Ken O'Flynn

1312. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any national clinical governance framework exists governing referrals for overseas gender affirmation surgeries funded through the treatment abroad scheme. [39215/26]

1313. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE records the total annual number of gender affirmation surgery applications approved under the treatment abroad scheme since 2020, by year. [39216/26]

1314. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any post-treatment outcome monitoring or follow-up governance arrangements exist for persons funded for overseas gender affirmation surgeries under the treatment abroad scheme. [39217/26]

1315. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has undertaken any national capacity assessment of the public pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) programme since 2024; and if so, if she will provide details of the findings, including identified service gaps, unmet demand, regional pressures and recommended expansion measures. [39272/26]

1316. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting access to public PrEP services, by clinic and by HSE health region; and whether this figure includes informal, paused or closed waiting lists. [39273/26]

1317. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains any centralised record of persons unable to access public PrEP services due to capacity constraints; and if not, whether she considers the absence of such data to represent a governance or public health oversight issue. [39274/26]

1318. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any risk assessment has been undertaken regarding individuals sourcing PrEP medication privately from overseas due to inability to access the public system; and if she will provide details of any such assessment. [39275/26]

1319. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the absence of a national waiting list or central referral pathway for PrEP has been formally identified within the HSE or Department of Health as a patient safety, governance or access risk. [39276/26]

1320. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any service-level target exists regarding maximum waiting times for access to public PrEP services; and if so, what compliance levels have been achieved during 2025 and 2026 to date. [39277/26]

1321. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health how many public PrEP clinics nationally are currently closed, fully or partially, to new self-referrals; the duration of each restriction; and the reasons cited for same. [39278/26]

1322. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has considered establishing a temporary national bridging pathway or interim prescribing arrangement for persons unable to access public PrEP services due to capacity limitations. [39279/26]

1323. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of approved private or GP PrEP providers currently operating nationally and by county; and whether the HSE has assessed the financial impact on patients required to access private consultations and testing due to lack of public capacity. [39280/26]

1324. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether additional funding, staffing or clinic capacity has been allocated in 2026 to expand access to public PrEP services; and if she will provide a breakdown of same by region and service. [39281/26]

1325. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE records the number of persons transitioning from post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) to PrEP who experience delays in accessing ongoing public PrEP services. [39282/26]

1326. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any national equality-of-access assessment has been undertaken regarding geographic disparities in access to PrEP services, particularly for persons outside Dublin or without access to private care options. [39287/26]

1327. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE Sexual Health Programme has issued any internal guidance regarding management of excess demand or service rationing within public PrEP clinics. [39288/26]

1328. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any review has been undertaken into the operational sustainability of the current online appointment-release model used by certain PrEP clinics; and whether concerns have been raised regarding equitable access for patients. [39289/26]

1329. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department of Health receives routine reporting on public PrEP service capacity, waiting times, referral refusals or clinic closures; and if not, whether she intends to introduce such reporting arrangements. [39290/26]

1336. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the treatment abroad scheme maintains any dataset identifying the highest-cost individual referrals funded annually; and if she will provide the ten highest annual individual treatment costs since 2020 in anonymised form. [39341/26]

1337. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains a central register of high-cost treatment abroad scheme approvals; and if so, the criteria used to classify cases as high-cost. [39345/26]

1394. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant whole-time equivalent posts within each HSE substance misuse team operating across HSE South-West, broken down by grade and location. [39688/26]

1395. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting assessment, counselling, opioid substitution treatment, adolescent addiction services and dual diagnosis supports within each HSE substance misuse service operating in HSE South-West. [39689/26]

1396. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any HSE substance misuse teams operating within HSE South-West currently operate without direct consultant psychiatrist input; and if she will provide details in tabular form. [39690/26]

1397. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and dual diagnosis specialists assigned to addiction services operating within HSE South-West, by location and whole-time equivalent. [39691/26]

1398. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has carried out any workforce planning assessment regarding addiction services demand within HSE South-West; and if she will provide details of same. [39692/26]