251. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure incurred by the HSE on consultant recruitment advertising in each year since 2021, broken down by publication, online platform and recruitment channel, including the British Medical Journal, LinkedIn, Publicjobs and international medical journals. [40602/26]
252. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has undertaken any value-for-money assessment of consultant recruitment advertising expenditure in medical journals where only 1% of applicants reported seeing advertisements through journal publications. [40604/26]
253. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of interviews conducted arising from consultant recruitment campaigns in 2025 and to date in 2026; the proportion resulting in appointments; and the average time from advertisement to contract issue. [40605/26]
254. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant candidates who declined offers of appointment in 2025 and to date in 2026; the primary reasons identified; and whether consultant contract terms, pay competitiveness or workload concerns were cited. [40606/26]
255. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any analysis has been conducted on the effectiveness of Publicjobs compared with international journal advertising in generating consultant appointments. [40607/26]
256. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant recruitment campaigns in 2025 which fail. [40608/26]
257. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total annual expenditure under the treatment abroad scheme in each year since 2020; the number of approved patients in each year; and the average approved expenditure per patient annually. [40614/26]
258. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether expenditure and activity data reviewed during quarterly treatment abroad scheme oversight meetings with the Department of Health is recorded in a standardised reporting format; and if she will provide copies of the reporting templates used. [40615/26]
259. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the treatment abroad scheme records activity data by clinical speciality, treatment category, age cohort or referral pathway; and if she will provide a breakdown of the categories currently recorded. [40616/26]
260. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the dates on which the treatment abroad scheme was audited by the HSE Internal Audit function or the Comptroller and Auditor General since 2020; the scope of each audit; and whether any recommendations or governance concerns were identified. [40617/26]
261. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any internal reports, dashboards, expenditure summaries or performance-monitoring documents relating to the treatment abroad scheme are routinely furnished to the Department of Health; and if she will provide details of the documents concerned. [40618/26]
262. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the treatment abroad scheme maintains separate expenditure or activity reporting for referrals involving minors. [40619/26]
263. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of treatment abroad scheme applications submitted, approved, refused and withdrawn in each HSE health region in each year since 2020. [40620/26]
264. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any internal analysis has been conducted comparing treatment abroad scheme referral rates per capita across HSE health regions. [40621/26]
265. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any equality impact assessment or access equity review has been conducted in relation to regional variation in treatment abroad scheme utilisation. [40622/26]
266. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the dates and titles of all Internal Audit Office or Comptroller and Auditor General audits relating to the treatment abroad scheme since 2020. [40623/26]
267. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any approval-rate benchmarking exists between specialties, consultants or regions under the treatment abroad scheme. [40624/26]
268. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health which officer or division holds responsibility for monitoring consistency of treatment abroad scheme decision-making nationally. [40625/26]
247. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the Passport Service maintains internal management dashboards, weekly operational reports or KPI monitoring systems relating to first-time passport application processing times; and if so, the metrics monitored, the frequency of reporting, the recipients of such reports, and whether she will provide copies or summaries of same. [39229/26…
248. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the Passport Service records the number of first-time passport applications exceeding the advertised turnaround target in real time; and if so, the number currently exceeding 20 working days, 40 working days and 60 working days respectively. [39230/26]
249. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the Passport Service records the longest processing time for a first-time passport application in each year since 2020; and if so, to provide details. [39231/26]
250. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the Passport Service centrally categorises customer complaints by issue type including delays, communication failures, lost documentation, delayed document returns or application handling errors; and if so, to provide annual figures by category for each year since 2020. [39232/26]
251. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether any internal audit, operational review, governance assessment or risk review has examined delayed return, loss or misplacement of supporting documentation submitted with passport applications since 2020; and if so, to provide the dates, findings and recommendations of each review. [39233/26]
252. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether any service-level targets exist internally for the return of supporting documentation submitted with passport applications; the compliance rates achieved in each of the past five years; and the number of cases exceeding those targets in each year. [39234/26]
253. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the Passport Service records the number of requests for urgent return of supporting documentation separately from general customer correspondence; and if so, to provide annual figures for each year since 2020. [39235/26]