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]
2464. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide a legal analysis of the way in which the proposed scheme will interact with existing tort remedies; if acceptance of an award will bar subsequent civil action; if structured settlements will be available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46196/25]
2465. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if interim payments will be available pending final determination; the criteria for hardship; the process for periodic review of awards where clinical status changes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46197/25]
2466. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to publish scheme governance documents, including conflict-of-interest policies, panel selection criteria for medical assessors, and external audit arrangements; the way patient representatives will be included in oversight; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46198/25]
2478. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of missed or delayed cancer detections identified following the cytology review of a hospital (details supplied); and if she will order an independent nationwide audit to protect patient safety [46261/25]
2493. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she has considered introducing a structured screening programme for prostate cancer, similar to BreastCheck and CervicalCheck, given international evidence and recent high-profile cases highlighting the consequences of late diagnoses. [46373/25]
2494. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the public information campaigns that are in place to encourage men over 50, or those in high-risk categories, to request PSA testing from their GP; and if she will consider funding a targeted awareness initiative. [46374/25]
2495. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of prostate cancer cases diagnosed at stage three or four in each of the past five years; and the steps being taken to improve earlier detection rates. [46375/25]
2496. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department will review whether men without regular GP access are at a disadvantage in accessing PSA testing; and if alternative access pathways will be considered. [46376/25]
2497. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department has conducted a cost–benefit analysis of introducing routine PSA screening for men in certain age brackets, in terms of both survival outcomes and reduced treatment costs for late-stage cancer. [46377/25]
2683. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health in view of the CSO showing Ireland’s population reached 5.38 million, driven by net migration of 79,300 in a single year, the specific hospital beds places that will be delivered by the Government in 2026 to keep pace with this surge. [47967/25]
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2722. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science in view of volatile CAO points locking students out of medicine, nursing, and pharmacy, the number of additional places that will be created for 2026, particularly in UCC and MTU. [46264/25]
2767. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will detail the criteria by which NGOs are selected for multi-annual funding; the proportion of total State NGO funding allocated to small, volunteer-led organisations; and the proportion concentrated in the largest 100 NGOs. [46642/25]
2768. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether his Department has conducted any assessment of duplication or overlap among State-funded NGOs; and if so, if he will publish those findings. [46645/25]
1791. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection if organisations (details supplied) are to be excluded from his Department's pre-budget forum in July as they were in 2024; and his views on whether it is wise or sustainable to ignore the only disabled persons’ representative organisations specific to physical impairment and visual impairment, respectively, in the country. [41743/25]
2791. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she will consider reviewing the current regulatory status of melatonin in Ireland, given that it is available over the counter in many EU countries. [41999/25]
2792. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she will outline the rationale for maintaining prescription-only of melatonin access in this jurisdiction. [42000/25]
2793. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she will address the significant cost disparity between Irish pharmacy-dispensed melatonin and equivalent products available legally from EU-based manufacturers. [42001/25]
2794. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health 1792 the measures, if any, being considered to ensure price transparency, and to protect patients, particularly those with long-term conditions, from excessive mark-ups for essential medications that are not currently covered under public schemes such as the drug payment scheme or the medical card system. [42002/25]
2947. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the details of the gestation for all neonatal deaths in 2022 through termination of pregnancy under the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, broken down in categories of less than 22 weeks, 22-27 weeks, 28-31 weeks, 32-36 weeks, 37-41 weeks, over 41 weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42659/25]
2952. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the audits or reports that have been compiled including information on the care of babies born alive after abortion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42667/25]
3019. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the case of an elderly person (details supplied) will be reviewed who was recently removed from the public health nurse service, which had been providing essential vitamin B12 injections on a three-week cycle. [42857/25]
231. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to investigate the reason the records of the departmental council and its working party created during the period 1982 to 1983 relating to the process and agreement for the transfer of civil servants from the former Department of Posts and Telegraphs to An Post and Bord Telecom Éireann are not available in the official archives; and if h…
631. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to confirm whether a property (details supplied) has been purchased by his Department, or by any agent, body or contractor acting on behalf of the State; if so, to specify the date of purchase, the purchase price and identity of the vendor; to detail how the property was originally sourced and made available to the Department; the tota…
632. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline the procurement process or property acquisition protocol that was followed in relation to a property (details supplied); whether a public tender, market valuation, or independent due diligence process was undertaken prior to any agreement for rental or purchase; whether any change in the designated use of the property, inclu…