901. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if the Government will designate health as a priority during Ireland’s forthcoming EU Presidency; if she will commit to hosting a Presidency-level event on Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan as a flagship initiative for prevention policies across Member States; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32239/26]
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902. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a standardised national dataset exists capturing all presentations of suicidal ideation and self-harm across both emergency departments and primary care settings; if not, the steps being taken to establish such a dataset; and the timeline for its implementation. [32242/26]
903. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the extent to which data on suicidal ideation and self-harm presentations in primary care is currently collected, centrally aggregated, and reported; and whether this data is subject to any national reporting framework. [32243/26]
904. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the data collected through the Suicide Crisis Assessment Nurse (SCAN) service is subject to independent validation or audit; and if she will outline the governance arrangements in place to ensure data accuracy and completeness. [32244/26]
905. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health what specific key performance indicators (KPIs) are used within the National Clinical Programme for Self-harm and Suicide-related Ideation; whether these KPIs are published; and if she will provide the most recent performance data against those KPIs. [32245/26]
906. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of clinical audits or programme reviews have been conducted in respect of the National Clinical Programme for Self-harm and Suicide-related Ideation in the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2026; and if she will provide a summary of findings and recommendations arising. [32246/26]
907. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether outcome data is systematically collected following intervention for individuals presenting with suicidal ideation or self-harm, including re-presentation rates, follow-up engagement, and recovery indicators; and if not, whether there are plans to introduce such measures. [32247/26]
908. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether all adverse incidents related to suicidal ideation and self-harm presentations are consistently recorded within the National Incident Management System (NIMS); and whether a specific classification exists to allow for national reporting and trend analysis. [32248/26]
909. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the way in which data from the National Incident Management System is used at Departmental level to inform suicide prevention policy, service planning, and risk mitigation strategies. [32249/26]
910. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the formal oversight structures that exist within her Department to monitor the performance, data quality, and governance of the National Clinical Programme for Self-harm and Suicide-related Ideation. [32250/26]
911. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a structured, recurring national audit schedule exists for suicide prevention services across both acute and community settings; and if not, whether she will establish such a framework. [32251/26]
912. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether participation in the SCAN data collection system is mandatory across all primary care settings; and if not, the proportion of services currently submitting data and the measures in place to ensure full national coverage. [32252/26]
913. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health which body holds ultimate responsibility for governance, validation, and publication of national data relating to suicidal ideation and self-harm presentations; and whether this responsibility is formally defined in policy. [32253/26]
914. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health in relation to the free contraception scheme, the reason commonly used contraceptive medication such as elvina are still excluded; the steps being taken to ensure this scheme becomes genuinely inclusive of all available prescribed contraceptive pills; the processes in place to review and reconsider whether each type of pill is included for funding; and if she wi…
915. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of protected disclosures that have gone missing or have been compromised that have been submitted to her Department or State bodies that are responsible to her Department. [32290/26]
916. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of staff that have worked in the health service who have not been Garda vetted for that role. [32298/26]
917. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the reason service users are charged a €4 daily charge when using HSE transport to day services in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32318/26]
918. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department receives any aggregated reporting on the number, status or utilisation of residential properties owned or managed by the HSE if not, whether she considers this a governance gap. [32321/26]
919. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she has requested the establishment of a centralised national dataset on HSE residential property vacancy, duration, and disposal timelines; and if not, the reason for same. [32322/26]
920. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the value-for-money or utilisation benchmarks applied at Department level in respect of vacant State-owned residential properties under the HSE. [32323/26]
921. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she has received any assurance, audit, or certification that HSE-reported activity data, including counselling activity, is accurate, complete, and subject to standardised validation processes. [32324/26]
922. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the risk of human error in HSE data systems has been quantified at national level; and whether any error thresholds or tolerances are defined. [32325/26]
923. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has assessed the consistency of data definitions and reporting standards across Health Regions. [32326/26]
924. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she is informed of ambulance allocation or response delays exceeding defined thresholds, including delays exceeding 60 minutes. [32327/26]
925. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether ambulance dispatch timelines are formally linked to patient outcome monitoring or risk classification systems. [32328/26]