Ken O'Flynn
Written
1014. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the percentage increase in Tusla expenditure on private residential childcare placements between 2020 and 2025. [39865/26]
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Ken O'Flynn
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Ken O'Flynn
Written
1015. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla applies national pricing ceilings, benchmark rates, or value-for-money assessments when procuring private residential childcare placements. [39866/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1016. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla conducts comparative cost analysis between State-operated and privately operated residential childcare placements. [39867/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1017. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla records average weekly costs per child by private residential childcare provider. [39868/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1018. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla has identified any risks associated with market concentration or dependency on a small number of private residential childcare providers. [39869/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1019. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla publishes or intends to publish a central register of private residential childcare providers receiving public funding, including annual payments received. [39870/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1040. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the Department receives routine reports on Children’s Disability Network Team vacancy duration, staffing deficits, or delayed intervention risks. [40103/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1111. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or the HSE has carried out any national assessment since 2020 of the annual cost to the Exchequer of unused, expired, uncollected, or otherwise wasted medicines under State-funded medicine schemes; and if she will publish any such assessment. [38763/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1112. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE records the quantity and estimated value of unused or expired medicines returned to community pharmacies under State-funded medicine schemes; and if not, whether she intends to establish such a reporting mechanism. [38764/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1113. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health what policy measures are currently in place to reduce avoidable medicines waste under the GMS, DPS, LTI and other community drug schemes. [38765/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1114. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether his Department has examined the role of repeat prescribing, automatic renewals, phased dispensing, blister-pack changes, and non-adherence in contributing to medicines waste; and whether any reform proposals are under consideration. [38766/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1115. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has a national medicines waste reduction strategy; and if not, whether one will be developed in light of recent research estimating annual medicines waste at over €37.5 million. [38767/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1116. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has estimated the environmental impact of unused or expired medicines, including disposal, incineration, contamination risk, and pharmaceutical residues entering water systems. [38768/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1117. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health when the proposed national scheme for safe disposal of unused medicines will be introduced; what funding has been allocated; whether it will involve community pharmacies; and whether it will operate nationally. [38769/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1118. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE reimburses medicines which are dispensed but never collected by patients; what safeguards exist to prevent unnecessary reimbursement; and whether data on uncollected medicines is centrally collected. [38770/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1119. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether medication reviews for patients on multiple prescriptions are being used systematically to reduce over-prescribing, duplication, and avoidable waste; and what targets or KPIs apply. [38771/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1120. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether his Department has assessed potential savings from reducing medicines waste by 10%, 20% or 30%; and whether such savings have been modelled for reinvestment in frontline pharmacy or prescribing services. [38772/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1128. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any HSE national policy, clinical guideline, serious incident framework, or safety protocol explicitly references signs of life following termination of pregnancy. [38839/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1129. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any hospital is required to notify the HSE National Incident Management Team where signs of life are observed following termination of pregnancy. [38840/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1130. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has classified any such event as a serious reportable event, serious incident, or notifiable patient safety incident since 2019. [38841/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1131. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has sought legal advice regarding statutory reporting obligations in such cases. [38842/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1132. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether HIQA has any inspection, governance, or oversight role in relation to such incidents. [38843/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1134. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the division of the HSE or Department of Health that holds responsibility for estimating the number of patients clinically eligible for orphan medicinal products approved for reimbursement in the State (details supplied). [38846/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1135. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if any budget impact assessment, cost projection, prevalence estimate, or epidemiological model was prepared in advance of reimbursement consideration for omaveloxolone (skyclarys); and the details of same. [38847/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1136. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the HSE maintains a national registry, prevalence estimate or centrally collated dataset for Friedreich's ataxia patients in the State. [38848/26]