sex and gender, as opposed to focusing on the delivery of medical care and the promotion of evidence-based health education. [45619/25]

2331. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she will examine HSE training modules on gender and pronouns to ensure that they accurately reflect biological science and do not compromise the clarity of communication essential in healthcare settings. [45620/25]

2352. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to set out the current pathway by which a person in Ireland who suffers a serious adverse reaction following vaccination may obtain compensation, including whether any ex-gratia or statutory routes exists; the number of cases compensated by the State since 2000; the total amounts paid, itemised by year and vaccine, if available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45666/25]

2353. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the establishment of a State vaccine injury compensation scheme; the target go-live date; the proposed administrator; whether the scheme will be statutory or administrative; whether it will be retrospective to vaccinations administered since 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45667/25]

2354. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the proposed standard of proof for eligibility under any State vaccine injury compensation scheme; whether determinations will operate on the balance of probabilities; whether presumptive conditions will be listed on a “vaccine injury table” with defined time-to-onset criteria, as used in comparable international schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45668/25]

2355. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she will publish draft heads of bill or scheme rules for public consultation before commencement of a State vaccine injury compensation scheme; the planned appeals mechanism; whether appeals will lie to an independent tribunal; the expected average decision time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45669/25]

2356. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether legal costs in any State vaccine injury compensation scheme will be borne by the scheme for unsuccessful as well as successful applicants subject to basic merit thresholds, in line with international comparators; the projected annual budget impact and contingency provision for the first five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45670/25]

2357. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide the number of suspected adverse reaction reports for vaccines received by HPRA in each year from 2019 to 2025, disaggregated by vaccine, seriousness, age band and outcome; and to confirm the number of these cases that proceeded to any form of compensation or settlement. [45671/25]

2358. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any planned State vaccine injury compensation scheme will cover non-COVID vaccines in the National Immunisation Programme; how childhood, HPV, influenza, and adult booster vaccines will be treated; whether coverage will extend to off-schedule but HSE-administered vaccines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45672/25]

2359. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a State vaccine injury compensation scheme will include a tax-free lump-sum model, periodic payments, or both; the proposed award calibration for death, severe disability, loss of earnings, care, medical costs, and rehabilitation; whether indexation will apply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45673/25]

2360. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to publish an annual report on vaccine adverse events and compensation, integrating HPRA pharmacovigilance data with scheme outcomes; to include rates per million doses administered by vaccine and year; and to benchmark Ireland against the EU and the UK. [45674/25]

2368. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she will publish FSAI analysis for 2015 to 2025 on saturated-fat trends in mass-market products including chocolate, ice cream and frozen desserts; and if she will indicate whether Ireland has met the 10% reduction target under the reformulation roadmap [45699/25]

2369. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she will mandate a temporary “Recipe changed on [date]” front-of-pack notice where the primary fat changes to a higher-saturated-fat ingredient i.e. switch to coconut or palm, with thresholds and category guidance. [45700/25]

2370. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she will direct the HSE to run a short public information campaign explaining saturated fat guidance in plain language, aligned with WHO/EFSA. [45701/25]

2455. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to publish an annual report on vaccine adverse events and compensation, integrating HPRA pharmacovigilance data with scheme outcomes; to include rates per million doses administered by vaccine and year; and to benchmark Ireland against the EU and the UK. [46187/25]

2456. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the scheme will include non-financial supports, including medical cards, counselling, vocational rehabilitation, and independent case-management for successful applicants and their families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46188/25]

2457. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the way in which GPs and vaccinators will be informed about the new scheme; the patient-facing information materials to be provided at the point of vaccination; and the process for informed consent updates once the scheme commences; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46189/25]

2458. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the scheme will recognise injuries following mixed-brand or heterologous schedules where causation apportionment is complex; the approach to multi-dose temporal associations; if a proportional liability model will apply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46190/25]

2459. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the data-sharing arrangements between the scheme administrator, the HPRA, the HSE, and the Department for actuarial forecasting and safety signal detection; to confirm compliance with GDPR and patient confidentiality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46191/25]

2460. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to publish an initial actuarial and sensitivity analysis for the scheme, using international experience on applications per million doses, success rates, average award and administration costs to include a worked example using the US figure of approximately one compensated case per million doses distributed over 2006-2023 as a comparator; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46192/25]

2461. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the scheme will include a fast-track process for clearly table-listed injuries, target decision times for those cases, and performance metrics to be reported quarterly to the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46193/25]

2462. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if adverse events following vaccination administered outside HSE settings but within the State, or administered abroad to Irish residents, will be eligible; the way in which domicile and jurisdiction will be assessed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46194/25]

2463. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if deaths temporally associated with vaccination will be eligible where a coroner's verdict is inconclusive but medical evidence supports probability; the evidentiary threshold; the role of independent medical experts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46195/25]