Ken O'Flynn

1076. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any independent external review has been considered into the operation, consistency, and transparency of PCRS claim rejection systems. [36917/26]

1085. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the estimated total annual cost to the State of primary care laboratory testing in each year from 2020 to 2026, including any regional or modelled estimates used in the absence of a centralised national dataset; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36990/26]

1086. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any assessment has been carried out regarding the potential financial impact of duplicate or unnecessary laboratory testing within primary care settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36991/26]

1087. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of laboratory information systems currently in use across the HSE and publicly funded laboratories; the extent to which these systems are interoperable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36992/26]

1088. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the percentage of primary care laboratory requests currently submitted electronically versus paper-based requests; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36993/26]

1089. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any laboratories currently operate duplicate test detection systems at the point of ordering; if so, to provide details by region or hospital group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36994/26]

1090. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the projected total cost of the National Laboratory Information System (MedLIS) rollout to completion in 2029; the expenditure incurred to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36995/26]

1091. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any national guidance exists regarding appropriate intervals for repeat lipid profile testing in primary care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36996/26]

1092. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any national audit has been conducted examining variation in laboratory test ordering patterns between regions, GP practices, or primary care providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36997/26]

1093. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any patient safety incidents, adverse event reviews, or governance concerns have been linked to duplicate, excessive, or delayed laboratory testing in primary care in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36998/26]

1094. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health what governance structures currently oversee laboratory demand management, utilisation monitoring and value-for-money assessment in primary care laboratory services pending full implementation of the Regional Laboratory Networks and MedLIS programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36999/26]

1095. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of private home support providers currently contracted by the HSE under the Home Support Authorisation Scheme, in tabular form by region. [37011/26]

1096. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of audits, inspections, compliance reviews or safeguarding investigations carried out in respect of private home support providers in each year from 2020 to 2026. [37012/26]

1097. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of instances in which a private home support provider was found non-compliant with Garda vetting, qualification verification or training standards in each year since 2020. [37013/26]

1098. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any private home support provider has had a contract suspended, restricted or terminated due to safeguarding, governance or quality concerns since 2020; and if she will provide details. [37014/26]

1099. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE centrally records complaints, missed visits, safeguarding incidents or medication-related incidents involving privately contracted home support providers. [37015/26]

1100. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether unannounced inspections are carried out in respect of private home support providers operating under HSE contracts. [37016/26]

1101. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE publishes compliance or performance ratings for private home support providers funded by the State. [37017/26]

1103. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any independent external audit has been carried out since 2020 on counselling activity data submitted by HSE regions through the Corporate Information Facility; if so, to provide the date, body responsible, scope, findings and recommendations of each audit; and if no such audit has taken place, to confirm the reason [37044/26]

1104. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has received any formal assurance certificate, audit opinion, validation report or compliance statement confirming that counselling activity data reported nationally by the HSE is accurate, complete and comparable across all Health Regions [37045/26]

1105. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a central national dataset exists showing the number of unique individuals accessing Counselling in Primary Care and National Counselling Service supports annually, separate from the number of referrals, appointments or sessions; and if not, whether she will require such data to be collected. [37046/26]

1106. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether counselling activity data currently reported to her Department distinguishes between new clients, returning clients, re-referrals, total appointments offered, total appointments attended, cancellations, DNAs and total sessions delivered; and if she will provide the most recent available breakdown by Health Region. [37047/26]

1107. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has assessed the risk that session-based counselling activity figures may overstate service reach where the same individual attends multiple sessions within a reporting period; and, if so, to provide the findings. [37048/26]

1108. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any formal reconciliation report is produced comparing counselling activity data across Health Regions to identify anomalies, outliers, inconsistent definitions or unusual month-on-month movements; and if so, whether such reports will be published. [37049/26]

1109. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE Mental Health Services Key Performance Indicator Metadata document includes standard national definitions for referral, re-referral, assessment, attendance, discharge, completed case, DNA, cancellation and unique client; and if she will provide those definitions. [37050/26]