2683. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health the current eligibility criteria for access to publicly funded orthodontic treatment, including the application of the Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need (IOTN); whether any changes to these criteria are under consideration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23848/26]
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2684. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of children who have aged out of eligibility for publicly funded orthodontic treatment while on waiting lists in each HSE health region in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23849/26]
2685. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to expand orthodontic service capacity in each HSE health region, including recruitment, additional clinics or capital investment; the timeline for such measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23850/26]
2686. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE routinely collects data on average waiting times for orthodontic assessment and treatment; if not, the reason for same; and any plans to introduce such data collection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23851/26]
2687. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total number of non-statutory bodies that received direct funding from her Department in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; the aggregate annual funding provided to such bodies in each year; and whether a centralised register of these bodies is maintained by her Department. [23856/26]
2688. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has established a single, centrally approved governance framework applicable to all non-statutory bodies receiving direct Departmental funding; and if not, the reason for the absence of such a framework and any plans to introduce one. [23857/26]
2689. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the standard reporting requirements imposed by her Department on non-statutory bodies receiving direct funding, including the frequency of reporting, the nature of financial and non-financial disclosures required, and whether these requirements are applied uniformly across all such bodies. [23858/26]
2690. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of governance, compliance, or performance reviews carried out by or on behalf of her Department in respect of non-statutory bodies receiving direct funding in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; and whether a structured audit schedule exists. [23859/26]
2691. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department applies a formal risk assessment or risk-rating model to non-statutory bodies receiving direct funding; and if so, the criteria used, the number of bodies currently classified as high risk, and the escalation procedures that apply in such cases. [23860/26]
2692. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide a month-by-month breakdown of agency staffing expenditure within HSE services for the years 2024 and 2025 and for the period to date in 2026 [23861/26]
2693. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health to review the refusal of the request for additional disability support hours in the case of a person (details supplied). [23862/26]
2694. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to set out the current national governance structure for gender-related assessment and referral pathways for minors; and to specify the body or office that holds ultimate clinical and policy accountability at national level. [23872/26]
2695. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to detail the specific datasets currently collected by the Department or the HSE in respect of gender-related referrals of minors, including referral numbers, assessment outcomes, approvals, and any associated costs; and to confirm whether these datasets are complete at national level. [23873/26]
2696. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to outline the safeguarding, clinical governance, and oversight mechanisms currently in place for gender-related assessment and referral of minors, pending the development of the new model of care referenced by the HSE. [23874/26]
2697. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to confirm whether any audit, review, or evaluation has been conducted since 2020 into gender-related assessment, referral, or treatment pathways for minors; and if so, to provide the dates, scope, and key findings of such reviews. [23875/26]
2698. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to specify the clinical guidelines, protocols, or international standards currently relied upon by the HSE or clinicians in the absence of a finalised national model of care for gender-related services for minors. [23876/26]
2699. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health if she has had any engagement with healthcare workers suffering from long-Covid regarding accessing financial supports; if she will declare Covid-19 an occupational illness, as has been done in many other European Union member states, so that healthcare workers suffering from long-Covid can continue to access financial supports; and if she will make a statement…
2700. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to confirm whether, as of today, there is any single national database recording referrals, assessments, treatments, outcomes and costs for minors accessing gender-related healthcare pathways; and if not, when such a system will be operational. [23878/26]
2701. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to specify the mandatory clinical assessment criteria currently required before any referral or treatment of a minor presenting with gender-related distress, including whether psychiatric assessment, developmental history, autism screening and differential diagnosis are required. [23879/26]
2702. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to outline the governance and audit structures currently in place to monitor clinical decision-making, patient outcomes and safeguarding compliance in respect of minors referred for gender-related healthcare. [23880/26]
2703. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health what interim safeguards are in place pending the completion of the proposed national model of care in 2026. [23881/26]
2704. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she accepts that the absence of a national policy, standardised definitions, and centralised data collection in respect of elective procedures without clear medical indication represents a failure of governance and oversight within the public health system. [23884/26]
2705. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the specific steps she will take to introduce a national policy framework governing the authorisation, funding, and clinical governance of such procedures. [23885/26]
2706. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to confirm whether her Department requires the HSE to collect, report, and publish data on the allocation of theatre capacity to procedures which cannot currently be categorised as medically necessary. [23886/26]
2707. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to detail the mechanisms in place, if any, to ensure consistency of decision-making across the six health regions in the absence of national policy. [23887/26]