601. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Mental Health Commission, HIQA, or any external oversight body has undertaken any review, inspection, or governance assessment of the Suicide Crisis Assessment Nurse service or the wider National Clinical Programme for Self-Harm and Suicide-Related Ideation; and if she will provide details of any such review. [36062/26]
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602. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the current national compliance rates for each SCAN service KPI disclosed in PQ 28151/26, broken down by HSE region and CHO area for 2025 to date. [36077/26]
603. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of SCAN referrals assessed within the 72-hour target in each month of 2025 and 2026 to date. [36078/26]
604. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of SCAN referrals that did not receive a follow-up phone call on the next working day in 2025 and 2026 to date, broken down by region. [36079/26]
605. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of SCAN service users who were offered up to three follow-up appointments in 2025 and 2026 to date. [36080/26]
606. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any internal audits, governance reviews, or performance escalation mechanisms exist where SCAN KPI targets are not achieved; and if so, to provide details. [36081/26]
607. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the staffing levels currently assigned to the SCAN service nationally, broken down by region, grade, and whole-time equivalent. [36082/26]
608. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the SCAN service operates on a seven-day basis in all regions; and if not, to provide details of areas where weekend coverage is unavailable. [36083/26]
609. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of GP referrals made to the SCAN service in 2025 and 2026 to date, and the number deemed inappropriate or not accepted. [36084/26]
610. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether waiting-time data for SCAN assessments will be published regularly; and if so, the planned publication schedule. [36085/26]
611. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department has assessed the medico-legal and patient safety risks associated with delayed SCAN assessments where the 72-hour KPI is not achieved. [36086/26]
612. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department will commission national projections of overweight and obesity prevalence to 2030 and 2040 as part of the next Obesity Policy and Action Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36089/26]
613. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department will commission a full economic model of the annual cost of overweight and obesity to the public health service and wider economy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36090/26]
614. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the next Obesity Policy and Action Plan will include a national outcomes framework with standardised metrics for prevention, treatment, pharmacological interventions and bariatric surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36091/26]
615. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department will require the HSE to publish an annual national obesity services report covering expenditure, access, waiting times, outcomes and service capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36092/26]
616. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has assessed the adequacy of the dedicated obesity-related budget line given the estimated direct healthcare cost of overweight and obesity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36093/26]
617. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time from GP referral to first SCAN assessment for persons under 18 years of age in each Regional Health Area in 2025 and to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36124/26]
618. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals made to under-18 SCAN services in each Regional Health Area in 2025 and to date in 2026; the number accepted for assessment; the number redirected to emergency departments; the number referred onward to CAMHS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36125/26]
619. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether national performance indicators or outcome measures exist for under-18 SCAN services, including response times, follow-up engagement rates, repeat presentations and onward referral outcomes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36126/26]
620. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or HSE has undertaken any assessment of regional inequality in access to under-18 SCAN services arising from the absence of dedicated services in certain Regional Health Areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36127/26]
621. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of funded under-18 SCAN posts currently vacant; the duration of each vacancy; the regions affected; and the measures being taken to accelerate recruitment into these services. [36128/26]
622. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has conducted any evaluation of the effectiveness of SCAN services in reducing emergency department presentations, repeat crisis episodes, hospital admissions or self-harm presentations among persons under 18 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36129/26]
623. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the projected timeline for the operational commencement of the additional SCAN posts funded under Budget 2026 in Linn Dara, Kildare, Dublin South City, Galway, Kerry and Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36130/26]
624. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains a national dataset on the number of persons under 18 years of age assessed through SCAN services who subsequently require CAMHS intervention, inpatient admission or emergency department presentation within six months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36131/26]
625. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the absence of SCAN services in the HSE Mid West area has been classified by her Department or the HSE as a service gap or patient-safety risk; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36132/26]