Ken O'Flynn

2298. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether hospital-level outpatient appointment “did not attend” data are available within HSE information systems; whether such data are routinely reported internally; and whether consideration has been given to publishing such data on a hospital-by-hospital basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43585/26]

2299. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department of Health or the HSE has estimated the financial cost associated with outpatient appointments classified as “did not attend” in each year from 2020 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43586/26]

2300. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any formal evaluation has been undertaken of the effectiveness of SMS reminders, telephone reminders, waiting list validation exercises, digital appointment systems, patient portals or other interventions designed to reduce outpatient appointment non-attendance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43587/26]

2301. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the outpatient did-not-attend rate in each public hospital in 2025, expressed as both the number and percentage of appointments scheduled. [43594/26]

2302. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number and proportion of outpatient did-not-attend appointments in 2025 that were subsequently rebooked. [43595/26]

2303. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the average interval between an original outpatient appointment classified as did-not-attend and the subsequent rebooked appointment. [43596/26]

2304. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether outpatient did-not-attend rates form part of any regional or hospital performance scorecard; and if so, to provide the targets used. [43597/26]

2305. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether individual hospital did-not-attend rates are reported to the HSE Board, National Executive Management Team, Health Regions or the Department of Health. [43598/26]

2306. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she will provide the full findings, recommendations, management responses and implementation timelines arising from Internal Audit Report OPS002CAPEST0924, Vacant Property Management in the HSE, completed in September 2024. [43599/26]

2307. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health how many recommendations were made in Internal Audit Report OPS002CAPEST0924; the risk rating assigned to each recommendation; and the implementation status of each recommendation. [43600/26]

2308. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether Internal Audit Report OPS002CAPEST0924 identified deficiencies relating to vacant residential properties, vacant healthcare facilities, disposal decisions, property records or governance controls; and if she will provide details of any such findings. [43601/26]

2309. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any properties reviewed under Internal Audit Report OPS002CAPEST0924 had remained vacant for more than one year, two years and five years respectively; and if she will provide the numbers involved. [43602/26]

2310. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the recommendations arising from Internal Audit Report OPS002CAPEST0924 have been fully implemented; if not, the number outstanding; and the target completion date for each outstanding action. [43603/26]

2311. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any assessment has been undertaken of the impact of agency staffing restrictions on vacancy levels, service delivery, waiting lists or patient outcomes; and if she will provide copies of any such assessment. [43604/26]

2312. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health why the HSE does not centrally record vacancies arising from restrictions on agency staff recruitment despite operating a national agency reduction policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43605/26]

2313. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she is satisfied that the HSE can properly evaluate the effectiveness of its agency conversion programme when it does not record the number of vacancies attributable to agency recruitment restrictions. [43606/26]

2314. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any national workforce risk assessment has been undertaken regarding the possibility that agency staffing restrictions may result in funded posts remaining unfilled. [43607/26]

2315. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide the vacancy rate by staff grade and health region for each month from January 2024 to date. [43608/26]

2316. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of consultants employed in the public health service who have not transitioned to the public-only consultant contract as of the most recent date available, broken down by specialty, hospital group and HSE Health Region. [43609/26]

2317. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has undertaken any assessment of the reasons consultants have not transitioned to the public-only consultant contract; and if so, whether she will provide a summary of the findings. [43610/26]

2318. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the targets, if any, established by her Department for uptake of the public-only consultant contract in each year since its introduction; the extent to which those targets have been achieved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43611/26]

2319. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health what evidence her Department has gathered regarding the impact of the public-only consultant contract on hospital overcrowding, emergency department waiting times and inpatient waiting lists since March 2023. [43612/26]

2320. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether an evaluation has been undertaken of the effectiveness of the public-only consultant contract as a mechanism to reduce trolley numbers and improve patient access to consultant-led care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43613/26]

2321. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the key performance indicators used by her Department to measure the success of the public-only consultant contract; the most recent performance against those indicators; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43614/26]

2322. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant posts approved for recruitment under the public-only consultant contract in each year since 2023; the number filled; the number remaining vacant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43615/26]